Is kundalini awakening = enlightenment?

Question

And also does it stay "awake"?
or do you have to do it again and again?

Answer 1

Enlightenment : yes ....
Liberation ? i'm not so sure
Although only an experience can answer your question.
I've read of stories in which meditators practice the same meditation on and on again...directing the flow of the kundalini.
There is One distinct experience that all seems to agree upon & I've never heard of anybody's kundalini going back to 'sleep'. Giving me the impression that its a set thing once it is activated.

Answer 2

No I don't think so.

Kundalini is the force of (I-ness) ego.
enlightenment is the awareness of the I-ness is the supreme reality, just knowing it is not enlightenment, accepting it with mind intelligence and heart is enlightenment.


Kundalini can be awakened by all ,for the matter of fact just remember that event which you did ,which was actually beyond the capacity. You could do it just because the force was awakened accidentally. awakening it deliberately and consciously is the procedure of the "sadhana"
once you have control of it you can keep it awakened as long as you want.

In the beginning stages it is necessary to do it again and again.

Answer 3

Although Kundalini Yoga may lead to an enlightement, an enlightement may happen without a repetitive practice of awakening kundalini energy.

Kundalini energy is compared to a snake coiled at the base of a spine. An awakening causes a rush of kundalini energy in the spine and in aura; it is a temporary fenomenon. We cannot warm our hands once, and expect them to stay warm all winter long, or an orgasm achieved during a sexual intercourse does not last forever, for example.
I hope I answered your question.

In addition,
"Enlightenment is a concept in mysticism, philosophy and psychology
Moksha, the Hindu religious concept of enlightenment
Bodhi, Satori, Nirvana, Dzogchen or Total Understanding (of the nature of existence, self, etc), the Buddhist religious concept
Yogic Enlightenment, the Yoga concept of enlightenment
see also:
Illumination
Self Realization
Oneness
Nonduality
Merkaba
Seder hishtalshelus"

"Kundalini yoga is a physical and meditative discipline, comprising a set of simple techniques that uses the mind, senses and body to create a communication between "mind" and "body". Kundalini yoga focuses on psycho-spiritual growth and the body's potential for maturation, giving special consideration to the role of the spine and the endocrine system in the understanding of yogic awakening (Sovatsky, 1998).

Kundalini Yoga concentrates on psychic centers or chakras in the body in order to generate a spiritual power, which is known as kundalini energy.

Kundalini is the potential form of prana or life force, lying dormant in our bodies. It is conceptualized as a coiled up serpent (literally, 'kundalini' in Sanskrit is 'That which is coiled.' (Sanskrit kund, "to burn"; kunda, "to coil or to spiral") but some claim that is should be translated 'lock of hair of the Beloved') lying at the base of our spine, which can spring awake when activated by spiritual disciplines."

Answer 4

There are a gazillion internet links and cults and communities that talk this. this is all pretentious jargon, although. And why ask a Q in case you alread be attentive to the respond? "Self-interest" and "enlightenment" are words to describe turning out to be clean and rather unsleeping rather of automatic and neurotic. "Samadhi" is a state of utter meditative absorption wherein the sense of self and duality are suspended. "Awakening the Kundalini" is greater pretentious jargon yet is a technique, often carried out with the aid of meditative practices and different yogic disciplines, in which psychodynamic complexes start to shift and alter into attenuated, liberating up and changing potential and theory varieties. Yogic and meditation workouts have a neurodynamic result, rather, and the practices rearrange and top neural pathways in the strategies, ensuing in ecstatic and cathartic states that could nicely be transformational. in certainty, besides the fact that if people covet the ecstatic and changed-state reviews of Kundalini artwork, they're in elementary terms byproducts of neurodynamic actual adjustments that are happening on your strategies and physique.

Answer 5

The awakening of different Chakras(nerve centres) is one of the yoga practice. But in the present time and environment it is not possible to get the initiation from a competent Guru or preceptor. But those who have evolved in their previous lives in Kundalini yoga' may get interest in the yoga and attain enlightenment. Only a practitioner of this yoga can elucidate the second point you have asked.

Answer 6

Kundalini Rising

According to yogic terminology the force of Kundalini is supposed to be raised through meditative exercises and activated within the concept of a subtle body, a body of energy and finer substance. This process has been explained in detail by Motoyama (1981) and by Sharp (2005). Motoyama bases the bulk of the Kundalini raising practices listed in the book on the notable Swami Satyananda Saraswati, as well as on personal experience in helping people in various stages of Kundalini awakening. Sharp provides a kundalini meditation called The Great Invocation along with detailed guidance on controlling and managing the energy flow and subsequent manifestation.

Kundalini-experiences are often understood in terms of the Hindu chakra system, the understanding of psycho-spiritual energy centers along the spine (Scotton, 1996). According to Hindu tradition the Kundalini raises from the root-chakra up through the spinal channel, called sushumna, and it is believed to activate each chakra it goes through.

Each chakra is said to contain special characteristics (Scotton, 1996). In raising Kundalini, spiritual powers (siddhis) are also believed to arise, but many spiritual traditions see these phenomena as obstacles on the path, and encourages their students not to get hung up with them (Kason, 2000). Although the opening of higher chakras are believed to mark advanced spiritual unfoldment, it is important not to measure spiritual growth solely by the opening of higher potentials. According to this view chakras might be under- or overdeveloped, and lower chakras are thought to be just as important as higher.

Spiritual literature also describes instances where Kundalini is said to be initiated. Initiation of kundalini activity is usually considered to take place by a practice called shaktipat. This is a form of 'laying on of hands' where physical contact to the body or the forehead of the subject by the guru, or initiator, is supposed to cause an experience of Kundalini that later may persist or grow with continuing practice, or fade away if practice is stopped. Scotton (1996) mentions that kundalini-symptomatology is associated with such practices as shaktipat. He also gives a case-example of such a practice from an American meditation retreat.

According to much contemporary spiritual literature, and the field of Transpersonal Psychology, it is not considered wise to engage in any of these practices without the guidance of a credible teacher or without thorough psychological preparation and education in yoga. Any form of intense contemplative or spiritual practice without the support of a cultural context, or without the support of thorough psychological preparation, is usually considered to be unfortunate, and in some cases even dangerous. Traditional teachers of kundalini meditation also warn neophytes of the potential dangers of experimenting with kundalini Yoga techniques. These warnings should not be underestimated. A growing body of clinical and psychological literature notes the growing occurrence of meditation-related problems in Western contemplative life. Among these we find the Kundalini Syndrome (which is presented more closely later in this article) and different forms of "wind illness" described in the Tibetan tradition.

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Answer 7

it is about vibrations... oscillations are sinusoidal, and hence repetitious. It is like working out everyday to get stronger and healthier... but on a different plain. do it again and again.

Answer 8

No.

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