[dhethic]

kittyet,

I don't contest that you and people you know have had a very negative experience involving kundalini. That is unfortunate. Because of this, I'm sure you have conviction on the topic. Considering your unfortunate experience, your conviction, and the fact that this is your first post, I apologize for disagreeing with some of your points as vehemently as I do, but, your post states that this is, or will be, the case for the majority of other people who experience kundalini. I patently don't believe is the case, and, if nothing else, serve as one counterexample.

I worry that your presentation may be off the mark, as if rising kundalini is a disease that should be treated and thus prevented, one that can be triggered or artificially activated simply by being exposed to non-western philosophies. If this were the case, then why is this not an epidemic sweeping the planet? The majority of the planet's population is non-western.

Your post reads as if eastern philosophy is a cult to fear. Of course it is not, except to evangelicals clinging to a lifestyle by imposing it on others and defaming anything contrary, which is far more cult-like behavior, but I digress.

There's a lot of millennium era, well-intentioned fear, uncertainty, and doubt in what you posted, reading like the side effects of a miracle drug that no one needs. Even if it is based on nuts-and-bolts, objective studies by western professionals, there is a whole lot of misunderstanding going on.

I would request citations, but I don't have any to offer in return, as most of the information on these topics does not come from books written by respected academics pursuing doctorates. Looking for information on these topics in acadamia is futile unless you're specifically looking for FUD.

While there definitely are some people who will have problems with their kundalini rising, sometimes even severe problems, it's not a negative event or even necessarily a negative experience for everyone. Most people who do go through it don't know it's happening until it's almost finished, which it does, without incident.

Opening one's kundalini is a spiritual progression. Not everyone is concerned with truly spiritual things every incarnation. For those that are, it's a tool. We decide before we're born what kind of progress we intend to make with kundalini, if any, and about what period of our life we intend to go through the process. If we get to that period and we're not ready, spiritually, then it won't naturally occur. It can be forced, but that's different. It's an important difference and that difference seems to be the center of your position.

If you're talking about enthusiastic practitioners who lack training and are inadverdently or even deliberately inflicting this on people, then that is truly unfortunate. On this topic, you are entirely correct. Forcing the kundalini can cause terrible things, from aches and pains to cancer and death, psychoces, trauma, and broken relationships. If forcing the kundalini is becoming a widespread occurrance, then we definitely should start raising awareness, but you have to be careful not to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Just because some aspects of kundalini can be negative does not mean that all aspects of kundalini are always negative. Your post is accurate if you narrow its focus and applicability.

Kundalini rising is perfectly natural. It is akin to puberty, but not everyone needs to go through this particular "puberty". Some people have problems with normal puberty, and I'm sure some people have problems with kundalini even without forcing it.

For people experiencing problems or "side effects", I personally wouldn't go to a western doctor for treatment. This is a spiritual issue, not a secular one. They know nothing of the cause, and we all know how just treating symptoms goes. The real "cure" is to talk to your guides about it. Follow your intuition. Trying to tackle this from a perspective of fear only makes things worse.

Now, this was a really lengthy post. I'm no expert on the kundalini, but I know enough about it to say that this has been blown way out of proportion. The reason I'm being so pedantic about it is that a lot of people find this website from search engines. For the topics it covers, it's pretty well ranked, and rightly so. Your post has lists of terms in it that will pop up for many searches unrelated to the topic at hand, so it wouldn't be a stretch for your post to be ranked higher in results for people searching specifically for kundalini. My concern is that your post is superficially definitive at first glance, easily instilling its fear, uncertainty, and doubt for any poor travellers happening upon it. I want to make sure people are well informed before drawing conculsions.

Again, I apologize for strongly disagreeing, and particularly for belaboring my points. I mean no ill will. I simply disagree.