What is Kundalini?

gigpdo wrote:Then you should not of replied and my post would of faded away,I answered a question about the kundalini in the kundalini thread,it must interest some folk here,where do you suggest I post,what is you're field of expertise, or of interest!
I just did not realise I was not allowed to post there,in the kundalini thread that is,I joined to enjoy reading others ideas about life and esoterica!

gigpdo wrote:Then you should not of replied and my post would of faded away,I answered a question about the kundalini in the kundalini thread,it must interest some folk here,where do you suggest I post,what is you're field of expertise, or of interest!
I just did not realise I was not allowed to post there,in the kundalini thread that is,I joined to enjoy reading others ideas about life and esoterica!

Blueanchor wrote:

gigpdo wrote:Then you should not of replied and my post would of faded away,I answered a question about the kundalini in the kundalini thread,it must interest some folk here,where do you suggest I post,what is you're field of expertise, or of interest!
I just did not realise I was not allowed to post there,in the kundalini thread that is,I joined to enjoy reading others ideas about life and esoterica!

I dont mind where you post or what you post, I was just saying that the generalisations you made about people here werent really relevant to the people that are here now. 

I originally replied to your post on this thread because I agreed with your view, lol perhaps youre looking for people to disagree.

I dont have an area of expertise except for my own life and experiences. I dont believe in advancement that goes in straight lines or experts really. We are all experts in ourselves surely.

gigpdo wrote:

Why would I be looking for people to disagree?your words not mine,I wrote a post in a thread,I never really expected anyone to answer it,unless they  agreed with it and said so,yes I agree with it,or they disagreed with it,its an opinion,that's it,my opinion not a fact of law,but an opinion,just like anyone else's opinion,everything here is an opinion,nothing here is concrete,its just different folk with different ideas about life,and,I suppose death and the gap in between.

gigpdo wrote:Hello,
Its only an opinion,but how many folk have lived their lives honestly,decently,ethically and morally and had a happy and productive existence!
Never knowing anything about kundalini or chakra's,and if Christian only reading about really esoteric things in the bible,including death,which occurs when "the silver cord is severed,and the golden bowl shattered"

We do not need to know about kundalini or the chakra's to live,but when you are ready to know you will,and you never ever forget it,but being a good person,helping your neighbours,being kind and charitable,these things lead to the serpent fire awakening and rising,I am a big fan of leaving what you don't understand well alone,trying to open the brow chakra "third eye" is not really a good idea,it gives you certain abilities,but not what you think,some folk don't even know its happened,its so subtle,or it can be if unready an horrendous experience!

Its only my opinion,its not a given fact,but just an opinion born of personal experience and lots of living,hard living,work hard and party hard,but somewhere in between all that were short glimpses of the "brahmic splendour",another world beyond this one,a world beyond our comprehension, a world that we will all experience, but,not in this lifetime in my opinion,belonging to a forum like this one and others like it makes us think we are different to other folk,but that is the big illusion,we think that,and that's the ego for you!
But are the members here really more spiritually aware,or advanced than the person who serves your food in a shop,or the most important person in the world,the man who picks up our garbage so that we enjoy a healthy environment to live in?
It is so very hard for folk like us,seekers trying to find some place to fit in, trying to explain to another person who lives for let's say,sport,or looking glamorous all the time,and thinking that that is "it",and it is "it",the big illusion!

gigpdo wrote:The big illusion covers the whole world,not just this forum,I am part of the big illusion, I have been trying to work it out since I was 17,that's 47 years,and I am still trying to work it out,glamour for instance,who here on this forum,females especially worry about the way they look,not to themselves but to others!
I wake up and clean my teeth and have a quick wash,it takes 5 minutes and I'm done for the day,that's the problem people try to please others before even accepting self,that is an illusion,it takes me 5 minutes to get ready to go to the local shops,how long does it take you?
30 minutes,an hour because you worry what others may think of you?
Its true,we live in a world that dictates how we must look to be accepted,that's an illusion in your own mind,as long as you are personally clean,hygiene wise,and your clothes are reasonably clean,they can be shabby buy reasonably clean,then if you are content with your self then you have overcome the illusion of glamour.
Need two houses,or two or three cars,how about 20 to 50 pairs of shoes?
Well that's exactly what illusion is!

gigpdo wrote:I do not have any spiritual leanings,I have a very fine and astute intuition,I have a mind that sees through falseness,I have a mind so well tuned to my own self that I realise what I am,nothing,I am nothing but a thought,an idea created by something somewhere,and left to my own devices to work out the bits that are missing,we all are,that's why this forum exists,because you don't know but think you do,same as me,once we work out what motivates us to be who we are,which is ego,or me/mine or "I" then and only then do we progress.
Do you watch soaps on TV,or reality TV shows or maybe Ellen or Oprah,do you?
Well if you do then you are on a different path to me,but I suppose spirituality to me if I had to define it would be a bit like the three wise monkeys,hear no evil,speak no evil and see no evil!
That may seem like a simple silly thing to say,but in reality,it would stop all wars,disagreements and arguments,world peace!
You may disagree,but the simplest things/sayings are more profound than a complicated discourse that only Albert Einstein would comprehend,that's alright if we all thought like Einstein but we don't,we are all struggling like fish out of water just to get through our lives,we know nothing,absolutely nothing,we are guessing for the most part,just like little kiddies in kindergarten,we know nothing,and if we want to learn and know something we will not find it by using Google to find the answers to life's questions,like my mate Mr G says,one must go to Philadelphia,after Philadelphia all roads are the same!
There is an awful lot of truth in that,all the answers to all your questions can be found once you reach Philadelphia!

gigpdo wrote:Echart Tolle in my opinion could of been a great man,he isn't,why,and this is only my opinion,not a put down of the man but my objective view.
There is no such thing as "the now",its impossible for "the now" to exist,only past ,present and future are relevant,in the time it takes me to first think,so the speed of thought,to transfer that thought to my finger to type "the now",well the now has past,its gone before I could finish typing it,sadly Tolle hit upon a brilliant marketing tool that has made him a very,very rich man,all because he understood the power of the internet and the how to convince folk like us that "the now" is something we all must have?,at a price?

He found a niche market for something that is free,he is very smart and clever,he is selling folk something that we already have,but he stumbled upon it by sheer accident,he tells you that himself,but has he used his accidental knowledge wisely?,No,he decided to profit from it.

I signed up to his "free" website,I was bombarded with emails offering his great knowledge for a fee,I had trouble unsubscribing,could of been my cheap 7" tablet or my lack of finesse as a PC operator,more than likely he had no personal knowledge because he has business managers,probably from Harvard,but that's what money does to some folk,they go deaf and blind,like blinkered racehorses,only see in one direction.

I was really hoping Eckhart Tolle would shine a new light on this sad world of ours,he didn't,he could of helped so many folk find the salvation they so earnestly seek,from websites just like this one,so many folk looking for answers to a monumental amount of questions,all serious seekers, all looking for that "something" that will change their lives and souls for the better,its already in us,its in front of our faces,but we don't see it because its not what we think it is,its too easy and simple to see,why can't we find it? Why! Eckart Tolle found it,why can't you an I find it,what did he stumble upon?
Don't say "the now" its impossible to exist,its over before your finger hits the keys on your PC,but I do know that he is a brilliant marketer,absolutely brilliant.

If you want to know the big deal about Philadelphia then look in the book of Revelation,you will find it there,the seven letters to the seven churches of Asia written by St John the Divine,or John of Zebedee, Christs closest disciple,written after the crucifixion, read it very carefully,all the answers you need are there,Philadelphia,the city of brotherly love,written over 2000 years ago!

gigpdo wrote:Sorry I am not as brilliant as you,this great blinding light of spirituality,who thinks empathy is a pshycic gift?
Its not,everything written by Tolle I have in books written in the 19th century but re edited and changed around by him,its not plaigerism per se, because the copyright only lasts I think 70 years,Tolle copied others work and then rearranged it to suit his marketing/internet skills,his teachings are old hat,available to anyone to find by proper research,nothing Tolle says is new,there is no now,now was a millionth of a second ago,like I said he has a good marketing team,and I have read the book you mention,everything in it,the whole content I have read before,its already inprint,look for it,seek and ye shall find!
And again,empathy is not a psyhcic gift,that would be like charging someone to be a light worker,or to read the akashic record of another for a fee,first you have to know where to find it,and its not where you think it is,lol.

gigpdo wrote:Empaths are born,not taught,its not a psychic phenomena,an empath as you describe it is wrong,empaths feel,there is no midddle ground being an empath,you cant learñ empathy,its a way of life from birth,you are born different to others,empaths are very poor,own very little,why,because they cannot stand suffering in other human beings,its intolerable to see others not eat,you have mistaken empathy for feeling sorry for someone less fortunate than you,being an empath is like living a nightmare 24/7 and 365 days a year for your whole lifespan,even on your deathbed an empath would worry about the person in the next bed,not themselves.
And that signature of yours is useless,it looks good,and sounds good and is a good quote from the man who taught the Mahatma about civil disobedience,and later Dr King,but your quote is quite useless to a blindman!
Instead of quoting Walden, or its proper title ( Life in the Woods ) you should pull a quote from his earlier essays!
Maybe from "The Rights and Duties of the Individual in Relation to Government",later to be published as "Civil Disobedience",he wrote this after being jailed for refusing to pay a poll tax,this was in protest against the government's support of slavery,and,the war in Mexico.
Your Thoreau signature quote would not make a blindman happy!
Why not make your signature another more meaningful Thoreau quote like, "Most of the luxuries,and many of the so called comforts of life,are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind"

I have been, and always will be until death, an avid pupil of Thoreau and Whitman for that matter,and a few others you have more than likely never heard of!
In fact I doubt you own a copy of Walden or the Leaves,in fact I think you are like a lot of others,and what's that?,well Google masters!
At this present moment I have 6 or 7 books on my tiny coffee table,all open on different pages,just to answer your post!
That my friend is called getting my facts right before committing myself to type!

Never mind. 

gigpdo wrote:I answered Rainbow's question,and in good faith,why because the answers posted were of no help to her/him,why were they of no help,because the posters knew as much about the kundalini as Rainbow,nothing, but as per usual on all forums some longer term members take offence at newcomers maybe having a different viewpoint to them!,that is the ego working,whether you like me saying that or not its true,ego stops a persons progress,ego makes people think they are greater than their neighbour,ego is what has to be controlled,ego is your best friend and worst enemy all at once,your ego keeps you relatively safe,its like a cotton wool cocoon,armour plated too,but it has faults in that protective outer armour plated sheath,the main fault is fear,it allows fear to creep in,you don't live "in the now",you live in fear of the future,of tomorrow or next week,or anytime in the future,and me,I go with whatever comes my way,whatever happens to me the physical happens,the spiritual takes care of itself in the background,I cannot control what happens to me,physically or spiritually, I cannot control something that I don't understand!
As for Philadelphia, well you can read about it all you like,but you most probably will not understand it,you could get lucky if you Google hard,but if you do realise what it means you got lucky like Eckhart Tolle.
And if you do work it out,then your whole point of view will change for the better,if you really think you are good at picking falseness in people,then this will really open your eyes and your mind!