SAIEN

When we consider the ‘awakening of the Kundalini Shakti’ at the base of the spine, we frequently imagine some kind of dramatic experience, some palpable energy, some noticeable force operating and moving up through the experiential body. And in some cases, this actually does occur this way. For the most part, however, the awakening of the Yoga-Force is more subtle. As a chakra 'opens' it becomes receptive to energies that vibrate at the frequency that it is able to receive, similar to a radio receiver tuned to a specific channel. In some cases, the development of the energies occurs quite naturally as a process of maturation of the being. The individual simply grows into it. In other cases, there is some prod or impetus that touches something deep inside and awakens the individual to a new thought, a new emotion, a new energy, a new way of being. Then there are the dramatic instances where an individual undergoes some kind of intense, life-changing experience, possibly a near d

The other day as I read the following lines from Sri Aurobindo’s  Savitri , I felt such a deep relief. Or was it a release? For though a dress of blind and devious chance Is laid upon the work of all-wise Fate, Our acts interpret an omniscient Force That dwells in the compelling stuff of things, And nothing happens in the cosmic play But at its time and in its foreseen place.  (Book V, Canto I, p. 389) Our acts interpret an omniscient Force… nothing happens in the cosmic play, but at its time and in its foreseen place. To this day I find myself unable to express why that feeling came on so strongly after reading these lines. I had read these lines several times before. But this time the experience was different. Maybe the mind does not know the reason or maybe it does, but does it really matter? What matters is what was experienced, what was felt. Even if such experiences of release are for a few moments, perhaps their value lies in the way they leave their imprint drop by drop on our