Who is Shakti?Shakti meaning force, power or energy is the Hindu concept or personification of God's female aspect, sometimes referred to as 'The Divine Mother'. Shakti represents the active, dynamic principles of feminine power.
But at AYP, Shakti is a metaphor. The metaphorical mythology of kundalini describes a union between Shakti (a name for kundalini in motion) and Shiva (pure bliss consciousness). As you know, Shakti starts out near the base of the spine in the huge storehouse of prana there, i.e., sexual energy. In the mythology, Shiva is located at the top of the head. So the way it is described is Shakti awakens, goes up through all the chakras until she reaches the top of the head, and there she finds union with Shiva who is waiting there for her.
While it looks great on paper, this scenario does not work very well.
In practice, most of the time this approach is a flop because it
assumes that Shakti will do all the work, and find Shiva at the
crown. She will sure try, and tear up your nervous system in the
process. Hence the excessive kundalini symptoms. Things can get so
uncomfortable that practices can't continue, and then it goes into a
long slow burn from then on.
Click on "Main Lessons" above to learn practices that get Shiva to do half the work, and avoid the burn.
or read more here:
Kundalini Symptoms, Imbalances and RemediesBliss, Ecstasy, and Divine Loveand more references in the
Topic Index under "Shiva and Shakti"
At the forum:
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