KUNDALINI

Kundalini Complications

Not everyone gets them this bad!!!

NEVER FORCE KUNDALINI TO AWAKEN

PREMATURELY
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:

Many of the cases at this webpage in Sweden

INVESTIGATION AND DIAGNOSIS OF 76 CASES OF
KUNDALINI AROUSAL by Marja Savola also point out the
hazards of a prematurely awakened Kundalini. 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.

1. An overload of one's nervous system with the potential to

cause a break with reality, necessitating a hospital stay and
medical treatment. In her warnings about Kundalini even
madness is claimed to be a pitfall for a person who unwittingly
forces an awakening without a guru (though having a guru is
no guarantee of a trouble-free awakening: see Jerry's
Kundalini Experience, A.D.'s When The Serpent Bites), and
Kundalini And The Guru. 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.

2. 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.
3. Sexual dysfunction: I know of several people unable to have
normal realationships 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 indiviuals who have been burdened with it for
years.
4. 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, like Jerry (see his
story in the link above), have suffered worse fates.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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).
8. 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.
9. 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 Teresa and the Dalai Lama 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.
10. 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, and the
websites of ex-Sahaja Kundalini Yoga practitioners, and 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.
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 live 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 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.

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