3) Kundalini Experience

05-31-2001, 10:39 AM

[Appendix 1. Lee Sannella, M.D. Kundalini Experience. Lower Lake CA:
Integral Publishing.]

MlCROMOTION OF THE BODY AS A FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
by Itzhak Bentov

Introduction

In the last few years, both young and old people in the United
States and in Europe have taken up the practice of meditation. Regular
practice of meditation has a calming and stabilizing effect on its
practitioners (see Wallace and Benson 1972; Banquet 1972; Benson 1975).
With prolonged practice, many physiological changes occur in the body.
Among them is a change in the mode of functioning of the nervous system.
These changes can be monitored by the application of a modified
ballistocardiograph to a seated upright subject.
Theoretically, when meditation is practiced properly, a sequence of
strong and unusual bodily reactions and unusual psychological states is
eventually triggered. The "rising of the kundalini," as described in the
classical literature of Yoga, is a stimulus or "energy" activating a
"center," or chakra, at the base of the spine and working its way up the
spine. The stimulus stops at several centers along the spine, as it rises.
These centers are located opposite the major nerve plexuses in the abdomen
and in the thorax, which are also stimulated in the process. Eventually the
stimulus ends up in the head. Along its path, it often causes violent
motion in some parts of the body, signifying that there is "resistance" to
its passage. The rising of the kundalini may happen suddenly or over a
period of several years. After entering the head, the stimulus continues
down the face into the larynx and the abdominal cavity.
Most meditators realize that these reactions are caused by
meditation and do not become alarmed. However, sometimes this mechanism can
be triggered in nonmeditators. Our observations indicate that exposure to
certain mechanical vibrations, electro-magnetic waves, or sounds may
trigger this mechanism. It is the purpose of this article to bring this
mechanism and some of its symptoms to the attention of the medical
profession.

Summary

The ballistocardiogram of a sitting subject, who is capable of
altering his or her state of consciousness at will, shows a rhythmic sine
wave pattern when the subiect is in a deep meditative state. This is
attributed to the development of a standing wave in the aorta, which is
reflected in the rhythmic motion of the body. This resonating oscillator
(the heart-aorta system) will rhythm entrain four additional oscillators,
eventually resulting in a fluctuating magnetic field around the head.
Our initial experiments indicate that the five resonating systems
are as follows:

1. The heart-aorta system produces an oscillation of about 7 Hz in the
skeleton, including the skull. The upper part of the body also has a
resonant frequency of about 7 Hz.

2. The skull accelerates the brain up and down, producing acoustical plane
waves reverberating through the brain at KHz frequencies.

3. These acoustical plane waves are focused by the skull onto the
ventricles, thus activating and driving standing waves within the third and
lateral ventricles.

4. Standing waves within the cerebral ventricles in the audio and
supersonic ranges stimulate the sensory cortex mechanically, resulting
eventually in a stimulus traveling in a closed loop around each hemisphere.
Such a traveling stimulus may be viewed as a "current."

5. As a result of these circular "currents," each hemisphere produces a
pulsating magnetic field. These fields are of opposing polarities.

This magnetic field--radiated by the head acting as an antenna
--interacts with the electric and magnetic fields already in the
environment. We may consider the head as simultaneously a transmitting and
receiving antenna, tuned to a particular one of the several resonant
frequencies of the brain. Environmental fields may thus be fed back to the
brain, thereby modulating that resonant frequency. The brain will interpret
this modulation as useful information.
This paper presents a preliminary report on the possible mechanism
of the so-called "kundalini." The kundalini effect is viewed by the author
as part of the development of the nervous system. This development can be
elicited by the practice of any of several different types of meditative
techniques, or it may develop spontaneously. Research into this area is
continuing, and investigation of the kundalini effect by different methods
is in progress.
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joeg · 09-18-2008, 11:46 AM

I would be very interested in seeing the entire article and illustrations. Thanks, -joeg