It seems to me that awakening is the ultimate goal of any living being. Liberation is not in the hands of the living being, nor was it in his control to get bound. By putting the living being in bondage, God gave him the opportunity to experience awakening. The logic of God becoming a soul and getting bound to the world only makes sense if it is believed that he did not have the experience of awakening that is love-filled. He came to the mortal world to attain that. If that was already available to him, then why would he abandon his complete form and become a living soul and wander in the forms of creatures full of sorrows. Of course, not he himself but his photocopy comes in the form of a living being, but the logic still seems the same. Why would a photocopy come without any purpose or benefit? And when the soul attains awakening, what is the purpose of remaining in bondage? It frees itself from the world. Logic says this, what the scriptures say is a different matter. Even God himself does not have this experience of awakening at peak of love, because he never took a body. The storm of rising energy is possible only in the body, and this is also the original source of love. Awakening is achieved only through love. Perhaps God is satisfied by experiencing the awakening of the living being. What is not possible for him? He is infinite.
The living being has suffered in the world for countless years. This is the reward of his penance, a gift that is only for the devotee living beings, not even for God himself. That is why he considers the devotee to be greater than himself and continues to search for him. This idea is completely in line with the Bhakti philosophy and also agrees with the teachings of the scriptures and saints.
My experience tells me that the worldliness of life is not an obstacle, but an opportunity. If this is lived with awareness, then natural progress towards awakening is possible. This can be made even easier by integrating physiology of philosophy aka sharirvigyan darshan or mythological body. In my own journey, I have not yet experienced nirvikalp samadhi, but I have understood the touch of awakening. This experience arises from the balance of love and energy.
I also feel that the process of raising and lowering of energy is just a natural game. There is no need to forcibly control it, but it needs to be accepted naturally. It is akin to accepting the world as it is. Awakening is not an external achievement, but the culmination of internal experience and love.
If instead of awakening i.e. enlightenment, liberation or samadhi was the main goal, then various spiritual sects like different types of yoga, tantra etc. would not have been created to achieve it. Everyone would just sit quietly and observe their thoughts as a witness. Everyone would always live a life away from worldly affairs by remaining calm. No one can see liberation, but awakening feels like a direct experience. By striving for awakening, there is at least a hope of getting awakening, and one can also get liberation. But if we leave awakening and try only for liberation, then it is possible that neither awakening nor liberation is attained. And what is the proof of liberation? If someone is calm today, then he is free, but if he is attacked tomorrow and he takes defensive action, then peace is gone and liberation is also gone. It is like neither Maya nor Ram is attained. Most people live their lives like liberated people. Looking at them, it is not known whether there is life in them or not. They do not even try for awakening because they live in the illusion that they are liberated. They will immediately justify it by giving examples from the scriptures. I think this is a big scriptural deception. Either this is an incomplete understanding of the scriptures. Or the scriptures were written by people of later times. There were others who had the real experience.
I consider awakening, Kundalini awakening, samadhi and enlightenment to be the same thing. At many places, different meanings are derived from them or subtle differences are found between them. I do not get into these impractical hassles nor do I care about them. Instead of wasting time in these, if time is spent for experience, then something can be gained.
I have also experienced that by focusing too much on energy in meditation, the image of meditation becomes blurred. Therefore, it is best to preserve the original image of meditation. Actually by focusing on the meditation picture the energy itself becomes balanced and upward moving meaning it automatically gives necessary strength to all the chakras, whereas by focusing only on the energy it can go anywhere, it is not necessary that it strengthens the meditation picture only. My journey is still on, and I am moving towards understanding this truth more deeply.
If this experience is adopted, it will not only give spiritual progress, but can also make the worldly life balanced and prosperous. Awakening is not a distant ideal, but a truth available in every moment. It is possible only with love and dedication.
Demystifying Kundalini 