Friends, there is a story in Shivpuran about a demon named Andhak. It is said as that demon, the enemy of God, had taken all three worlds under his control. He lived in the shelter of a pit in the sea. That extremely powerful demon would come out of that pit and after tormenting the people, would enter the same pit again. Then being sad, all the gods repeatedly prayed to Shiva and expressed all their sorrows to him. On this Shiva assured them that he would kill him and told them to go there with his army, he himself was coming there with the Ganas. Then when that terrible darkness, which hated the gods and sages, came out of that pit, and the gods entered that pit. Then the gods and demons fought a very terrible war with each other. By the grace of Lord Shiva, the gods became victorious in that war. As soon as he entered the pit after being tormented by the gods, Lord Shiva pierced and lifted him with his trident. Then, sitting in the trident, he meditated on Lord Shiva and started praying, “O God, after seeing you at the end, the living being becomes like you.” Shivji became happy and asked him to ask for a boon. Then the demon, having attained Sattvik Bhava, bowed to Lord Shiva and praised him and sought his devotion for himself and requested him to reside there. On this, Shankar threw the demon in the same pit and with the wish of public welfare, he settled there in the form of a linga.
Spirituo-psychological or scientific analysis of the above pauranik mythological story
I think the subconscious mind itself has been called a dark demon. This is what controls the man. Whatever happens to a person unknowingly comes under his influence. That is why a person, under the influence of alcohol etc., reveals deeply buried thoughts, feelings and physical actions. At that time the present conscious mind remains inactive, due to which the subconscious mind gets more opportunity to control the body. The pit of the ocean is the Muladhara Chakra. There is water in the ocean too, and there is water in the form of Shakti in the chakras also. The ocean is also located at the lowest point on the land, and the Muladhara Chakra is also considered to be located at the lowest point in the body. The empty hole in the middle of the chakra is that pit. Just as Muladhara Chakra is the most remote and inactive part of the body, similarly the subconscious mind is also the most remote and inactive part of the entire mind. Just as there is darkness in the depths of the ocean due to lack of light, similarly there is darkness in the subconscious mind. Therefore, both Muladhar and subconscious mind are shown living together at one place. Andhak means blind or one who causes darkness. When a man is under the influence of the subconscious mind, it also makes him blind or in darkness. Just as a person wakes up and becomes active with vigor after remaining in the subconscious mind for some time in the form of sleep etc., in the same way, the power sleeping in the form of subconscious mind in Muladhar wakes up and rises up, making the entire body and mind chakras healthy and active. Old desires and habits are suppressed in the subconscious mind in the form of subtle desires. These determine the behavior of man. When a man’s mental strength becomes weak, these desires can awaken and create six vices like lust, anger etc. in his mind, due to which he often commits bad deeds, which leads to his downfall or destruction. These two keep increasing each other, desires leading to bad actions and bad actions creating desires again, and again so and so cyclically. Even a good work will be considered bad if attachment is joined to it, because this attachment helps in the formation of lust. Yes, compared to bad work, it will be beneficial that good work will also get good results. However, by enjoying a good fruit with attachment, it will also become a lust and get registered in the subconscious mind, which will make the person do good work again. Whatever type be the action or result, if attachment comes along then it will definitely bind one. Consider good deeds and their fruits as chains of gold, and the action and fruits of bad deeds as chains of iron. Both will surely trap a man in the cycle of birth and death. After that short attack of andhak rising up from muladhara or subconscious, when the man regains consciousness, that lust that remained awake for a while again goes into the pit of his subconscious mind. This happens again and again. Andhaka means subconscious mind and the various doshas aka vices arising from it mean the various demons in his army. As soon as the vices like lust, anger etc. start dominating a person means andhak coming out of pit, at the same time the meditation picture in the form of Shiva starts appearing on the lower chakras by meditating on the nondual deities expressed by him with the help of nondual literatures like physiology philosophy aka sharirvigyan darshan etc. or nondual enhancing deeds like worship of gods etc. Same thing happens with yoga also. Through yoga, when the life force of the body revolves and reaches the Muladhar, then it can be called the arrival of the gods there, because the gods are associated with the body parts and the power that moves them. The army of gods would have been said to be spiritual acts and the army of Shiva i.e. Ganasena would have been said to be tantric acts. Both complement each other. It is natural for the meditation picture of Shiva to be expressed along with Shakti. There the war with the demons means the manifestation of the suppressed thoughts that are gross or associated with this birth and thereby their weakening or destruction. Thoughts from countless births are buried in the subconscious mind. Therefore it is not so easy to defeat it. When power reaches the brain, it continues to appear in the form of gross thoughts and actions, and when power reaches the Mooladhar, which is farthest from it, it keeps hiding in its dark original form. Meaning the man is completely under its control, although he may feel that he is doing everything as per his own will. As soon as it reaches Muladhara with Shakti, it rises again with Shakti going up through the back channels. Meaning, as soon as it reaches the Muladhar Chakra while going down, it starts rising up through the ida, pingla and Sushumna nadis. This is hanging of Andhak on his trident by Shiva. After reaching the brain through those channels it becomes pure by the company of shiva form meditation image. From there it then falls down through the front channel and again reaches the Muladhara Chakra. This cycle continues. Because Muladhar Chakra keeps purifying that Andhaka by lifting it on the trident, hence this is a type of Andhakeshwar Linga. Shivalinga means Shiva’s linga as it is associated with the Shiva-form meditation picture. Because Dhyanachitra, like background music, protects man from the jolts of the noisy music of life, hence the story says that Shiva protected the gods and people from darkness. Meaning, if Yoga brings out the old suppressed thoughts and desires to purify them, then the meditation used in it keeps the Yogi from falling prey to them. If one falls prey to these then despite weakening of those, new lustful desires will be again formed. The meaning is clear that without meditation, yoga is incomplete and can also be harmful. Meaning there should also be a meditation session at the end of the yoga session. It takes a lot of time to cleanse the desires. Therefore, yoga should be continued and practiced regularly throughout life. By the way, it is worth noting that even with common worldly tasks, Shakti keeps moving around. When a person does physical work, the body and mind get a lot of blissful freshness and energy due to blood circulation. Then, when a person gets tired and takes rest, the body does not have the activity to circulate the blood, due to which the running blood gets deposited on the Muladhara Chakra due to its heaviness, and along with it the power also gets deposited there. Due to this, the man again falls into the trap of darkness of subconscious mind. Bored with that, he then tries to divert the power accumulated on that Mooladhar by adopting worldly activities. Due to this, energy reaches the entire body and brain and the person becomes happy again. Meaning, darkness comes out of the pit and starts controlling the physical world. Because the actions of a man are those which are buried in his subconscious mind. However, due to the company of elders, gurus and knowledgeable people, he also avoids doing bad deeds by coming under its influence. But for how long? There is no complete security until it is completely destroyed. Checked
If the old thoughts keep getting weakened due to worldly activities, then new thoughts also keep getting deposited in the subconscious mind. Meaning running ahead, gap widening behind. That is why work is said to be done in the form of Karmayoga. In this there is no attachment to the doer, action and result. Due to non-attachment, they do not settle deeply in the subconscious mind but instead remain on the surface and soon come out and get destroyed. Due to this, overall destruction of thoughts is more than the birth of thoughts, due to which the darkness in the form of subconscious mind gets purified gradually.
Secondly, during yoga we allow the suppressed thoughts to be expressed openly. This is because they cannot make us do ridiculous work or behavior, because at that time we are not working at all but are doing yoga in solitude. Due to this, they keep appearing and getting destroyed again and again. These can be called misfires of wet gunpowder. On the other hand, at work we do not allow bad thoughts to appear openly, because they can mislead us and make us do bad deeds and behave badly.
Thirdly, meditation aka dhyana is more effective during yoga. They reduce the ill effects of the manifestation of ludicrous suppressed thoughts. This is because more attention is paid to meditation, due to which less attention is paid to the bad mental tendencies that are grossly expressing. Although meditation is effective even during Karmayoga, but not as much as during Yoga. Although during my Karma Yoga, meditation image was more effective than ordinary yoga, yet it was slightly less effective than meditation image in Tantra Yoga. There was only a little difference. Of course, the power worthy of awakening was obtained only through Tantra Yoga. There is a lot of power in Karmayoga also. Considering this spiritual scientific benefit of Dhyanachitra, the author of Shivpuran has given it the form of Shiva. With the help of yoga, he keeps lifting Andhak on the trident again and again, purifying it and throwing it back into the pit. Meaning, the subconscious mind keeps rising up with Shakti and Shivchitra through the nadis of the back channel, keeps getting purified by releasing its energy, and keeps falling down through the front channel. Then again rises up from behind. This cycle continues.
Fourthly, worldly activities cannot revolve the power aka shakti as much and as quickly as through yoga. By doing yoga throughout the day, Shakti can be rotated hundreds of times, whereas while working, Shakti can be rotated only maximum 4-5 times. Shakti rotates once in the morning after breakfast. Then there is rest during lunch time. After rest, the power rotates once again through work. Everyone rotates the power approximately 1 or 2 times. Many people relax and have tea in the evening. The subsequent work rotates the power for the third time. Fast people rotate it fourth time doing everything from waking up early to having breakfast. Very active people even rotate the Shakti for the fifth time between the time of evening puja and after eating food till sleeping. Meaning, for the energy to circulate, rest along with work is also necessary.
This is all a game of gunpowder. The gunpowder of thoughts stored in the subconscious mind has to be burnt in such a way that there is no explosion and it keeps burning. For this, little water as detachment can be sprayed on it. This is the aim of yoga. Natural efforts are also a mild form of Yoga, in which a man keeps getting the results or fruits of his thoughts of action buried in his subconscious mind. With this, those associated old Karmic thoughts are remembered by them, by this they releasing their energy, meaning they were in the form of suppressed energy, which comes out and merges into the soul. Energy is neither created nor destroyed. It keeps appearing from the soul and keeps merging in it. The suppressed thoughts of this birth are remembered, but the thoughts of the previous birth keep disappearing without being remembered. Although it is definitely felt. That is why after getting any good or bad results, a person feels lightness and happiness arising in himself. Because a person is afraid of bad results and takes them in a different and negative form, hence even though there is joy in it, he is not able to feel it. If a person adopts the attitude of non-attachment and non-duality, then there is only happiness, whether the result is good or bad. Kundalini Yoga has been created to speed up this natural Yoga.
Demystifying Kundalini 