1-QUESTION:- WHAT IS KUNDALINI?
ANS:- A human being is a living microcosm of the universe, and the universe is a living macrocosm of a human being. The universe affects us, and human beings affect the entire cosmos, by hour actions, good or bad. Chitta Shakti, (the power of consciousness) identifies with the unmanifested absolute, and Maya Shakti (the power of unconsciouness or objectivity) identifies with the world, which is the manifestation of the absolute. These two Shaktis can not exist without one another.
Even in the grossest matter, there is a bit of consciousness and even in the highest states of consciousness, there is a spark of Maya till there is a least sense of individuality. Once you learn the truth of the universe, you forget your own individuality. Only then, when you no longer exist, does Maya no longer exist for you.
Unity and duality both exist simultaneously. Whenever, Chitta Shakti is displayed, there is intelligence and sensation, otherwise there is ignorance and insensibility. The human body is a vessel into which consciousness pours, according to individual capacity, filling the body via, the nervous system. The spine and spinal cord extend consciousness from the brain, the pole of greatest awareness which is called Shiva, to the coccyx, the pole of body greatest density. Each body cell expresses its own sort of consciousness according to its own capacity.
At the base of the subtle spinal cord in the subtle body lies the residual Shakti of individuation, and energy which remains unavailable to the individual so long a s his/her consciousness remains firmly entrenched in the mundane. Thus, this power lying in dormant form at the base of our spine is called Kundalini Shakti.
There is no difference between the Kundalini Shakti and Adya, the original shakti of the universe, except that the Kundalini Shakti has become individualized. Kundalini is like a vidyut lata, ‘A lightning creeper’. It is a bolt of billions of volts of energy. The yogis who say that Kundalini can be felt as a creepy feeling in the spine, or as a cool breeze in the palm are phoni yogis. At best, it can be partially awakened accidentally or a saint can partially awaken it for you, but that is not the end. It is just a beginning which is why so many aspirants go astray. You must raise your Kundalini in a controlled way.
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Kundala means a coiled earring so Kundalini means the goddess with a Kundala. Here the coil is at the tip of the spinal cord. So long as the Kundalini lies sleeping in the Mooladhara Chakra, she is coiled up. Once she enters the Ajna Chakra, she completely looses her coil and becomes straight and, unencumbered by the three coverings (which is three Gunas; Satva, Rajas and Tamas). She can express herself fully. Kundalini can only be raised when Prana which ordinarily moves upward is made to move downward and Apana which usually moves downwards is made to move upwards. Only when Prana and Apana meets and their mouths touch can Kundalini upwards motion begin.
There are 72,000 Nadis in the human system which are connected to the Manipura Chakra. Ida and Pingla Nadis are connected from Mooladhara to Ajna Chakra. Sushumna is the most important Nadi When Prana and Apana meet, energy will move into Sushumna and going through various Chakras, it will go upto Ajna. Inside Sushumna is Chitra Naadi through which energy travels upward.
2-QUESTION:- HOW KUNDALINI IS AWAKENED?
ANS:- Kundalini will eventually awaken in every being in the universe. Either you wait for this to happen or actively try to get your way to that state. This can be awakened through various forms of Yoga i.e. Mantra Yoga, Laya Yoga,Hatha Yoga, Raja Yoga, Pooja and Bhakti. The end result of all kinds of spiritual practices is to awaken Kundalini. The fastest and safest path is through Shaktipaat by a realized and competent Guru.
3-QUESTION:- WHAT ARE THE EIGHT LIMBS OF YOGA?
ANS:- As per sage Patanjali, the following are the eight limbs of Yoga:
- YAMA
- NIYAMA,
- ASANA
- PRANAYAMA,
- PRATYAHARA
- DHARANA
- DHYANA AND
- SAMADHI
4-QUESTION:- WHAT IS THE ROLE OF A GURU?
ANS:- Individuals can also awaken Kundalini through spiritual practices but it may take millions of births to happen. A guru transfers a part of his energy to awaken your Kundalini. He has gained this power through Sadhana over many lives. Also, he will control this energy in you to develop slowly. A guru I like a father and well wisher for the disciple.
5-QUESTION:- HOW TO IDENTIFY YOUR GURU?
ANS:- You can’t identify your Guru. It will happen only when the Guru desires to be known to you. Only after millions of good deeds, when you are ready for initiation, the guru appears before you. Way
6-QUESTION:- IN HOW MANY WAYS KUNDALINI CAN BE AWAKENED?
ANS:- There are millions of ways of Awakening Kundalini but the right way is through Shaktipaat by a competent Guru in a slow and controlled way.
7-QUESTION:- WHOSE KUNDALINI CAN BE AWAKENED?
ANS:- After millions of births when the result of your good deeds is equal to the result of your bad deeds. Kundalini can be awakened. You have to be a vegetarian, non-smoking person and you should not take alcohol. The Guru will decide whether are you fit to be initiated or not. You have to have faith and complete surrender towards Guru. Sometimes, even though the Guru does Shaktipaat, it may not awaken in you due to your Karmas.
8-QUESTION:- WHAT ARE THE DANGERS OF KUNDALINI AWAKENING?
ANS:- If Kundalini is suddenly awakened in an unprepared nervous system, the shock produced resembles that delivered to an unsuspecting child who grasps a live wire. When an unreconstructed personality tries to resist Kundalini, consciously or unconsciously, she may fry nerves and blow out endocrine fuses shortening out the nervous system at its weakest point and blowing a hole in the victim’s aura. The aura’s job is to insulate us physically from one another and from disembodied influences, holes in the aura permit all sorts of chaotic,negative mental vibrations, including even ethereal parasites, to enter the individual’s field and spread ruin.
If the individual remains functional, Kundalini may inflate and empower his/her limitations. That per into whose genitals Kundalini is diverted full force. For E.g., will begin to live, eat, and breath sex, and may misidentify as spiritual experiences the colossal lusts which arise. Or, should Kundalini become lodged in the digestive organs insatiable hunger may arise. Those half baked spiritual aspirants may permit the power to swell their heads, like gas inflating a balloon, may believe themselves to have achieved exalted states. Because the power of Kundalini that buoys them confers an aura of seeming truth to their words they may shoot up to the heights of self confidence as Pseudo-Gurus commanding others with confident persuasiveness to follow them until one day the pressure of temptation bere becomes too great and there is a cataclysmic fall. Therefore, it is very important that Kundalini is developed in a very slow and controlled way. This happens in Akhand Mahayog as the Guru is a realized soul, who has travelled the path and can control your energy as per your capacity.
9-QUESTION:- HOW THE KUNDALINI INITIATION HAPPENS?
ANS:- You have to be a vegetarian, non smoker, non alcoholic person. Your stomach should be clean after performing you morning ebulations. You sit in front of the Guru at the time specified by the Guru, normally it is 4: A.M. or 5. A.M. You have to buy some sweets and dry fruits the previous night. That sweet is charged by the Guru through a mantra and he puts it into your mouth. The Guru will ask you to sit in a particular pose. He will give you a mantra which you have to recite mentally. After tht it is your experience. In the path of Akhand Mahayog, it is your own experience that you will share.
10-QUESTION:- WHAT ARE THE EXPERIENCES OF AWAKENING OF KUNDALINI?
ANS:- Your body may shake, tremble. You may cry and weep and may have different types of experiences depending upon your past Karmas. Each individual may have different experiences.
11-QUESTION:- IS THE PROCESS OF INITIATION DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT PERSONS?
ANS:- Guru willl give you a different Mantra depending upon your Karmas and capacity. Guru knows about you. You need to trust him and recite the mantra with full devotion.
12-QUESTION:- ARE THERE ANY HEALTH BENEFITS OF KUNDALINI AWAKENING THROUGH SHAKTIPAAT?
ANS:- Yes. Depending upon your Karmas, it may be a slow or fast process. But all you physical ailments will be removed. And it does much more than improving your physical health. It also reduces your mental stress and raises your energy levels.
13-QUESTION:- CAN IT BE DONE TO NON HINDUS?
ANS:- If the Guru accepts you, it can be done to Hindus, Muslims, Christians or a person of any faith.
14-QUESTION:- HOW SHAKTIPAAT IS DONE?
ANS:- The Guru passed his energy through giving you energized sweets, by physical touch, by looking into your eyes or through remote means if the Guru and disciple are not at the same place.
15-QUESTION:- CAN IT BE DONE OVER TELEPHONE?
ANS:- Yes. It can be done.
16-QUESTION:- DOES IT HELP TO READ BOOKS?
ANS:- Yes. It makes you inclined to accept this.
17-QUESTION:- IS IT THEORY OR EXPERIENTIAL?
ANS:- In Akhand Mahayog, it is purely experientiaI.
18-QUESTION:- DO YOU NEED TO PRACTICE DAILY, FOR HOW MUCH TIME?
ANS:- Yes, you have to sit daily for about 30 minutes and recite the Mantra.
19-QUESTION:- SHOULD YOU SHARE YOUR MANTRAS WITH OTHERS?
ANS:- No. It is like sharing your password of your bank account with others.
20-QUESTION:- WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF POOJA, HAWAN, READING YOGA BOOKS?
ANS:- It may help you in coming to this path but no past knowledge or practice is required to come to this path.
21-QUESTION:- SO MANY ARE CLAIMING TO AWAKEN KUNDALINI ON VARIOUS INTERNET SOURCES IN 15 MINUTES.
ANS:- Please refer to dangers of Kundalini awakening mentioned above. Kundalini is the power of the cosmos. It requires a regular practice over a long period of time.
22-QUESTION:- HOW MUCH TIME IT TAKES TO DEVELOP IT?
ANS:- Kundalini can be awakened by a competent Guru. It is recommended to be with the Guru for three days. Guru can awaken it instantaneously. Development means raising the Kundalini Shakti Mooladhara Chakra (base Chakra to the highest Chakra). It may take three years 3 years, 6 years, 12 years depending upon your past Karmas and practice.
23-QUESTION:- WHAT IS KRIYA YOGA?
ANS:- The yoga of energy i.e. Kundalini awakening is Kriya Yoga.
24-QUESTION:- WHO IS AN AUTHENTIC PRACTITIONER OF KUNDALINI AWAKENING IN INDIA?
ANS:- Authentic practitioners of Kundalini awakening are in Himalayas. Swami Akhandanand Ji has been trained for thirty years under the guidance of renowned saints and he is one of the authentic ones.
25-QUESTION:- WHAT IS MANTRA?
ANS:- A beeja mantra is a seed which when planted in the consciousness gives rise to a certain effect. Repetition of an appropriate Beeja Mantra is a quick way to create the form of the deity you are worshipping because the vibrations of the sound itself produces the form. The mantra given by a Guru is a Siddha Mantra as the Guru has done a lot of Tapas and meditation to make the Mantra powerful.
26-QUESTION:- HOW AKHAND MAHAYOG IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS?
ANS:- The path of Akhand Mahayog is the fastest way and safest way to awaken Kundalini. The mantra is given by an accomplished Yogi who is a master in this field. He awakens your Kundalini by transferring a part of his energy to you. You have to sit for your practice daily and recite your mantra. Your Kundalini Shakti will start rising from Mooladhara Chakra.
You will feel trembling of your body, various poses of Hatha yoga, automatic recitation of new mantras, crying, singing, and so many other sensations and feelings in your body and mind. The goddess Kundalini does everything for you. You don’t have to do anything in you. You can note down your experiences in diary. Sometimes you may have vomiting sensations.
In Akhand Mahayog, many chakras can open simultaneously. And you may not have to go sequentially from one Chakra to another.
27-QUESTION:- WHAT IS THE LINEAGE OF AKHAND MAHAYOG?
ANS:- Nath Siddhas, Guru Gorakshnath is supposed to be the founder of Kundalini Yoga. Swami Akhandanand Ji belongs to that lineage. He has been intitiated by Mahayogi Ram Swaroop Ji Maharaj and he belongs to Kaula community of saints.
28-QUESTION:- WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF KARMAS IN PAST LIVES?
ANS:- It affects your progress and development in this path.
29-QUESTION:- CAN SHAKTIPAAT BE DONE AND FRUCTIFY IN ANY PERSON?
ANS:- Guru will choose you and once Shaktipaat is done, it w ill fructify in most of the persons?
30-QUESTION:- IS IT HELPFUL TO MEET THE GURU REGULARLY?
ANS:- Yes. It helps.
31-QUESTION:- IS IT POSSIBLE TO ATTAIN SALVATION (MOKSHA) IN THIS BIRTH?
ANS:- Yes,it is possible. However, it depends upon your accumulated Karmas of your previous births and in this life.
32-QUESTION:- WHAT IS A CHAKRA?
ANS:- These are the energy centers from our base to head. Each Chakra represent an element of nature in our body
33-QUESTION:- EACH CHAKRA REPRESENTS WHICH ELEMENT?
| Serial No. | Name of the Chakra | Element |
| 1. | Mooladhara | Earth |
| 2. | Swadhisthana | Water |
| 3. | Manipura | Fire |
| 4 | Anahata | Air |
| 5. | Visshudhi | Akashi or Ether |
| 6. | Ajna | Light |
| 7. | Sahasrara | Ultimate consciousness |
34-QUESTION:- HOW MANY CHAKRAS ARE THERE?
ANS:- There are 7 chakras along our spine.
35-QUESTION:- WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO PRACTICE KUNDALINI?
ANS:- You should choose a separate room. Put a carpet or mat on the floor. Practice on this carpet every day at the same time. Rubber and leather articles should not be there.
This room should be cleaned daily and you should not bring sleepers and footwear in this room. The carpet should be a little away from the floors. You should keep a handkerchief or a towel with you to clean the cough etc.