Paramahansa Yogananda gives a whole lesson on Kundalini in K-14 of the Kriya lessons. He mentions that when 'Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness' he lifted the kundalini or serpent power in his spine. Even after many years on the path i still feel as a novice when it comes to this energy. This spiritual energy that we have inside us. Most human beings are functioning in the lower chakras. But some of us are starting to awaken the higher centers in the astral body. Our hearts are opening more. Some of us might have had such an experience when their hearts have opened. Or perhaps they have at sometime in their life felt the energy in there spine ascend. Maybe they just have felt that wonderful feeling of a tingling rushing sensation up through their backs and neck when they read or saw something inspiring. These are experiences with Kundalini and spiritual energy that awakens our consciousness.
Some of us may now be practicing powerful techniques to withdraw the energy from the five salesmen of the senses (touch, sight, smell, hearing and taste) and directing that energy inward to awaken the spiritual centers. These centers are spoken of in the Bible as the seven candlesticks or the seven churches by St. John in Revelations. It is good to have a concept of what is happening to us when we cry tears of joy or feel sensations in our bodies that are not associated with physical phenomena. These are the experiences that are the evidence of what is unseen in faith and unknown in our own bodies and consciousness. They come to tell us that we are more than this body and this limited consciousness that we identify with.
Steve Hydonus
This is a lovely post Steve, namaste~
