Anuttarashtika- 8 Verses of the No-Method Method
The anuttarāṣṭikā is a hymn of eight (aṣṭikā) verses by Abhinavagupta, on the method of anupāya (no method) in the light of the highest reality–anuttara. It has been know to the scholarly circles of Kashmir Shaiva pandits since its inception by the illustrious Abhinavagupta, who…
Psychosis or Transcendence
Tissues are torn, blood vessels severed, blood spilled, much fluid is lost; the heart races and the blood pressure soars. There is moaning, crying, and screaming. A severe injury?NO, only a relatively normal human birth. The description sounds pathological because the symptoms were not understood…
Difference Between Temporary Activity & Permanent Awakening of Kundalini
SPONTANEOUS ACTIVATION This temporary encounter with Kundalini is a spontaneous release of energy which lasts for a period of time before the person comes back to ‘perceived’ normal state of consciousness. The effect may seem accidental and sudden but the underlying cause, the energetic pressure,…
Has Anyone Experienced This?
No. Since All experiences are forms of inner kriyas, caused by prana energy moving through and dissolving tension in the subtle body. Kriyas occur as kundalini encounters and clears these tensions or karmic blocks, it is a re-calibration of the energetic system. Each individual being…
Retreat Into Self
To retreat is to immerse in your own true natural state of unconditioned awareness. A non dual state where realization of self spontaneously blossoms without any effort. When we gather as a group to explore this state together, the Undivided focused presence spreads like a…
Kundalini & Mental Disorder
The mystic has become emancipated from the persuasions of psychic content, while the psychotic has become lost in them. Some Kundalini awakening symptoms can be categorized and misdiagnosed as mental disorder cases, this can can be really traumatic on top of the already ongoing crisis….
Pratybhijna Hridayam
The Essence of Self-Realization This short work of only 20 aphorisms contains the essence of Self-realization. It is a small but very important work in Kashmir Shaivism. It was written by Ksemaraja in the tenth century. 1) The Shakti of the Absolute Self (Chiti) in…
The 46 slokas of Drg-Drsya-Viveka
ADVAITA VEDANTA The Dŗg-Dŗśya-Viveka contains 46 slokas performing an inquiry into the distinction between the “seer” (Dŗg) and the “seen” (Dŗśya),an overview of samadhi, centering on savikalpa and nirvikalpa, and the identity of Atman and Brahman. 1. All objects are perceived by the senses. The…
Guidance & Kundalini
There comes a critical point in everyones journey where the question arises whether or not external guidance is required on this pathless path. In the new age spiritual communities the widespread opinion is that an external teacher is unnecesary, because the “inner guru” is the…
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