Re: Something moved in my root chakra!
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Originally Posted by Robert Bruce
ps, when energy sensations become intense, grounding will help. Take a shower, eat a heavy meal, drink a glass of wine, get in some walking, etc. This really helps.
In Gopi Krishna's book "Living With Kundalini" he states that eating heavy meals always made matters worse for him at the beginning stages of his experience, leaving him bedridden for days on end. So much so that for months he was barely able to eat mere morsels of rice and milk for fear of triggering the adverse effects he was experiencing. Then later (years IIRC) he went from eating little to eating more than normal. Personally I have found that eating a heavy meal also makes matters worse for me but also eating very little doesn't help either. I think the best approach is what Gopi did, which was to eat small meals frequently (every 2 to 3 hours) rather than having the normal 3 big daily meals. He also claimed drinking plenty of fresh milk helped if one is not able to take in too much food. He definitely seemed to have to concentrate on his diet and how much he ate during his whole experience.
Alcohol(*note), or any other mind-altering substance, IMO, is a definite no-no as far as Kundalini is concerned if you are trying to calm it down. For me it just intensifies it and makes it rage even stronger, but then I am used to it, so each to their own.
I agree a shower or warm bath might help but walking, for me personally, only tends to excite the energy involved. But that may be because I am not as physically fit as I need to be so that is why I can get adverse effects sometimes that way. Laying in a soft bed in a quiet atmosphere or with soft music playing certainly helps me* and if all else fails (and the surge is too strong for me to handle at the time) I take some of my emergency supply of valium (it being the only mind altering substance I find helps to calm the snake). :wink:
How to tell if you're experiencing Kundalini? It feels like you have 100,000 volts of spiritual electricity coursing through your mind; you can feel the unmistakable power of it raging through your very core and emanating from you - and more than likely so will those around you (although they might not quite know what it is they are feeling, you will most certainly have a noticeable "presence" about you, :lol: ). After all, you're manifesting your Higher Self, and that is extremely powerful - "too powerful" immediately springs to mind :lol: For me this often tends to come out as me giving off extreme heat (sometimes called the Shaman Heat) - so much so that the windows on my side of any car I am in become steamed up even on warm days (this happened a week ago while I was in Spain). Centering and balancing exercises are very helpful when encountering energies this strong. The Kabbalistic Cross and the Middle Pillar Exercise I have found helpful in that regard, as well as the "four fold breath".
While praying might help some, I find chanting to be more helpful to me personally, but if it is too strong for you then sure, pray to yourself and tell It to "TURN IT DOWN!". :wink: Or you could take charge of the energy rushing through you like surfing a wave (if you're able to keep your balance), master it and use it to heal yourself (or others) of any ailments and do a general cleanup of your aura etc. I'm not quite able to master it that well just yet myself but I'm working on it (it still knocks me for 6 every time it happens and is very hard to stay balanced, especially when I'm in crowded places!).
oh! Playing a flute (or harmonica) helps too, as does swaying from side to side (or back and forth) - those Indian snake charmers are onto something. :wink:
*I think it important not to overstress what might have worked for someone else will work for others as though they are absolutes because every persons experience of this is going to be somewhat different, although there do appear to be certain guidelines that help.
Btw, Gopi mentions in his book that one Saddhu told him he was being attacked by evil spirits in combination with his Kundalini experience, but he seemed to dismiss this outright. Which is a shame because it looks to me like that Saddhu was right from everything else Gopi wrote in that book about his experiences. I'd be interested on your thoughts about that if you've read the book Robert?
*note: LINK
"It is clear that nicotine and alcohol definitely act in some way upon Kundalini, the former interposing a barrier between the general force of Kundalini and its operation in the various vehicles of the individual concerned, while the other seems to act as a direct stimulant, stirring the Force in wrong directions, or in some way wrongly intensifying it, and in any case doing these things in connection with an individual far from ready for Fire-development. All narcotics, drugs, stimulants, clog the system and interpose a deadening miasma between the individual and all larger consciousness."
Re: Something moved in my root chakra!
Hey McArthur,
I have heard mixed reviews about that Gopi Krishna book. Some people say that he had an atypical experience because he was being pretty rough with his energy practices. Other people say that it's a great book. I haven't read it, so I can't comment!
I personally have a very restricted diet due to necessity, so alcohol and milk are moot points right now. However, I concur with you that heavy meals are best avoided and that diet in general must be closely scrutinized. I'll keep your advice in mind! I'm still having extremely intense sensations (100,000 volts, indeed!), but they mysteriously stop at the sub-navel in most cases. It hasn't reached my crown yet. I have experienced that heat you mentioned, enough that other people have commented. Crazy!