ShaktiMama

I was once led into a 4 day experience of Primordial Mind last fall. It was constant, minute by minute, second by second awareness that unfolded spontaneously once it was initiated. To gain insight into an experiential understanding of the body vehicle the ego is scrubbed clear, becoming a servant of the mind. This was beyond price. When my body realized the mind had released it, it began to yearn to become dust again. I understood that I could drop the body vehicle and step into the Eternal immediately because nothing matters. The grasping attachments of the ego had dissolved. "All we are is the result of what we have thought." Now it is all play.

Hypnosis of the cosmos? I have been a hypnotherapist since 2001. Did you know that the more intelligent you are the easier it is to be hypnotized? Only the unimaginative have difficulties being hypnotized. This is backed up by testing. The best coherent record is the evidence of a changed life. Your fear is not your own. The essence of your spirit is never afraid. Your perseverance, the ability to put one foot in front of the other on your path, is all that is necessary to begin to achieve what you seek.

Thank you. You know what makes things spiritual? You do! Things become spiritual when we make them spiritual. As Glenn used to say in class, "make your every day walk your meditation walk."

thanks. I had an amazing weekend training with a fantastic teacher. I had my own wonderful healing, clearing experience. I also had this initiation that is still transforming my inner landscape, both physically and energetically. The experience of it knocked me flat in amazement and I know it will be months before I can fully assimilate that. I would have to count these moments as peak experiences. As you say, what would people do if they knew what a human being was really capable of? People's minds and lives are so limited by their beliefs. Teachers especially need a good shake up once in awhile to keep from getting stagnant. It is good for energy flow. We were discussing where do the healers and teachers go when it is time for a tune up? The really good ones are not famous or very public because the truth is so harsh and unacceptable to the small ego. This makes these teachers not very mainstream. We talked a little shop amongst us and how frustrating it can be when students are so dense and lost in thoughts that are not their thoughts. We worked on marrying the Divine Heart with the Human heart so we regain the compassionate perspective. Out of enlightenment comes compassion. That's a good measure.

Lineage is huge. Recently I had decided to teach some ancient old school processes at the request of an advanced student. I was going to be in his part of the country so I sent the materials so he could download. He told me later that he reviewed on his own but felt ... Meh...this is nothing special. Then at our actual one on one he started to tear up and said I had no idea this was possible when it comes through a lineage. It comes alive.

I am out of town on my iPhone . It just ate my first response. This will be brief. There are no superpowers. This is my life for the last 20 years or so. I am not unique. I get attacked and ridiculed for this. Glenn would say never tell people what happens. I do. I get attacked. I stop talking for awhile. Time goes by and I step out for awhile until I get attacked again. I teach less and less.

All the time.

True and psychosis is an over used word.It is not as prevalent as the internet will make you think The first physicians who talked about Kundalini psychosis were Dr. Gabriel Cousens when he worked with Dr. Stanislav Grof at a kundalini clinic in Northern CA for the Spiritual Emergence Network. Cousens has now retracted that statement in his most recent book. It seems people think there are two extremes of process but it is two extremes. The wild, dramatic, painful is present as well as is smooth and quiet. No one thinks there is any experience in the middle zone. There are. It is really a continuum of experiences. I had wild, dramatic but not painful or even close to a neurotic personality disorder when mine awakened. People are a bit proud of being a kundalini gone bad poster child but like a car wreck those attract a lot of attention but I think that is not representative of a bell curve. I had done a lot of emotional body clearing prior to it awakening and that was probably a huge factor. K awakens spontaneously in a lot of people from trauma, drug abuse, PTSD, adrenaline surges, devotional practices, extreme happiness, extreme grief. These are the people I have most contact with. Our programs too offer a relatively calm awakening as well. We teach people to thrive in their practice. Major traditional spiritual cultures also have kundalini practices. The Bushmen use shaking and trance. Per Bradford Keeney, "there are no kundalini accidents in the Khalari." There is a high emphasis on community and shaking together. This, IMO, is very important. Support of a group is crucial.

Look under Glenn J. Morris's name. I didn't write them. They are from a different publishing house now. His wife took over the rights and she makes the decision on publications. S

This quote is from an article that Glenn wrote on our old website: probably circa 2004 The Grandmaster's Story By: Qigong Grandmaster Glenn Morris Ph.D. The story I would like to share is about the Kundalini Awakening I experienced in the summer of 1985. I had the entire summer off from teaching and decided I was going to deeply explore some Internal Qigong practices I had known for many years. I sat on my porch and practiced intensely in Meditation running energy along my Meridians for goals I wanted to attain in the martial arts. I was utilizing the Chinese system of acupuncture points and the Hindu chakra system. I also utilized classical Taoist breathing methods and addressed the Chakras individually. I practiced everyday for about six hours due to having so much free time that summer. After 45 days of practice I was having visions of Shiva and Kali, the legendary Hindu Gods. Later on I further experienced visual and auditory hallucinations as well as super human strength (breaking door handles from turning them too hard) , reversal of life long arthritis, occasional bouts of telepathy and other forms of unexplainable knowing. These experiences worked up to a peak one early morning when I saw a golden brown colored viper begin to slowly uncurl from my sacrum. As if it had a mind of its own, the serpent shot its way up through my spinal column in what felt like an eruption of FIRE. It culminated with a tremendous explosion of energy in my head and I was then thoroughly 'fried'. For the next few months, when I closed my eyes there was a constant barrage of lights. I later discovered that this was a Permanent Kundalini Awakening, and that is why it never went away even when I didn't practice for weeks. That energy had been released and there was no going back. I was forced to learn to live in harmony with it. After my body had fully rejuvenated and adapted to the increased voltage, I began to wonder why the 'Kundalini' experience was shrouded in myth and why I could not find a single person who had been through it themselves. I read countless books authored by people claiming to understand the Kundalini Experience and I came up empty handed. The only books I found by someone who really understood were written by Gopi Krishna and even with the help of his personal experiences, I did not fully understand what had happened to me. My only certainty was that it was a giant spiritual/biological evolutionary leap. After spending even more time with several Kundalini Yoga experts, not only did I come up empty handed again with no answers, but I found out that this process is "supposed to" take 20 -30 years of disciplined practice. Maybe that would explain why I could not find anyone who had done it. That is a long time for someone to persevere. Granted I was practicing a lot, but that did not explain why it happened within 45 days. I wanted to understand this process. I became fixated on testing and understanding. So I did what any respectable teacher would have done - I used my students as guinea pigs!! When the same methods I used were employed by my students, they had very similar results of "Kundalini Awakening" in anywhere from 2 months to 18 months time. I watched as one after another went through the process. No one had any of the problems often written about in the 'myths' of Kundalini. We were continually amazed at the 'Universality' of the process. Later we learned that Qigong provided certain safeguards that were keeping the process safe and efficient. It was a very experimental program in the beginning. As time progressed, I refined the system further to eliminate any unnecessary practices and honed in on what was actually producing the manifestation of Kundalini. It basically came down to opening the Base Chakra (Genitals) and then working up to the higher energy centers from there. Combine the chakra work with running energy along the spine & limbs, positive mind states, employing specific breathing methods, and practicing Testicular/ Ovarian Gong Fu and you have a complete composite of what I did and what I feel is the core essence of my practice. I honestly believe these to be the most potent Qigong practices in the world. Later I wrote 3 widely available books on the subject matter and many foreign students were Emailing me from around the world reporting similar experiences from doing the practices. I decided to refine my life's work into a system we later called the "Kundalini Awakening Process" . With the help of my Deshi, Jeff Primack, I created a highly organized program with a comprehensive workbook and home practice CD. The workshop is taught in a weekend seminar format. The process is learned in 2 days and practiced at home along with the CD we provide you with. The Level-1 Kundalini Awakening Process connects the sexual energy manufactured by the Genitals to the Master Glands of the Brain. If practiced for 30 minutes daily, using the Level-1 Home Practice CD, it will typically produce the Full Kundalini Awakening in around 6 to 18 months. Seasoned mediators and yoga practitioners will have much faster results sometimes within a few weeks, but really anyone can do this if they follow the instructions. The system is statistically proven to work and that's why it has a high success rate. Everything a person needs to attain the Full Kundalini Awakening is thoroughly gone over in the Level-1 training and it's all contained within the Training Manual and Home practice CD . See more about it in the 'Upcoming Events' page. The Level-2 Testicular/Ovarian Gong Fu takes the Level-1 practices of opening the Root Chakra and connecting the meridians and further expounds upon them. "Male Deer" exercises for keeping sexual energy at its peak are employed in the program along with the "Female Deer" exercises, which are used to stop the menstruation process and the subsequent loss of vital energy that accompanies it. In Chinese lore the Female Deer exercises are called 'Slaying the Red Dragon' for obvious reasons. It is a very natural and powerful practice that works easily and once practice is stopped, normal menstrual periods will return immediately. It also is a great form of birth control that you can turn on and off. Both the Male and Female Deer exercises were kept highly secret by the ruling families of ancient China. The Female Deer exercises work by tricking the body into thinking its 'lactating'. Taoist Sexual Qigong is also taught in Level -2 and can be practiced with or without a partner. These are the sexual practices of developing vital energy. Level -2 further activates the sexual energy of the Testicals/Ovaries, which has a direct impact on the Kundalini. A partner is not required, but it's more fun. My overall theory: The Kundalini is describable and repeatable. My scholarship has taught me that Kundalini is the most powerful accumulation of latent energy potential in the human body. It has played an integral part in religious mythology, yet after watching hundreds go through the Full Process, I feel its 'Awakening' is more of a biological process than a religious one. It can be experienced by any one of significant will and intelligence to do the work. About Dr. Morris In 1985, Dr. Morris endured the greater kan and li of nei shen gung fu, sometimes referred to as Kundalini and in 1986 was made a member of the Chinese National Institute of Chi Kung. In 1990, he achieved the rank of godan and shidoshi in bujinkan budo taijutsu at the Atlanta Tai Kai. In 1991 he was given the rank of rokudan and title of oshihan in nihon karatejutsu. In 1992, Dr. Morris was inducted into the World Martial Arts Hall Of Fame. In 1989, he was recognized by the government of South Africa as a master instructor of martial arts by their Wu Shu Federation while he was putting on demonstrations in Johannesburg. Dr. Morris has trained in Japan with Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi. In his own words, "Since I've studied a number of martial arts, traditional and modern, I tend to be eclectic in how I teach. One should be able to pick and choose in an art where they are comfortable. I see martial arts as both a philosophy of life as well as a collection of techniques for defending oneself. I include strategy, meditation, weapons, and viewpoint as well as energy channeling and the overt development of chi as part of the instruction in hoshinjutsu." EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 1991 Sc. D., Eurotechnical Research University. Statistical study on transpersonal and biological aspects of leadership based on godai and TCM. 1980 Ph. D., Wayne State University; Communication Rhetoric and Public Address, emphasis on organizational communication, industrial psychology and psychotherapy. 1973 M. A., Pennsylvania State University; Speech with emphasis in group dynamics and teacher training. 1968 B. A., Pennsylvania State University; General Arts and Science with emphasis in theatre and anthropology. 1985-1999 Continuing education courses for personal growth, professional seminars in humanistic psychology, bodywork, gestalt therapy, Rubenfeld Synergy, hypnotherapist certification, Chinese medicine, meditation and hypnosis, subtle energy medicine and NCTT. Achieved kudan and oshihan master level rankings in favored martial arts. MARTIAL ARTS RANKS & TITLES Present Soke (Head of Lineage) Hoshinroshiryu Member World Head of Family Sokeship Council since 1992 Elected to Grandmaster of Year (Combat Arts) 1996 Elected to WHFSC Hall of Fame 1996, and Grandmaster of Year (Southwest Region)1997 2000 Soke of the Millenium 1999 Kudan (9th dan) Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu 1993 Hachidan (8th dan) Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu 1992 Hanshi European Samurai Jujitsu 1991 Oshihan (Major Master) Bunbu Ichi Zendo Budo Bugei Remmei 1991 Rokudan (6th dan) Nihon Karate Jujutsu 1990 Godan (5th dan) Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu (Togakure Ryu Ninpo) jiki-deshi of Masaaki Hatsumi-soke 1990 Kyoshi (knight) Yi Tsung Fighting Society 1985 Kundalini process began 1985 Sifu (teacher) Taotien Wei Shen Chi Kung 1965 Shodan (1st dan black belt) Nihon Karate Jujutsu 1955 First jujutsu lesson from cousin, Master Sergeant Bobby Briggs.

"My overall theory: The Kundalini is describable and repeatable. My scholarship has taught me that Kundalini is the most powerful accumulation of latent energy potential in the human body. It has played an integral part in religious mythology, yet after watching hundreds go through the Full Process, I feel its 'Awakening' is more of a biological process than a religious one. It can be experienced by any one of significant will and intelligence to do the work."- Dr. Glenn Morris

No one taught me. It was a manifestation of my spontaneous kundalini awakening years ago. It is a by product of the process. In my conversations with other spontaneous awakeners this is not uncommon. It starts from within without having to do any external physical motions or processes to initiate it. There was a period of my life it was so strong before I learned to modulate it that it used to cause the saliva in my throat to fizz and hiss. I also had a couple of fillings become loose and one fell out as it hummed up my spine into my body and head. It is a very, very fine humming vibration. Like Seth, if I enlarge it I can seriously become dysfunctional due to the enormous amounts of bliss running through my body. My students will sometimes point out to me this almost imperceptible swaying or rocking I do all the time. It is not under the control of the mind. It is a natural state of the mature kundalini practitioner. As I mentioned befoe, touching me some people describe the subtle feeling of fountains of champagne bubbles rising up out of my skin. I believe this is the side effect of this fine, discreet vibration. I wanted to add that to watch me there is an almost imperceptible pattern to see of moving. My head sometimes moves back and forth, Santi calls it the kundalini "yes and noes." There are spiral movements of energy in my head at all times. When the energy is really flowing my head movement becomes more pronounced. There are spiral patterns of movement in my body all the time. There are spirial/circles within spiral circles/patterns. There may be more than figure eight loops. Sometimes the energy has three loops to it. They interact with each other, they nest within each other. They manifest in all directional planes in my body. There is spiraling, circling (orbiting) motion happening at the cell level as well as largley in all four directions in a 2d and 3d plane. These orbits connect with plants, persons, things, planets, etc.

love you, snowmonki been busy, always learning, studying, practicing new stuff. it just depends on the questions asked, ya know. hopefully I will get to Bapak's neighborhood to teach with Santi this October and then we can see the posse again.

Yes, boatloads. But Western Science has not taken much of an interest in measuring phenomenon like this. For some reason "we" over on this side of the Pacific don't value much the scientific work that China has done on the phenomenon of chi. There is at least one university that I know of in China that is for training medical qigong doctors. I can't remember if it was on this forum or another were there was a thread about using a Faraday cage for epxerinments on chi. What impressed me about Dr. Jerry Alan Johnson is how voluminous are his biblios with chinese research about chi. He talked about those instruments. In the US, nursing research on the PhD level has done energy healing studies. This is one of the reasons I thought to attend the University of Colorado. Golden, CO, where ISSSEEM is located is about a half hour from me. Been wanting to go over their for years but never was able to. The most I could do was become an acquaintance with their CEO. Dr. Glenn Morris used to be a member. Glenn did his PhD research on designing an executive behavioral measuring tool based on the chakras. He never used the word chakras, etc in his dissertation for Organizational Psych. But, all the behaviors associated with each chakra were built into the tool. It was accurate for me when he gave it to me and those whom I observed him administer it too. I forgot which university he got his PhD degree but I imagine it is part of that university's public record. One of the easiest experiments one can do on chi is on living growing things. Have plant seedlings that receives chi treatments every day and controls that do not.

Yes. I continually vibrate internally. I can turn up the amplitude at will but to do so soon incapacitates me in a state of bliss so I keep it dialed down. I have caused houses to shake, even with long distance intent. It only lasts for a few seconds. I also often cause other people around me to shake and vibrate for a few minutes. I don't use any intention to do so. They just start spontaneously. It's great that you have taught yourself how to do this. This will open doors to other awareness.

Hi TI, I can help him smooth out his flow if he allows it. I invited him to join the Kundalini Support Group over at yahoogroups. That way he can get the benefit of being with a group of people, some whom for years, who are working on the same things and have come out on the other side and are thriving. I don't know if it would heal all his problems but it can help. I have come to prefer doing hands on work lately than doing it long distance. No picture required. I pretty much only do group shaktipats or dual shaktipat with Santiago Dobles on skype or in person anymore. I am pretty busy IRL so I maybe only teach trainings a couple times of year now. I have been on vacation and was able to spend a little time on the TBs but that time is starting to disappear. We are hoping to go back to London, UK in October and teach in Ilsford. Occasionally I hold Shaktipat meditations at my home. But I live in Denver. I probably will be doing one in the next month or so. I might open it up to online participants too.

My whole approach to practice is bringing scientific tangibility to the subjectivity. Unfortunately, science has yet to create the instruments that are available to do this. One organization is working to change that: http://www.issseem.org/

When I was studying with Dr. David Quigley, a transpersonal Alchemical hypnotherapist, he had a process where we would put people into trance and have the body remember the traumatic energy. So if you had been in a car accident we would direct the body to go through the same motions slowly that had happened in 5 seconds. It was very healing and a lot of times people would be healed from the trauma of the accident. There is something about letting the body wisdom take over and directing it's own healing. Unfortunately, our bodies are seen as enemies in modern culture. http://www.alchemyinstitute.com/somatic.htm

I always vibrate from very very fine motions(feels like a sonic sound vibration) on up to larger motions like rocking. I love doing both. I concentrate into the marrow of my bones and feel the vibration of the energy within. It is a fine vibration of bliss. The more I bring my attention to it the more the vibration will spread throughout my whole body. I can bring up the vibration to a larger rocking rocking motion and back down again. I prefer rocking to shaking. Vibration is my natural state. It is always going on at a cellular level. It is characterized by a feeling of joy and bliss as well as the vibration. Energy is always humming through my body. Some put their hands on my body and describe it as feeling fine champagne bubbles running through their fingers. They also describe that at times when I give a physical transmission of energy or when they talk to me on the phone or skype.

Love spiralling. Most of my personal cultivation practice involves spiralling. Genders spiral in different directions. Do what the body wants. Internally I can see figure eight, infinity type, spirals happening in different planes and dimensions. Spirals within spirals. Spirals with celestial bodies, plants, other people. Woo hoo. Some call it secrets I call it play. S

You are absolutely correct. Go to the wailing wall in Jerusalem and you will see the faithful davining. Davin da it is called. When muslims and sufis chant and pray that also bend at the waist and rock up and down. This motion causes pumping of the energy at the pelvis and ming men. It pumps the energy up the spine and out the crown and thru the body. It is a way to connect and develop spiritually. It calms the mind and body Shaking is also naturally inherent in the young but what do our cultures do? Sit down, sit still!!!! Don't move! Stop fidgeting!!! Shut up! I used to teach in my classes a non traditional form of shaking. I would put on a great rhythmic danceable song and have people dance their hearts out. Then I would tell them to stand still and shut their eyes. Then I would take on a parental role and start yelling at them, "Stop it! Stop Shaking! Stop fidgeting!. Be quiet! Stop Moving. How many times do I need to tell you....etc..." Some people would start crying because of a loss of joy they were feeling by having to shut down the shaking and dancing. Then I would have them dance and shake again. The body likes to shake. It cultivates energy. We must encourage it to promote optimum health no matter what tradition we have to use. Energy, chi, kundalini, are cross cultural, world wide natural phenomenon present in all human beings. No one tradition, faith, practice has a premium or possession of it. Learn more than one for maximum benefit. For some personal experimentation. Sit on a zafu cushion and keep bending at the waist back and forth in a rocking motion. See how fast you can go. Then try slow. Alternate rhythms. See if the body doesnt choose on it's own a natural rhythm and speed to do so. Watch what your hands might want to do. Then try it standing up. Be aware of internal changes in your energy flow and the states of your mind and heart. Rocking and shaking can be life changing. Add music of your choice if you like. Experiment. You can also sit in a chair. Sit on the edge. For men your package should be off the chair. The knees should be positioned over the the ankles. like doing sitting qi gong in a chair. Then start the rocking. With sifu jenny's instruction/tradition, one lifts the heels off the ground to promote and activate shaking. So either try the rocking and/or the shaking this way. I used to do this for hours.

To hurt your feelings was not my intent. My apologies if I have done so.

I like this video. Coming from my perspective I would say this chi gong practice is shamanic. One has to be a real chi beast to have this kind of effect on people. I think it was Michael Lomax who said in this forum or it was in his book, A Light Worker's Guide to High Level Energy Healing, that it takes at least 8 hours of daily chi kung practice for the healer to build up his/her internal chi to be truly effective as a healer. I wouldn't disagree with him. I think they are more compatible than different. The higher practices start to look very similar among different traditions after awhile. The wrapping or packaging around them can be very different. I have seen a high level worker just talk to the body and the body makes it's own adjustments and changes for it has it's own intelligence. I am experimenting and practicing with this right now on myself. Sifu Dan Ferrera is a real chi beast because he teaches qigong daily and is a healer with an active healing practice. Santiago Dobles is an animal about training and his chi output shows it. Me, not so much into training heavy. I prefer to just touch someone and let the energy flow and do what it wants. It's very soft and gentle. We see similar expressions in kundalini awakening but we more commonly call them kriyas in our little group. The pressure cooker is a good analogy. My similar analogy is like leaving a rubber garden hose out in the sun. It becomes cracked and stiff, maybe filled with deposits over time not unlike how our energy channels become as we grow up from childhood. When we turn on high pressure water through the hose it will whip about wildly. The same happens when energy starts slamming into narrow channels. This is why the caveat of three years of practice came about. It takes about three years to prepare the channels for high velocity, high intensity energy flow per the Chinese and Yogic models. Schools vary on diet, lifestyle requirements etc. We don't want a 1 inch diameter pipe carrying flow that was meant to carry 3 inch diameter flow. Glenn Morris's horrific experience with kundalini awakening and many others who have spontaneous awakenings are due to this phenomenon of flow in the body. This is why we teach the Secret Smile and Microcosmic Orbit and a couple of other practices as foundational for k awakening. Combined this helps to get the "crusties" out of the energy pipes to prepare for high velocity energy flow. I learned in my medical qigong training that this spontaneous shaking can be stilled by intent. It can really tire out the body in some people. I find the kundalini shaking is much more difficult to quiet than the chi shaking. Kundalini flow can be very very very hot. People can actually have physical burns. Like an electrical wire where the current meets resistance, kundalini meets resistance in our energy channels and this causes the heat that is felt. Specific practices can smooth this process out and we teach those things in our classes.

I agree. Once knew someone a few years back who was having chest pain. People kept telling him he was having a heart chakra opening. Not true. He had a heart attack and died. Get the physical, organic stuff ruled out first. Then ask your teacher. speaking as a registered nurse who was for years worked on heart floors in the hospital, Susan

Never said it was mystical. Your assumptions again. I was going to study at the University of Colorado, in vitro research on the role of a specific gas that vasodilates the capillaries in response to chi transfer. It would involve blood draws before and after treatment. As in, does chi treatment cause a specific chemical to be released in the body that helps speed healing by vasodilating the capillaries to increase vital nutrient to facilitate repair. These are the type of scientific inquiries, experiments that will validate what people think are just metaphysical concepts. A truism in medical qigong school, chi follows blood, blood follows chi. I spent a year training in Dr. Jerry Alan Johnson's program before deciding I didn't want to be a medical qigong doctor. Get his textbooks and read for yourself. Do your research. He has incredible bibliographies on the science behind chi. Why are you insisting on this metaphysical bias of yours? Why are you assuming that what I am talking about is mystical when your data sounds questionable? Ambient skin temp runs about 92-94 degrees. Don't know how you are testing but an infra red laser measuring tool that you can buy on Amazon for 15 bucks is the way to go. That's what I use. Raising your surface skin temp abve 100 degrees means you are probably running an internal temp of 104-105, seizure and coma territory because you are at the point of cooking your brain. Have you checked your measuring instruments for accuracy? Maybe you mean an internal temp of 100 degrees. That is more plausible with what is known in phyiology. What are you trying to prove? On one hand you decry mysticism and the next you talk about internal alchemy? I will not continue in conversation with you if you continue to insult me.