Still on this matter of Kundalini, Kundalini Yoga and Spiritual Enlightenment. What is Kundalini Yoga? And what is Jnana Yoga? See, apparently, they are two paths, but both point to the same Reality: the Reality of Consciousness, which is the Reality of the Self, which is the Reality of the Truth about who You are here and now.
So, there is a lot of confusion about what Kundalini is. There's a lot of imagination about it. According to Ramana himself, Kundalini is the Presence of the Self, which is the Heart.
When this Energy of Presence settles, when It Awakens and settles, It goes up through the spine to the brain, makes some changes, and goes down, according to Ramana himself, and It reaches the Heart. Then, there is this Awakening or Spiritual Enlightenment.
So, it's basically this… A whole psychophysical process the body goes through due to the presence of this Energy, which Ramana also calls Shakti. Kundalini is this Energy of Shakti itself, working in the organism, in the mechanism, in this body-mind, so that this Enlightenment, so that this Awakening is possible.
Now, this may seem very technical being put this way. In Kundalini Yoga the practice is of mudras, breathing, there are several practices, and Ramana himself says that what is the goal of Kundalini Yoga, through practices… Ramana says, "here…" he says, "through Jnana we go into the direct path of self-inquiry, of self-investigation," which is what I prescribe here for you.
Our work is directly through Jnana. Don't worry about this terminology. Here we work with you to point out what is most direct to this Spiritual Awakening or Spiritual Enlightenment, which is Atma Vichara, self-inquiry.
So, what is, in Yoga, in Kundalini Yoga, obtained through several practices, here is obtained through self-observation, through self-inquiry, the observation of the movement of mind, the observation of the movement of "me," this observation of the movement of being aware of feelings, emotions, sensations, perceptions… This can put you in direct contact with your own Self, with what You are here and now.
Then, this automatic process of Kundalini Awakening takes place in this body-mind, in this mechanism, simply and through this self-inquiry. And what is self-inquiry? It's being aware of the Truth about who You are.
The very own awareness of this observation of the Truth about who You are, this look, once you don't identify with the illusion thought is producing, the feeling is producing, the sensation is producing in the body, once you don't identify with this, you are already in direct contact with the Truth about who You are.
This happens automatically, in a simple way, in a natural way. This puts you in direct contact with Silence, with Presence, with Consciousness, with the Awakening of this Divine Energy, of this Shakti, which some people call Kundalini or so-called within Yoga.
Thus, this Energy of Presence works, it works in this organism, and it goes up, gets to the brain, works, operates a change, and goes down to the Heart. So, Ramana says that Kundalini is the Heart Itself. At some other time, he says that Kundalini is Shakti itself, and this isn't necessarily inside or outside the body; according to Ramana it is inside and outside – not in one part excluding another.
So, see, there's no point in being psychologically busy trying to understand this, because that's one more activity that you will have to necessarily get rid of as well. Here, it's not about any comprehension or intellectual understanding of something that seems so technical, even because we are westerners, we are not used to all this language and all these techniques or millennial practices of Yoga.
Thus, your direct work is in being aware of the Truth about who You are, through observation. So, I've been trying to show you here the beauty and the importance, and how to Meditate; the beauty and the importance of Meditation and how to Meditate.
So, that's what we've been talking about and that's the only subject on this channel. We are pointing out to you the importance of this Awakening, this Divine Realization, something possible for you here and now through the Realization of the Truth You are, through self-observation, which reveals the Self-knowledge, which presents itself as Meditation.
I never separate Meditation from self-inquiry or Meditation from your own Natural State, which is Consciousness. And now you notice that there is no separation between this Consciousness and the Heart; and the Heart and the Presence of Shakti or Kundalini.
We put aside all these terminologies and work on what we have most practical here and now, which is Meditation. Maybe some things, some changes start to happen in the body itself, once you begin to pay attention to yourself through self-observation, entering that Real work of Meditation.
So, the body can go through some processes, and the tip is: don't be tangled with this, don't mistake yourself for this, don't identify with this. Then, in Yoga, the appearance of Siddhis or powers is very well known. Some things can start to happen, but notice, it has no direct importance as far as What You actually are. They are just changes. A certain process is possible to happen in the body, but it's something like a process, it's not something definitive; it's something that happens, but it ends; it's something that can have a beginning, arise for a while, and then disappear, and that's what naturally happens, in an automatic way, according to Ramana, once you turn to this "who am I?", to this real practice of self-observation, which is what I prescribe for you here on this channel.
This actually was my experience for over 20 years in this contact with the Presence of Grace, under this Divine directive, under this Divine guidance from Ramana Maharshi.
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