The Kundalini Experience: Psychosis or Transcendence by Lee Sannella

Kundalini in the concept of Dharma, identifies a kind of primal energy or shakti reported to be located at the bottom of the spine. Different spiritual customs teach ways of awakening kundalini for the intended purpose of reaching spiritual enlightenment and a range of supernormal power.

Copy writer Joseph Campbell details the idea of Kundalini as the number of a coiled feminine serpent a serpent goddess not of gross but of refined substance which is to be thought of as residing in a torpid, slumbering state in a delicate center, the first of the seven, near to the base of the spine the purpose of the yoga exercise then being to rouse this serpent, lift her head, and bring her up a subtle nerve or route of the back to the so called thousand petaled lotus Sahasrara at the crown of the head.

She, increasing from the lowest to the highest lotus middle, will pass through and wake the five between, and with each waking the mindset and personality of the specialist will be completely and fundamentally changed. Kundalini awakening is said to result from profound meditation, and therefore enlightenment and bliss.

However, as every individual is unique, Kundalini awakenings can happen through a number of methods not limited by deep yoga. This awakening includes the Kundalini physically upgrading the central route to reach within the Sahasrara Chakra near the top of the top. Many systems of yoga focus on awakening Kundalini through deep breathing, pranayama respiration, the practice of asana and chanting of mantras. In physical conditions, the Kundalini experience is frequently reported to be always a feeling of electric current running over the spine.