Kundalini Yoga practice (daily Sadhana) leads to purity, with purity comes gyan (jnana). With jnana, nothing remains

12-04-2003, 04:03 PM

Dear Ram Narayan Gupta,

The key to success in awakening Kundalini through the self-initiating
process of Kundalini Yoga as taight by Yogo Bhajan is having a daily
Sadhana. Without that, the process is slow, like with any insencere
practice.

Sadhana consits of Tappa (Yoga of Light - postures, movement combined
with breathing to produce heat and electricity)/Jappa (Yoga of Sound
- mantra in conjunction with resonant/radiant nadis from Tappa
practice to produce the decoding of mental patters throughout the
body and etheric radiance), which are together in the practices of
Laya (radiance and expansion), and Sanjam (breath simran - slow
repetative breathing) which produces pratyahar (inward withdrawal).
Typical Sadhana, starting at 4 or 5 am takes 2 to 3 hours to
complete.

What happens in Kundalini Yoga practice is simply this: electricity
is generated in various parts of the body. Mantra consolidates and
merges the energy generated into one expansive field that increases
the energy expodentially. When there is energy generated, the glands
react by producing special substances that allow the nerves to carry a
greater voltage. This is like charging a car battery, which sustains
the voltage provided that the chemicals in the water are balanced and
adequate. In our bodies, the glands are like so many batteries
producing the chemicals that allow the electricity to be stored.
Gradually, the body becomes used to the experience of greater and
greater voltages, and with this greater voltage comes the awareness
of the unconscious mind. What we call the unconscious is always
clear, illuminated and undiferentiated within the Consciousness of
the Infinite Being. When the awareness of the individual unit of
consciousness impacts the awareness of the Infinite Being, the
individual realizes that the idea of separateness was an illusion,
and this fictitious idea is relinquished without further
consideration.

Consistent practice of Sadhana leads to Ardhana (distilation of
imputities). Ardhana leads to pradupati (crystilization through
several stages). The body becomes light, the consciousness becomes
electrically transparent and etheric. Shakti leads to Bhakti, as
higher centers begin to open, and Bhakti leads to Gyan (jnana). With
Gyan comes sunia (sravana), i.e., hearing. Hearing is the first stage
of yoga. Everything else is purification. Hearing is the reflection
in the purified consciousness of the Self in the Hrdayam, which in
Kundalini Yoga practice, as taught by Yogi Bhajan, is called the One
Star (Ik Tar) .

The One Star is also called the Harimandr or the Highest Temple of God
in the Heart, where the Akal Purkh (Infinite Being) is realized. This
is the 4th stage of "crystalization" of the consciousness. The body
radiates inwardly and outwardly, no difference.

The One Star acts like a graviton - pulling in the sense of "I" from
all objects and images and sensations, and expansive radiation -
outshining the mind completely.

Within a matter of days and weeks you begin to be aware simutaneously
of the whole body radiating, and the sense of seeing from here to
there diminishes, as you begin to see with the light of
consciousness, which illuminates the whole body and mind. As this
expands and deepens, the sunconscious mind, which stores and
perculates up the thoughts images and impressions into the conscious
mind, becomes so clear and empty that the subconscious and conscious
waking state merge, and you begin to sense your self as transparent
pervasive being in which the body appears.

The body feels like it is contained in a widening upward streaming
pillar or cilinder opf light. the Crown opens and the arc line and
aura expand with the flow of unrestricted energy.

All the while you abide in noticing and releasing, a passive state in
which you accept the expanding field of energy consciousness without
attention. As the higher centers open, the pineal gland is activated
and the buddhi or faculty of the discriminative mind awakens, a sense
or a Force of Intelligence reflecting in the mind of clear Self
recognition.

Suddenly there is a radical shift, attention, the power of the mind,
is relinquished altogether, and you hear the soundless sound (anahat)
of the pulsing of the "I" felt in the right vegus nerve between the
Spiritual Heart and the Crown. With this comes rememberance, a sense
of coming out of a stupor or amnesia, in which you begin to entirely
recollect who you really are, and in that recollection you abide as
That - single, pervasive, unconditioned consciousness. You abide in
and as Heart.

In this state of recollection, nothing remains, no doer, no thinker, everything happens by itself.

All the spiritual texts of every religion begin with the requirement
for purity: "The pure in heart .... shall see God." (Christ) Every
Gita begins with this. Kundalini Yoga is simply a method that is
practiced every morning, results in a state of inward pervasive
purity. nergy is systematically stored in every cell of the body.
The body and mind come into an electromagnetic balance that results
in the releasing of the experience of consciousness from the movement
of attention to rising images and sensations to experience the true
nature of consciousness. As the awareness of onsciousness expands
and deepens, the mind suddenly inverts, reflecting the True Self in
the Heart. In Kundalini Yoga, this True Identity is called Sat Nam,
and its realization Whahe Guru. Once the Self is reflected in the
mind, like a sun reflected on the moon, the sense of "I" withdraws
into the heart and unconditioned, formless, beginningless pervasive
being is experienced.

The overall practice includes the reading of Scripture. In the Japji
of the Sikhs, which is the orientation of the mantras and teachings
of Yogi Bhajan, it says that all religions are teaching the same
thing, so there is no restriction to study of spiritual texts in
Kundalini Yoga. When the mind becomes pure, then simple reading of
these texts will bring about the inward sense of "hearing."

"Yogi Bhajan explained that we often feel inadequate or in need. Then
we generate desires to calm the insecurity. We reach for many things
to satisfy that feeling of inner weakness. Ultimately, nothing
really works. So, we turn to the infinite, the unknown and the idea
of God. “God” as a concept is something that we created. We often
experience that, based on our own mind. It is the mind experiencing
the mind’s belief. The reality of God and consciousness is beyond
that and cannot be contained in any special imagination."
Kundalini Yoga is simply a practical approach to hearing, rememberance
and abiding in our inherent Truth: non-dual single, all pervasive
unconditioned consciouness, to abide as the substratum of everything
seen and unseen.
The watch-word in Kundalini Yoga is Sadhana. Those that want a faster
expereicne, add a KY class every day or 2, go to occasional retreats.
And along the way, there is so much information and so many kriyas and
meditations to keep the mind interested, while having this ever
expanding, unimaginable experience, until the mind becomes completely
pure.
Hope this gives some insight for you regarding Kundalini Yoga. The
Key is daily Sadhana - no matter what.
Pieter