While the awakening
Kundalini may be a dramatic experience, the resultant shift
in consciousness may be accompanied by years of kundalini symptoms of athe awakening manifesting in physical and psychological
upheaval.
The process of Kundalini awakening
can vary greatly from person to person. Some have intense
physical symptoms, while others experience mainly emotional
or psychological symptoms. It is as if the new energy invites
a spring-cleaning the entire system, with unresolved physical
or emotional conditions coming up for resolution and release.
The life transforming changes which accompany a Kundalini
awakening cover the entire physiological, emotional, mental
and spiritual spectrum.
Greenwell (1990) has noted
seven categories of kundalini symptoms which have been observed
during Kundalini awakening.
Pranic movements or kriyas
Prana is the Hindu word for vital energy. Thus as intense
energy moves through the body and clears out physiological
blocks; a person may experience intense involuntary, jerking
movements of the body, including shaking, vibrations, spasm
and contraction. As deeply held armouring and blockages to
the smooth flow of energy are released, the person may re-access
memories and emotions associated with past trauma and injury.
Yogic Phenomen
Some people find themselves performing yogic postures or hand
mudra gestures, which they have never learned or could not
do, in a normal state of consciousness.
Similarly, they may produce
Sanskrit words or sounds, or have an awareness of inner music
or sound, mantras or tones. Unusual breathing patterns may
appear with either very rapid or slow, shallow breathing.
Some people may not breathe at all for extended periods.
Physiological Kundalini Symptoms
Kundalini awakening often generates unusual physiological
activity as intense movement of energy releases toxins in
the body. Symptoms include apparent heart problems, pains
in head and spine, gastrointestinal disturbances and nervous
problems.
Internal sensations have been
reported as sensations of burning, over sensitivity to sensory
input, hyperactivity or lethargy, great variations in sexual
desire and even spontaneous orgasm. Symptoms can be erratic,
coming and going without provocation, but are generally unresponsive
to medical treatment.
Psychological Upheaval
Spiritual awakening offers a direct challenge to the primacy
of ego consciousness and the myth of separation. It brings
with it a challenge to move beyond the unconscious responses
ruled by drives and instincts and remove ego consciousness
from the center stage of the psyche. It comes as no surprise
that such a challenge produces a period of confusion and unbalance.
People find themselves beset by inexplicable emotional states
as they move to clear out unresolved issues. The emotional
roller coaster may swing from feelings of anxiety, guilt and
depression, through to compassion, love and joy, with accompanying
bouts of uncontrollable weeping.
Extra Sensory Experiences
As perception expands outside of consensus reality, people
experience atypical visual phenomena, including visions of
lights, symbols, entities, or review of past life experiences.
Auditory input may include hearing voices, music, inner sounds
or mantras. Even the olfactory system may be stimulated with
perception of scents of sandalwood, rose or incense. There
may also be disruption of the autonomous perceptive system,
with losing a sense of self as a body, or feeling bigger than
the body, or out of the body, with the resulting confusion
and disorientation.
Psychic Phenomena
With the opening up of psychic abilities, a person may experience
precognition, telepathy, psycho kinesis, awareness of auras
and healing abilities.
Mystical States of Consciousness
A person may shift into altered states of consciousness where
they directly perceive the unity underlying the world of separation
and experience a deep peace and serenity with a profound knowing
of wisdom. In some cases, the state of emergency due to psychological
upheaval is so acute that it resembles a psychotic episode.
Many clinicians still regard
phenomena associated with spiritual emergence as indicative
of pathology because the signs are so easily confused with
the indicators of psychosis, mania, depression, schizophrenia
or borderline personality disorder. Many people undergoing
spiritual emergency are misdiagnosed and treated with suppressive
medication, which further complicates their process.
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