Kundalini
A Journey to Spiritual Awakening
Gopi Krishna ; James Hillman
- Coiled
- like
- a
- snake
- at
- the
- base
- of
- the
- spine,
- kundalini
- is
- the
- spiritual
- force
- that
- lies
- dormant
- in
- every
- human
- being.
- Once
- awakened,
- often
- through
- meditation
- and
- yoga
- practices,
- it
- rises
- up
- the
- spine
- and
- finds
- expression
- in
- the
- form
- of
- spiritual
- knowledge,
- mystical
- vision,
- psychic
- powers,
- and
- ultimately,
- enlightenment.This
- is
- the
- classic
- first-person
- account
- of
- Gopi
- Krishna,
- an
- ordinary
- Indian
- householder
- who,
- at
- the
- age
- of
- thirty-four,
- after
- years
- of
- unsupervised
- meditation,
- suddenly
- experienced
- the
- awakening
- of
- kundalini
- during
- his
- morning
- practice.
- The
- story
- of
- this
- transformative
- experience,
- and
- the
- author's
- struggle
- to
- find
- balance
- amid
- a
- variety
- of
- powerful
- physiological
- and
- psychic
- side
- effects,
- forms
- the
- core
- of
- the
- book.
- His
- detailed
- descriptions
- of
- his
- dramatic
- inner
- experiences
- and
- symptoms
- such
- as
- mood
- swings,
- eating
- disorders,
- and
- agonizing
- sensations
- of
- heat—and
- of
- how,
- with
- the
- help
- of
- his
- wife,
- he
- finally
- stabilized
- at
- a
- higher
- level
- of
- consciousness—make
- this
- one
- of
- the
- most
- valuable
- classics
- of
- spiritual
- awakening available.
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