Kundalini: The Arousal of the Inner Energy

114 Pages·1981·5.58 MB·English

by  Ajit Mookerjee

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The Psychic Centers,
South India, c. 18th Century
In the Maladhara, Kundalini lies in the form of
a coiled serpent. The innate self dwells there
like the flame of a lamp. Contemplation of this
radiant light as the luminous Brahman is the
transcendental meditation.
Gheranda Samhita, v. 16
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KUNDALINI
The Arousal of the Inner Energy
DESTINY BOOKS
Rochester, Vermont
Frontispiece: The energy centres with (above) the full
flowering of the female Kundalini energy. Rajasthan,
c. 1900, ink and colour on paper
Copyright page : Ancient Dravidian symbol of the
interweaving psychic energies (Kolam), South India
Destiny Books
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Third Edition 1986
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Mookerjee, Ajit.
Kundalini, the arousal of the inner energy.
Bibliography : p. 101
Includes index.
1. Kundalini. I. Title.
BL1215.K8M66 1982 294.5'514 81-5466
ISBN 0-89281-020-3 (pbk.) AACR2
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Contents
PREFACE
PAGE 7
1
The Tantric Concept
PAGE 9
2
The Arousal of Kundalini
PAGE 19
3
Chakras-the Energy Centres
PAGE 39
4
Transformation of Energy
PAGE 59
5
The Kundalini Experience
Classical and Clinical
PAGE 71
NOTES ON THE TEXT
PAGE 100
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PAGE 101
GLOSSARY
PAGE 103
INDEX
PAGE 109
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Preface
Human experience owes to Tantra the discovery and location of
the centres of psychic energy, chakras, in the subtle or astral body.
Kundalini Sakti, coiled and dormant cosmic energy, is at the same
time the supreme force in the human organism. Every individual is
a manifestation of that energy, and the universe around us is the
outcome of the same consciousness, ever revealing itself in various
modes. The passage of the awakened Kundalini through the various
chakras is the subject of a unique branch of tantric esoteric knowl
edge whose goal is the merging of the Kundalini energy with cosmic
consciousness, so that one may realize one's real self, ultimately
unfolding the mysteries of the whole universe.
Kundalini-yoga is an experience of the actualization of human
potentialities. A deeper understanding of the awakening of this
cosmic energy can only be felt when one decides to become actively
involved in it. As Dr B. Bhattacharyya remarks: 'Whenever in the
future, man awakens to the necessity of psychic development,
spiritual advancement, or of stimulating his latent magical faculties,
all eyes must turn towards this branch of Sanskrit literature, and
to those few Yogins India still possesses, for the most minute,
thorough, accurate, easy and practical system of psychic exercises
ever conceived by man in any country or at any time.'
The Kundalini awakening or rebirth-process has been studied
both from the classical and clinical point of view. In this study, my
special thanks are due to Dr Lee Sannella, Chief of Clinical Services
of the Kundalini Clinic, whose permission to use the clinical
findings has been very useful. I am grateful to Dick Price and
Stanislav and Christina Grof of the Esalen Institute, Big Sur,
California, for providing me with opportunities to meet American
Naga-bandha. The psychic
researchers on kundalini-yoga. I am also indebted to Madhu
energy symbolized by the
Khanna for her several suggestions and to Pria Devi for going serpent-form retained by being
through the manuscript. wound into a closed circuit'.
Rajasthan, 18th century, ink
A.M. and colour on paper
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