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Is a Glimpse of Enlightenment the Highest Experience?

Is there anything higher than a glimpse of enlightenment for a living being? If someone has tasted it, has he reached the ultimate peak? The answer is—no. A glimpse is like touching the summit for a moment, but true fulfillment comes only when one can stay there. After such a glimpse, one must return to their natural state, which is liberation or Samadhi.

Does Liberation Bring Greater Bliss Than Enlightenment’s Glimpse?

In a moment of enlightenment, prana fuels the experience, making it intense and extraordinary. But this surge is bound by the body’s limitations. In Samadhi, this energy is balanced, effortless, and eternal. The bliss may not feel as explosive, but it never fades. A lightning bolt may be brighter than the sun for a moment, but the sun never stops shining.

Will Someone Regret Missing the Glimpse If They Attain Liberation Directly?

If someone reaches Samadhi without ever having a glimpse of enlightenment, will they feel like they missed something? Perhaps, yes. That’s why it is said—before liberation, experience the peak of love, surrender, and devotion. Bhakti, romance, and deep connection give birth to that glimpse. It may last only a moment, but it ensures that Samadhi is not just a silent void—it becomes a state filled with love, bliss, and completeness.

Why a Glimpse Is Worth Experiencing

I truly believe that at least once in a lifetime, a glimpse of enlightenment is worth having. It may be brief, but it changes everything. Without it, Samadhi may feel like an absence rather than a presence. Love, devotion, and a deep sense of connection prepare the ground for it. After all, what is the point of reaching the peak if you have never felt the thrill of climbing?

The Illusion of Completion

For a long time, I lived under the subtle illusion that after experiencing a fleeting glimpse of enlightenment, I had attained everything. That single moment felt so complete, so overwhelming, that I mistook it for the final destination. But life, with its trials and lessons—especially through the lens of sharirvigyan darshan—revealed a deeper truth. That glimpse was not the end, but merely the beginning. The journey is far from over, and the path ahead is longer than I once believed.

Direct Awakening Through Kutastha: My Experience

Many say working with chakras and the spine is necessary for spiritual progress, but Kriya yoga Guru Mukherjee’s words struck me deeply—only concentrating on Kutastha (the spiritual eye) leads to salvation. He claimed that focusing on chakras for eons won’t bring liberation. I now understand why.

From the very beginning, I forced energy into Kutastha using Tantra. Or should I say, I meditated directly in the brain. I did not have any special knowledge and experience of chakras at that time. After awakening, I worked lightly on chakras but never let energy linger there. This led to a quick awakening. Unlike traditional methods that ascend gradually, my approach bypassed stages and reached the threshold directly. When energy wasn’t dissipated into chakras or the spine, the shift happened swiftly.

Yet, awakening came with a new challenge—balance. At that time I had become detached from worldly affairs. Deep and heavy work used to inflame meditation image in the mind along with pleasure. It used to increase the pressure in the mind and of course pleasure also. However, I used to get great help from leftist tantra (mainly yin-yang type) to control it. My energy naturally moves up and down now, but staying grounded is necessary. For this, I practice chakra meditation daily. I hold my breath on each chakra, visualizing its color, grain, and bija mantra, moving from top to bottom. Without Tantra, grounding takes a little time; with it, it happens instantly.

I’ve heard of many grounding techniques, but I only explore them for research, not necessity. My system stabilizes well with Tantra and chakra meditation. This direct method works for me. The key insight? Salvation happens when energy fully settles in Kutastha without dispersing. Focusing elsewhere delays it.

For those seeking the fastest route—aim for Kutastha, stabilize with chakra meditation, and use Tantra when needed. Awakening is simple when you don’t overcomplicate the path.

Kundalini yoga teaches the art of dying

Friends, there is a famous saying that by practicing continuously, even a fool becomes wise and skilled. All people are fools when it comes to attaining salvation. So, can salvation be attained effortlessly by practicing Kundalini yoga continuously? Let us analyze it in this post.

I was reading the introduction to Purana Purush. It was written in it that how did a householder yogi, known to the author, die? At the last moment, he had focused his life exactly in the middle of the eyebrows. Due to this, there was a strong vibration there. Then he breathed his last there. It was believed that he was liberated. That same Agya Chakra has been called Ram Dwara. In common parlance, the death that people used to mention at Ramdwara was the Agya Chakra itself.

Now the question is that at the last moment, when all the senses become devoid of knowledge, how can one focus the life of the body on the Agya Chakra? I think this happened on its own, through lifelong practice. Science also shows that the blood circulation of the body keeps on shifting from non-essential organs to essential organs. Then this should happen even without yoga. It does happen. Whether one does yoga or not, blood circulation gives importance to the brain. Agya Chakra is one of the main parts of the brain, and is the most effective point in the path of the main nerve of the body. But such vibration is not seen in everyone. It is seen only in Yogis. It seems that blood circulation is automatically controlled by itself. There is no need to be aware or experienced about it. But to make Nadi Sanchar more effective, one has to be aware of it. Meaning, one has to experience it. Although Nadi Sanchar keeps happening at the basic level even without experience. It is due to it that the body remains active. But to raise it to the level of providing liberation, its experience has to be increased. Blood circulation cannot do all the work. It certainly supplies all the necessary substances to the cells for their work, but it is the nerve circulation that motivates the cells to work by using them. Perhaps this nadi circulation is called Prana. If we place material for building a house in front of a person, he will not immediately start building the house. He will have to be motivated to work using that material. This motivating work is done through nadi circulation. You all know that for liberation, it is necessary for all the thoughts suppressed in the mind to manifest in the soul. This is what happens in the witness state. That is why there is a feeling of liberation from it. We certainly experience all the previous suppressed thoughts in the soul in the witness state, but the new thoughts that are suppressed after that are enough to put us in bondage. At the time of death, because all the senses become inactive, the new world cannot be experienced, meaning new thoughts cannot be formed and suppressed in the mind. In such a situation, if all the old suppressed thoughts are experienced in the soul even once due to the great circulation of Prana in the brain, then there should be no doubt about liberation. It is written in the scriptures that if the name of God is taken or he is remembered at the time of death, then one attains salvation. It is also written in many places that this can be done only if there is a lifelong practice. This practice points towards Kundalini Yoga practice. Because the common practice will not be useful at that time. That is because all the senses will be almost dead. How can anything be thought through them. Those almost dead inner senses can come to life only if a strong wave of life force shakes them. Right now because the blood circulation would have shifted from the external senses like eyes, ears etc. to the internal senses like mind and intellect. That blood circulation will also not be so much that it can provide sufficient nutrition to the nervous system there. In such a situation, only the strong wave of life force rising from the Mooladhara can make it active.

Then it is said that whatever a man thinks about in his last moments, he becomes that in his next life. Jad Bharat thought about a deer, so he became a deer. Perhaps this thinking is solitary thinking which happens due to lack of prana. Attachment or credit intelligence remains towards only one mental picture. That is why one gets the same kind of birth. But due to the powerful vibration of prana coming from the Mooladhar, all the mental pictures are felt together and become calm in the soul. Then there is no attachment to any particular picture. This gives liberation. Either do not get attached to anyone or do it with everyone. The result of both is the same, detachment. Either do not remember anyone at the time of death, or remember everyone. The thing is the same. But this does not happen because the ordinary prana will make you remember someone or the other. The kundalini power flowing in the Sushumna is so powerful that it makes you experience everything together. Perhaps this is its basic principle.

But death does not always come so comfortably that it gives the thoughts a chance to merge with the soul. Premature death occurs suddenly. In today’s modern, mechanical, polluted, war-ridden and disease-ridden era, it occurs more often. Earlier it was considered very inauspicious and an obstacle to salvation. It was even believed that the soul would wander without a body for a long time. That is why it was said that one should always be spiritually prepared for death so that even if untimely death comes, one can still get salvation. Such preparation can be done only by daily Kundalini Yoga practice.

When I had corona, I used to feel the transmission of prana through my back, which was probably to fight the disease. In those days I was not even able to do Kundali Yoga. Thoughts were emerging very peacefully and merging into the soul. Perhaps it happens that when the practice of yoga is missed, the accustomed body tries to do that yoga on its own. Perhaps this is why pranayama and yoga are considered liberating. Countless yogis have tested it for centuries.

कुंडलिनी योग के बिना सभी आध्यात्मिक तकनीकें और विधियां अधूरी हैं

सभी दोस्तों को क्रिसमिस की हार्दिक बधाइयां

दोस्तों! कुंडलिनी योग एक रहस्यमय विद्या है। इसे जितना ज्यादा खंगाला जाए, उतने ही इससे नए-नए अर्थ निकलते रहते हैं। इसकी खोज कभी खत्म नहीं होती। शायद यह इसलिए है क्योंकि यह अनंत से जुड़ा है। अनंत की खोज भी कभी पूरी नहीं होती। अन्य सभी भौतिक दुनियादारी से संबंधित विद्याएं उसी की भांति सीमित हैं और उसी की तरह अंत को प्राप्त हो जाती हैं।

राजयोग वाले कहते हैं कि मन से ध्यान ही सर्वश्रेष्ठ है। शरीर से साधना गौण है? भक्ति योग वाले कहते हैं कि शरीर की परवाह न करो, बस मन भगवान में लगाकर रखो। ज्ञान योग वाले कहते हैं कि बस अपने आपको ब्रह्म समझते हुऎ जीवन बिताओ, बाकि चीजों के चक्कर में ना पड़ो। कर्मयोग की वकालत करने वाले कहते हैं कि कर्म ही योग है। अलग से योग या कुंडलिनी योग करने की जरूरत नहीं है। तप की वकालत करने वाले कहते हैं कि तप से ही पाप नष्ट होते हैं जिससे मुक्ति मिलती है। पर मुझे तो कुंडलिनी योग के बिना सभी योग अधूरे लगते हैं। वह इसलिए क्योंकि शक्ति का मूल स्रोत शरीर ही है। मन में कहीं आसमान से गिरकर शक्ति नहीं आ जाती। शरीर ही मन को शक्ति प्रदान करता है। मन को शक्ति के लिए शरीर के आश्रित रहना ही पड़ता है। फिर शरीर को शक्ति पैदा करने के लिए और उसे मन को प्रदान करने के लिए कुंडलिनी योग करना ही पड़ता है।

मन की शक्ति के बिना राजयोग का ध्यान कैसे कर पाएंगे? चंद मिनिटों या सेकंडों में ही ध्यान चित्र मन से गायब हो जाएगा। हफ्तों या दिनों तक लगातर तो लग गया। जब तक लगातर महीनों तक प्रगाढ़ ध्यान नहीं बना रहेगा, तब तक कैसे सोए विचारों के रूप में पाप भस्म होंगे, और कैसे कुंडलिनी जागरण होगा। बस होगा तो सिर्फ ध्यान का ढोंग और दिखावा। मन की शक्ति के बिना भक्ति योग भी कैसे कर पाएंगे। भक्ति भी एक प्रकार से ध्यान ही है। इष्ट देवता या गुरु का ध्यान ही है। ज्ञान योग के ममले में भी मन की शक्ति के बिना आदमी अपने आपको ब्रह्म कैसे समझ पाएगा। यह समझ विचारों से पैदा होती है और विचार शक्ति से पैदा होते हैं। कर्म योग से मान लिया कि विचारों का कचरा शांत होता है। उससे भी मन में ध्यान चित्र ही मजबूत होता है। पर अगर आदमी कर्मयोग के बाद कर्म से थोड़ा उपरत होकर कुंडलिनी योग नहीं करेेगा तो उस कुंडलिनी चित्र को जागने की शक्ति कैसे मिलेगी। अगर आदमी हमेशा कर्मयोग में ही लगा रहेगा तो एक ध्यान चित्र थोड़ा मजबूत होगा और फिर शांत हो जाएगा। उसकी जगह पर कोई नया ध्यान चित्र आ जाएगा। वह भी थोड़ा मजबूत होगा और फिर शांत हो जाएगा। या विरले मामलों में वही ध्यान चित्र हल्की स्मृति के रूप में उम्रभर बना रहेगा। इस तरह यह सिलसिला चलता रहेगा पर कोई भी ध्यान चित्र जाग नहीं पाएगा। मतलब कुंडलिनी जागरण नहीं होगा। तप से शरीर में शक्ति का संचय होता है। पर अगर उसे कुंडलिनी योग से मन को प्रदान नहीं किया जाएगा तो तप से क्या आध्यात्मिक लाभ मिलेगा। फिर तो तप एक ढोंग मात्र बनकर रह जाएगा।

अगर कोई भी आध्यात्मिक तकनीक अपनाई जाए पर उसके साथ कुंडलिनी योग ना किया जाए तो पूर्ण फल नहीं मिलेगा। पर अगर कुछ भी न किया जाए और सिर्फ कुंडलिनी योग ही किया जाए, फिर भी पूर्ण आध्यात्मिक लाभ की संभावना बन जाती है। वह इसलिए क्योंकि मन का स्वभाव है कि वह हमेशा विकसित होकर परमात्मा की तरफ ही जाता है। जब मन को शक्ति मिलेगी तो वह खुद ही किसी भी तरीके से परमात्मा की तरफ जाने की पूरी कोशिश करेेगा। मन परमात्मा का अंश है और वह उसमें ही जुड़कर उससे ही एकाकार होना चाहता है। कुंडलिनी योग के साथ अगर और भी आध्यात्मिक तकनीकें अपनाई जाएं तब तो और भी अच्छा है, और वह सोने पे सुहागे वाली बात है।

Kundalini yoga is the must have ingredient with all the spiritual techniques and methods

Merry Christmas to all friends

Friends! Kundalini Yoga is a mysterious knowledge. The more it is explored, the more new meanings keep emerging from it. Its search never ends. Perhaps this is because it is connected to the infinite. The search for the infinite is also never complete. All other knowledge related to the material world are limited like it and are prone to ending.

Those who practice Raja Yoga say that meditation with the mind is the best. Sadhana with the body is secondary. Those who practice Bhakti Yoga say that do not worry about the body, just keep the mind focused on God. Those who practice Gyan Yoga say that just live your life considering yourself as Brahma and do not get involved in other things. Those who advocate Karma Yoga say that Karma is Yoga. There is no need to do Yoga or Kundalini Yoga separately. Those who advocate Tapasya say that only Tapasya destroys sins, which leads to salvation. But to me all yogas seem incomplete without Kundalini yoga. That is because the body is the main source of power. Power does not fall from the sky into the mind. It is the body that provides power to the mind. The mind has to depend on the body for power. Then in order for the body to generate power and provide it to the mind, Kundalini yoga has to be done.

How will you be able to meditate on Rajayoga without the power of the mind? Within a few minutes or seconds, the image of meditation will disappear from the mind. How will it take weeks or days to do so? Unless deep meditation is maintained for months, how will the sins in the form of sleeping thoughts be destroyed and how will the Kundalini awaken? It will just be a pretense and show of meditation. How will you be able to do Bhakti Yoga without the power of the mind? Bhakti is also a form of meditation. It is the meditation of the deity or the Guru. In the case of Gyan Yoga also, without the power of the mind, how will a man be able to understand himself as Brahma. This understanding is born from thoughts and thoughts are born from power. Similarly, it is accepted that the garbage of thoughts is pacified by Karma Yoga. It also strengthens the meditation image in the mind. But if a person does not do Kundalini Yoga by detaching himself from Karma after Karma Yoga, then how will that Kundalini image get the power to awaken. If a person always remains engaged in Karma Yoga, then a meditation image will become a little stronger and then it will become calm. In its place, a new meditation image will come. That too will become a little stronger and then it will become calm. Or in rare cases the same meditation image will remain as a faint memory for a lifetime. This way, this cycle will continue but no meditation image will be able to awaken. It means that Kundalini will not awaken. Power is accumulated in the body by Tapasya. But if it is not provided to the mind by Kundalini Yoga, then what spiritual benefit will be derived from Tapasya. Then Tapasya will remain just a pretense.

If any spiritual technique is adopted but Kundalini Yoga is not done along with it, then the full result will not be obtained. But if nothing is done and only Kundalini Yoga is done, then still there is a possibility of full spiritual benefit. That is because the nature of the mind is that it always develops and moves towards God. When the mind gets power, it will try its best to go towards God in any way. The mind is a part of God and it wants to join Him and become one with Him. If other spiritual techniques are adopted along with Kundalini Yoga, then it is even better and it is like icing on the cake.

Kundalini Yoga balances the prana, which keeps the body healthy

Prana is considered to be in the chest. It is considered to be the most important because it helps in breathing. If there is breath, there is life. The word prana is formed by combining two words, Pra and Aan. Pra means first or chief and Aan means coming or flow of power. Apan is considered to be below the navel. It is connected to Swadhisthana and Muladhara Chakras. Anyway, all the pranas are connected to some chakra or the other. Its work is waste excretion. It also helps in sexual intercourse. Udana is located above the chest. This word is formed by the combination of ut and aan. Ut means above. This means that the prana power going upwards is Udana. All these pranas are connected to each other. First of all, the man takes a deep breath from the navel. This activates the samana prana there. The name samana is because the energy of the food produced with its help is distributed equally throughout the body. Due to the activity of Samana Prana, the Upa Prana named Krikal also gets activated, which makes us feel hungry. There are five Upa Pranas too, which help in the activities of Pranas. This entire body is filled with Pranas. Due to the activity of Samana, Vyana Prana also gets activated there. The word Vya of Vyana gives a sense of pervasiveness. It means that this Prana is spread in every vein and every cell of the entire body. It is actually connected to blood circulation. By focusing on the navel, blood circulation will definitely increase there, as it is a rule that the blood flow increases at the place of meditation. Then the blood reaches every cell. This activates the Vyana spread there. Then the work of releasing digestive enzymes from the cells, absorbing the digested food in the blood and sending it to the entire body starts. Some part of samana becomes apana that propels undigested food down to excretion. When majority of digestion has happened, the majority of Samana Prana of the navel comes to the chest and starts giving strength to the breath and the heart. It means it starts functioning as main Prana. Udana Prana helps that Samana Prana to rise upwards. It is also felt as it rises through the back. Breath starts flowing from the chest. That is why after the food is digested, a person gets stressed due to the worry of work. And he wants to work hard until the next hunger strikes. This happens due to breathing from the chest. Food is coming to the whole body and one feels like working. Then the person gets tired of work and starts taking some rest. At that time his Prana starts rising upwards in the form of Udana. This gives strength to the Vishuddhi Chakra, speech associated with it, Agya Chakra, thoughts associated with it, due to which the person gossips or starts strutting in thoughts. Then the person rests and starts sleeping. At that time his Udana Prana descends down and comes to Swadhisthana and Mooladhar and becomes Apana. Then after waking up from sleep, his stress ends, due to which breath starts flowing from the navel automatically. Peace or sleep and breathing from the navel, both are interconnected. By doing one, the other starts happening automatically. Due to this, Apana rises upwards and becomes samana again. This makes us feel hungry again. This way the cycle continues again and again.

All the pranas keep the body balanced by uniting and helping each other. By Kundalini Yoga, we can balance the entire body clearly and abundantly at one go by focusing the pranas on all the chakras. Otherwise, this process keeps going on itself day and night at a slow pace without our knowledge. If there is any imbalance in it, then it gets balanced by Kundalini Yoga. That is why it is said that Kundalini Yoga helps in preventing diseases and in curing them if they occur. Most of the diseases arise from imbalance in the body.

All this description is only to create interest in Kundalini Yoga. There is not much need for it in practice. But today’s logic-oriented society should also keep getting some nourishment. By doing simple yoga, asanas and pranayama, the entire body automatically remains balanced. Then the worldly affairs related to it will also remain balanced, what doubt can there be in this? The car will run even if you know about its parts, and it will run even if you don’t. Yes, a person who knows about its parts will service them on time and make the car run better.

कुंडलीनी योग से प्राण संतुलित हो जाते हैं, जिससे शरीर स्वस्थ रहता है

वैसे प्राण को छाती में माना जाता है। इसे सबसे मुख्य इसलिए माना जाता है, क्योंकि यह श्वास प्रश्वास में मदद करता है। सांस है तो जीवन है। प्र और आन, दो शब्दों से मिलकर शब्द प्राण बना है। प्र का मतलब प्रथम या प्रमुख और आन का मतलब आना या शक्ति का संचार होता है। अपान को नाभि के नीचे माना जाता है। यह स्वाधिष्ठान और मूलाधार चक्रों से जुड़ा है। वैसे भी सभी प्राण किसी न किसी चक्र से जुड़े होते हैं। इसका काम अपशिष्ट उत्सर्जन है। यह संभोग में भी मदद करता है। उदान छाती से ऊपर के हिस्से में रहता है। यह शब्द उत् और आन के मेल से बना है। उत् का मतलब ऊपर होता है। मतलब ऊपर जाने वाली प्राण शक्ति उदान है। ये सभी प्राण आपस में जुड़े होते हैं। सबसे पहले आदमी नाभि से गहरी सांस लेता है। इससे वहां समान प्राण सक्रिय हो जता है। समान नाम इसलिए है क्योंकि इसकी सहायता से उत्पन्न भोजन की ऊर्जा पूरे शरीर में समान रूप से वितरित की जाती है। समान प्राण की क्रियाशीलता से कृकल नाम का उपप्राण भी सक्रिय हो जाता है, जिससे भूख लगती है। उपप्राण भी पांच हैं, जो प्राणों की क्रियाओं में सहयोग करते हैं। यह पूरा शरीर प्राणों से भरा हुआ है। समान की सक्रियता से व्यान प्राण भी वहां सक्रिय हो जाता है। व्यान का व्य शब्द व्यापकता का बोध कराता है। मतलब यह प्राण पूरे शरीर की नस नस में और हर एक कोशिका में फैला है। यह वास्तव में रक्त संचार से जुड़ा है। नाभि पर ध्यान जाने से वहां रक्त संचार तो बढ़ेगा ही, जैसा कि नियम है कि ध्यान वाली जगह पर खून का प्रवाह बढ़ जाता है। फिर रक्त तो हर एक कोशिका तक पहुंचता है। इससे वहां फैला व्यान सक्रिय हो जाता है। फिर तो कोशिकाओं से पाचक एंजाइम का निकलना, पचे हुऎ भोजन को रक्त में अवशोषित करना और उसे पूरे शरीर में भेजने का काम शुरु हो जाता है। कुछ समान प्राण अनपचे अपशिष्ट पदार्थ को नीचे धकेलने और गुदा मार्ग से बाहर निकालने के लिए अपान प्राण बन जाता है। पाचन का ज्यादातर काम हो जाने पर नाभि का अधिकांश समान प्राण छाती पर आकर श्वास और हृदय को शक्ति देने लगता है। मतलब समान प्राण मुख्य प्राण के रूप में कार्य करने लगता है। उदान प्राण उस समान प्राण को ऊपर चढ़ने में मदद करता है। यह पीठ से ऊपर चढ़ते हुऎ महसूस भी होता है। सांस छाती से चलने लगती है। इसीलिए तो खाना पच जाने के बाद आदमी काम की चिंता से तनाव जैसे में आ जाता है। और अगली भूख लगने तक खूब काम करना चाहता है। ऐसा छाती से सांस चलने से होता है। पूरे शरीर में भोजन आ जा रहा होता है और काम करने को मन करता है। फिर आदमी काम से थक कर थोड़ा विश्राम करने लगता है। उस समय उसका प्राण उदान बनकर ऊपर चढ़ने लगता है। इससे विशुद्धि चक्र, उससे जुड़ी वाणी, आज्ञा चक्र , उससे जुड़े चिंतन को शक्ति मिलती है, जिससे आदमी गप्पें हांकता है या ख्यालों में डूबने इतराने लगता है। फिर आदमी सुस्ता कर सोने लगता है। उस समय उसका उदान प्राण नीचे उतरकर स्वाधिष्ठान और मूलाधार में आकर अपान बन जाता है। फिर सो कर जागने के बाद उसका तनाव खत्म हो जाता है, जिससे सांस खुद ही नाभि से चलने लगती है। शांति या नींद और नाभि से सांस, दोनों आपस में जुड़े हैं। एक को करने से दूसरा खुद ही होने लगता है। इससे अपान ऊपर चढ़कर फिर से समान बन जता है। इससे पुनः भूख लगती है। इस तरह यह चक्र पुनः पुनः चलता रहता है।

सभी प्राण आपस में मिलकर और एक दूसरे की मदद करके शरीर को संतुलित बनाकर रखते हैं। कुंडलिनी योग से हम सभी चक्रों पर प्राणों को केंद्रित करने से एक बार में एक साथ ही पूरे शरीर को स्पष्ट और प्रचुर तौर पर संतुलित कर लेते हैं। अन्यथा यह प्रक्रिया हमारी जानकारी के बिना ही धीमी गति से दिन रात खुद ही चलती रहती है। कभी अगर इसमें असंतुलन हो जाए तो कुंडलिनी योग से यह संतुलित हो जाती है। इसीलिए कहते हैं कि कुंडलिनी योग रोगों से बचाव में व हो जाने पर उन्हें दूर करने में सहयोग करता है। ज्यादातर रोग शरीर में असंतुलन से ही पैदा होते हैं।

यह सारा विवरण तो कुंडलिनी योग में रुचि पैदा करने के लिए ही है। व्यवहार में इसकी ज्यादा जरूरत नहीं पड़ती। पर क्या है कि आजकल के तर्कप्रधान समाज को भी कुछ खुराक मिलती रहनी चाहिए। सीधा योग, आसन और प्राणायाम करते रहने से पूरा शरीर स्वचालित रूप से खुद ही संतुलित बना रहता है। फिर उससे जुड़ी दुनियादारी भी संतुलित ही बनी रहेगी, इसमें भला क्या संदेह हो सकता है। गाड़ी के पुर्जों की जानकारी होगी तब भी गाड़ी चलेगी, और अगर नहीं होगी तब भी चलेगी। हां पुर्जों की जानकारी रखने वाला आदमी उनकी समयवार सर्विस करके गाड़ी को ज्यादा अच्छे से चलाएगा।

Kundalini yoga teaches us to control our breaths

Friends, during Kundalini yoga, when we take long and slow breaths through pranayama, then a sense of witnessing the thoughts arises, which reduces stress. Inspired by this, we try to reduce our stress by taking long and slow breaths even in the midst of worldly affairs throughout the day. There are mainly three types of breaths. One is the breath from the stomach, which focuses the prana on the navel chakra. One is the breath from the chest, which strikes the prana on the anahata chakra. There is a very shallow breath, which puts the prana on the vishudhi chakra. You must have noticed that when you are emotionally hurt or active, the breath starts coming from the chest. When you eat and drink too much, the breath starts coming from the navel. This is yogic breath. That is why after a full meal of delicious food, there is great joy, especially if you are also traveling. Traveling increases the sense of witnessing. During a lot of talking, one feels suffocated because the breath is shallow and only up to the throat. That is why after talking a lot of nonsense, a person starts panting with long breaths. When we do chakra meditation, we breathe according to the chakra so that we can meditate properly on the chakra. By understanding this secret, we can control the action through breath during work. If we have spoken too much or have established too much emotional connection, then we start breathing from the stomach. This brings speech and emotion under control. If we start becoming too calm, stress-free and silent, then we start breathing from the chest. This creates a little tension, which is necessary in some amount to survive in worldly affairs and competition. Some breath rises above the chest and reaches the throat.

Breath from the chest rises to all the upper chakras, because while breathing from the chest the shoulders are raised upwards. That is why it is said that Prana remains above the navel. Apana remains below the navel. When we breathe from the stomach, some Prana seems to descend to Swadhisthana Chakra and Mooladhar Chakra. However, from there it again directly ascends to the Ajna Chakra and Sahasrar Chakra through the Sushumna. But it does give strength to the lower part of the body, which is the main work of Apana. Such things seem very complex on the surface. But if we understand them calmly and deeply, then everything is as simple as child’s play. This is the specialty of spiritualism. There is nothing complicated in this. You just need an open heart and a thoughtful and creative mind to understand. The other three main pranas are Vyana, Udana and Samana. These too will be understood gradually. There you go, we know about Samana Prana. It is considered to be the prana of the navel. By breathing on the navel, prana spreads evenly throughout the body, as we have mentioned above. Some part of it goes to Swadhisthana and Muladhara Chakra, which becomes Apana. It again ascends from there, and becomes Prana. A little part of it also ascends directly from the navel chakra. We will discuss the rest in the next post.

कुंडलिनी योग हमें सांसों पर नियंत्रण करना सिखाता है

दोस्तो, कुंडलिनी योग के दौरान जब हम प्राणायाम से लंबी और धीमी सांसें लेते हैं, तब विचारों के प्रति साक्षीभव उदित होता है, जिससे तनाव कम हो जाता है। इससे प्रेरित होकर हम दिन भर की दुनियादारी के बीच में भी लंबी और धीमी सांसें लेकर अपने तनाव को कम करने की कोशिश करते हैं। सांसें मुख्यतः तीन किस्म की होती हैं। एक पेट से सांस जो नाभि चक्र पर प्राण को केंद्रित करती है। एक छाती से सांस जो प्राण का आघात अनाहत चक्र पर करती है। एक बहुत उथली सांस होती है, जो प्राणों को विशुद्धि चक्र पर डालती है। आपने देखा होगा कि भावनात्मक रूप से आहत या क्रियाशील होने पर सांस छाती से चलने लगती है। ज्यादा खाने पीने पर सांस नाभि से चलने लगती है। यह योगिक सांस होती है। इसीलिए तो भरपेट स्वादिष्ट भोजन के बाद बड़ा आनंद आता है, खासकर अगर भ्रमण भी कर रहे हों तो। भ्रमण से साक्षीभाव बढ़ जाता है। ज्यादा बोलचाल के दौरान दम जैसा घुटता है क्योंकि सांस उथली और गले तक ही होती है। इसीलिए तो ज्यादा बकवास करने के बाद आदमी लंबी लंबी सांसों के साथ हांफने सा लगता है। जब हम चक्र ध्यान करते हैं तो चक्र के अनुसार ही सांस चलाते हैं ताकि चक्र पर अच्छे से ध्यान हो सके। इस रहस्य को समझकर हम व्यवहार काल में सांस से क्रिया को नियंत्रित कर सकते हैं। अगर हमने ज्यादा ही बोल दिया हो या ज्यादा ही भावनात्मक संबंध स्थापित कर लिया हो तो हम पेट से सांस लेने लगते हैं। इससे वाणी और भावना नियंत्रण में आ जाती है। अगर हम ज्यादा ही शांत, तनावरहित और मौन होने लगें तो छाती से सांस लेना शुरु करते हैं। इससे थोड़ा तनाव आ जाता है, जो दुनियादारी व प्रतिस्पर्धा में टिके रहने के लिए कुछ मात्रा में होना भी जरूरी है। कुछ सांस छाती से ऊपर उठकर गले तक भी पहुंच जाती है।

छाती से सांस ऊपर के सभी चक्रों तक चढ़ती है, क्योंकि छाती से सांस लेते समय कंधे ऊपर को उठे होते हैं। इसीलिए कहते हैं कि प्राण नाभि से ऊपर रहता है। अपान नाभि से नीचे रहता है। जब पेट से सांस लेते हैं तो कुछ प्राण स्वाधिष्ठान चक्र और मूलाधार चक्र तक उतरता हुआ प्रतीत होता है। हालांकि वहां से पुनः सीधा आज्ञा चक्र और सहस्रार चक्र तक ही चढ़ता है सुषुम्ना से होकर। पर शरीर के निचले हिस्से को तो शक्ति दे ही जाता है, जो अपान का मुख्य काम है। इस तरह की बातें सतही तौर पर बड़ी जटिल लगती हैं। पर अगर हम इन्हें इत्मीनान और गहराई से समझें तो सबकुछ बच्चों के खेल जैसा साधारण है। यही तो अध्यात्मवाद की खासियत है। इसमें क्लिष्ट कुछ नहीं है। बस खुला दिल और विचारशील और रचनात्मक दिमाग चाहिए समझने के लिए। अन्य तीन मुख्य प्राण हैं, व्यान, उदान और समान। ये भी धीरे धीरे समझ आ ही जाएंगे। ये लो, समान प्राण का पता चल गया। इसे नाभि का प्राण माना जाता है। नाभि पर सांस डालने से पूरे शरीर में प्राण समान रूप से फैलता है, जैसा हमने ऊपर बताया है। इसका कुछ हिस्सा स्वाधिष्ठान और मूलाधार चक्र को जाता है, जो अपान बन जाता है। वह वहां से पुनः ऊपर चढ़ता है, और प्राण बन जाता है। इसका थोड़ा सा हिस्सा सीधा भी नाभि चक्र से ऊपर चढ़ता है। शेष चर्चा अगली पोस्ट में करेंगे।

Kundalini yoga and Karma raising Awareness in the Present moment: a hidden spiritual psychology

Even karma provides the better feeling of witnessing. Karma gives the maximum presence in the present because almost all the senses are working in it. The more and the greater the karma, the more awareness in the present. That is why it is said to keep doing karma all the time, no matter what you do. Karma here means human work. It is said that one who does not remain idle for even a moment lives for a hundred years. Age decreases due to stress. It means that stress decreases due to vipasana generated from karma. My grandfather used to do something or the other all the time, even if it was a very light work. There was always a glow of knowledge on his face. Actually, witnessing and self-awareness are related to each other. The common public may believe that witnessing is a feeling of alienation. Because it seems that we can see only others neutrally, not ourselves. But it is not so. If your son is playing a match, then you will see him simultaneously with a feeling of witnessing and belongingness, not with a feeling of alienation. Witnessing means a feeling of detachment. How can there be attachment to oneself or the things related to oneself. Does a man ever get attached to his activities? No. That is why it is said that the hen of the house is worth nothing. There is no importance towards oneself or one’s own things. Attachment is always towards others. Importance is always towards strangers. The yogi of the house is a jogda and the yogi of a foreign land is a siddha. The importance is towards others because the drums from far away sound sweet. So the self-consciousness that is often mentioned in the scriptures is in a way a witness-consciousness. And how it is possible by being situated in the present, we have proved above. It means that the light of thoughts seems unimportant to the man who is enlightened by the present moment. How can light have any importance in itself?

When we are a living soul covered in darkness by staying away from the present moment or the light of actions, at that time we cannot have a witness-consciousness or a feeling of detachment towards thoughts in the form of light. Because at that time we are unconscious and thoughts are conscious. The nature of both is completely opposite to each other. At that time, there can be an illusion of witnessing, but it does not happen in reality. On the contrary, detachment and witnessing will decrease. Iron attracts magnet but not iron. Plus charge attracts minus, not plus or neutral. Light attracts darkness, not light. That is why it is said that keep your attention on your present physical state so that darkness does not spread in the soul. The scenes of the present state, the body and its sensations, the breaths and their movement on the body, various sounds, other worldly activities, all these are in the form of light. While experiencing these, the light-like thoughts that will arise will create a sense of witnessing towards them and detachment will also arise. This is because both types of things are in the form of light. Due to this, the awareness of the present and the awareness of thoughts will both lighten each other. Lightening is detachment or witnessing. By the way, this should not be called awareness, but experience, because there are different levels of experience or knowledge. There is only one light level of knowledge that’s awareness. Light experience is called awareness. In this, a person is experiencing and also not experiencing superficially. As it is said that a certain person is aware of his health. It means that he has an eye towards his health, not that he understands health in detail like a doctor. Awareness is spiritual. Knowledge or experience is physical. This is what happens with witnessing and self-consciousness. It means that when the experience of the present and the experience of thoughts, both lighten each other, then both become awareness. Knowledge produces ego while awareness destroys ego.

Rosary chanting, mantra chanting, or other religious activities do not do much, they just keep one connected to the present. The basic science of all is the same. It means that there is similarity in all. Whatever everyone does according to their interest and culture, they do it right. People also do strange penance. Many people reach temples miles away by lying down flat or body rolling. Many pierce nails on their bodies. I saw an ascetic who has been wearing a 45 kg Rudraksha rosary on his head for ten years. He keeps it on his head for at least twelve hours every day. Keeping a meditative picture in the mind is also like providing a support of light to your dark soul. That is why in Patanjali Yogasutra it is called Dhyanalamban, meaning support for the light of meditation. This also makes one detached from the light form thoughts that come and go and this is also Sakshibhaav. What attachment can light have with light? Darkness can have attachment with light. A poor person can have attachment with wealth. What attachment can a rich person have with wealth. Sakshibhaav means to just watch the scene as a spectator, not to enter it. If there is attachment towards the scene, then can anyone live without entering it? Nathuram can enjoy watching the cricket match from a distance. He is not concerned with anyone’s win or loss. Neither will he explain anything to anyone, because he does not have deep knowledge of cricket. Less knowledge and detachment live together. Animals live without attachment with each other because they lack knowledge. But real detachment happens with knowledge when knowledge is deliberately ignored. With this the soul gets the light of knowledge. When there is no knowledge like a handicapped or a retarded person or an animal, then the inexperience that arises from it will be called stupidity, not detachment. Not having thoughts is ignorance. When there is no thought in the form of knowledge or light, then how can we remain neutral towards it and then how will its light add to the soul. But in the above cricket case, will any blind cricket fan be able to sit far away? He will hold the bat himself. Or will he be able to do anything? He will start dictating to the cricket players. But if a good cricket expert remains detached and neutral despite knowing everything, then that will be the greatest detachment.

In the olden days, the pace of work was slow. This is because technology was not as developed as it is today. Although there are different standards of development, but let us say that it was not so-called developed. Due to this, people’s mind used to wander in useless thoughts. In a country like India, if a lot of produce was produced in the rainy season, then it could be eaten sitting idle almost throughout the year. This is because sufficient water for the crop falls here only during the rainy season. The rest of the year, there is only sporadic rain, that too only occasionally and many times it is like a drought. It is evident from this that useless thoughts must be distracting people while sitting idle. Probably, due to this trouble, detailed Vedas were made and rituals were made. This had two benefits. Firstly, through these, man remained connected to the present and along with that, he also got devotion towards God. What more can one want than this. Eat mangoes and get the price of seeds. That is why it is said that man does not fall if he behaves according to the Vedas. It means that without this, the thoughts of the mind confuse him and push him into darkness. Then, influenced by that darkness, he starts committing sins and starts eating and drinking inappropriately. This not only harms his soul but also harms his body. If this were to happen, just think what people would earn and eat when the next rainy season comes. Therefore, a good and self-enhancing method was adopted to entertain the heart. It is relevant till date because it is associated with the worship of God. Whatever is associated with the worship of God, that thing becomes eternal like God.

Scientists say that meditation inhibits DMN i.e. default mode neural network. This neural network of the brain usually produces irrational thoughts. Perhaps, meditation does not provide it with enough energy because the process of meditation also consumes a good part of the energy. It means that the basic thing is experiential psychology. Physics is based on that. The seed of all material discoveries is born in the mind. Later they appear in physical form. Because the brilliance of the discoveries of the mind is not visible to the common people, that is why they ignore it and keep trumpeting only material discoveries. But Yogis look into the mind, because they themselves are scientists exploring the infinite world of the mind.

Friends, in today’s modern environment it is necessary to go to the root of every spiritual aspect. Today’s generation with a scientific mindset does not believe in superficial knowledge. It wants scientific proof of everything. It is surprising to understand how scientific the above method is. Earlier I also used to take it lightly, but when I went deeper, I came to know the whole truth. What a simple way to attain the soul. And moreover, it also gives material prosperity. When the garbage of the mind is cleaned by the practice of witnessing, then new and developed and present-related thoughts are born, which also leads to material progress. This is the reverse or indirect way to attain the soul. If the thing does not work out in the direct way, then go in the reverse way. By maintaining a sense of self towards thoughts, a time comes when the soul itself comes into experience. If the sea is not coming straight, then keep moving forward with the river. You will reach the sea. If you are unable to find a way out of the cave, then keep going in the direction of the light. You will reach outside on your own. The more the cold or darkness, the more it will be attracted towards the warm or light. That is why in winters, as soon as the stove is put out in the kitchen, it immediately becomes cold. This is because the cold outside immediately runs towards the heat of the stove and makes it cold as well. Meaning there is attachment between darkness and light. If there is heat outside, it will not run inwards. In other words, if the atmosphere outside is not running inwards, it means that it is hot outside as well. Similarly, if a person experiences thoughts while considering his soul to be dark, then he will become crazy for them. Meaning he will become attached to them. He will run towards them. He will run his worldliness towards them. He will become attached to them. In other words, if a person gets attached to thoughts, then his soul becomes dark. But if he remains focused on the present and does not get attached to them, then his soul starts becoming bright like thoughts. Because by being aware in the present, the attention gets divided between the present and the thoughts, so detachment towards both is created. It is like if you pour water on fire, then the fire also gets extinguished and the water also evaporates into steam.

This is the specialty of Sharirvigyan Darshan that it keeps the focus on the body continuously, due to which Vipassana continues. Naad Brahma is mentioned prominently in the scriptures because the focus on the voice leads to the highest witness feeling. That is why talkative people are more popular in the world.

Friends, everything is a game of energy Even a little lack of energy can make a huge difference, the difference between life and death or even the difference between bondage and salvation. That is why it is said that Shakti meets Shiva, meaning it unites with Shiva. To attain Shiva without Shakti is next to impossible. That is why it is said to Pranayam, meditation and yoga. Only for channeling energy. While being aware of the present, to let the thoughts run unhindered, more energy will be required. The double engine is running. Common people with low energy with a single engine are either busy in the present at one time or are lost in thoughts. They are unable to run both the mental engines simultaneously. Result, bondage.