Kundalini, All On It's Own Options

Alright. So, I've been interested in Kundalini for some time now, but I've never attempted it. Although, recently I experienced something which I could only explain as Kundalini. I was sitting and meditating at my friend's house, pondering my true connection with the universe to a greater degree than I ever have before, when my root chakra seemed to just burst forth with new energy. I couldn't even feel my lower body all that well, so I thought that maybe my keys and wallet in my back pockets were pushing on my nerves. I took them out and set them next to me, but despite anything I did or how I sat that energy only spread even further.

Being a practitioner of occult studies, I decided to just ignore any odd looks I might get from my friends and feel the energy and inspect it. This next part is hard to explain. I felt, and in some strange way saw, a line of energy coiling around a point in my lower body. I immediately remembered what I knew of Kundalini and assumed it was that.

So, I decided to look up others' experiences with Kundalini. To my disappointment, they only described more advanced stages of Kundalini, such as when it is fully awoken. Although, I read that people undergoing Kundalini often dream of, and come across, snakes and fire. I don't remember my dreams from last night very well, but when I was a little kid, I had the most vivid dream that two white snakes bit me on either leg. The meaning of this dream has eluded me for the greater part of my life. This was before I practiced magick, but I was thinking that maybe I was more naturally prone to such things as this when I was younger and simply lost my belief in such things until later on in my life.

Also, I came across many different names for Kundalini while I was looking it up a moment ago. Holy Wind, Serpent Fire, Seiki, Lung..... and, as I was surprised to see, Vital Winds. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

This "coincidence" with my forum name and a name for Kundalini, coupled with my dream from when I was a child has left me almost certain that I was meant to undergo Kundalini. But, of course, I'm sure anyone who has experienced Kundalini was meant to.

And, of course, I come to our occult community to ask for advice from anyone who has experience with Kundalini, or might know of a good book on the subject.

Questions are also welcome.

Hi Vital

I have had the same thing in which the base of the spine feels as if it is swollen and expanding with energy many times. With me it is usually a precurser to an OoBE. The stuff about the snakes is not anything I've ever heard of before. In any case it isn't necessarily or even likely a kundalini experience. Generally that requires years of regular practice to open up. When the kundalini energy is unleashed before your energy channels are sufficiently prepared and strengthened by regular meditation and practice it is likely to cause damage to your nervous system.

I would suggest that reading up on it is good, and practicing regularly--preferably under supervision-- is necessary if you truly want to pursue this. The past decade or more there have been a number of books published on the subject of kundalini yoga. Most are written by people who don't know what they are talking about. They aren't all like that, but you might want to go to AMazon.com and look carefully at the reviews before buying. The one mentioned by Vagrant is good if only to caution you about the possible dangers. I may sound like a wet blanket sometimes, but in Asia they are much more aware of the possible dangers and drawbacks of some forms of meditation and working with spiritual energy. Here they seem to have a New Age workshop mentality in which its often over commercialized and they tell you the benefits but not the drawbacks and provide superficial information. You probably know what I mean.