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The Following is from The Basket Of Tolerance, Booklet Series, number 5. Published by the Dawn Horse Press, from an Essay by Ruchira Avatar Adi Da Samraj, published in 2000.

The Lesser and Greater Traditions Associated with The Kundalini Shakti

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There are actually two distinct traditions associated with the cosmically manifested Kundalini Shakti.

The first tradition associated with the Kundalini Shakti is founded upon the bodily point of view, and it is associated with the ascent of the natural energies of the physical, etheric and lower mental dimensions of the human body mind self. This tradition is, originally, associated with the ancient animistic and shamanistic cultures of mankind, and it developed, over time, via such traditions as Taoism, Hatha Yoga, and the lesser modes of Tantrism.

The second tradition associated with the Kundalini Shakti is the tradition of Kundalini Shaktipat, which is the process of the descent and circulation of the cosmically manifested Divine Power. And this tradition is of Divine origin. That is to say, this tradition is not the product of human psycho physical efforts to achieve the Divine Condition, but it has appeared spontaneously, Given by the Divine, and Transmitted via various lineages of Yogic Siddha Masters: In the domain of popular religion, this Kundalini Shaktipat tradition is represented, for example, in the legend of the Spiritual Baptism of Jesus of Nazareth by John the Baptist. In the modern era, this Kundalini Shaktipat tradition has been represented, for example, by Ramakrishna," in His spontaneous Transmission of Spiritual Power to Swami Vivekananda, and by Bhagavan Nityananda, in His Transmission of Spiritual Power to Swami Muktananda. In the same manner, I, in My present-time bodily Form, Received Kundalini Shaktipat from several individuals, including Bhagavan Nityananda, Rang Avadhoot, Swami Muktananda, and Rudi. And, in My Case, the Divine Spirit-Transmission was, at last, also Given most directly, in Person, and in Its Utter Fullness, by the Divine Goddess, "Shakti" Herself. However, My own Realization, Thus Served by Means of the Divine Spirit Transmission, Most Ultimately became Such that My own Avataric Work of Divine Spiritual Transmission, although It also Manifests via the signs otherwise characteristic of Kundalini Shaktipat, Originates and Manifests in and via and at and As the Heart Itself, Prior to all limitations and conditionality Therefore, My Avataric Work of Divine Spiritual Transmission directly Reveals the Perfectly Subjective Divine Heart.

The commonly known tradition of the Kundalini Shakti is associated with self applied Yogic techniques that are intended to raise up the natural energies associated with the lower physical personality Thus, those Yogic techniques are generally associated, first, with efforts to arouse the natural energy that is otherwise locked into the base of the body, and, second, with efforts to raise that energy, upwards, via the ascending hierarchy of the various key centers of the spinal line, until (eventually) the ascending energy flow is released to the most ascended Source Condition. And, in the course of that ascending process, many symptoms of the partially ascended Kundalini Shakti may progressively appear. And such signs may include not only various Yogic powers, and many visions, auditions, and so forth, but they may also include various Yogic diseases.

The lesser known tradition of the Kundalini Shakti is also associated with the same phenomena of ascending Yoga that for example, in the legend of the Spiritual Baptism of Jesus of Nazareth by John the Baptist. In the modern era, this Kundalini Shaktipat tradition has been represented, for example, by Ramakrishna, in His spontaneous Transmission of Spiritual Power to Swami Vivekananda, and by Bhagavan Nityananda, in His Transmission of Spiritual Power to Swami Muktananda. In the same manner, I, in My present time bodily Form, Received Kundalini Shaktipat from several individuals, including Bhagavan Nityananda, Rang Avadhoot, Swami Muktananda, and Rudi." And, in My Case, the Divine Spirit Transmission was, at last, also Given most directly, in Person, and in Its Utter Fullness, by the "Divine Goddess", Shakti Herself. However, My own Realization, Thus Served by Means of the Divine Spirit Transmission, Most Ultimately became Such that My own Avatarie Work of Divine Spiritual Transmission, although It also Manifests via the signs otherwise characteristic of Kundalini Shaktipat, Originates and Manifests in and via and at and As the Heart Itself, Prior to all limitations and conditionality. Therefore, My Avataric Work of Divine Spiritual Transmission directly Reveals the Perfectly Subjective Divine Heart.

Also, the senior tradition of the Kundalini Shakti is associated with a process in the total Circle of the body mind. This is because the descending and circulating Spirit Power moves in the total natural circuit of the body mind. Thus, the descending and circulating Spirit Power first enters the frontal line, where the foundation work of opening and purifying the physical, the etherie, the emotional, and the mental personality must he accomplished. Then, potentially, once the frontal line is sufficiently purified to allow the descending Kundalini Shakti to turn about at the bodily base, the Kundalini Shakti spontaneously begins the upward Yogic course. Thus, because the true process Generated hy Kundalini Shaktipat Works first in the frontal line and then in the spinal line, the Kundalini Shaktipat tradition actually begins in the Event of the truly Spiritual Initiation of the "basic" fourth stage of life, and, thereafter, it continues in the "advanced" fourth stage of life and the fifth stage of life. But the lesser tradition of the Kundalini Shakti is hased on a system of Yogic philosophy that idealizes Yogic ascent, and, therefore, the lesser tradition of the Kundalini Shakti is associated with systems and techniques of practice that are intended to strategically develop the ascending Yogic process in the context of the 'advanced" fourth stage of life and the fifth stage of life, thus bypassing the foundation Yogic Ordeal associated with the 'original" and the 'basic" fourth stage of life.

 

 


"The perfect among the sages is identical with Me. There is absolutely no difference between us"
Tripura Rahasya, Chap XX, 128-133


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