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Kundalini
“Wake
up Mother Kundalini,
Thou whose nature is Bliss Eternal - the bliss of Brahman,
Thou dwelling like a serpent asleep at the lotus of
Muladhara,
Sure affected and distressed am I in body and mind,
Do thou bless me and leave thy place at basic lotus.
Consort of Shiva, the Self-caused Lord of universe,
Do thou take thy upward course through the central canal,
Leaving behind Svadhishthana, Manipura, Anahata, Visuddha
And Ajna, be thou united with Shiva, thy Lord the God,
At Sahasrara - the thousand-petalled lotus in the brain,
Sort there freely, O Mother, Giver of Bliss Absolute,
Wake up Mother Kundalini, Wake up.
Sri Swami Sivananda
Kundalini, the cosmic energy, is symbolized as a female
serpent coiled (Kundala means coil of rope) and
sleeping at the base of the spinal column. This latent
energy has to be aroused by meditation and yogic techniques,
and made to ascent the main spinal channel (Sushumna Nadi),
trough the Chakras, up to Sahasrara.
This is possible only by the practice of Kundalini Yoga,
also known as Laya Yoga (Laya
is the state of mind when one forgets all the objects of the
senses and gets absorbed in the object of meditation), that
Yoga which treats Kundalini Sakti, the six centres of
spiritual energy (Shat Chakras), the arousing of the
sleeping Kundalini Shakti, and its union with Lord Shiva in
Sahasrara Chakra, at the crown of the head.
Kundalini Yoga actually belong to Tantrik Sadhana.
First the Yogi have to perform elaborated mistic
preparations to purify mind and body, then assume special
Asana (posture), so Kundalini can be awakened and
mastered. Then the Yogi obtain the Moksa
(liberation), the reintegration with the Atman (Prime
Cause of the Universe).
"The wise
Yogi, whose nature is purified by the practice of Yama,
Nyama, and the like, learns from the mouth of his GURU the
process which opens the way to the discovery of the great
liberation. The Yogi who has gagned steadiness of mind makes
offering to the Ista-Devatas in the six centres (SatChakras)
- Dakini and others, with that stream of celestial nectar
which is in the vessel of Brahmanada (Kundalini), the
knowledge whereof he has gained trough the tradition of the
Gurus".
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