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[Mystress Angelique Serpent]

Kundalini is the sacred Fire Serpent of spiritual evolution.  The medical 
symbol, the caduceus, is an icon of fully awakened Kundalini, with the two 
Fire Serpents uncoiled around the staff of the spine where the Shakti 
energy rises up the central channel. This rising energy is often felt as 
heat, tingling or vibrations. The caduceus is topped with the round halo of 
the crown chakra at the top of the head. The wings are part of the heart 
chakra. The serpents form a giant helix, like DNA. Kundalini is the 
creative, evolutionary energy of Cosmic Consciousness that gave you birth, 
directed up the spine into the head, rather than outward to procreate, 
create life. We evolve by giving birth. The Kundalini process evolves us, 
by changing the direction of the energy, inward to give birth to a new you.

Kundalini and serpents are historically associated with healing, from the 
caduceus to the Brazen Serpent Moses set up in the desert to heal the 
Hebrews. I have known people who appeared to become 20 years younger as the 
process did its work, and it is common for old injuries to reappear, only 
to be healed more completely. People have reported that their actual DNA 
has been changed by the process. For some, the healing happens more on the 
emotional, mental and spiritual levels: Kundalini encompasses all.

The symbolism of Kundalini appears in many serpents of mythology, from the 
Rainbow serpent of the Australian aborigines, to the feathered Serpent of 
the Maya. Serpents represent the instinctive wisdom of the body and 
intuition rising into conscious awareness.

On old sailing maps when there was an area of sea still uncharted, the 
cartographers would write Here be Dragons", and draw serpents frolicking in 
the waves. Kundalini serpents are represented by Leviathan the serpent of 
the Earth's power and wisdom, in the dragons of the unknown, the deep 
mysteries of earth and sea rising to be faced by the conscious individual 
on the warrior path, or what Joseph Campbell would call "the heroes journey."

Kundalini is the great unknown, unknowable. Awakened people often dream of 
serpents, water and other archetypal symbolism: the language of the 
unconscious mind.  The surface of the sea represents the boundary between 
the conscious and unconscious mind, in dreams and mythology.

The Serpent is the most ancient symbol for the Earth. Science has 
discovered that people who do spiritual healing, go into a state where 
their body's energy field is matched with the Schumann resonance, the 
magnetic field of the earth itself. Dead planets, like Mars do not have a 
magnetic field. The source of the magnetic field of the Earth is the 
electrical charge of friction on the fiery crystal of super compressed iron 
spinning in the center of the earth, which we form a connection to with the 
essential practice of Grounding.

Along with health, the serpent is the symbol for rebirth, and immortality 
because it sheds its skin. A serpent with its tail in its mouth: the 
Ouroborus, is the symbol for the wheel of life, the turning of the seasons. 
It is a symbol for how life eats life, the food chain.

According to ancient texts, achievement of Kundalini awakening would to 
take years/lifetimes of spiritual work and meditation, but in these modern 
times, Kundalini awakening has become a worldwide phenomena. Many people 
are awakening spontaneously, without any preparation on how to handle what 
has been called the most powerful and potentially dangerous force in the 
universe. Those who experience spontaneously awakening often fear they are 
going insane. This fear may be falsly validated by psychiatic professionals 
who are unfamiliar with awakening phenomena. What Jungian psychiatrist Dr. 
Stanislav Grof calls "spiritual emergency."

Kundalini seeks to purify the body to become a temple of the Soul, the 
Divine. To accomplish this it works through the unconscious mind to resolve 
or release all the limiting beliefs of the mind, the fears, scars and 
emotional baggage of trauma held in the body. All the things that are 
holding you back from manifesting your Divine potential. In order to expand 
your consciousness, the barriers and fears of limiting beliefs must be 
dismantled gently as your karma dissolves.

Kundalini awakening can appear as madness, with visions, uncontrollable 
physical sensations and extravagant psychic phenomena. It isn't something 
to be forced, as trying to force the process is really a way of resisting 
the process, not trusting that the Infinite mind that guides the process, 
knows what it is doing without your interference.

People who seek awakening because they want power, give me a mental cartoon 
image of Wile E. Coyote and the ACME steamroller of unconditional love. As 
soon as you see him messing with it, you know he will end up squashed. 
Rolled out flat like a pie crust
 that's his karma.

Don't seek Kundalini awakening unless you are genuinely ready to turn your 
life over to the path of your Soul, because resisting the awakening process 
once it has started, causes the energy to push back harder in its efforts 
to clear a path for itself. It is infinite, you are not so who wins? Going 
to war with your Kundalini is a very bad idea.

  The best thing to do, is to learn to get out of the way and let Goddess 
get on with it. The best way to smooth the process is to trust in the 
Infinite Wisdom that guides it. Have faith, and surrender control. The 
river knows where it is going
 to merge with the sea.

The Kundalini is not something separate, outside of you, although it may 
seem that way to your mind. It is the greater Cosmic mind, that you are a 
part of. It is you, the part of you that is infinite, infinitely wise, 
unconditionally loving, and outside of time.

The ego seeks to place trust in what it knows: How do we define the 
infinite, unknowable that is our essential Self? It is like the wind, we 
cannot see it but we can feel it, and see its effects on our environment. 
We can observe the effects on the people who are experiencing awakening, 
and see commonalities throughout the world's religions and mythologies.

While there is very little scientific research on the effects of Kundalini, 
many benefits have been reported by experiencers:

Improved health. Kundalites find they catch colds and flu less often, and 
with less severity. Wounds and bruises heal more quickly. Old injuries may 
reappear, to be healed more completely a second time.
Increased intelligence. The Kundalini process can increase IQ scores by as 
much as 30%.
Greater personal fulfillment.
Increased peace and well being.
Improved interpersonal relationships.
Improved intuition, psychic abilities, synchronicity.
Expansion of consciousness.

While most religions make reference to this energy of spiritual awakening, 
it is the Sanskrit term *Kundalini*, and other Sanskrit terms describing 
this phenomena, which are the most descriptive and comprehensive, while 
remaining adaptable to most religious or spiritual paths. The Kundalini 
path is a Yoga, not a religion. It is a transformative process that occurs 
on all levels: body, mind and spirit.

The Christian version is the fiery descent of the Holy Spirit, which would 
be defined as a "top-down" awakening in terms of the chakras. Some people 
first experience a "Spiritual awakening" with paranormal experiences, and 
psychic powers. They may begin to be aware of energy and spirits as the 
higher chakras open and the energy makes its way down to the lower chakras. 
These awakenings tend to be more peaceful, but sometimes do not lead to 
waking the Kundalini serpents at the root chakra, at the base of the spine. 
It is the awakening of the Kundalini which integrates the spiritual 
experiences into the "Chop wood carry water" of normal daily life.

One seeks to first gently awaken the Fire Serpent (dormant 
spiritual/evolutionary energy), where it sleeps coiled three and one half 
times at the base of the spine (the root chakra, or Kundalini) and then 
induce it to uncoil inside oneself, releasing energy as it goes and opening 
the Chakras, until it's fiery head pokes out through the crown chakra, 
signifying enlightenment.

Thus, enlightened beings are often portrayed with a halo of light coming 
from the crown of the head. Self Realization comes later, when the 
Kundalini turns around and descends back into the body, bringing the 
non-dual insights of the crown, (Love is all that Is) down into your day to 
day physical life. Learning to see Divine perfection in where you are at, 
here and now in every moment of your life on this good earth.

This final integration of the body with the spiritual energy is sometimes 
called "Ascension" because Kundalini working its way back down through the 
chakras causes the body's vibration to rise. As the body's vibration 
increases it gets easier to see perfection because synchronicities make 
every day a lucky day. What begins as learning to surrender and "go with 
the flow" comes out the other side to live your daily life, surfing on a 
wave of spiritual energy that will carry you wherever your soul desires.

Chakras are like the organs of your spiritual/energy body.  There are 
thousands of chakras throughout the body, however most focus is given to 7 
major chakras that run in a line down the centre of the body, from crown to 
tail bone.  We have a rainbow of lights, within. Each of the chakras is 
associated with an aspect of being: The crown chakra is concerned with 
universal oneness, the relationship with the all.  Next is the third eye, 
which is associated with psychic perception, next, the throat chakra, which 
is concerned mostly with communication... and so on.  The root chakra, from 
whence the Kundalini Serpents rise, is associated with nature itself, with 
your connection to the planet and your life as a spiritual being in a human 
body.  It is associated with survival as a species and procreation, but 
also with the wisdom of the Earth, the instinctual wisdom of nature.

Many spontaneously awakened people wonder "Why me?" and "Why now?" then go 
on to make themselves some mythology of specialness or sin and second 
chances, or of Armageddon and saving the world. Let go of all of that, 
because those ideas are ego resistance in disguise.  Instead ask yourself, 
"Why not me?"  Goddess sees you as infinite and perfect, and in that realm, 
there is nothing but Now.

Gopi Krishna, among others, have attributed the increase in awakening to an 
evolutionary process of our consciousness expanding to balance the lethal 
potential of our technology. I don't like to give energy to such fears, 
they are resistance.

I find truth, in simplicity.  Most people awaken, because they asked for it 
somehow
 they may not have known that Kundalini would be the answer to that 
wish or prayer! So is life; even when we get what we desire, things do not 
turn out like we expect.  People often awaken through trauma of some kind, 
because it is when we are down that we are more likely to surrender, to 
wish for a higher power to intervene in our lives.