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This is a partial list of the complications
that can arise from a Kundalini awakening, particularly if one tries
to force an awakening that their mind and body will be unprepared for
when overwhelmed, or worse, by a premature Kundalini eruption: |
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An overload of one’s nervous system with the potential to cause
a break with reality, necessitating a hospital stay and medical treatment.
In other warnings about Kundalini even madness is claimed to be a pitfall
for a person who unwittingly forces an awakening without a guru, although
having a guru is no guarantee of a trouble free awakening. I know from
personal experience that if you force Kundalini you can overload your
nervous system to the point that you feel like you are walking a tightrope
between sanity and insanity for days, weeks, and in extreme cases, even
years. More disturbing is the fact that many people taking meditation
or yoga classes are not forewarned about the potential for Kundalini
complications. When the fireworks start, the teachers, and most Gurus,
are powerless to help; Spiritual Abandonment is more widespread than
you would imagine, in spite of any assurances to the contrary. I have
heard from many people who have found this out to their dismay. |
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Short or long-term disorientation where one spaces in and
out of higher planes and is rendered unable to focus long enough to be
able to work. I have seen a number of cases where people have been debilitated
by Kundalini and struggle for years trying to correct the imbalances,
often with no success and much despair. |
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Sexual dysfunction: I know of several people unable
to have normal relationships with their partners due to the workings of
the Kundalini current in the genital areas. I have read of others with
the same conditions. This usually passes in time, but I know of individuals
who have been burdened with it for years. |
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Gastro Intestinal Disorders: I once had a condition
that a Guru in India said was caused by my raising Kundalini energy pressing
upon the colon area. Other people have suffered worse fates. |
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Severe anxiety: when Kundalini becomes overwhelming,
it can make one feel as though they are on the brink of losing their mind,
and cause constant fear. |
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Nightly dreams where one leaves the body; in some cases a person feels
as if they are being tormented by negative entities that seem too real
and cause one to wake up in total fear, thinking they are doomed to experience
these hellish dreams over and over. |
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Excessive Kundalini building up in the head when one tries to study
or read for extended periods of time along with waking up all through
the night from the increased Kundalini energy flowing into the brain;
this can put an end to a person’s pursuit of higher education, as
I can attest, and leave one tired all day from insufficient sleep. |
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Problems that surface years after the initial awakening: If you are
having what you consider to be a flawless Kundalini experience, do not
think you are out of the woods. I had what could be considered an ideal
Kundalini awakening for about 7 years until things went awry; after 30
years of Kundalini rising in me I am still limited by my once flawless
awakening. |
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Disturbingly, some peoples’ egos seem to expand along with
their consciousness when they have what they consider to be an advanced
Kundalini awakening. I was somewhat shocked when I first came across
this, being of the mind that Kundalini would purify any blocks within
people and fashion them into human beings equivalent to the Mother Teresas
and the Dalai Lamas of this world. Not so; some of the poorest representations
of spiritual growth gone wrong have been people with advanced Kundalini
experiences, or alleged to be fully enlightened, some of the finest
have been those with the most challenging and problem-ridden Kundalini
awakenings. |
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Lastly, the worst and most puzzling complications, and
contradictions are the cases where some Spiritual Masters with fully
awakened Kundalini, and revered for their enlightened states, have committed
unenlightened actions against students, revealing character flaws that
once seemed impossible in individuals said to be united with the Divine.
For example; examine this widely reported account The Secret Life of
Swami Muktananda, and the websites of ex-Sahaja Kundalini Yoga practitioners
like Sahaja Yoga: Facts And Warnings From Ex-Members, and Leaving Siddha
Yoga by ex-Siddha Kundalini Yoga students, both of which expose many
problems within Kundalini Yoga organizations. These are only a few of
the many disturbing reports of enlightened beings not living up to the
claims of Kundalini; or the claims of higher consciousness ‘cleaning
house’ and making us better human beings. |
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Perhaps this is why the Hindu Masters strongly
advised following strict moral precepts when on the spiritual path. Perhaps
more emphasis on trying to live a life of Love, and working on being a
compassionate, decent person is the most important component in making
a person spiritually, mentally, and morally sound.
In spite of these complications and contradictions, I still believe
higher consciousness is the destiny of all beings, and that in the future
with greater understanding, scientific validation, and proper preparation,
it will usher in a Golden Age.
For anyone having Kundalini complications, see the Kundalini Survival
Guide, be cautious in what you try to correct your condition, try to
live a life of Love, and do not lose hope in yourself or in the blessings
your awakening will one day bring forth. Take hope and inspiration in
the writings of Gopi Krishna who emerged from a nightmarish Kundalini
disaster into an awakening that blessed him with bliss filled days and
nights to the end of his life. |