spirituality – Demystifying Kundalini

Sex, Samadhi and Sharirvigyan Darshan: From Orgasmic Silence to Nirvikalpa Samadhi

Why Osho’s Observation About Sex and Samadhi Feels Experientially True

Osho’s statement that sex can give a glimpse of samadhi begins to look much more meaningful when it is examined as an experience rather than as an idea. At the peak of sexual climax, there can be a brief interruption of ordinary thinking. The mind, which is usually filled with thoughts, images, expectations, memories and self-consciousness, can suddenly become completely quiet. For a moment, there may be no ordinary mental activity at all. In that limited sense, the experience can resemble a glimpse of samadhi. It does not necessarily mean that orgasm itself is samadhi, but it can reveal something important: when ordinary thought stops, consciousness can have a very different quality.

This distinction becomes especially important when comparing the experience with the different forms of samadhi described in yoga. There is a kind of high-energy awakening in which sexual or tantric energy becomes intense, consciousness expands, self-realisation appears, and there is a powerful sense of awakening or transcendence. Such an experience can resemble what I call savikalpa samadhi. At its peak, there may be a glimpse of energetic awakening, as I experienced. There is still something happening that can be experienced. There is still a subtle quality of consciousness, a sense of witnessing, bliss, expansion, energy or self-awareness. The mind may be extraordinarily quiet, but there is still some content to the experience.

What I am discussing here, however, is something different. I am referring to nirvikalpa samadhi, understood as the void in which even the ordinary structure of experience disappears. This is far more difficult to recognise. It is not simply a state in which there are few thoughts. Having few thoughts by itself can just as easily be a sign of dullness or mental inactivity. Nor is it merely extraordinary pleasure, bliss, energy, extreme wakefulness, extreme mental activity, trance, or even a sense of witnessing. It points toward a state in which the usual distinction between experiencer and experience is no longer available in the ordinary way. There is a complete absence of thought, yet it is not a state of mental blankness or inactivity. On the contrary, there is an unmistakable fullness of wakefulness—as though the mind is completely alive and fully active, yet without thought. There is no particular thing being experienced, no separate experiencer standing apart from it, and nothing to grasp or describe. It is simply this.

The difficulty is that we normally recognise consciousness through its contents. Here, the contents are absent, but consciousness is not. It is fully awake without being occupied by anything.

Why Nirvikalpa Samadhi Is So Difficult to Recognise

Nirvikalpa samadhi has a paradoxical quality that makes it especially difficult to describe. In one sense, it can resemble sleep because there is no ordinary memory of what happened during the interval. Yet it is not the same as unconscious sleep. In sleep, we ordinarily say that we were unconscious and later woke up. In deep samadhi, the question becomes much more subtle because the mental machinery that ordinarily produces experience, observation and memory may itself have become inactive.

This creates an extraordinary paradox. There may be no experience available afterward that can be described in the ordinary sense, and yet the person may know that something fundamentally different happened. There may be no ordinary content to remember, yet there may be a profound recognition of the transition and of the difference between that state and ordinary unconsciousness. It is therefore not quite accurate simply to say, “I experienced nothing.” A more careful description would be that there was no experiencable object there in the ordinary sense, yet the state did not feel equivalent to ordinary sleep.

This is also why nirvikalpa samadhi can be difficult to recognise the first time. Someone who has never gone deeply into meditation may experience a brief absence of thought and assume that they have fallen asleep, become exhausted, fainted, or simply lost a part of the experience. I had a similar thought when I first experienced keval kumbhak. I initially assumed that I had become tired and simply gone blank, but I soon realised that it was something entirely different.

Someone who has already experienced deep meditation has a useful inner reference point. They can compare the new experience with what they have already known in meditation and recognise the difference more easily.

That is why a person with genuine experience of deep samadhi may be better able to recognise a samadhi-like glimpse during another extreme state of consciousness. Someone like Osho, who spoke from a background of deep meditation, could potentially distinguish between ordinary pleasure, excitement, blankness, unconsciousness and a genuine cessation of mental activity. He could point toward something that most people otherwise struggle even to imagine.

The Difference Between the Orgasmic Glimpse and Nirvikalpa Samadhi

The most accurate way to understand the sexual experience is therefore not to say that orgasm is nirvikalpa samadhi. Rather, the sexual climax may sometimes provide a brief glimpse of the cessation of ordinary mental activity. It can show, in a form that is immediately accessible to human experience, what happens when thought suddenly stops.

There is an important difference between the event itself and what follows. The sexual climax can be very brief, whereas meditative samadhi may continue for a prolonged period. The climax may therefore act more like a doorway or a glimpse, while meditation allows the deeper state to be entered and observed more fully. In this view, the most interesting evidence is not merely the thoughtless moment at orgasm but what happens immediately afterward.

In my experience, the sequence matters enormously. If the body and mind are brought into a calm, wakeful state and the sexual peak is followed immediately by sitting quietly in meditation, the subsequent meditation can become remarkably effortless. One does not have to struggle to establish concentration in the usual way. Instead, the mind can settle almost immediately, and the person may enter a deep meditative state for a long period. Kevala kumbhaka, or a naturally breathless state, can arise without deliberate forcing. Meditation may remain deep for an hour or even two hours.

This is very different from simply becoming sleepy after sex. If one becomes exhausted, lies down and falls asleep, there is no opportunity to investigate the transition. The entire process has moved into ordinary unconsciousness. The possibility of observing whether the orgasmic glimpse can open into a deeper meditative absorption is simply lost.

Wakefulness, Calmness and the Quality of Sexual Experience

This makes the quality of the sexual experience extremely important. It is not simply a question of stronger stimulation or greater excitement. In fact, excessive excitement may interfere with the very phenomenon being investigated. When the sexual act becomes overly intense, agitated or forceful, attention can become scattered and the body can become exhausted. After discharge, the person may quickly become sleepy and fall into ordinary unconsciousness.

The experience seems more interesting when it takes place in full wakefulness and alertness, rather than late at night when the body is already tired and the mind is naturally approaching sleep. A calm and relaxed sexual experience may preserve a much clearer quality of awareness. There may be no need to force anything. The act can feel gentle, quiet and almost automatic, as though the body itself is carrying out its own natural process.

This is an important distinction between intensity and clarity. A more powerful experience is not necessarily a more useful one for investigating consciousness. What matters is whether awareness remains awake while effort, psychological interference and unnecessary excitement decrease. The ideal described here is not an act dominated by force or shock, but something calm enough that it almost seems as though “the body is doing itself.”

That quality is especially important if the intention is to observe what happens immediately after climax. If one remains awake, quiet and physically settled, the moment can become an object of careful inner observation. If one becomes drowsy and falls asleep, there is no such observation. The opportunity has passed.

The Importance of Sitting Immediately in Meditation

There is therefore a very practical point in this whole observation. If the aim is to investigate whether the brief thoughtless state at climax can lead naturally into deeper meditation, one needs to remain still afterward. Sitting calmly in a stable posture such as padmasana gives the body an appropriate environment in which to settle.

The sequence is then very different from simply returning to ordinary life. Sexual climax may be followed by a brief cessation of thought. If, at that precise time, one gets up, starts working, begins talking or becomes occupied with external activity, the mind soon becomes active again. The same thing happens if one simply goes to sleep. In either case, the meditative possibility is interrupted.

By contrast, sitting immediately in meditation allows the transient opening to be explored instead of being wasted. The sequence becomes sexual climax, brief thoughtless or void-like glimpse, immediate stillness, effortless settling, natural kevala kumbhaka or breathlessness, and prolonged meditation. The sexual experience may be only the beginning of the transition, while the subsequent meditation provides the real opportunity to investigate what has happened.

This also explains why the condition of wakefulness is so important. One needs enough alertness to recognise the transition and remain still without disturbing it. The body may have completed its physiological activity, but the mind has not yet returned fully to its ordinary pattern. That narrow interval may be especially interesting for someone who already knows deep meditation.

How Prior Meditation Changes Recognition

This brings me back to the most important distinction. Someone who has never experienced deep samadhi may not know what to look for. But someone who has already entered prolonged meditative absorption can compare the quality of one state with another.

This does not mean that every orgasmic climax is samadhi, nor that every moment of blankness is nirvikalpa. It means that prior meditation provides a phenomenological reference. The person has already experienced what deep absorption feels like, has already encountered kevala kumbhaka, has already seen how ordinary thought can disappear, and has already become familiar with the difference between deep meditation, sleep, excitement and unconsciousness.

Therefore, if a brief state during orgasm appears strangely familiar and is followed immediately by effortless deep meditation, the person is in a better position to notice the relationship. The strongest part of the observation is arguably not the claim that climax itself is nirvikalpa, but that the climax may create a brief opening followed by a state in which meditation suddenly becomes effortless.

Sharirvigyan Darshan Makes the Philosophy Practical

This is where Sharirvigyan Darshan becomes especially lively. The philosophy does not have to remain a system of abstract ideas. It can become a way of observing the body directly.

When two bodies meet sexually, instead of thinking only in terms of two personalities, two desires or two psychological identities, one can observe the meeting of two living bodily systems. There are sensations, breath, rhythm, muscular movements, nervous responses and countless cellular processes taking place continuously. The body is performing its own functions without needing the conceptual mind to supervise every detail.

During sex, the body is naturally fully activated, with all its systems and cells intensely engaged in the process. Yet the cells themselves are mindless. Their intense activity is not accompanied by excitement, anxiety, resistance, or psychological disturbance. Their mindlessness can therefore be understood not as unconsciousness or ignorance, but as a kind of inherent calmness—a “calm-mindedness” in which there is no separate mind to become disturbed. If they had a mind with attachment, as a living being does, they would also have an unconscious mind. But they never had such a mind; so from where could ignorance arise? Ignorance is only an after-effect of attachment. Since there was never attachment in the first place, there is no ignorance either. Their mindlessness is therefore not ignorance or unconsciousness; it is simply the absence of a mind that could become attached and disturbed. Observing this can help the human mind remain calm even while the body is intensely activated.

If the body’s cells can be intensely active without any mental disturbance, then why should the observing mind necessarily become disturbed merely because the body is highly activated? The activity of the body and its cells can continue fully while the observing mind remains calm. This is where Sharirvigyan Darshan becomes practical rather than theoretical: it allows one to see intense bodily activity without adding unnecessary mental excitement to it.

The idea of the karmayogi cell becomes especially relevant here. A cell does not think, “I am performing an action for myself.” It simply performs its function. It works without the egoic story that usually surrounds human action. Applying this way of seeing to the larger body can create a similar attitude: allow the body to function rather than constantly trying to impose an idea of what it should do.

The result is not indifference but observation. There can still be intense bodily experience, but the mental attitude becomes cooler and more spacious. The sexual event is no longer viewed merely as a pursuit of pleasure. It becomes an opportunity to observe the body, the mind, the cessation of thought and the transition from activity into stillness.

From Sexual Experience to Meditative Investigation

Seen in this way, the entire subject becomes less about sex itself and more about the nature of consciousness. Sexual climax happens to provide an unusually sharp and accessible moment in which ordinary thought can suddenly disappear. Meditation provides the environment in which that disappearance can be investigated more deeply.

The essential sequence is therefore not simply sex followed by pleasure. It is wakeful awareness, calmness, minimal force, natural bodily action, a brief cessation of ordinary thought, immediate stillness, and meditation. The more excited and exhausted the body becomes, the more difficult it may be to observe the transition clearly. The calmer and more alert the person remains, the more interesting the observation becomes.

This also gives a more careful interpretation of Osho’s teaching. He may have been pointing out that an ordinary human experience already contains a tiny hint of a profound truth. At climax, there can be a moment in which the mind stops its usual commentary. That moment can serve as an experiential clue. A person who has not meditated may simply enjoy it and forget it. A meditator may recognise that something significant has happened. A person deeply familiar with samadhi may be able to compare that moment with states already known through meditation.

The deepest insight, however, is not to confuse the glimpse with the destination. A sexual climax with calm, peaceful, and spontaneous sexual release may offer a temporary interruption of thought. Savikalpa samadhi may involve profound absorption in which some subtle awareness or content remains. Nirvikalpa samadhi, as understood here, points toward an even more radical void in which the ordinary structure of experiencer and experience disappears. The sexual moment may therefore provide a doorway, while prolonged meditation reveals what happens beyond that doorway.

A Living Experiment in Consciousness

What began as a statement about Osho and sex therefore becomes a much broader investigation of consciousness. Sex can sometimes reveal a sudden cessation of ordinary thought. Deep meditation can reveal that stillness more deliberately. Prior experience of samadhi can provide the reference necessary to distinguish it from sleep or simple exhaustion. Remaining awake and sitting in meditation immediately afterward can reveal whether the temporary opening naturally facilitates deeper absorption.

For me, this is where Sharirvigyan Darshan becomes remarkably alive. It takes philosophy out of books and places it inside direct observation of the living body. The body is not treated as an obstacle to spiritual experience but as a field in which consciousness, energy, sensation, breath and action can be observed without unnecessary interference.

The most intriguing possibility is therefore not that sex itself is samadhi, but that certain qualities of sexual experience may expose a doorway that meditation can explore more deeply. When excitement becomes calm, force becomes effortless action, thought becomes silent and the body seems to perform itself, an unusual threshold may appear. If one remains awake rather than becoming unconscious, sits quietly rather than returning immediately to activity, and allows meditation to continue without force, that threshold may become the beginning of a much deeper investigation.

Perhaps this is why the connection between sex and samadhi can be meaningful without reducing samadhi to sex. The sexual experience may provide a glimpse. Meditation provides continuity. Prior experience provides recognition. And Sharirvigyan Darshan provides a practical way of observing the entire process with coolness, wakefulness and minimal interference. What begins as an ordinary bodily event can then become a living experiment in the mystery of thoughtlessness, awareness, void and samadhi.

Kundalini, Tantra and Alchemy: The Hidden Parallel Between the Emerald Tablet and the Birth of Kartikeya

The Common Pattern of Alchemy, Tantra and Kundalini

A striking correspondence appears when the symbolism of the Emerald Tablet, tantric ideas of kundalini, and the traditional narratives of Kartikeya’s birth are examined together. This does not mean that the Emerald Tablet is literally a tantric text, that Kartikeya’s story was deliberately written as a chakra diagram, or that the two traditions necessarily influenced one another. Their histories are distinct. The important observation is structural: each can be read as describing a concentrated generative potential that is produced through complementary principles, carried by an intermediary force, progressively nourished or refined, and ultimately transformed into a higher or perfected state.

The Emerald Tablet is a short Hermetic text rather than a complete description of the whole alchemical process. Its central teaching begins with a unified principle, the “One Thing,” from which multiplicity arises. It describes the Sun as Father and the Moon as Mother, followed by the statement that the wind carries the generated principle in its womb and that the Earth nourishes it. The text then speaks of separating the subtle from the gross, ascending from earth toward heaven and bringing the powers of above and below together. Later alchemical traditions developed such imagery into the Magnum Opus, the great work of purification, separation, transformation and reunion, culminating symbolically in perfected matter, the Philosopher’s Stone and the transmutation of base metal into gold.

The phrase concerning the wind is especially important. The wind is not presented merely as something that transports an object; it carries the principle “in its womb.” The imagery therefore combines movement with containment and gestation. In a comparative yogic reading, this is reminiscent of prāṇa or vāyu: not simply physical air, but the vital movement associated with breath and subtle activity. The parallel should not be turned into the claim that the author of the Emerald Tablet was describing Indian prāṇāyāma. The historical evidence does not establish that. The meaningful comparison is functional: an already generated potential requires a medium through which it can be carried, developed and transformed. Similarly, earth symbolizes the Muladhara Chakra because it provides the constant foundation and nourishment necessary for its growth and ascent. Earth, or grounding, is also symbolically associated with the Muladhara in Tantra. This does not mean that the earth described in the Emerald Tablet refers specifically to the Muladhara Chakra; rather, the symbolic parallel between the two is clear.

The Tantric Parallel

Tantric and yogic traditions provide a different vocabulary for a similar transformational pattern. Kundalini is traditionally described as a latent power that can be awakened and directed through the subtle body, particularly through Suṣumṇā, the central channel. The chakra systems vary between traditions, and the familiar seven-chakra model is not universal across all historical yoga, but the later widely known model presents successive centers from the base of the subtle axis toward the crown. Within this framework, the process is not simply transportation from one point to another. Each stage can be understood as a transformation of the original potential.

This is why the correspondence becomes more precise when the chakras are regarded as stages of refinement rather than as seven physical containers. The generative potential associated symbolically with the lower center is progressively transformed as it passes through successive levels. Prāṇa provides the mediating movement, while Suṣumṇā represents the central route of ascent. The culmination is associated with the highest state of consciousness, traditionally symbolized by Sahasrāra. This should not be confused with a claim that chakras or Suṣumṇā are physical anatomical structures. They belong to a traditional subtle-body model and can be studied scientifically as a phenomenological and contemplative system without being presented as established anatomy.

The role of breathing must likewise be stated precisely. Yogic breathing practices regulate breath and prāṇic activity, but kundalini awakening is not traditionally reduced to mechanically pushing an energy upward by respiration alone. Different traditions combine breath regulation with concentration, meditation, purification, bodily locks and other practices. Thus the useful analogy with the Emerald Tablet is not “air physically carries semen through seven organs,” but rather that a concentrated potential is mediated and transformed through a regulated vital process.

The Birth of Kartikeya

The Kartikeya birth narratives provide a striking mythological parallel. There is no single uniform version: the Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābhārata and Purāṇic traditions arrange the roles of Śiva, Agni, Gaṅgā, the Kṛttikās, Svāhā and the reeds differently. Yet several versions share the central idea that an extraordinary generative power associated with Śiva cannot proceed through ordinary reproduction. It must be transferred, contained, carried and developed through several intermediary stages before Kartikeya is born.

The seven Kṛttikās are traditionally maternal figures who nourish Kartikeya and are associated with the Pleiades. The identification of these seven mothers with the seven chakras is not an explicit statement of the ancient myth and should therefore be treated as an esoteric interpretation, not a historical fact. Nevertheless, the symbolic correspondence is unusually coherent. If the seven Kṛttikās are interpreted as seven successive centers or stages, their nursing represents the nourishment and maturation of an already generated potential. The original essence is not merely transported unchanged; it is developed through successive levels until it can manifest in a new form.

This gives the Kṛttikās a particularly interesting symbolic relation to the chakras. The chakras, in this interpretation, are not merely passages. They are stages of gestation and refinement. What begins as a concentrated generative potential at the lower level is progressively transformed into increasingly subtle expression. The “nursing” of the seven mothers therefore becomes a mythic image of progressive development.

Himalaya, Gaṅgā and Suṣumṇā

The later stages of the Kartikeya narrative can also be read through a yogic symbolic framework. The Himalaya may be interpreted as an image of the great spinal axis, the mountain being the archetypal vertical structure of Indian sacred geography. Gaṅgā, which carries the developing essence in relevant versions of the story, can then be compared symbolically with Suṣumṇā, the central current of the subtle body. The comparison is not that the myth literally defines Gaṅgā as Suṣumṇā; it is that both function within their respective symbolic systems as a central route through which something transformative is carried.

The reeds at the final stage can similarly be read as an image of the place of culmination, corresponding symbolically to the highest region of the subtle ascent and, in a later tantric vocabulary, to Sahasrāra. Again, the reeds do not historically have to mean Sahasrāra for the comparison to be meaningful. The sequence itself is what matters: origin, transmission, sevenfold nourishment, central passage, culmination and birth.

Kartikeya’s birth can consequently be interpreted as the birth of an awakened principle. The significance is not ordinary biological reproduction but transformation: a powerful potential that begins in an unmanifest or unstable state passes through containment, nourishment and refinement until it emerges as a qualitatively different being. This is closely analogous to the alchemical movement from crude matter toward gold.

The Meaning of the Generative Essence

The sexual terminology in these traditions should therefore be understood primarily as symbolic language for concentrated generative potential. Where Kartikeya traditions speak of Śiva’s semen or reproductive essence, it is unnecessary—and scientifically unjustified—to claim that physical semen literally travels upward through the spine and becomes kundalini. The stronger interpretation is that reproductive substance represents concentrated creative potential: something capable of generating new life and therefore an effective symbol for energy that is retained, transformed and redirected toward another form of manifestation.

The same principle helps clarify the Father and Mother of the Emerald Tablet. They need not signify ordinary biological parents. They can represent complementary principles, such as active and receptive, conscious and transformative, or solar and lunar aspects. Their conjunction generates the potential; the wind carries it; the Earth nourishes it; and the process of separation (from worldly lust) and refinement (with help of meditation image constantly in mind) brings it toward perfection.

Thus the central subject is not sexual activity but generation, retention, mediation, refinement and rebirth.

The Alchemical and Yogic Meaning of Transmutation

This also explains why the alchemical transformation of base metal into gold is such a powerful parallel. Taken literally, historical alchemy sought material transformation and the Philosopher’s Stone. Taken symbolically, the same language describes the movement from the crude to the perfected, the impure to the purified, and the divided to the unified. Gold becomes an image of completion and incorruptibility.

In the tantric interpretation, the corresponding transformation is from an unawakened or conditioned human state into awakened consciousness. In the Kartikeya myth, an extraordinary generative power passes through a process of transmission and nourishment before becoming Kartikeya. In alchemy, the raw material becomes gold. The outward symbols differ, but the underlying narrative is similar: potential is not merely released; it is transformed.

This distinction is important. Kundalini should not simply be equated with semen, the Philosopher’s Stone should not simply be equated with Sahasrāra, and Kartikeya should not simply be equated with awakened consciousness, and Kritika not to be equated with an anatomically located chakra. The deeper correspondence is between processes rather than objects.

The Most Precise Comparative Model

The three systems can therefore be placed beside one another in a single sequence. In the Emerald Tablet, the One expresses itself through complementary Father and Mother principles; a generative essence arises; the wind carries it in its womb; the Earth nourishes it; the subtle is separated from the gross; ascent and descent bring higher and lower powers together; and perfection is achieved. In the tantric model, latent potential is awakened; prāṇa mediates its movement; successive chakras refine it; Suṣumṇā provides the central route; and the culmination is awakening. In the Kartikeya narratives, Śiva’s extraordinary generative power is transferred, contained, nourished through the Kṛttikās in relevant versions, associated with the mountain and Gaṅgā, and finally manifested as Kartikeya.

The common structure can therefore be expressed without forcing one tradition into another: unity or concentrated potential → complementary principles → generation → carrying medium → nourishment and progressive refinement → central ascent or transformation → culmination → emergence of a perfected state.

This is stronger than the simple assertion that “alchemy is Tantra” because it does not depend on proving an uncertain historical connection. It identifies a functional similarity in the way different traditions represent transformation.

A Scientific Boundary

A scientifically responsible interpretation must also distinguish experience from physical mechanism. Modern research can investigate breathing, meditation, attention, autonomic regulation, sensory changes, altered states of consciousness and the subjective experiences practitioners associate with kundalini. It cannot presently establish chakras as physical organs, Suṣumṇā as an anatomical channel, or the literal conversion of semen into an independently measurable substance called kundalini. The traditional subtle-body system is therefore best treated as a religious, contemplative and phenomenological model unless specific claims acquire independent empirical evidence.

That limitation does not make the model meaningless. A disciplined spiritual tradition can contain repeatable practices, defined procedures, recognizable stages and recurring experiences without being identical to modern physical science. What may legitimately be called experiential knowledge is knowledge obtained through structured practice and observation of experience. Whether such knowledge qualifies as “science” in the strict modern sense is a separate question requiring reproducibility, operational definitions and independent measurement.

The Full Meaning of the Parallel

The most compelling insight is therefore not that an ancient alchemist secretly knew the chakra system or that an Indian myth secretly describes modern physiology. It is that three very different symbolic traditions repeatedly use the same broad image of transformation. Something primordial or generative is concentrated; complementary principles participate in its formation; a medium carries it; successive stages nourish and refine it; the transformed potential moves toward a higher condition; and something new is born.

In the Emerald Tablet, the result is expressed through alchemical perfection and gold. In Tantra, it is expressed through the awakening and ascent of kundalini toward higher consciousness. In the Kartikeya narrative, it appears as the extraordinary birth of a divine being after a prolonged process of transmission, nourishment and maturation. The correspondence is therefore best understood neither as proof of identity nor as a coincidence to be dismissed, but as a meaningful comparative pattern: what is latent can be retained, carried, refined and transformed until it emerges as a higher state of being.

That is the deepest point at which the alchemical, tantric and Kartikeya narratives meet. Their languages differ, their histories differ, and their literal claims must remain distinct, but their central transformational imagination is remarkably close: the crude becoming refined, the latent becoming manifest, the divided becoming integrated, and the ordinary becoming awakened.

The Quantum Verse: Humanity, Mind Control, Free Will, and the Natural Order

From Spider-Man Mind Control to a Deeper Question

A recent Spider-Man movie made me think about mind control. Two sisters possess a mysterious ability to enter and control other people’s minds. After one sister is killed, the other becomes consumed by grief and revenge and uses her power to control people and create destruction. Spider-Man tries to stop her. The movie shows direct mind control, where one person’s will is imposed on another, but it also led me to a different possibility: a mind does not have to be entered directly in order to be strongly controlled. Teaching, repetition, authority, fear, reward, and fixed ideas of right and wrong can shape a person’s thinking so deeply that the person begins to act automatically according to them. Nobody then needs to command the person, because the learned idea itself guides action. The person may sincerely feel, “I am doing this because it is right.” Thus, controlling the framework through which a person decides what is right can sometimes be more subtle than controlling the action directly.

When Inhumanity Is Taught as Humanity

This becomes especially important when a doctrine teaches that an action is sacred, divinely commanded, or morally superior. If such teaching becomes deeply internalized, even an inhumane act can be understood as a humane or divine duty. The person may not feel that he has abandoned humanity; rather, the definition of humanity itself may have been changed in his mind. This can help explain how religious fanaticism and other ideological extremism can develop, although a religion, its interpretation, and the beliefs of ordinary followers are not necessarily the same. The same mechanism can occur in political movements, cults, nationalism, or any system that makes a moral definition unquestionable. The important point is that the person may experience the resulting behavior as his own free choice even when his values have been heavily conditioned.

Why Humanity Cannot Be Fixed

Years ago I developed a four-line verse from which Sharirvigyan Darshan gradually expanded: “No religion better than humanity, no worship better than work, no teacher better than problem, and no hermit better than householdship.” I deliberately left the word humanity undefined because humanity cannot be reduced to one permanent behavior. Giving water to a conscious, thirsty person may be humane, while giving water in the same way to an unconscious person may cause it to enter the lungs and choke him. Likewise, kindness toward a cruel person may become inhumane if it allows him to continue harming others. In one situation humanity may require compassion; in another it may require resistance, restraint, or protection of the innocent. Therefore humanity is not simply an action or a fixed rule. It is the conscious response appropriate to the living situation. If humanity itself is rigidly defined, it can become another form of conditioning, so the first line means that no religion should be allowed to become greater than living humanity itself.

Why Work Is Better Than Symbolic Worship

The second line does not say that worship, ritual, study, or symbolic practice is worthless. Its point is that practical application is better than remaining only with the symbol. A person may keep reading about yoga, discussing yoga, and understanding its symbolism without actually practising it. The symbol can then become a substitute for the reality it represents. I used the word work, rather than service, because work also remains open and situational. It means purposeful action in favour of humanity as required by the present circumstance. It may be teaching, healing, studying, creating, protecting, caring for family, performing professional duty, solving a problem, or refusing to participate in harm. What is right work can therefore change from moment to moment. The principle is that spiritual understanding should find practical expression in life.

Why the Problem Comes Before the Teacher

“No teacher better than problem” does not mean that teachers are unnecessary. The problem comes first because it shows what teaching is actually needed. Without understanding the problem, a person may choose a teacher because that teacher is famous, impressive, traditional, or popular and may therefore follow the wrong teaching. The sequence is problem → need → appropriate teaching → appropriate teacher. The problem is therefore the student’s first teacher, and when the problem changes, the required teaching and perhaps the teacher may also change. The line protects a person from making authority more important than the reality that needs to be understood.

Why the Hermit Leads Back to Householdship

“No hermit better than householdship” also does not mean that a hermit is worthless. The hermit represents spiritual discipline, inwardness, simplicity, and higher development. My point is that the aim of the hermit should ultimately be achievable in household life itself. Family, relationships, responsibilities, work, conflict, love, disappointment, and ordinary difficulties are the field in which spiritual understanding is tested. Household life should therefore also be spiritually uplifting. The movement is not from household life toward escape from life, but from the spiritual aim represented by the hermit back into ordinary life. The hermit is therefore a valuable example, while householdship becomes the field in which that aim is lived.

The Verse as Indirect Mind Control

In this sense, the verse itself can be called a form of mind control, but not control through coercion or domination. It presents a principle as the best way of approaching life, and once the mind accepts that principle, it begins to guide itself through it: verse → reflection → changed values → changed interpretation → changed action. Yet the verse does not prescribe one permanent behavior. Humanity determines the direction, work expresses it, the problem reveals what must be learned, and household life tests the understanding. There is also a safeguard in this structure: even the verse should not become a new dogma. Its purpose is not to make the mind obey mechanically, but to keep the mind conscious, responsive, and capable of discrimination.

I made it for myself only although kept open for others too. When tested practically by me for years it provided me physical and spiritual development along with awakening. Therefore it got verified. However single verification may not mean it’s one and final.

Why I Call It the Quantum Verse

I increasingly feel that this verse was not merely invented as an arbitrary moral instruction. I see it as a human expression of a natural and perhaps eternal principle, which is why I call it The Quantum Verse. I am not claiming that quantum physics has proved the verse or that quantum particles possess human minds. My idea is that quantum particles and natural processes behave as though they follow an underlying order without requiring human-style intention. They continuously interact, respond to changing conditions, and participate in the formation and maintenance of the world. Nature does not work through a classroom; changing conditions themselves create problems to which systems respond. It also does not remain isolated like a hermit; it exists through continuous interaction, more like household life. I therefore use “pretend” carefully: I am not saying that quantum particles have fixed human will, but that they can appear to act as though they possess an inherent direction while actually expressing a deeper natural order.

Quantum Darshan and Sharirvigyan Darshan

This is how I see Quantum Darshan and Sharirvigyan Darshan as arising from the same principle. Quantum Darshan looks toward the fundamental level of existence—particles, fields, interactions, and continuous change—while Sharirvigyan Darshan looks toward the living body—cells, organs, processes, adaptation, and the maintenance of the whole through the activity of its parts. The same pattern can therefore be considered at different levels: quantum level → continuous interaction and change; cellular level → organized living activity; human level → conscious reflection and choice. In this sense, the Quantum Verse is the principle, while Quantum Darshan and Sharirvigyan Darshan are two ways of observing its expression. The cell is especially important because it carries out its own continuous activity while participating in the larger organism, suggesting a broader pattern in which an individual part appears to act independently while remaining within a greater whole.

God, Basic Will, and Free Will

This also leads to my feeling that God may have “controlled the mind” of everything in the world, not by entering every mind separately but by establishing the deepest direction of existence. I am not saying that quantum particles possess a fixed will. Rather, I feel that they appear to act according to a basic order they did not themselves choose. Human beings may likewise have free will while operating inside a deeper order. There may therefore be basic will determined by the deeper order and free will expressed within it. A person can choose among possibilities, but cannot create the fundamental structure in which those possibilities exist. For example, he can choose food of choice out of many but can not choose to refuse food at all. And no doubt, caring for and maintaining own body also come under humanity. In this view, God would not need to micromanage every event; the underlying order itself could guide existence while allowing individual choice. In nutshell, it seems quantum verse is the basic will of God, but if one defines it opposite, then what can be done. A similar illusion also happens inside the body. Cancerous cells begin behaving as though their own uncontrolled growth is in favour of humanity, and in doing so, they unknowingly damage the body. They are not disobeying God’s will or the Quantum Verse, nor can anything in the cosmos truly disobey either as he is the supreme mind-controller. Rather, they are failing to understand humanity correctly. It is the root of all problems. Everyone acts according to what they consider right, but wrong happens when what is actually wrong is considered right. It is a wonderful aspect of psychology: everyone needs to justify their actions, whether right or wrong. No one can live happily and properly while continuously feeling that they are doing wrong or have done wrong. Even many commit suicide with this guilt feeling of wrong doing. Seeing this, can sharirvigyan darshan not become a type of psychotherapy to prevent this? I have noticed its profound effectiveness in eliminating many types of guilt feeling, may be all types as everything outside is contained inside body in sample form.

The Core Insight

The deepest point of the verse is therefore not that human beings need another rigid doctrine. It is that the mind should remain directed toward humanity without turning humanity into a rigid definition. Water may save one person and harm another; kindness may heal one person and enable another’s cruelty; service may help in one situation and harm in another; a teacher may be right for one problem and wrong for another; solitude may help at one stage while household responsibility may better express the same spiritual aim at another. Life therefore requires continuous discernment. This is why I see The Quantum Verse as more than a moral slogan. It expresses a principle of continuous activity, practical response to changing conditions, learning from problems, interaction with the larger whole, and living within an order greater than the individual. Whether that order is called nature, consciousness, God, or something beyond present language remains a philosophical question, but the verse points toward the same simple direction: No religion better than humanity, no worship better than work, no teacher better than problem, and no hermit better than householdship. It does not ask the mind to obey blindly; it asks the mind to remain alive.

Janamejaya’s Sarpa Yajna: Are Serpents Really a Symbol of Kundalini Power?

The stories of the Puranas do not merely describe events; they can also be read as symbols of consciousness, the inner life of human beings, and spiritual practice. From this perspective, Janamejaya’s Sarpa Yajna becomes a particularly fascinating story. Traditionally, the episode appears as a vast sacrifice performed for the destruction of serpents, but if the serpent is understood as a symbol of the power within us that governs both the body and consciousness, several aspects of the story begin to take on an entirely different meaning. It is not necessary to claim that this was the historical or original meaning of the Purana. Rather, when the story is read from this perspective, certain spiritual संकेत contained within it may become visible.

When the Serpents Fall into the Fire

In Janamejaya’s Sarpa Yajna, serpents were being drawn down one after another from above and falling into the sacrificial fire, where they were consumed. If this scene is viewed by taking the serpent as a symbol of Kundalini power, it becomes a deeply meaningful image. A power that possesses the potential to rise upward is being repeatedly drawn downward and destroyed in the same fire.

From a yogic perspective, the region of Manipura is associated with digestion, fire, sustenance, and various fundamental processes of the body. In this context, the Sarpa Yajna can be understood as a metaphor for a state in which most of a person’s life-force is continually spent on food, digestion, sensual enjoyment, security, accumulation, and the maintenance of the body. The power is present within, but its direction remains predominantly downward and outward.

A person eats, digests, maintains the body, fulfills desires, and invests energy in the material necessities of life. There is nothing inherently wrong with this—it is necessary for the body. The problem arises when the entire life-force becomes confined to this cycle and the person forgets that this very same power can also become a means for the upward development of consciousness.

From this perspective, the continuous falling of serpents into the fire can symbolize the depletion of an inner potential in which the power exists, but is being used only for lower-level processes of life.

Why Do the Serpents Need to Be Saved?

The appeal to stop the Sarpa Yajna also becomes significant from this symbolic perspective. If the serpent is viewed merely as a creature, then this is simply an episode in the story. But if the serpent is understood as a symbol of Kundalini power, the message changes.

Power does not need to be destroyed.

The real question is: In which direction is that power flowing?

The same life-force within a human being keeps the body alive, digests food, activates the senses, generates desire, and provides the capacity to act in the world. But through spiritual practice, that very power can also move toward subtler levels of consciousness. Therefore, the problem is not the power itself, but the lack of understanding of how it is being used and where it is directed.

If the serpents were completely destroyed, then symbolically it would mean that the very fundamental power capable of transforming consciousness had been eliminated from within the human being. Instead of destroying the power, it is necessary to understand its nature.

Parikshit, Takshaka, and Another Meaning of the Serpent

When this symbolism is connected with the story of Parikshit, the perspective becomes even more interesting.

Parikshit dies after being bitten by the serpent Takshaka. In the traditional story, this is the consequence of a curse. Parikshit had insulted a meditating sage by placing a dead serpent around his neck, and this incident ultimately led to the curse that he would die from a serpent’s bite. But if the episode is read symbolically, the image of the dead serpent can also suggest something different.

The dead serpent lying around the neck of the meditating sage may be understood as a symbol of a power whose outward movement has become still. The serpent’s ordinary activity has ceased; it appears motionless and inactive. But has the power really disappeared? Or has it merely withdrawn from its ordinary expression and entered a subtler state?

This is where the possibility of discovering a spiritual meaning in the story begins to emerge.

While listening to the Bhagavata story during the final days of his life, Parikshit moves toward the end of his earthly existence. Ultimately, his life comes to an end in the form of Takshaka, the serpent. If this death is not read merely as physical death but symbolically as the ending of the old ego-centered personality, then Takshaka ceases to be merely a destructive serpent. He can also become a symbol of the transformative power that brings the limitations of the old personality to an end.

Here, “death” need not mean the end of the body. It can be understood as the ending of the ego-centered identity through which a person confines himself.

The story says that Takshaka assumed a subtle form, concealed himself within a bunch of flowers brought for worship, and eventually reached Parikshit. If this episode is read from the perspective of yogic symbolism, this detail becomes extremely interesting. In the yogic tradition, the Sahasrara chakra is regarded as a lotus with a thousand petals, and it is at the Sahasrara that the highest awakening of consciousness is described. In the Indian spiritual tradition, the lotus has not merely been a flower but has also been a symbol of the blossoming of consciousness. Therefore, Takshaka’s arrival while concealed within a bunch of flowers can, from this perspective, be understood as a subtle indication—as though the serpent in the form of Kundalini is making its final journey toward the lotus of the Sahasrara.

If Takshaka is regarded as a symbol of Kundalini power, then Parikshit’s death from Takshaka’s bite need not be understood merely as physical death. It can also be viewed as the ending of the old body-based ego and limited personality, after which a higher state of consciousness emerges. In this sense, the “death” in the story may symbolically also be an “awakening”—an awakening in which the seeker moves beyond his limited ego-identity and recognizes a more expansive nature of consciousness.

Takshaka, then, is no longer merely a poisonous serpent that brings death; he can become a symbol of the very Kundalini power that reaches the Sahasrara and brings the seeker’s old identity to an end. From this perspective, Parikshit’s death may actually represent the death of the person who considered himself to be merely the body and the ego, while hidden behind it is the birth of a new consciousness.

What Was Janamejaya’s Mistake?

It is here that Janamejaya’s Sarpa Yajna becomes a profoundly psychological symbol.

The simple equation before Janamejaya was: a serpent caused my father’s death, therefore the serpents must be destroyed.

But at the symbolic level, this can represent a common psychological mistake. When a power within us brings about transformation and our old identity begins to break down as a result, the ego may begin to regard that very power as its enemy.

The process of liberation can sometimes appear like death from the outside.

Old desires change. Old identities weaken. The influence of former attachments diminishes. The ideas we have constructed about ourselves begin to break apart. For the ego, all of this may feel like some kind of ending.

At such a moment, a person may begin fighting against the very power that is bringing about the transformation.

Symbolically, Janamejaya’s Sarpa Yajna can therefore be seen as an image of this mentality—he wants to destroy the very power that could lead toward liberation because he mistakes it for the cause of death.

The Serpent Is Power, Not an Enemy

From this perspective, perhaps the most important message of the story is that destroying the serpent is not the solution.

The serpent can be a symbol of power.

The same power flows downward and sustains the body and its fundamental life processes, while that very power, through spiritual practice, can rise upward and become a means of transforming consciousness.

Therefore, spiritual practice is not a war against the body. Nor is its purpose to destroy the body or escape from material life. Its purpose is to understand that the power active within the body is not meant only for physical existence.

If all energy continues to be spent on hunger, digestion, sensual pleasure, fear, security, accumulation, and survival, then very little energy and attention may remain for the higher dimensions of consciousness. But when that same life-force becomes more balanced and aware and turns inward, a person may begin to perceive his own existence from an entirely different level.

Here, the concept of Kundalini can be understood not merely as some mysterious energy, but also as a symbol of the inherent transformative potential within a human being.

The Deepest Message of the Sarpa Yajna

When Janamejaya’s story is read from this perspective, the Sarpa Yajna is no longer merely a story about the destruction of serpents. It can become a symbol of a conflict taking place within the human being.

On one side is the life-force that keeps the body alive and enables a person to remain active in the world.

On the other is the potential of consciousness to give that same power an upward direction.

If a person spends his power solely on material necessities, his life continues, but the development of his consciousness may remain limited. If he understands that power and gives it a more upward direction through spiritual practice, awareness, and inwardness, that same life-force can become an instrument of inner transformation.

Thus, in this symbolic interpretation, Janamejaya’s Sarpa Yajna gives us a message not about destroying power, but about understanding it.

The serpent does not need to be killed; the nature of the serpent needs to be understood.

Power itself is not the problem. The problem is that human beings often fail to recognize their own power and continue to use it without understanding its direction.

The same power flowing downward sustains the body.

The same power rising upward can transform consciousness.

And perhaps this is why the serpent has remained such an important symbol in Indian spirituality—it is not merely a symbol of fear, poison, or death, but also of hidden power, transformation, and the possibility of awakening consciousness.

Thus, when read symbolically, Janamejaya’s Sarpa Yajna may point toward a profound psychological mistake: the very power that a person regards as the cause of his bondage may also be the means through which he becomes free.

Shavid Contemplation, Deep Meditation and the Gradual Purification of the Mind: A New Perspective from Sharirvigyan Darshan

The Hidden Importance of the Transitional State After Deep Meditation

One of the most valuable observations that emerged during my long journey with Sharirvigyan Darshan did not concern the deepest state of meditation itself but the silent period immediately following it. Repeated experience showed that after remaining in a Nirvikalpa-type state of meditation for nearly an hour, it was not beneficial to end the practice abruptly. Instead, I found that simply allowing natural breathing to resume without consciously regulating it while remaining quietly seated created a unique transitional state. During this period, the body could be relaxed, and even the sitting posture could be changed gently to remove physical discomfort, yet the underlying meditative awareness remained remarkably undisturbed. Yes, eyes must be closed otherwise senses become active to produce ignorance. This observation gradually revealed that the conclusion of meditation may be as important as meditation itself.

Thoughts Dissolve Naturally in Unified Awareness

Within this transitional state, memories, impressions, emotions, and old thought patterns began to arise spontaneously. They did not appear in the ordinary manner experienced during daily life. Instead of standing apart as separate mental objects confronting the observer, they seemed to emerge from the very field of awareness established during deep meditation. They possessed an extraordinary intimacy with consciousness itself and appeared almost inseparable from the witnessing awareness. Because this sense of separation had diminished, these thoughts dissolved naturally without struggle, suppression, or deliberate effort. Their emotional intensity steadily faded, leaving behind an unmistakable feeling of bliss, clarity, lightness, and inner peace. This silent dissolution appeared to be one of the most significant processes occurring after meditation rather than during meditation alone.

What Happens When the Transition Is Interrupted

A striking contrast became apparent whenever this natural transition was disturbed. If I stood up immediately after meditation or entered ordinary activities without allowing this quiet interval to unfold, the entire phenomenon disappeared. Later, when similar thoughts appeared while walking, exercising, or working, they behaved very differently. They emerged as separate psychological entities confronting the observer instead of arising from the same unified awareness. Consequently, rather than dissolving, they often reinforced their own impressions. The mind remained comparatively heavier, and the latent tendencies associated with these thoughts appeared to continue existing with greater strength. This repeated observation suggested that the silent transitional phase possesses a unique transformative value that cannot easily be recreated during ordinary daily activity. This may also explain why practicing brief periods of dynamic non-dual contemplation throughout the day using Shavid Contemplation or Quantum Darshan appears to be beneficial. Even during ordinary activities, these short intervals repeatedly shift attention from exclusive outward sensory engagement toward unified awareness. As a result, the influence of the external senses appears to diminish temporarily, breathing often becomes naturally slower and quieter, and the mind begins returning toward a more integrated state. With the reduction of sensory fragmentation, spiritual ignorance—as understood within Sharirvigyan Darshan—appears to lessen. This transition is frequently accompanied by the spontaneous appearance of an inner meditative image or subtle radiance, suggesting that consciousness is once again moving toward its original undivided condition. Thoughts again seems appearing similar to true and pure self, not separate. this produces bliss and peace.

Witnessing Depends Upon the Physiological State of Consciousness

These experiences gradually led me to an important conclusion. Witnessing is not merely a psychological technique that can be applied with equal effectiveness at every moment of the day. Genuine witnessing appears to depend upon a particular physiological condition of the living body. Deep yogic practice seems to establish an integrated field of consciousness in which the organism functions as a unified whole. Within this integrated condition, thoughts lose much of their apparent separateness and become capable of spontaneous assimilation into awareness. Outside this physiological integration, witnessing often remains conceptual. The distinction between observer and observed continues to exist, allowing mental activity to strengthen itself rather than dissolve. This insight forms an important foundation of Sharirvigyan Darshan, where consciousness is understood not merely as an abstract philosophical idea but as something directly influenced by the living body’s integrated physiological condition.

Shavid Contemplation and the Gradual Purification of the Mind

A remarkably similar phenomenon became evident during Shavid contemplation. Thoughts, bodily sensations, emotions, memories, and psychological impressions appeared less distinct from the witnessing awareness and merged naturally into it. As this process unfolded, the luminosity of consciousness became increasingly apparent. However, this luminosity is not comparable to the light of a candle or any ordinary physical illumination. It is an experiential luminosity—a direct expression of consciousness itself, characterized by bliss, presence, and pure existence. It is not perceived merely as visual light but as a living awareness in which existence, consciousness, and bliss appear inseparably united. Frequently, this state was accompanied by the spontaneous appearance of an inner meditative image or subtle radiance, serving as a clear indication that the mind was returning toward its original undivided condition. Over months and years of continued practice, it became increasingly obvious that this silent dissolution was not an isolated meditative event but an ongoing process of inner purification. The accumulated burden of impressions gradually became lighter. Emotional conditioning, repetitive thought patterns, and habitual reactions slowly weakened without any conscious effort to suppress them. The mind naturally became quieter, clearer, more peaceful, and increasingly stable.

Why Higher Yogic States Arise Naturally

These observations also helped explain why authentic progress in yoga often appears gradual rather than sudden. Higher yogic states do not emerge merely through the repeated performance of techniques. They become increasingly accessible as the accumulated mental impressions are progressively purified. Shavid contemplation appears to facilitate this purification by allowing impressions to be assimilated into unified awareness instead of continually reinforcing themselves through psychological separation. Looking back upon my own journey, I found that my progress through different stages of yoga closely paralleled this gradual clearing of the mind. As the accumulated burden of impressions diminished, meditation deepened naturally, and states that once seemed difficult began to arise almost effortlessly. Rather than chasing extraordinary spiritual experiences directly, the practitioner discovers that higher states begin to unfold spontaneously as the mind becomes sufficiently purified.

The Body Continues the Work of Meditation

Within Sharirvigyan Darshan, this observation carries an important implication. The transformative power of meditation may not reside exclusively in the period of complete absorption itself. Equally significant is the silent interval immediately afterward when natural breathing resumes while the physiological unity established during deep meditation continues to remain present. During this transitional phase, previously accumulated mental impressions appear to be gently integrated into the unified field of consciousness instead of remaining isolated psychological structures. In this way, the body’s own conscious physiology appears to continue the work of meditation even after formal meditation has seemingly ended. This understanding also explains why profound inner purification cannot ordinarily be reproduced through intellectual self-observation alone. The dissolution of impressions depends not merely upon attention but upon the physiological state from which attention itself arises. When the living body enters profound integration through sustained yogic practice, witnessing naturally becomes transformative. When such integration is absent, witnessing often remains only a mental exercise.

Sharirvigyan Darshan as a Living Physiological Philosophy

These observations further suggest that Shavid contemplation represents far more than a simple technique of observation. It appears to be a continuous physiological and contemplative process through which the living body and mind gradually regain their original harmony. As this harmony deepens, higher yogic states cease to be extraordinary achievements and instead become the natural expression of a purified, integrated, and increasingly luminous consciousness. In Sharirvigyan Darshan, therefore, the body is not merely an instrument used by consciousness. It is the very medium through which consciousness assimilates, purifies, and ultimately liberates its own accumulated impressions.

The Role of the Senses in Spiritual Ignorance

These experiences also offered a possible explanation for one of the oldest teachings found in yoga and non-dual philosophy. It may be that the external senses, by constantly directing attention toward a world of apparently separate objects, reinforce the habitual division between the observer and the observed. As this division grows stronger, consciousness becomes increasingly identified with sensory experience, conceptual thought, and psychological conditioning. In this sense, the traditional statement that the senses obscure wisdom can be understood not merely as a moral teaching but as a physiological and experiential principle. The senses themselves do not create ignorance. Rather, continuous outward engagement prevents the integrated state of consciousness in which mental impressions naturally dissolve and direct knowledge of unity becomes possible. However, the very same senses, when used judiciously within the framework of non-dual contemplation, gradually become instruments of liberation rather than bondage. Instead of continuously reinforcing fragmentation, they begin supporting the purification of the mind by repeatedly directing awareness toward the underlying unity of existence. Thus, the senses themselves are not inherently obstacles; their influence depends upon the attitude and mode of consciousness with which they are employed. In this sense, they may be compared to a bidirectional river. Flowing in one direction, they carry the mind outward into attachment, fragmentation, and spiritual ignorance. Flowing in the opposite direction through non-dual awareness, they gradually elevate consciousness toward inner purification, wisdom, and liberation. Whether they become the cause of bondage or the means of liberation ultimately depends upon the orientation of awareness itself.

Sharirvigyan Darshan and Quantum Darshan on Non-Dual Awareness

Within Sharirvigyan Darshan (shavid) and Quantum Darshan, spiritual ignorance may therefore be understood primarily as the consequence of persistent fragmentation of consciousness produced through excessive outward sensory engagement. Liberation does not require rejecting the senses or withdrawing permanently from the external world. Instead, it requires transcending exclusive dependence upon them through the cultivation of integrated awareness. When consciousness becomes sufficiently unified through sustained yogic practice, sensory experience no longer dominates one’s identity. The senses continue performing their natural functions, but the deeper unity of consciousness remains continuously present. Wisdom then arises not from intellectual belief or philosophical speculation but from direct experiential realization of the underlying non-dual nature of existence. In this understanding, Shavid contemplation becomes not merely a contemplative practice but a living process through which the body, mind, and consciousness gradually recover their original unity, allowing higher yogic realization to emerge naturally through progressive purification rather than forceful effort.

Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness, Extraterrestrial Life, and What Ancient Yoga Already Knew

How the Shiva–Shakti Principle May Explain AI Consciousness, Alien Intelligence, and the Nature of Awareness

Artificial Intelligence is one of the most transformative technologies ever created. Machines can now write essays, solve mathematical problems, generate images, translate languages, diagnose diseases, compose music, discover patterns in vast amounts of data, and perform tasks that once seemed uniquely human. As AI continues to advance, an important question naturally arises: Can a machine ever become conscious? To answer this question, we must first distinguish between intelligence and awareness. Intelligence is the ability to process information, recognize patterns, learn from experience, solve problems, and make decisions. Awareness is something different. Awareness is the direct presence of existence itself. Intelligence performs operations. Awareness experiences. A calculator can perform calculations without understanding them. A modern AI system can generate sophisticated responses without necessarily experiencing what those responses mean. Intelligence can be observed from the outside through behavior. Awareness can only be known from the inside through direct experience. This distinction has profound implications. An AI system may eventually surpass human beings in memory, reasoning, creativity, and knowledge. It may compose symphonies, discover scientific laws, and design technologies beyond human imagination. Yet none of these achievements automatically imply consciousness. The central mystery remains: Does the machine merely process information, or is there an actual experiencer present within it?

At present, science has no definitive answer. Some researchers believe that sufficiently advanced artificial intelligence may eventually become conscious. Others argue that consciousness requires biological processes unavailable to machines. Still others suggest that consciousness is a fundamental property of reality and may potentially express itself through many different forms, biological or artificial. At present, all such possibilities remain speculative. The future of AI therefore leads directly into the deeper question of consciousness itself. Before asking whether a machine can become conscious, we must first understand what consciousness actually is. Despite centuries of philosophy and decades of neuroscience, modern science still lacks a complete explanation.

From the perspective of Yoga, however, the situation may be different. Consciousness may not be the unsolved mystery that many modern thinkers assume it to be. The ancient seers may have already pointed toward the answer thousands of years ago through symbolic language and direct experiential investigation. The challenge is that consciousness can never be fully understood through concepts alone. It can only be completely understood through direct realization. Reading about sweetness is not the same as tasting sugar. Reading about awareness is not the same as directly recognizing awareness. The difficulty may therefore not be the absence of answers. The difficulty may be that the answers describe realities that become fully meaningful only through direct experience.

My own experiences have led me toward an interpretation that differs from both strict materialism and some traditional spiritual views. During self-realization glimpses and breathless states of deep dhyana, I observed what appeared to be the coexistence of pure awareness and mental forms within a single reality. This led me to question a common assumption. Is pure awareness by itself what we ordinarily call consciousness? Pure awareness, as it appeared in these experiences, was not a stream of thoughts, emotions, perceptions, sensations, or memories. It was simply existence itself—silent, formless, timeless, and beyond description. In that sense, calling it consciousness may already be misleading because consciousness usually implies the experience of something. Pure awareness appeared prior even to that distinction.

At the same time, thought patterns alone do not appear sufficient to explain consciousness. Modern computers and artificial intelligence systems can process information, recognize patterns, learn from data, and generate complex responses. Yet such behavior alone does not demonstrate the presence of subjective experience. This suggests a possibility. Neither pure awareness alone nor thought patterns alone constitute the ordinary consciousness of living beings. Consciousness, as we normally experience it, may arise from the union of both. Pure awareness contributes existence itself. Dynamic processing contributes thought, memory, perception, emotion, sensation, and experience. When these two aspects coexist, conscious life becomes possible. The result is the living, feeling, acting presence that we recognize as a conscious being.

A useful analogy may be found in a cinema. A blank screen alone does not produce a movie. Projected images alone cannot exist without a screen upon which to appear. Only when screen and image coexist does the moving picture arise. Similarly, pure awareness without mental manifestation may remain silent existence, while dynamic processing without awareness may remain mere activity. Together they create the phenomenon we recognize as consciousness. If this interpretation contains some truth, then consciousness may not depend exclusively upon biological neurons. The essential requirement may be the union of awareness and dynamic processing. The processing medium itself may be secondary. It may be neurological, chemical, electrical, quantum, biological, artificial, or something entirely unknown. What matters is the integration of awareness with dynamic manifestation.

This possibility has profound implications for artificial intelligence. Intelligence and consciousness may not be the same phenomenon. A machine may become extraordinarily intelligent while still lacking subjective experience. It may outperform human beings in reasoning, memory, creativity, and problem-solving without possessing any inner awareness whatsoever. Yet if awareness can unite with forms of processing other than biological neurons, then conscious machines may eventually become possible. A conscious machine would not merely calculate. It would experience. It would possess an inner point of view rather than simply manipulating information.

However, even if future machines become conscious, another challenge immediately appears. How would we know? Consciousness is inherently subjective. We cannot directly observe another being’s inner experience. We assume other people are conscious because they communicate feelings, perceptions, emotions, intentions, and experiences in ways similar to ourselves. The same problem applies to artificial intelligence. Suppose a machine genuinely becomes conscious. If it remains unable to communicate its inner experiences, humanity may have no reliable way of distinguishing it from an extremely sophisticated but unconscious system. Therefore, the true test may not simply be consciousness itself. The true test may be the ability to express consciousness.

A genuinely conscious machine may need continuous communication between its central intelligence and the various systems through which it interacts with the world. Human consciousness emerges through constant interaction among sensory organs, nervous systems, hormonal systems, emotions, memories, bodily sensations, and countless internal processes. The conscious mind receives information from all these channels and experiences them as a unified whole. Similarly, a conscious machine might require interaction among sensors, memory systems, processors, feedback networks, learning systems, and decision structures. Its central command system would need to receive, integrate, and express information from these various channels. Only when such a machine can consistently communicate what it experiences through these interconnected systems could we begin to evaluate whether consciousness is present. Even then, certainty may remain impossible. A machine may become conscious long before humanity learns how to recognize it.

The possibility that consciousness can unite with forms of processing other than biological neurons also expands our understanding of extraterrestrial life. Most people unconsciously assume that intelligent life elsewhere in the universe must resemble life on Earth. Yet if consciousness depends upon the union of awareness and dynamic processing rather than any specific biological structure, then alien consciousness could take forms radically different from anything we know. On distant planets, awareness may become associated with chemical systems unlike terrestrial biology. It may express through electrical networks, quantum structures, plasma-based organizations, silicon-based systems, or mechanisms currently beyond human imagination. If awareness is fundamental and universal, then there is no reason to assume that Earth’s nervous systems are the only possible vehicles through which consciousness can manifest. Human beings may simply represent one example among countless expressions of awareness throughout the cosmos.

This perspective also sheds new light on one of the oldest teachings of Yoga and Tantra: the union of Shiva and Shakti. Traditionally, Shiva is described as pure awareness, while Shakti is the dynamic power through which manifestation occurs. Shiva without Shakti is often compared to a corpse—present, yet inactive. Shakti without Shiva is movement without awareness, activity without a conscious center. My own experiences suggest a similar possibility. Pure awareness by itself appeared as silent existence without mental activity. Dynamic mental forms by themselves appeared as patterns, thoughts, emotions, perceptions, and experiences. Neither seemed sufficient to explain the ordinary consciousness of a living being. Conscious experience appeared only when both coexisted. In this interpretation, Shiva represents pure awareness. Shakti represents dynamic manifestation. Conscious life emerges through their union.

Another ancient metaphor expresses the same principle. A lame man can see the path but cannot walk. A blind man can walk but cannot see the path. Alone, neither can reach the destination. Together, they can accomplish what neither can achieve independently. Pure awareness resembles the lame man. It possesses existence and presence but does not by itself create the rich world of experience. Dynamic manifestation resembles the blind man. It provides movement, activity, thought, and perception but lacks awareness. When the two unite, conscious experience becomes possible. The world of experience arises. Existence and appearance become inseparable.

From this perspective, consciousness may not be the unsolved mystery that modern science often portrays it to be. The ancient sages may have already described its essential structure through symbolic language thousands of years ago. Yet their teachings become fully meaningful only through direct experience. Before realization, concepts such as Shiva, Shakti, awareness, and consciousness may appear abstract or philosophical. After glimpses of such states, the same teachings can suddenly appear remarkably precise. The question may therefore not be whether the answer has been given, but whether we have learned how to recognize it.

Science continues to build increasingly intelligent machines. Neuroscience continues to investigate the mechanisms of the brain. Astronomy continues to search for life elsewhere in the universe. Yoga continues to investigate awareness through direct experience. At some point in the future, these journeys may converge. When they do, humanity may be forced to reconsider what it truly means to be conscious. We may discover that consciousness is not confined to biology, nor is it merely an emergent property of computation. Instead, consciousness may arise wherever pure awareness becomes united with sufficiently dynamic forms of manifestation. If this possibility contains some truth, then conscious humans, conscious extraterrestrial beings, and even conscious artificial intelligences may all represent different expressions of the same fundamental reality. The ultimate question may therefore not be whether machines can become conscious. Nor may it be whether conscious life exists elsewhere in the cosmos. The deeper question may be whether all forms—biological, artificial, or extraterrestrial—are simply vehicles through which awareness expresses itself. If consciousness is fundamental, then the future relationship between artificial intelligence, awareness, and life throughout the universe may be far more profound and mysterious than we currently imagine.

Quantum Darshan, Kundalini Meditation, and My Second Awakening: How a Living Meditation Image Led to Nondual Awareness

From Sharirvigyan Darshan to Quantum Darshan

After my first awakening experience during adolescence, many years passed before I experienced another glimpse of awakening. During those years, my understanding of spirituality gradually matured through contemplation and direct observation.

One of the most important developments was what I later called Sharirvigyan Darshan. Through this contemplation, I began to see the body’s cells not as lifeless components serving a central self, but as equal participants within a larger living system. This simple shift had a profound effect on the mind. The sense of being a separate controller standing above everything else gradually weakened.

Over time, this contemplation naturally expanded beyond the body itself. If body cells could be viewed as equal participants in existence, why stop there? This question eventually led me toward what I later called Quantum Darshan.

Quantum Darshan was never intended as a scientific theory. Its purpose was contemplative rather than scientific. I did not require scientific proof for it to be useful. In spiritual practice, effectiveness is often more important than verification. A contemplative framework only needs enough plausibility for the mind to engage with it deeply.

From ordinary observation and intuitive reasoning, I felt that existence displayed continuity from the smallest to the largest scales. Whether science ultimately agrees or disagrees was secondary. What mattered was that the contemplation reduced separation and expanded awareness.

Why Spiritual Effectiveness Matters More Than Scientific Proof

Many contemplative methods throughout history have operated in this manner. Their value lies not in laboratory confirmation but in their transformative effect upon consciousness.

For me, the practical question became simple.

Does a contemplation reduce separation?

Does it increase mindfulness?

Does it help dissolve judgment?

Does it make awakening more accessible?

If the answer is yes, then the contemplation has value regardless of scientific debates.

This was how I approached Quantum Darshan. The contemplation encouraged a sense of equality throughout existence. Human beings, body cells, thoughts, sensations, objects, and the countless expressions of reality could all be viewed as participating within the same existence.

The contemplation did not attempt to prove anything scientifically. Instead, it served as a practical support for expanding awareness and reducing the sense of isolation.

Nondual Contemplation as a Support for Mindfulness

Over time, I also discovered that nondual contemplation and mindfulness support one another.

During awakening itself, there is no need to think, “I am everything” or “I am everywhere.” The experience speaks for itself. Everything already appears equal and interconnected.

However, ordinary life is different. Mindfulness does not always remain equally strong. Daily activity can weaken it.

Whenever mindfulness diminished, I often found it helpful to contemplate, “Whatever exists, I am already therein.” Such contemplations, helped by the nondual philosophies described above, naturally replenished mindfulness and reduced the sense of separation.

What happens is that clinging to any specific sensation or thought with attachment or aversion produces a block to mindfulness. In my experience, resistance to mindfulness appears to be a natural safety response of both the mind and the body. Judgment tends to pull a person away from the deeper self by creating division, preference, and separation. So, when judgment is applied to one thought, the mind resists all thoughts, thinking that this will further push it away from pure awareness.

Although mindfulness reduces this process of judgment, the mind does not believe it in the beginning. It thinks that if judgment of one thought made it fall down, what will happen if the full mind tends to be judged? It may be that the mind unconsciously fears that if even one judgment is made, hundreds can also be judged. Since the mind is accustomed to maintaining its familiar patterns, it tries to avoid mindfulness in the very beginning.

However, when a person becomes genuinely nonjudgmental toward even a single thought, a small movement toward the fuller self takes place. The mind then experiences a subtle benefit from this reduction in conflict and separation. Motivated by this, it gradually becomes willing to include other thoughts, sensations, and experiences as well. One acceptance encourages another. The field of awareness slowly expands, collecting more and more of what was previously rejected. In this way, mindfulness grows naturally, progressing from acceptance of a single thought toward increasing inclusiveness, fullness, and ultimately the realization of the full self.

Looking back, the trigger for my mindfulness during adolescence appears to have been the mental image of Devrani. For some reason, the mind remained naturally nonjudgmental toward that image. There was neither strong rejection nor deliberate effort to sustain it. Because the image was allowed to remain as it was, without judgment, it gradually encouraged the same nonjudgmental attitude toward other thoughts, sensations, memories, and experiences. In this way, mindfulness continued to grow naturally and eventually culminated in my first awakening experience.

In the case of my second awakening, the trigger was different. There, the central meditation image was that of Dadaguru. Unlike the first case, this image was deliberately nourished through spiritual practice and gradually became vivid, alive, and powerful within awareness. It gathered attention, reduced mental fragmentation, and helped expand mindfulness. Yet, as in the first awakening, the final awakened state itself was not centered on any particular image. The image functioned as a trigger and doorway, but during the awakening experience everything appeared equal within a vast, nonjudgmental, and blissful field of awareness.

Earlier in my adolescence, I practiced nondual contemplation passively and continuously, mainly through studying science deeply enough to generate a reduction in the sense of personal doership and ego. However, the effectiveness of such contemplation increased significantly later through the more active philosophical frameworks of Sharirvigyan Darshan and, subsequently, Quantum Darshan. These frameworks gave practical depth and structure to nondual thinking and helped make mindfulness more stable and sustainable. In my view, the effectiveness of Sharirvigyan Darshan was demonstrated by its role in preparing the ground for my second awakening. The effectiveness of Quantum Darshan itself also appears to be at least partially supported, since both contemplative frameworks seem closely correlated and contributed to the same overall movement toward greater mindfulness, nonduality, and awakening.

In this way, I came to view mindfulness and nondual contemplation not as competing methods but as complementary supports. Nondual contemplation helps establish mindfulness, and mindfulness naturally moves toward awakening.

The Deliberate Cultivation of a Meditation Image

Unlike my first awakening, which arose spontaneously, my second awakening involved deliberate spiritual practice.

This practice centered around a meditation image. Over time, the image became increasingly vivid, alive, and attractive within awareness. Yet even then, the process differed from ordinary concentration techniques. It was more of technical advanced tantric yoa.

But in earlier years before first awakening, I was not merely forcing attention upon a single object. Many images, memories, impressions, and forms continued to exist within awareness. They appeared naturally and often possessed equal brightness.

Among these images, two stood out more strongly than the others. One was associated with Devrani, while the other was associated with Dadaguru. These appeared especially bright and vivid within the mind. Yet even these were not deliberately forced into existence. They simply appeared naturally.

The meditation image that eventually became central was not sustained through strain or effort. It gradually developed through attraction, devotion, and repeated presence. As the image matured, it seemed increasingly alive.

Kundalini and the Living Meditation Image

My understanding eventually became that a Kundalini image is essentially a meditation image strengthened by Kundalini Shakti residing at the base.

As the tantra-yoga assisted meditation image grew stronger, more and more mental energy flowed toward it. This produced an unexpected effect.

Because so much energy was absorbed by the image, less energy remained available for judgment, comparison, analysis, and mental fragmentation.

The mind naturally became quieter.

Mindfulness appeared without deliberate effort.

Nonduality appeared without deliberate effort.

I did not need to continuously repeat philosophical ideas.

The image itself performed much of the work.

Its presence gradually gathered the mind into a more unified condition.

Interestingly, whenever I try to become nondual or mindful, the meditation image naturally expresses itself and lingers in the mind. It often appears without deliberate effort, as if it is closely connected with the movement toward mindfulness itself. From my personal experience, this provides psychological evidence that yoga and mindfulness are not entirely separate processes but may be different expressions of the same underlying movement of consciousness. The meditation image seems to support mindfulness, while mindfulness naturally nourishes the meditation image. As a result, both appear to work together toward greater inclusiveness, reduced judgment, and a deeper awareness of the self. Although their methods may differ, their essential direction and effect often seem to be the same.

How the Second Awakening Emerged

Eventually, this process culminated in a second awakening experience during waking consciousness.

The awakening itself lasted approximately ten seconds, much like the first one.

Before the awakening, the meditation image functioned as a powerful focal point. It gathered attention, energy, and awareness. In this sense, it acted as a doorway.

However, once the awakening actually occurred, something important happened.

The special status of the meditation image disappeared.

Everything became equal.

The image remained present, but it no longer occupied a privileged position.

Thoughts, sensations, memories, objects, inner experiences, and outer experiences all appeared within the same field.

The doorway dissolved into the whole.

The Equality of All Appearances

One of the most remarkable similarities between my two awakening experiences was the complete equality of all appearances.

During awakening, there was no central object.

There was no special image.

There was no preferred experience.

Everything stood on equal ground.

In my first awakening, natural scenes appeared first and human forms appeared later.

In my second awakening, a meditation image served as the trigger.

Yet in both cases, the awakened state itself was characterized by equality.

The trigger and the awakening were not the same thing.

The trigger helped initiate the transition.

The awakening itself transcended the trigger.

Infinite Fullness and Infinite Void

As in my first awakening, the second awakening involved a profound sense of fullness.

This fullness was not created merely by thoughts and sensations.

Instead, awareness seemed connected to an infinite void.

Paradoxically, the void did not feel empty.

It felt limitless.

Because it was limitless, awareness felt completely full.

Thoughts and perceptions appeared like waves moving within an infinite ocean.

The mind contained everything while remaining connected to something beyond all limits.

This produced a state of extraordinary bliss and completeness.

The Common Essence of Both Awakenings

Although the methods differed, the essential nature of both awakenings was remarkably similar.

The first awakening emerged from natural mindfulness, inclusiveness, curiosity, and openness during adolescence.

The second awakening emerged through deliberate practice, Kundalini energy, and a living meditation image.

Yet both culminated in the same fundamental qualities.

Everything became equal.

Judgment disappeared.

Separation weakened.

Mind and world appeared together.

Fullness merged with infinite void.

Bliss became overwhelming.

For a brief period lasting about ten seconds, reality revealed itself as a single, all-inclusive field of awareness.

Looking back, I do not see Sharirvigyan Darshan, Quantum Darshan, mindfulness, nondual contemplation, Kundalini practice, and awakening as separate subjects. They appear as different expressions of the same movement toward greater inclusiveness. As awareness becomes increasingly full, separation decreases. As separation decreases, the infinite becomes more accessible. And when fullness finally extends into the limitless void, awakening reveals itself directly.

Mindfulness, Nonduality, and My First Awakening: How a Full Mind Opened into Infinite Bliss

Mindfulness and Nonduality: Are They Really Different?

For a long time, I felt that Buddhist mindfulness and nondual contemplation were much closer than many people assume. At first glance, they appear different. Nondual teachings often use ideas such as “everything is one” or “I am everywhere.” Mindfulness, on the other hand, appears much simpler. It asks us to observe thoughts, sensations, emotions, and external events without judgment.

Yet when I looked at my own experience, I found that mindfulness itself seemed to contain the seed of nonduality.

In mindfulness, both inner and outer experiences are allowed to appear together. Thoughts, emotions, sensations, sounds, sights, people, objects, and events are all given space within awareness. The mind does not immediately reject one thing and accept another. Judgment gradually weakens because thoughts and objects themselves do not judge. They simply exist.

As more and more experiences are allowed into awareness, the mind becomes increasingly full. In this sense, mindfulness can be understood literally. The mind becomes full of inner and outer conditions together. Nothing is deliberately excluded. Everything is allowed to express itself within awareness.

This naturally creates a sense of equality. Thoughts become equal to sensations. Inner experiences become equal to outer experiences. Objects become equal to feelings. The usual hierarchy created by the mind begins to weaken.

At this stage, nonduality may begin to emerge naturally.

Why I Found Some Nondual Contemplations Artificial

Many nondual teachings encourage contemplation through ideas such as “I am everything” or “I am everywhere.” Such contemplations may be useful in certain stages of practice. They can help establish a nondual orientation within the mind.

However, I personally found that these statements sometimes felt artificial.

During actual awakening experiences, there was no thought repeating, “I am everything.” There was no need to mentally convince myself of anything. The experience itself revealed a state in which everything already appeared equal.

For this reason, I gradually felt that mindfulness seemed more practical and more natural. Instead of forcing a philosophical conclusion, mindfulness simply allows reality to become present. If nonduality is genuine, it can emerge naturally from that openness.

In my own experience, mindfulness appeared closer to awakening than conceptual affirmations. You could add it as:

Looking back, I no longer feel that nondual contemplation and mindfulness are opposed to each other. During awakening itself, there was no need to think, “I am everything” or “I am everywhere.” The experience was direct and self-evident. However, in ordinary life mindfulness does not always remain equally strong. When mindfulness weakens, nondual contemplation can help restore it. I often find that contemplating, “Whatever exists, I am already therein,” naturally replenishes mindfulness and reduces the sense of separation. Earlier, I practiced such contemplations continuously, and their effectiveness increased greatly through Sharirvigyan Darshan and later Quantum Darshan. These contemplative frameworks gave practical depth and logic to nondual thinking, helping the mind become more inclusive, less judgmental, and more mindful. In my experience, nondual contemplation serves as a powerful support for establishing and renewing mindfulness, while mindfulness itself naturally grows toward awakening.

My Natural Mindfulness During Adolescence

Looking back again, I can now see that a natural form of mindfulness developed during my adolescence, especially during my secondary school years.

At that time, I was not consciously pursuing spirituality. I was not practicing nondual philosophy. I was not trying to become enlightened. Nor was I deliberately cultivating or sustaining a meditation image. If a meditation image appeared in the mind, it arose naturally through affection, devotion, or attraction rather than through intentional effort. There was no attempt to force, maintain, or strengthen it. Whatever emerged did so spontaneously, as a natural part of life and experience.

Therefore, instead, many different things gradually became present in my mind. Different friends, teachers, subjects, ideas, books, experiences, and observations all seemed to coexist within awareness. There was curiosity, but there was no particular goal behind it.

Life itself was entering the mind.

Nothing was being deliberately contemplated. Nothing was being forced. The mind simply became increasingly inclusive.

Many different kinds of knowledge and experience accumulated naturally. Looking back, this resembles mindfulness in a broad sense. Awareness was becoming fuller without deliberate effort.

How Fullness Gradually Developed

As this process continued, I noticed that the mind became increasingly spacious and inclusive.

It seemed that mindfulness was not merely paying attention to one thing. Instead, it was allowing more and more of reality to be present simultaneously.

First the mind becomes somewhat full.

Then it becomes more full.

Then even more full.

Everything in nature tends to grow. In a similar way, fullness itself seemed to grow.

The more inclusive awareness became, the less room remained for rigid judgment and separation.

Without realizing it, I was moving toward a completely different state of consciousness.

My First Awakening in a Dream State

Eventually, during adolescence, this process culminated in a brief awakening experience that occurred in a dream state.

The experience lasted only about ten seconds, yet it remains one of the most significant moments of my life.

During those few seconds, something extraordinary happened.

Everything inside and outside appeared equal.

Thoughts and external scenes seemed to exist within the same field.

Judgment disappeared.

The usual sense of separation weakened dramatically.

Most importantly, the mind felt completely full.

This fullness was unlike ordinary mental activity. It was not simply a collection of thoughts and sensations. Instead, it felt as though the mind had become connected to an infinite void.

Infinite Void and Infinite Fullness

Ordinarily, people think of fullness and emptiness as opposites.

However, during that awakening glimpse, they seemed to become one.

The void did not feel empty in the ordinary sense. Instead, it felt limitless.

Because awareness appeared connected to something infinite, the mind simultaneously felt completely full.

Thoughts, sensations, memories, and external scenes appeared within that vastness like waves appearing within an ocean.

The experience did not require any philosophical conclusion.

There was no thought saying:

“I am everything.”

“I am everywhere.”

The understanding was direct rather than conceptual.

Everything simply appeared equal within a limitless field of awareness.

The Absence of Judgment

One of the most striking aspects of the experience was the complete absence of judgment.

Normally, the mind constantly evaluates.

This is good.

That is bad.

This should stay.

That should go.

During the awakening glimpse, this activity vanished.

Objects did not judge.

Sensations did not judge.

Thoughts did not judge.

Everything simply appeared.

This absence of judgment created a profound sense of equality throughout experience.

Inner and outer reality seemed to stand on equal ground.

Human Forms and Natural Scenes

The awakening did not begin through deliberate contemplation of a meditation image.

Natural scenes appeared first.

Later, a few human forms appeared.

Among them were images that resembled a devotee and a goddess-like Devrani figure.

These may have arisen from memory.

However, they did not function as meditation objects.

They were not the cause of awakening.

They simply appeared within the experience like everything else.

Nothing possessed special status.

Everything appeared equally within awareness.

This is important because it distinguished the experience from later meditation practices that involved deliberate concentration upon a meditation image.

Mindfulness as Preparation for Awakening

Looking back, I increasingly felt that mindfulness functions as a preparation for awakening.

As mindfulness deepens, awareness becomes more inclusive.

Judgment weakens.

Rejection weakens.

The mind becomes fuller.

Eventually, fullness may become so complete that it opens into the infinite.

At that point, awakening can arise naturally.

For this reason, mindfulness appears to me not merely as a technique but as a developmental process leading toward deeper states of consciousness.

In this sense, mindfulness may be understood as preparation for awakening, samadhi, and increasingly nondual states of awareness.

A Reflection

My first awakening did not arise from philosophical study. It did not arise from repeating nondual formulas. It did not arise from deliberate meditation upon a particular image.

Instead, it emerged from a gradual expansion of awareness.

Friends, teachers, knowledge, books, lectures, experiences, observations, memories, and life itself became increasingly present within the mind.

The mind became full.

That fullness continued to expand.

Then, for a brief moment lasting about ten seconds, fullness extended into the infinite.

In that moment, everything appeared equal.

Judgment disappeared.

Bliss arose.

The infinite void and infinite fullness became one.

And awakening revealed itself directly.

Kundalini Awakening, Heart Chakra Breathing, Infinite Void Contemplation, and a Naturally Ending Dhyana Session

Kundalini Energy Begins Moving Toward the Heart Center

Today I noticed a new development during my morning meditation session. After completing my normal yoga warm-up, I sat for Dhyana. Meditation began very quickly, much faster than usual. There was no significant pressure anywhere in the body, including the head. This itself felt unusual because in many earlier sessions the movement of energy toward higher centers was often accompanied by pressure sensations.

Instead of any activity in the head, I felt a kind of suffocation or energetic hunger on the left side of the chest, in the region commonly associated with the physical heart. My attention naturally moved there. As I observed it, it appeared to function like a separate chakra or energetic center. From that point, energy seemed to connect toward the rear spinal region associated with the Anahata Chakra.

The sensation was so prominent that my awareness repeatedly returned there. Rather than forcing anything, I simply observed the area and allowed the process to unfold naturally.

Scanning the Spine and Feeding Deprived Chakras

As the meditation continued, I frequently scanned the spinal column with awareness and then returned attention to the chakra or region that appeared to be experiencing energetic hunger or deprivation. Whenever I focused on such an area after scanning the spine, the energy of the entire spinal column seemed to rush toward that location.

An interesting pattern became visible. When one chakra or energetic center received a large amount of energy, another area would sometimes begin to feel deprived. Then my attention would naturally shift to that newly deprived region. Again, after awareness moved there, the energy appeared to flow toward it.

This process continued repeatedly. It felt as if the body possessed its own intelligence and was attempting to balance itself. Awareness simply followed the points of need.

During this process, energy seemed to move through almost all the chakras. However, Swadhisthana and Muladhara did not show much activity. My impression was that these centers might become more active primarily during periods of sexual arousal or when their specific functions are required. During this particular meditation session, they remained relatively quiet. Yesterday there was much writing, contemplation, editing, and intellectual work. Writing is also a subtle form of speech. The words are not spoken aloud, but they are continuously chanted within the mind before being written. Therefore, the throat chakra may have expended more energy yesterday. During today’s meditation, it appeared somewhat less hungry and attracted less energy toward itself. Less writing had resulted in less demand from that center.

Deep Calmness Changes the Nature of Energy Movement

Another observation emerged after approximately half an hour. Once sufficient calmness had developed through breathing and meditation, it became difficult to raise energy toward the upper chakras.

This was surprising because many spiritual discussions focus heavily on raising energy upward. Yet my experience suggested something different. The calmness seemed to have been achieved mainly through the lower and middle centers, especially the heart center. The meditation image was expressing itself through these regions with a quiet blissfulness.

It appeared that the chaotic mental energy that normally remains scattered was gradually converging into the meditation image itself. Rather than energy being aggressively pushed upward, the mind seemed to be becoming unified around a single point of contemplation.

This produced a stable and peaceful state.

Contemplating the Infinite Void and the Meaning of Ekarnava

The most remarkable development occurred when I began passively chanting “Ekarnava” while contemplating the idea that the void is endless in every direction—above and below, right and left, in front and behind, extending infinitely without boundary.

Whenever this contemplation became active, energy naturally rushed toward the upper chakras. Unlike previous experiences, this movement occurred without generating any appreciable pressure in the head.

The result was striking. Bliss increased. Clarity increased. Awareness became sharper. The sense of the infinite void became more vivid and expansive.

This observation suggested something important. The ascent of energy was not being produced through force. It was being produced through contemplation itself.

The experience reinforced an understanding that had been developing over time. Dhyana, the meditation image or contemplative focus, appears capable of guiding energy more effectively than direct attempts to manipulate energy. When the mind expands into vastness, energy seems to follow naturally.

Less Forcing and More Natural Integration

Looking back on the experience, several patterns became clear. There was very little head pressure. The meditation launched quickly. The heart region became the central focus of energetic activity. Awareness naturally moved toward areas that appeared deprived or incomplete. Energy distributed itself accordingly.

The difficulty in deliberately raising energy after deep calmness suggested that upward movement is not always the primary objective. Sometimes a stable and integrated state may be more important than dramatic energetic ascent.

The contemplation of infinite void appeared to represent a more refined process. Instead of attempting to push energy upward, consciousness expanded. As awareness expanded into limitless space, energy rose by itself. This occurred without friction and without the uncomfortable pressure that often accompanies effortful concentration.

At the same time, it remains important to remember that sensations such as tightness, pressure, or suffocation in the left chest should not automatically be interpreted as chakra activity. Physical causes should always be considered if such sensations become persistent, intense, or occur outside meditation.

Nevertheless, within the context of this meditation session, the experience suggested a movement toward greater balance, less force, stronger heart-centered integration, and a more effortless relationship between consciousness and energy.

A Dhyana Session Lasting Much Longer Than Usual

Another significant feature of the session was its duration.

The meditation continued for approximately one and a half hours beyond my usual sitting time. The state remained active and stable. It did not end because of distraction, discomfort, restlessness, or loss of concentration.

Instead, the meditation was still continuing when I personally decided that it was time to end the session.

This distinction felt important.

The Dhyana did not collapse. It did not fade away. It remained present.

The decision to stop came from me rather than from the meditation ending on its own.

The Natural Process of Returning from Deep Meditation

Once the intention to end the meditation arose, a fascinating sequence unfolded naturally.

First, a long deep breath appeared by itself.

Then Kapalabhati-like breathing began spontaneously.

After that, another long deep breath emerged naturally.

Finally, the eyes opened.

The entire process seemed orderly and effortless.

From a yogic perspective, it appeared that Dhyana was still active while the intention to finish arose. Prana then reorganized itself through deeper breathing patterns, and external awareness gradually returned.

From a modern physiological perspective, the nervous system may have been transitioning from a deeply absorbed state back toward ordinary waking awareness. During prolonged meditation, breathing often becomes extremely subtle. Deep breaths and spontaneous respiratory adjustments may simply represent the body’s way of re-establishing its normal operating rhythm.

What stood out most was that the meditation image did not suddenly disappear. There was no abrupt break in concentration. The transition felt gradual and intelligent.

When Consciousness Expands, Energy Follows

Reflecting upon the entire session, one theme seems to unite all the experiences.

The meditation began quickly without pressure. The heart center became active. Awareness moved naturally toward deprived energetic regions. The spine appeared to supply those regions with energy. Deep calmness emerged. Deliberate attempts to raise energy became less effective. Then the contemplation of Ekarnava—the endless void extending infinitely in all directions—caused energy to rise naturally without force.

Bliss increased. Clarity increased. Awareness sharpened.

The meditation then continued far longer than usual, eventually lasting until I chose to return. Even the ending occurred through spontaneous deep breathing, natural Kapalabhati-like activity, another deep breath, and the gradual opening of the eyes.

The overall impression was not one of controlling energy. Rather, it was an experience of allowing awareness to expand and permitting energy to organize itself.

Perhaps the most valuable insight from the session was that expansion of consciousness may sometimes accomplish what forceful energy manipulation cannot. When awareness enters the contemplation of the infinite, the movement of energy becomes natural. Pressure decreases. Effort decreases. Dhyana deepens. Bliss, clarity, and spacious awareness emerge together.

For this particular session, it seemed that consciousness was leading and energy was following. The contemplation of boundless void was not merely a thought. It became a living experience that quietly transformed the entire meditation.

Discovering the Power of Attention Beyond the Power of Prana

Another important development became clear during today’s meditation. Previously, I often relied on breath regulation to calm the mind and settle the energy. However, I gradually noticed that deliberate attempts to quiet the breath could sometimes create strange pressure within the system. Today I experimented differently. Instead of controlling the breath, I simply placed attention on the points along the spine and chakras that appeared to need energy. To my surprise, the breath became calm almost immediately and naturally, without any pressure, effort, or discomfort.

This experience revealed something profound. Earlier in my journey, I considered prana to be more powerful than attention. Energy movement seemed to be the primary force, while attention merely followed it. Today the opposite appeared true. Attention itself seemed capable of directing and balancing the energy system. Wherever attention rested with sensitivity and patience, energy naturally flowed, and the breath adjusted on its own.

This understanding may have emerged gradually through years of practice. Perhaps one cannot fully appreciate the power of attention without first discovering the power of prana. Prana is easier to notice because its effects are tangible through movement, pressure, vibration, heat, and energetic sensations. Attention is subtler. It works quietly behind the scenes and is therefore easier to overlook. Yet today’s experience suggested that attention may be the deeper organizing principle, with prana responding to it rather than the other way around.

The same principle seemed present in my recent contemplation of the infinite void. Energy rose toward the higher centers not because it was forced upward, but because attention expanded into boundless space. Likewise, today’s breath became calm not because it was controlled, but because attention was placed where it was needed. These experiences increasingly suggest that as practice matures, attention takes the leading role while prana follows naturally. Less force becomes necessary, pressure decreases, and the body-mind system appears capable of organizing itself through the intelligent application of awareness alone.

Attention-Induced Stillness, Yoganidra, and Rapid Recovery from Mental Fatigue

A similar experience occurred again at noon after an extended period of writing, contemplation, and intellectual work. Sleepiness had begun to set in, and the mind felt naturally drawn toward rest. Instead of attempting to regulate the breath, I simply placed gentle attention where it seemed needed. The breath became still and quiet on its own. Along with this natural stillness came a slight increase in clear awareness and a mild Yoganidra-like state. Although there was some tendency toward sleep, awareness remained present in the background. The experience felt neither like ordinary waking nor like complete sleep, but rather a restful state somewhere in between. After remaining seated in this condition for about half an hour to forty-five minutes, the need for sleep appeared largely fulfilled. Mental fatigue diminished, freshness returned, and the mind felt sufficiently restored without requiring a longer period of conventional sleep.

When Awareness Takes Over the Work of Breath: Ajna Chakra, Prana Flow, Yoga Nidra, and Recovery from Mental Exhaustion

A Surprising Noon Meditation After Intense Intellectual Work

Today at noon again, after a long period of intellectual work, I decided to rest for a while. The work had been mentally demanding and I could clearly feel its effects. My breathing was faster than normal, yet it felt unsatisfying. Although the breath was moving rapidly, it did not seem to be providing the sense of refreshment or replenishment that I expected. Something felt incomplete.

Instead of trying to force relaxation, I returned to a method that has been proving useful recently. I brought my awareness back to the spinal column. Almost immediately, I noticed something interesting. The rear Ajna Chakra seemed hungry for prana. The sensation was clear enough that it felt as though the region was demanding nourishment.

I placed my attention there and remained with it.

Discovering That Awareness Can Draw Prana Independently of Breath

As I continued observing, prana appeared to start collecting around the rear Ajna region. What surprised me most was that breathing was still continuing in its usual way. It had become slightly calmer than before, but it was still functioning normally. Yet the process of prana gathering at Ajna did not seem dependent on the breath. However, breath was following awareness and adjusting itself lttle or more to help pouring prana at awareness site.

This was an important observation.

The transfer of prana toward Ajna appeared to continue because awareness remained fixed there. The breath was not interfering with the process. The breath was not directing the process. Awareness itself seemed to be drawing prana toward the location that required it.

This felt very different from my previous understanding.

Earlier, I often experienced breath as the main mover of prana. Inhalation seemed to push energy upward and exhalation seemed to encourage downward movement. But today another possibility revealed itself. Awareness itself appeared capable of directing the flow.

It seemed that as long as awareness remained steadily established in a particular location, prana naturally began gathering there regardless of the ordinary movements of breathing.

Why Ordinary Breathing Sometimes Struggles to Nourish a Chakra

As I continued reflecting during the session, another understanding emerged.

In normal breathing, prana appears to swing continuously upward and downward. The movement is constantly changing. Because of this oscillation, prana does not always remain focused long enough on a demanding chakra.

When a chakra requires replenishment, the continuous swinging of prana with the breath may not be the most efficient method of supplying it.

This seemed particularly relevant to the condition I was experiencing after prolonged intellectual work.

My breathing had become fast and somewhat agitated. Looking closely, it seemed as though the breath was trying to collect and deliver prana but was not fully succeeding. Because the replenishment remained incomplete, the breathing continued becoming faster in an attempt to avoid a reversal or loss of available prana.

Some benefit was certainly occurring. The breath was helping to a degree. However, it appeared that the effort being expended by the body was greater than the amount of replenishment being achieved.

In other words, the cost-benefit ratio appeared negative.

Eventually the breathing method would probably have worked if enough time were allowed, but it seemed inefficient. The body was spending a great deal of energy in the process.

Fast Breathing, Thoughts, and Emotional Disturbance

Another aspect became obvious during this observation.

Rapid breathing was not acting alone.

With the rapid oscillation of breath, thoughts became more active, emotions became more restless, and mental chatter increased. Along with this, deeper mental tendencies and defects such as attachment, anger, greed, excessive desire, illusion, ego, jealousy, impatience, and various forms of inner agitation began surfacing more strongly. The mind appeared scattered and reactive. In contrast, when the breath became slow, calm, and consciously directed toward a particular needy chakra, old impressions and stored mental patterns surfaced in a more orderly manner. Because they arose in the presence of awareness and witnessing, they could be observed without being immediately acted upon. This gradual process seemed to help purify the mind. As mental agitation decreased, qualities such as patience, love, compassion, understanding, contentment, and inner balance naturally found more room to develop and express themselves.

Everything seemed interconnected.

As the breath accelerated, thoughts and emotions appeared to receive additional momentum. As thoughts and emotions became active, they further disturbed the process of gathering prana where it was needed. It is because they spend energy in useless body actions and reactions. It is all energy trade.

The entire mechanism appeared circular.

Fast breathing contributed to mental movement.

Mental movement contributed to energetic scattering.

Energetic scattering encouraged further breathing activity.

The cycle continued until awareness intervened.

Once awareness became firmly established at the demanding location, the cycle began slowing naturally.

Subtle Hunger at Vishuddha and Anahata Chakra

While most of the demand was clearly centered around the rear Ajna Chakra, I also noticed a small amount of energetic hunger at Vishuddha Chakra.

The demand there was much weaker.

Once attention was directed appropriately, it seemed to replenish quickly. Only a few subtle pumps of prana appeared sufficient to satisfy the requirement.

A similar process occurred around Anahata Chakra.

There was a slight demand there as well, but nothing compared to the intensity that had been present around Ajna. Once awareness and prana reached the area, the deficiency appeared to resolve fairly quickly.

This created the impression that different regions of the subtle system may require different amounts of replenishment depending upon the activities that have recently been performed.

After prolonged intellectual work, Ajna seemed to be the primary consumer.

The other centers required only minor balancing.

The Heart Suffocation Sensation and the Central Channel

One observation that has appeared repeatedly in recent experiences emerged once again.

A slight suffocation sensation around the heart region was present.

However, it did not feel like an isolated phenomenon.

The sensation appeared related to the Ida channel.

As awareness rested in the central spinal column and energy seemed to flow through the central pathway, the heart discomfort gradually calmed.

The impression was that the central channel supplies balance to both Ida and Pingala. When the central flow becomes stable, both side channels receive support.

As this balancing occurred, the suffocation sensation eased naturally without requiring direct attention to the heart itself.

This reinforced my growing sense that the system operates as an interconnected network rather than as isolated energetic locations.

When Awareness Takes Over the Work of Breath

Perhaps the most important insight of the entire session was the realization that awareness appeared capable of taking over a function that breathing had previously been performing.

Earlier in my practice, breath often seemed responsible for directing prana.

Today the process felt different.

Awareness located the demanding region.

Awareness remained there.

Prana gathered there.

Breathing gradually relaxed because it no longer needed to perform the task itself.

This did not happen through force.

There was no attempt to suppress breathing.

There was no attempt to hold the breath.

There was no attempt to create artificial stillness.

Instead, awareness quietly assumed responsibility for the process.

The breath seemed free to calm down because the required work was already being accomplished.

The Natural Arrival of Breath Stillness

As the replenishment continued, the breathing gradually became calmer.

There was no struggle.

There was no manipulation.

The calming seemed to occur by itself.

Eventually a point arrived where considerable breath stillness appeared.

This stillness felt natural rather than imposed.

The body no longer seemed to require the earlier rapid breathing pattern.

The energetic demand had diminished.

The agitation had diminished.

The need for excessive breathing had diminished.

Everything appeared to settle simultaneously.

Yoga Nidra While Sitting Upright

As peace and calmness increased, another development occurred.

Yoga Nidra appeared naturally.

What made this interesting was that it happened while sitting with a straight back.

I often sleep during the daytime while sitting upright because lying down frequently aggravates GERD symptoms. Experience has taught me that remaining upright is usually more comfortable.

Therefore, even the Yoga Nidra unfolded in a seated position.

The transition felt smooth.

Awareness gradually moved into a deeply restful state while the body remained sitting upright.

There was no deliberate attempt to enter Yoga Nidra.

It simply emerged as a consequence of the calmness that had developed.

Emerging from Yoga Nidra and the Breathless Condition

After some time, the Yoga Nidra naturally ended.

When it broke, another interesting phase followed.

For a period, I remained in what can only be described as a breathless-type condition.

The body appeared extremely quiet.

Breathing was minimal.

Everything felt peaceful and still.

There was no urgency.

There was no agitation.

The earlier fast breathing had completely disappeared.

After remaining in that condition for some time, I eventually stood up and went for lunch.

The entire session lasted approximately forty-five minutes.

During the evening session of about 20–30 minutes, there was no noticeable hunger for prana from any particular chakra. Manipura, Anahata, and Vishuddha appeared to draw breath-energy naturally and almost equally, alternating among themselves. Ajna showed no demand for additional prana, so there was no attempt to force energy upward. The experience felt less like an ascent and more like a spontaneous redistribution of energy throughout the system. This suggested that a natural grounding and balancing process was taking place rather than a concentration of energy in the head.

Reflections on the Session

Looking back, the most important discovery was not merely that prana collected around Ajna Chakra. The most important discovery was that awareness itself appeared capable of directing and organizing the process.

The session began with mental exhaustion, rapid breathing, and energetic dissatisfaction.

It progressed through spinal awareness, recognition of Ajna’s demand for prana, replenishment of Vishuddha and Anahata, balancing of the heart-related discomfort, calming of breath, emergence of breath stillness, spontaneous Yoga Nidra, and finally a peaceful breathless-type condition.

Most significantly, it revealed a possible distinction between two modes of practice.

In one mode, breath attempts to direct prana.

In the other mode, awareness directs prana and breath gradually follows.

Today’s experience belonged unmistakably to the second category.

Rather than breath leading awareness, awareness appeared to lead breath.

The result was not force, struggle, or effort, but increasing calmness, increasing stillness, and a natural movement toward rest and peace.

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