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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – An interesting question: in the entire Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, how often is Kundalini mentioned? yes, I dont recall the term per se, but if Patanjali doesnt refer to it explicitly in some way or other, I would be truly surprised (e.g. ‘prana yama’? or, cf ‘vital force’ in iii.40 below)) In the Theravada scriptures there is the term ‘piercing winds’ In the Jewish scriptures there is the term ‘ruach’ In the Christian scriptures there is the term ‘pneuma’ In sanskrit, that would likely be prana or perhaps samadhi, depending. EVERY language that I have investigated has some term for soul or spirituality with a root related to the word for "breath" or "wind." Personally, I think its related to the fact that the part of the brain that involved in breathing also is involved in inducing states of consciousness. In physiological research on samadhi, the most striking correlate is a period of breath suspension that can last as long as 72 seconds during meditation. It seems every mystical tradition has a term for it, even shamanism. It is interesting that shamanism at times induces it via violence and physical abuse/torture, evoking a kind of PTSD along with kundalini. Patanjali: "III. 32. By the practice of the threefold discipline on the light that appears in the crown of the head during meditation, one has the vision of sages who have attained perfection. III. 40. When the vital force which maintains equilibrium and which fills the entire body with light, life and power, is directly perceived and understood, there is effulgence and radiance of one’s personality ." ‘vital force’ – aka kundalini? Possibly. However, Chapter 3’s verses all seem to involve "samayama," aka "the threefold discipline," and samyama in various contexts is said to different results, as enumerated by the various verses. Not sure that ANY of these results should be associated with "kundalini," but then again, the meaning of words in sanskrit changes drastically from one era to the next (sanskrit has been used over a period of several thousand years by many different spiritual traditions, afterall), so we can’t really be sure. — sci.psychology.research is a moderated newsgroup. Before submitting an article, please read the guidelines which are posted here bimonthly or the charter on the web at http://www.grohol.com/spr/ Submissions are acknowledged automatically.
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An interesting question: in the entire Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, how often is Kundalini mentioned? yes, I dont recall the term per se, but if Patanjali doesnt refer to it explicitly in some way or other, I would be truly surprised (e.g. ‘prana yama’? or, cf ‘vital force’ in iii.40 below)) In the Theravada scriptures there is the term ‘piercing winds’ In the Jewish scriptures there is the term ‘ruach’ In the Christian scriptures there is the term ‘pneuma’
In sanskrit, that would likely be prana or perhaps samadhi, depending. EVERY language that I have investigated has some term for soul or spirituality with a root related to the word for "breath" or "wind." Personally, I think its related to the fact that the part of the brain that involved in breathing also is involved in inducing states of consciousness. In physiological research on samadhi, the most striking correlate is a period of breath suspension that can last as long as 72 seconds during meditation. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – It seems every mystical tradition has a term for it, even shamanism. It is interesting that shamanism at times induces it via violence and physical abuse/torture, evoking a kind of PTSD along with kundalini. Patanjali: "III. 32. By the practice of the threefold discipline on the light that appears in the crown of the head during meditation, one has the vision of sages who have attained perfection. III. 40. When the vital force which maintains equilibrium and which fills the entire body with light, life and power, is directly perceived and understood, there is effulgence and radiance of one’s personality ." ‘vital force’ – aka kundalini?
Possibly. However, Chapter 3’s verses all seem to involve "samayama," aka "the threefold discipline," and samyama in various contexts is said to different results, as enumerated by the various verses. Not sure that ANY of these results should be associated with "kundalini," but then again, the meaning of words in sanskrit changes drastically from one era to the next (sanskrit has been used over a period of several thousand years by many different spiritual traditions, afterall), so we can’t really be sure. — sci.psychology.research is a moderated newsgroup. Before submitting an article, please read the guidelines which are posted here bimonthly or the charter on the web at http://www.grohol.com/spr/ Submissions are acknowledged automatically.
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An interesting question: in the entire Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, how often is Kundalini mentioned?
yes, I dont recall the term per se, but if Patanjali doesnt refer to it explicitly in some way or other, I would be truly surprised (e.g. ‘prana yama’? or, cf ‘vital force’ in iii.40 below)) In the Theravada scriptures there is the term ‘piercing winds’ In the Jewish scriptures there is the term ‘ruach’ In the Christian scriptures there is the term ‘pneuma’ It seems every mystical tradition has a term for it, even shamanism. It is interesting that shamanism at times induces it via violence and physical abuse/torture, evoking a kind of PTSD along with kundalini. Patanjali: "III. 32. By the practice of the threefold discipline on the light that appears in the crown of the head during meditation, one has the vision of sages who have attained perfection. III. 40. When the vital force which maintains equilibrium and which fills the entire body with light, life and power, is directly perceived and understood, there is effulgence and radiance of one’s personality ." ‘vital force’ – aka kundalini? — sci.psychology.research is a moderated newsgroup. Before submitting an article, please read the guidelines which are posted here bimonthly or the charter on the web at http://www.grohol.com/spr/ Submissions are acknowledged automatically.
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Hola!! Yep. There are some interesting places at internet. You can try Shared Transformation that has a series of letter writed by ElCollie tha are very interesting. At the Gateway to Kundalini there are archives with information from seven years of kundalini mailing list. One aspect of kundalini is spontaneous yoga. Through the search in Google with "spontaneous kriyas" you
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