Here is an interview with Yogi Bhajan on Kundalini

Date:   6/14/2005 6:23:10 PM ( 19 y ago)

Question: He doesn't consider himself an expert yogi. He just mentioned
that he heard Kundalini Yoga is a very dangerous type of yoga. Could you
explain a little more?

Answer. Ask him why he is practicing all the
Hatha Yoga Postures. What is the purpose of Hatha yoga? The purpose of
Hatha Yoga is to raise the awareness. It is a technology to bring the
apana and prana, the moon and sun powers, together to raise the
consciousness through the central equilibrium line. In other words, its
stated aim is to raise the Kundalini. That is the purpose of Hatha Yoga.
The problem is that it takes about 22 years to raise it that way, even
with perfect practice. That is the long method. The difference from
Kundalini yoga is only a matter of time and rate of progress. The
purpose of the two approaches is the same.

Teaching Hatha Yoga and Kundalini Yoga is very different. First of all,
it is difficult to teach Kundalini Yoga. A teacher who does not have a
beam of energy within himself cannot teach it. That is the first
fundamental. You have to be aware within your consciousness. Kundalini
yoga raises awareness, as does Hatha Yoga, but it is direct, quick, and
a perfect practice for the pace, of a modern household. As a teacher of
Kundalini yoga, you should be established at a certain steady level of
consciousness to pull all the people up to that level. If you do not
have that link of consciousness, the golden link, and the spark of
awareness, then you can only instruct in darkness. That is the real
problem.

You could come and I could give you a bunch of powerful and elegant
exercises. You would feel good. However, when I then talk about life and
humanity and the total sum of existence and consciousness, you have to
feel that magnetism come out of me. My reality and confirmed
consciousness must be present to act as a guide and compass. If I can't
give you that, there is nothing to pull you to that new level. Kundalini
yoga is the master science of experience and awareness. It is a
transmission of consciousness from person to person. It is a Raj Yoga
that awakens you inside. That is the basic difference between Hatha and
Kundalini yoga.

This talk of danger sometimes becomes the biggest danger and a big
problem. The only danger is when you use something external and
artificial, like a drug and force it into you. Think of Kundalini in a
different way. In Reality there is a God. He uncoils himself, opens
himself up. This uncoiling process or manifestation process is known as
Kundalini. What can be dangerous about it? The Kundalini that is going
to be uncoiled in you is already in you and part of you. It is an
unlimited power that is the essence of your consciousness. It is going
to uncoil in you. Your system is already built to contain the energy of
Kundalini. It is a normal capacity that you simply are not utilizing. If
you start utilizing that energy, where is the danger?


Question: You seem to be unique among the yogis and swamis I have heard
talk Very few say anything openly, without initiation, about Kundalini
and most are very cautious about it. Why do you seem so different?

1 - Yama or Eternal Vows:
* Ahimsa (non-violence)
* Satya (truth)
* Asteya (non-stealing)
* Brahmacharya (continence) and
* Aparigraha (non-avariciousness);

2 - Niyama or Observances:
* Saucha (purity)
* Santosha (contentment)
* Tapas (austerities)
* Svadhyaya (study) and
* Ishvarapranidhana (surrender to God);

3 - Asana (firm, comfortable meditative posture);
4 - Pranayama (the regulation of the Vital Force);
5 - Pratyahara (abstraction of the senses and mind from objects);
6 - Dharana (concentration);
7 - Dhyana (meditation); and
8 - Samadhi (superconscious state or trance)

9th`it seems as if the second answer is missing content or I am missing content.....Whatever it is still an interesting conversation on the "dangers" of Kundalini. Here's the danger that I don't see mentioned: If you think you want the truth-for say healing, or love, or intimacy, or contentment...and you get it...and believe me 99% of the time if you let the truth "in", it will have your "bullseye" in the crosshairs-That's the danger; When one is longing and Wanting the truth; One gets it About Oneself...that is the danger of kundalini...





 

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