So... Some ask, "But what is Kundalini? Gualberto, what can you tell us about Kundalini Yoga? What is the importance of Kundalini for Awakening?" Well, what I can tell you is what Ramana – who is, indeed, the greatest of all authorities on the subject – said. Kundalini is nothing but the Self itself, which is the Heart itself – I speak of this Spiritual Heart. When this Heart blossoms, when Kundalini, when this Presence, when this Energy ascends, It ascends, It becomes Real in that organism, in that mechanism, in that body-mind; Spiritual Awakening or Spiritual Enlightenment takes place.
So, it is possible for you to go through a whole process, even having some symptoms of the appearance of this Energy, of the blossoming of this Energy. But see, this whole process is just a process that the body and mind can go through, but it doesn't represent the Final State, or the Ultimate State, or the State that I call as the "Establishment", the Natural State, that State really "established" in Enlightenment or Awakening.
Ramana said that in Kundalini Yoga people work with mudras, pranayama, breathing and other techniques. He would say, "Here, in Jnana, the only thing that is needed is 'who am I?'" So, "who am I?", self-enquiry or Atma Vichara, as he used to say, just that is enough, because all this work happens automatically, in an already natural way, in this organism, in this mechanism.
Then, Kundalini Awakening, or Spiritual Awakening, or Spiritual Enlightenment takes place, simply by self-enquiry. And what is self-enquiry? That's what I've been dealing with you within this channel. All I can tell you is about my experience, my own experience within this process, which took more than twenty years, here in my particular case.
This self-enquiry is to become aware of the observation of the movement of consciousness, here and now. And when I use the expression "movement of consciousness," it's not that consciousness is moving; I speak of this movement of "being aware." And here, the awareness of this movement is actually very basic: it is the observation of the movement of the mind. It is the mind that presents itself as this "state of being aware."
So, the observation of this so-called "consciousness" is , in reality, the observation of the movement of the mind. It is important that you begin to observe what is happening here and now with this "I" that you believe yourself to be.
So, the observation of the movement of the mind is the discarding of this identification with ego identity, with this "person" that you believe yourself to be. Our work together lies in becoming aware of the Truth about who we are here and now.
So, our subject today, here, is Kundalini, Kundalini Yoga. Kundalini is this Awakening of Truth about who we are here and now. See, the terminology is new, the terminology is different, it's Indian terminology, but the subject is basically the same: we're talking about Spiritual Enlightenment or Spiritual Awakening. Because this is the only subject we deal with within this channel. Our unique work here is towards this Awakening, this Realization, this Realization of Truth that we are here and now.
I have been sharing this since 2012. The Truth about who You are is something present here and now, when the egoic mind – that mind that moves psychologically in time, in the time created by thought itself… when this is discarded, because this Energy of Presence, of Consciousness, which is Kundalini, blooms, awakens, you assume your Real State, which is your Natural State. Here, it is interesting to say that, within this Awakening of Kundalini, there is a whole process going on, and this is what is much investigated and practiced within Kundalini Yoga.
So Ramana said that you don't exactly have to do it through the path of Kundalini Yoga, you can do it directly by self-enquiry, by this direct observation of the movement of thought – that is self-enquiry. So Atma Vichara or self-enquiry is the observation of the movement of the mind. That brings the discarding of that ego identity, and this brings Awakening, which is the Awakening of Divine Truth, which is the Awakening of God's Truth.
So there is a dialogue of Ramana in 1945 with someone about Kundalini Yoga and Jnana Yoga; the basic difference... while Kundalini Yoga goes through a path of practices, of mudras, as I said just now, breathing and pranayama, Jnana Yoga goes through the direct path of Atma Vichara, and that's what we're talking about here with you. So, I'm giving you the direct hint for this Awakening.
So, how is Enlightenment possible? How to achieve Spiritual Enlightenment? By becoming aware of the Truth about who You are here and now. So, when we talk about self-observation, we are talking about the basis of Self-knowledge. This Self-knowledge is That which brings the Revelation of the Truth about what or who You are.
So Self-knowledge is not the knowledge of an "I," but the Knowledge or the Realization of the Truth that there is no "I," no "me," no ego, to be known.
Once the mind turns inwards, it is immersed into the Source, which is the Heart. Ramana said that Kundalini is the Self itself, it is the Heart itself. Once the mind turns inwards, it plunges into the Heart. This immersion in the Heart is when this Energy of Presence, of Consciousness, blossoms. This is Spiritual Enlightenment. This is Spiritual Realization.
So, the relation is very intimate between the Real Awakening, the Real Enlightenment, and the work of this establishment of this State of Presence, of Shakti, of Kundalini, of this Energy in the Heart.
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