I began hearing about this condition called Kundalini Syndrome a number of years ago, and its a curious thing. I think there is a problem with it. A biggie. And its really all about perception and reaction. I say this as someone who has had his butt kicked by kundalini but remained in the game and bid it to rise higher because I knew it was the source of my inner transformation: “Come and get me….yes I am scared to death of you, but I also know you are my salvation….I KNOW it….so come and get me, kundalini!” And it would. In spades. I made it through ego death (a term I DO NOT like btw) and the release of thousands of things. I made it and so can you. I am still me. I did not die. I was turned into a better version of me. Sure enough. And if you are going through the harder stage of awakening, sit down and bear up with this reminder I have for you….
Most everyone who has endured the “fires” of kundalini, and while its been a challenge, it has made those going through it better people in the end. The human race is absolutely neurotic and covered-over in sickness….did you think you were somehow immune to this? Oh please, spare me. EVERYONE here is here because…well…..neurosis. And this is a great place to rid yourself of it.
Maybe that kind of honesty doesn’t sit well with you. I am sorry. What do you want? Sugar-coated BS? There is so much on the other side of all of this that is waiting for you and it is fabulous. Cosmic. Your mind, blooming. Your creativity, exploding. Insight, expansive.
The people who who write about kundalini syndrome as a thing treat it as though it is a dysfunction, as though Kundalini is something that is not a good thing. On the El Collie site, for example, the description of kundalini syndrome is the same as the symptoms of kundalini itself. So here we are with a condition that is natural, albeit rare, that is healing people by untangling years of psychotic behavior and the force that is driving it is seen as a bad thing. A dysfunction. An “emergency” rather than “emergence.” If El Collie suffered through this for years, maybe it was because of her own inner resistance, not because kundalini was a bad thing in and of itself. When I look at my life up to awakening, I have to say I was on the way to it. It was a logical next step for me. In fact, what triggered my awakening was partly due to my asking, “Is this all there is?” I knew that it wasn’t. Even as I was surprised by kundalini, I must say that it has been a constant answering to the larger ontological questions we all tend to ask ourselves and ask of the universe: is this all there is? What is my purpose? What is the meaning of life? Without so much as needing a belief or religion, you can feel the vibrant force of this filling you and “telling” you of the purpose that all existence has beyond mere time and space. If you know how to do it, it can take you to those places and show you how you have been here many times and that all of this birthing and dying, its part of a larger story….an infinite story….an amazing story that you can access in all-time. But I am getting ahead of myself.
One thing that other sites mention is how using chakra clearing as a path to awakening is not advised. It has been noted that it can lead to psychotic behavior. I found this very interesting because someone I knew personally who used this method to awaken exhibited a whole range of psychosis (although I suspect these were already present for years previously). So yes on chakra clearing exercises and psychosis. But understand the mechanics behind it and perhaps use this to understand it a little better: it causes problems because it is so effective a method for clearing blocked inner material. This is precisely what awakening does. The takeaway here that I hope you appreciate is that it moves you very quickly, perhaps too quickly, out of your comfort zone. And I ask you, what is your comfort zone? Is it perhaps a vast backlog of notions and beliefs about yourself and the world that have served to limit your awareness of who you are? The psychosis only comes from our own built-in resistance from the change that is upon us. Having said this, I do feel compassion with the uncertainty that can be felt in the early stages of awakening. I was there, at least initially, and I do have to remind myself daily that whatever resistance that I feel, no matter how small or seemingly inconsequential, is showing me the walls I have still yet to remove in order that I can return to my own state of origin.
Kundalini is a bit of a one-way street. It does not care whether you want off the bus. It does not care about your excuses. Nor your seemingly fragile state. It will do what it must to return you to clear-eyed honesty about yourself. No more bullshit. And the path to this is direct and its through radical self-honesty. Lie to yourself or others, and this force will kick your butt…..not as a punishment, but because you are now operating in a higher vibrational frequency and anything that does not align will be extremely difficult for you to continue with. The old way of being simply does not work. Heal. Open. Surrender. These are the words of the day. No longer does the mask of your previous life work. The moment of reckoning has come, so there you go. It is best to learn to be the water flowing in the river bed because this is kundalini.
Be like water, my friend. In each moment when you feel resistance, just let go; kundalini is trying to teach you something. You don’t even need to know what it is trying to get you to let go because wherever you feel the resistance will continue until you locate it and release it. Only the psychotic would hold onto the misalignment and enjoy the pain, right? That was what you once were, it is what you can no longer handle anymore, am I right?
So kundalini psychosis is simply resistance to the kundalini. Sorry, but you can’t put the genie back into the bottle. Go ahead and write the story. Follow the path and let yourself be changed. Apparently at some deep level your soul is needing this even if your ego is fighting it. What lies on the other side of this is a bliss so wonderful it will leave you red-faced….
I’m sorry, but I feel that life is as you choose to see it. And this way of seeing kundalini is a sure-fire way to invite suffering. Why do that? Kundalini is not something you can bargain with. If you let go, you will get better. I promise. Everyone is letting go of the river’s bank. We are all letting go. We are letting that rushing river take us. Sure, it might be the unknown that scares you, but conquering fear is a pretty big thing, isn’t it? I mean, do you really think you will lose anything that you don’t already need? The syndrome and the emergency exists in how you are looking at it, reacting to it. What seems to you like a 600 lb gorilla will turn into a brilliant and wonderful presence that is pure blessing. This will take some time, so a little trust is in order.
It is asking you to believe in a power larger than you, and that includes you. It is asking you to see this in a bigger kind of way. We are way more than just this. C’mon. Just let go of that river bank. Do you think you will sink, that you will drown? Do you really?
This is asking you to reach across a gulf, a cognitive gap, to discover something more that you are…something you have always been. It is a step into the light, the truth, and out of the error that has left us limited in the past. The power that this has is located in being present. The less you fall for the past, the closer you are to the present and more capable of moving in a positive way into the future. Awakening is calling each of us to know who we are.
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Great post. I’d be very interested to hear about your Kundalini experiences and how you came to activate it.
Hi skyni1! I write about what triggered it for me. It turns out that I found an identical description of the trigger not in a Hindu document, but in early Christian books quoting Jesus. That was my first introduction to just what it was J was on to.
I resolved/removed a long-standing source of division in me. When I let it go, awakening began to unfold immediately. The force worked in me, conditioning me and preparing me for the full-on “rise” of the energy up my spine as it pierced and opened my chakras and my awareness to this level of consciousness.
Jesus was quoted as saying, “When you remove that which divides you, you shall know the kingdom.” This kingdom included not just unity with the “father” but in these discovered documents he includes the “mother” as well. What he describes is precisely what the Hindu describe as the Shakti and Shiva as personifications of the cosmic emanations referred to as the twin force of kundalini.
So there you are. I simply let go of an inner frustration long enough to open me to inner union.
You can do this by resolving long-standing emotional issues. Reducing the emotional “overburden.” You can also awaken it by a third eye practice. This assumes you are ready. Are you? Once on, it’s on! Lol!
Best to you and your journey of discovery!
Look through the recent posts….I discuss one aspect of awakening through the third eye activation. But I used a new form of meditation. I recently added a method for releasing stored trauma, something that can hold awakening at bay.The most powerful part of your search is inside of you.
I have read some things that have terrified me. Your words make me feel better. It’s scary to make that choice to let go when there is so many reasons posted as to why you shouldn’t. Thank you for posting the reasons why I should let go. I was following my gut and letting go anyway even after reading all of the negative.
It is my one hope that it will help someone. Thank-you for your thoughts on this. I have had many people who have expressed the same feeling as do you. As Westerners, we are the new kids on the block with this and we are struggling sometimes to understand. My blessings to you in your journey.