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[Miss Hepburn]

Originally Posted by NoOne

... mixing of pantheons and unique approach to syncretism.

What does this mean exactly...I've been around and am unfamiliar ..
I can't imagine what a new person surfing here would think this could mean, either.

[NoOne]

Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn

What does this mean exactly...I've been around and am unfamiliar ..
I can't imagine what a new person surfing here would think this could mean, either.

Hi MH,

These are terms used by religious scholars or students of religion in general.

A pantheon is a collection of gods, deities, other supernatural beings and sometimes even saints and prophets that are particular to a religion. Syncretism is when they are mixed, borrowed, influenced by each other, confused with each, other, replaced, etc...

So for instance, when the Greeks invaded India, they found that the Hindus were already worshipping some of the same Indo-European gods they were, so they assumed that Surya would be the same god as Helios (both are Sun Gods), Zeus as Indra (etc...). Polytheists have a tendency to syncretise deities, which you can see for instance with Buddha, who was adopted by the Hindus and declared to be one Vishnu's avatars. This also works the other way round and gods and goddesses often undergo change as they move from once culture to the other. They may change appearances and names, but the core identity, the role, the iconography around that deity might stay the same, with the idea being that forces of nature, which gods often represent, will be the same globally, so there is no difference between the Sun God of Egypt or the Sun God of Sumer for instance.

This is the view I take, but a lot of purists, especially hard polytheists are allergic to that and criticise me quite harshly for my views, especially the way I link together all the major religions in the world and try to find the commonalities between them. This is very much a no-no amongst hard polytheists and scholars, it is considered a new age fad or pseudo-scholarship, extremely unsound and unscientific.

Just blasted by your energy behind the words Chris.
Than you for sharing.

Antoine

Originally Posted by Guillaume

And so my question would be: once you have your Kundalini awakened, are there specific "maintenance" practices to keep your energy high? How do you "control" that the energy is still flowing?

Hello Guillaume,

Answering here for NoOne, but I am certain he will also give you a description of his experience in relation to your question.

There is no practice or control (those two only maintain an ego or observer, no matter how subtle it is) to keep kundalini energy high once it is awakened. It is just a matter for the subject/observer to learn to completely let go to the conscious movement of Prana that has a form of consciousness in Shakti.

The more one lets go, the more Prana and the observer will dissolve in what is called Shiva.
At the point where there is no more distinction between Shakti and Shiva, One is Brahman or in pure Samadhi.
Hope it answers your question.
Of course Shakti/Shiva/Brahman are simple words here to express what cannot be expressed into words.

Regards,

Antoine

[NoOne]

Hi Antoine, thanks,

You know what, I actually enjoyed watching myself back, I can feel the energy coming through as well...
How weird is that?
I guess that is just the power behind Shakti, she is always amazing and never ceases to surprise me.
I agree with what you wrote about Shiva / Shakti / Brahman
Very well put!

[Miss Hepburn]

Originally Posted by NoOne

Hi MH,
These are terms used by religious scholars or students of religion in general.
A pantheon is a collection of gods, deities, other supernatural beings and sometimes even saints and prophets that are particular to a religion. Syncretism is when they are mixed, borrowed, influenced by each other, confused with each, other, replaced, etc...

That was some explanation! I only know the Pantheon in Rome.
But this explains it so well! Thank you! :)
(I am no religion student.)

Originally Posted by NoOne

You know what, I actually enjoyed watching myself back, I can feel the energy coming through as well...
How weird is that?

It is as weird as feeling that you will have a burst of energy in the future, then having it when that future becomes Now. The gates of Time seems to open to an eternal Now.

Originally Posted by NoOne

I agree with what you wrote about Shiva / Shakti / Brahman
Very well put!

Thank you Chris,

Just wanted to add for the readers of this tread. Some may think, that kundalini stops at one point. It is just that prana becomes more and more subtle as the knots in the body clear themselves. One simply needs to go even deeper into 'who' is letting go to follow the movement of this more subtle prana with consciousness.

Take care!

Antoine

[Guillaume]

Originally Posted by Legrand

The more one lets go, the more Prana and the observer will dissolve in what is called Shiva.
At the point where there is no more distinction between Shakti and Shiva, One is Brahman or in pure Samadhi.
Hope it answers your question.

Thanks Antoine, sure it does.

[Guillaume]

While surfing on sites, I stumbled upon mudras, this one for example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khecar%C4%AB_mudr%C4%81

It seems to seal the kundalini or bindu energies in the head.
Has anyone tried?

Originally Posted by Guillaume

It seems to seal the kundalini or bindu energies in the head.
Has anyone tried?

It also allows the ambrosia to flow down into the body. Some here may want to share about it as I know many here as lived this experience.

But I must say that I do not go with all this gymnastic with the tongue to achieve such a transfer between levels of being.

Edit:

Your question Guillaume brings out another important one. IMHO.

In Taoism the microcosmic orbit, having a back vessel and a front vessel, brings the necessity to make contact between those two vessel with the tongue.



The same goes with some schools of India that have a front vessel and a back one; Arohan and Awarohan.

But it is my experience that with the Kundalini awakening by itself all comes to pass by Sushuma, would it be going up or down. The Sushuma can be as thin as a spider tread or as wide as the physical body, but mainly passes inside the spine. There is not such an importance in the tongue in closing the circle anymore. There is a straight line.

At least this is my personal experience of when my Kundalini awakened by itself. I was praticing Kung Fu in the Wing Chun style then, and strengthening the microcosmic orbit was part of that practice. But when my Kundalini started I had to stop practising Kung Fu because the prana wanting to go up in a straight line and come out by the crown chakra was creating an interference with the will needed to circle the Chi in the microcosmic orbit in a closed circuit.

This is my experience, but cannot say it is the same for all whose Kundalini awakes buy itself.

Antoine