DIVINE POWERS HAVE THEIR ROOTS IN THE CHAKRA FAMILY OF KUNDALINI SHAKTI

Life is a Yajna. Life also has a priest, demi-god and other paraphernalia. Scriptural scholars have correlated all this. While giving a special description of Kundalini Yajna the Mundakopanishad says (2/1/9) :

Great souls have emerged from it. The 7 flames of fire are emitted from it. These are the 7 Samidhas (wood of Yajna) and these are the 7 Havees (Yajna offerings). Its energy enters all the 7 Lokas (world) which were created by God for higher sacred purposes.

The 7 Lokas have been described differently in the Devi Bhagwat. In it one finds Bhuha—earth, Bhuvaha – wind, Svaha - divine light, Mahaha - greatness, Janaha – people of all the worlds, Tapaha – austerities and Satyaha – speech that always comes true. In this manner everything is included in Kundalini Yoga (i.e. Chakras) that is required for material and spiritual tasks. The human body has been compared to Bhulok (earth). In it the Mooladhar is called earth and Sahasrar in the head as the sun. The connecting rod between the 2 is called Merudand. The sun’s heat is a blessing for earth. The Brahmarandhra symbolizes the cosmos. Only when the earth imbibes heat /light of the sun can it create and store material spiritual wealth. In the same way the Sahasrar Loka is the manifestation center of cosmic consciousness and continuously the Mooladhar imbibes that much energy that it requires for whichever purpose of whatever quality from this powerhouse.

One can get a glimpse of how this grace pours down by going to the Polar regions of earth. Because the Brahmarandhra is also called the North Pole in which major energies of the sun and other important planets keep pouring down. It depends on the spiritual aspirant as to how much he imbibes this energy.

The North Pole of our planet earth is called Arctic Zone and it has a diameter of 50,000 miles. The South Pole (Antarctica) has a diameter of 30,000 miles. In the North Pole the Dhruva Prabha comes as Meru light and can be visualized as strange pictures. This light called Aurora Borealis shines in such a strange manner on the Polar regions that one can only be wonderstruck.

Due to distortions in the Aurora Borealis sunlight it is seen strangely as though like a searchlight which lights up and keeps blinking. In the North Pole reside Eskimos, bears, reindeers, fish etc. In the South Pole one can find penguins which are full of love. The Eskimo men of North Pole are by nature very adventurous.

There are many strange events regarding the sunlight on the Polar regions. A traveler of the North Pole called John Bayard had once seen the sun there of varied hues. Over there he saw far off objects hanging in the air. The heights of hills appeared higher than what they actually were. Many times one could see many suns rising simultaneously in the sky. In the same way the moon was also seen variedly in ice, air and the sky. The night in the North Pole lasts for 6 months. The sun barely shines for 16 days totally. The moon sometimes shines so brightly that it can be compared to the brilliance of the sun. The light changes hues and blinks continuously. Sometimes it runs like the length of the torchlight. Magnetic storms come and go continuously. This energy flow jumps up and lands on the South Pole. The pollution and atomic dust of the North Pole are emissions of the South Pole. One Pole is like a crater and the other is like a hill. Many a times far off sounds are heard closely and at other times sounds very nearby are not heard. All this description given above can be compared to the Mooladhar Chakra and the Sahasrar Kamal of the human body.

The head of our body is the North Pole and the genital organs on the Mooladhar Chakra are the South Pole. When we analyze the circumstances, special qualities and influence of both these, one can correlate it to the special qualities of the genital organs and the head region. The flow of sexual passion starts from the head and attacks the genital organs lying below. There is a long path between the 2 called the Merudand (spine) so that the give and take can be balanced. On this Merudand there are 6 obstructions called Chakras (plexuses).

So many stories of the Puranas (Indian Mythology) can be correlated to Kundalini Yoga (Divine Serpent Power). This world is balanced on the head of Shesha serpent and the body on the snake called the Mooladhar Chakra. When there are agitations in these areas, man becomes weak, handicapped and eunuch like. Lord Vishnoo sleeps on the Shesha serpent. There are snakes that coil around the neck of Lord Shiva. This is the description of the Brahmarandhra. All these snakes cooperate with one another and give the benefits of this energy to the activator of Kundalini. Because this energy is conjoined to Vishnoo and Shiva it is said to be present in them in a symbolic manner.

Where the latent super serpentess of Mooladhar connotes the female principle, over there the super serpent in Sahasrar connotes a male. Both have their own special aspects and the Merudand via Kundalini Yoga fulfils the infinite yearning of both to unite.

The material bliss of conjugal union is said to be a glimpse of bliss of Brahman resulting due to incitement of brain energy. Ordinarily both regions are in a latent state and only when enthusiasm manifests do they get incited.

The Mooladhar energy of Kundalini Shakti (Divine Serpent Power) is seen to manifest as vital flow, life force, creative inspirations, urge to live a long life, enthusiasm, humor play, daring etc. If this region lies latent, man too becomes weak and full of despair.

In the upper world of the Sahasrar Kamal of Kundalini dwell the intellect, thinking process, discrimination, devotion, idealism, self control, love, faith, good will, hard working nature etc.

If one’s psyche overflows with lust, both the upper and lower centers get distorted. One becomes weak both bodily and mentally. But if these centers are used only for limited sexual passion and more for sacred higher spiritual goals, one attains extraordinary benefits.

It has already been said that Kundalini energy is used only for procreation and sexual play by the gross physical body. Its more serious form is found in the subtle body. When the body is dissected you will not find Chakras but definitely you will see clusters of nerves over there. The anatomical correlation has already been elucidated in the previous chapter. Chakras in reality are symbolic centers of electrical flow of the body.

The following divine flow cannot be known as blood flow, nerve plexuses, nerves, sheath flow etc. Those who accept these beliefs do not understand the underlying reality and can just talk about them theoretically. This is a subject of conscious vital flow which cannot be called material electricity. Because it cannot influence wood, rubber etc. Whereas vital consciousness affects both inert matter and conscious energy.

Kundalini (Divine Serpent Power) has been detailed in Yoga Vasishtha, Yoga Choodamani, Devi Bhagwat, Sharada Tilak, Shandilyopanishad, Muktikopanishad, Hathyoga Samhita, Kularnav Tantra, Yogini Tantra, Bindupanishad, Rudrayamal Tantra, Soundarya Lahiri etc. Even then it is not as though one can understand with ease the rise/fall of spiritual practices. Neither can one by understanding the various rules of spiritual practices successfully attain the true goal. It is hence that in the Rigveda the Rishis say :

O Vital fire, Manifest as dawn in my life. Ward off my darkness. Give me energy so that divine powers come running to me.

The author of Trishikhibrahmopanishad writes :

Kundalini activated by Yogic practices shines and palpitates like lightning. Whoever is asleep awakens henceforth and whoever wakes up starts running.

In Ajit Mukherjee’s “The Tantri Way”, Swami Agehanand’s “Tantrik Parampara” and “Yawn Urja”, Hans Jackson’s “Western Psychology and Indian Sadhana”, Omar Garrison’s “Tantra Yawn Yoga”. Ukhil Haus’ “Commentary on Hathyoga Pradeepika”, Philip Rakhen’s “Tantrik Kala”, John Bright’s “Chetana ka Seemant”, Hans Rigjimar’s “Bhartiya Dharma Kay Upakhyan Aur Prateek”, and Sir John Woodroffe’s “Serpentine Power” a detailed description regarding the modern psychology, parapsychology and scripture of spiritual practise of Kundalini Yoga has been given. They further say that these rules are based on such definite precepts that those who aptly utilize them will be greatly benefited.

There is a description in Mahatantra :

An activated Kundalini gives birth to infinite energy. In it one automatically gets the fruits of spiritual practices like Naad, Bindu and Kala. The 4 speeches called Para, Pashyanti, Madhyama and Vaikhari manifest automatically. There is an overflow of desire power, knowledge power and action power. All the connections of body and speech line up in a single file and with a sweet sound they echo in our bosom. This divine power (Sidhi) of Shabda Brahman makes one a Jeevanmukta (liberated while yet alive).

Those who make the emotional aspect of Chakras as the basis tend to superimpose colours, words, cones, vehicles etc. In deep meditation one can see such forms and perceive such special qualities. But if true precepts are made the basis then one can compare them to cyclones, lava of volcanos, eddies in rivers etc. in people of extraordinary powers. With this power one can induce movements in the subtle world on a large scale and one can reach the highest step of the ladder of soul advancement.