Swami Satyananda Saraswati - Kundalini Tantra, Religions & Spirituality(1)
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Swami Satyananda Saraswati
CONTENTS
Section I - KUNDALINI
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Section 2 - THE CHAKRAS
Section 3 - KUNDALINI YOGA PRACTICE
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Preliminary techniques for individual chakras and kshetram and the advanced techniques
of kriya yoga
Section 4 - KUNDALINI RESEARCH
Compiled by: Swami Shankardevananda Saraswati MB, BS (Syd)
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Section 5 - APPENDIX
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Introduction to Kundalini and Tantra
I have been travelling the world
for the last three decades in order to pass on the message
of yoga, and I find that yoga has influenced the course of human thinking tremendously.
Initially of course, there was some doubt about it as many people thought that yoga was a type
of religion, witchcraft or mysticism. This particularly happened because man believed matter
was the ultimate point in the evolution of nature. The materialistic world did not understand
yoga for some time, but as the men of science dived deep into the mysteries of matter, they
came to understand and realize that matter was not the ultimate in the evolution of nature.
If that is so for one form of matter, it applies to every form of matter. This external
experience, the perception you have through your senses, is a product of matter. Even your
thoughts, feelings, emotions and cognitions are products of matter. Therefore, they cannot be
absolute and final. This means there must be another realm of experience. And if there is
another realm of experience, it must be possible to transcend the present limitations of the
mind.
The mind is also matter; it is definitely not spirit. So the mind can also be transformed and
made to evolve. People have begun to realize and experience this in the last few decades. And
in my opinion, this marks the end of one era and the beginning of another. For those who have
knowledge of science and the nature of matter, it is not difficult to understand exactly what
inner experience is.
An inner experience is the manifestation of a deeper level of oneself. Dream, of course, is
an experience. Your dreams may be schizophrenic but that is an expression of your own self.
Thought is also a concept or expression of your own self. A piece of music is an expression of
yourself, whether you compose it or just admire it. A painting or sculpture is a concept of
yourself whether you create it or just admire it. That means the external world is a
manifestation of your inner experience. And you can improve this experience to any extent.
You can also bring about deterioration of this experience. When everything is hopeless
outside, that is your experience of yourself, and if everything is beautiful outside, that is also
your experience of yourself.
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