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All life is evolving and man is no exception. Human evolution, the
evolution which we are undergoing relentlessly, both as individuals and
as a race, is a journey through the different chakras. Mooladhara is the
most basic, fundamental chakra from where we commence our evolution, and
sahasrara is where our evolution is completed. As we evolve towards
sahasrara, outer experiences come our way in life, and inner experiences
come to us in meditation, as different capacities and centers awaken
progressively within the nervous system. This occurs as energy flows at
higher voltages and rates of vibration through the different nadis in
the psychic body. Mooladhara is the first center in human incarnation,
but it is the highest chakra that animals have the capacity to awaken.
It is their sahasrara. The higher chakras beyond mooladhara are not
present in the psychic physiology of animals and their nervous systems
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Of course, when the shakti awakens suddenly in mooladhara, it cannot
rise immediately. It may wake up and sleep again many times. You know
how your children are in the morning; you have to wake them several
times because they keep going back to sleep. Kundaiini behaves in the
same way. Sometimes it even ascends to swadhisthana or manipura only to
return to mooladhara again to sleep. However, once the shakti goes
beyond manipura chakra there is no going back. Stagnation in a chakra
only occurs when there is an obstruction in sushumna or one of the
chakras. Kundalini can remain in one chakra for many years, or even for
a whole lifetime.
Sometimes, when kundalini gets blocked in a chakra during transit,
you begin to exhibit some of the siddhis or psychic powers associated
with that chakra. Then you may not have self-control and understanding
of the fact that you are only on the road. When one attains siddhis he
is tempted to display them. He may think he is using them for the good
of humanity, but this only feeds the ego and clouds him in a thick veil
of maya or ignorance, hindering his further progress.
So, before you commence the practices of kundalini yoga, you should
try to find out at which point your ascension will actually start. In
order to do this, the best method is to concentrate on mooladhara daily
for 15 to 30 minutes. Then swadhisthana for 15 days, manipura for 15
days and so on up to sahasrara. You will soon discover your point of
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