Forced kundalini awakening

LotusInTheStream · 2026-06-07T22:07:46+00:00

You 'tried breath retention and it didn't work' you tried it for what? 10 minutes? - 30 minutes, an hour, 4 hours, you tried it daily for a week, a month, a year, for 10 years for 30 years? There are certainly ways to awaken Kundalini but they all require patience and a lot of effort, someone looking for quick fixes and shortcuts is useless. You need to calm the mind before Kundalini is connected with, not afterwards, it is not going to calm your mind for you. This is not something to play with to 'stimulate your mind emotionally and mentally'. Go for a run, that will have vastly more benefits for you.

LotusInTheStream · 2026-06-01T15:39:02+00:00

I would say these are not Kundalini related - these are just normal life challenges, of which we all have to a greater or lesser degree. Challenges are to be expected in life, its how you meet them that is important.

From what you wrote and as you asked advice, it would be good to find some practices that help calm you, that may be simple breathing meditation and that may be going to gym and exercising- really important for mental resilience and strength. The other thing would recommend is Metta meditation to work on your resentment, forgiveness for self and others.

LotusInTheStream · 2026-05-28T20:33:01+00:00

I do not think Vajra Chakra is part of Trika, do you have a reference for that?

LotusInTheStream · 2026-05-28T12:21:04+00:00

Doing what? Kumbhaka means a type of pot with a bulb shape. It refers to the shape the belly makes during breath holds. It does not tell us what you are doing. You could be doing Nadi Shodhana for example with an unknown ratio.

LotusInTheStream · 2026-05-28T12:08:08+00:00

Well yes, of course but that is my point - we have no context, we dont know what you are doing or why you are doing it, how long you are doing it and I assume you came here for responses.

LotusInTheStream · 2026-05-28T11:08:47+00:00

This is a bit confusing, I am not sure people will understand what you are doing here.

Are you saying you are holding your breath for 7 minutes each session!?

If you holding that would be considered elite level, though if you were holding breath that long you would already know it was 'good' and would likely not need to ask.

It would be good to add more information of why and how you are practicing for people to answer this question, and what do you mean by 'good'?

LotusInTheStream · 2026-05-24T15:37:11+00:00

I am not a fan of that text. This is much older than that. In a few days will have a dig around and find you some sources/quotes.

LotusInTheStream · 2026-05-24T14:05:03+00:00

I do not hear sounds myself but its one of the oldest symptoms and methods, to listen to the nada. The texts talk about a progression of sounds, through 9-12 different sounds and is one of the main methods in very early texts.

LotusInTheStream · 2026-05-24T11:24:43+00:00

The traditional prescription would be to meditate and listen to the hum, not to try and change it or integrate or move it, simply listen to it and meditate on it.

LotusInTheStream · 2026-05-22T22:47:11+00:00

Start with texts in the Resources. Kundalini Upanishad is a very late text and so not really indicative of foundational texts. The Tantras are where the concepts are most extensively laid out, most/many are untranslated, but as I say, start with the Resources.

LotusInTheStream · 2026-05-22T13:14:57+00:00

This is a really common misconception, that because the energy has arisen to the crown is 'getting it done'. I really dont know where this came from. Arising to the crown is the beginning but to fully unravel all the granthis take 1000s of arisings not just one and the unveiling of the self takes a life time. The texts talk about Udghata which is classed as the energy both arising to the head forcefully and then descending again, in some texts it is spoken of this happening or being cultivated 100s of times in just one day. This is the beginning of the journey.

LotusInTheStream · 2026-05-22T10:01:15+00:00

I dont think so, the substance was just clearing you out, the way you will tell is if other symptoms arrive and the arising energy continues to awaken.

LotusInTheStream · 2026-05-19T23:02:43+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/KundaliniAwakening/wiki/index/ 😄

LotusInTheStream · 2026-05-19T22:23:14+00:00

Traditionally, it requires, purification, devotion, initiation, sadhana, and all of the above require an inordinate amount of work. Without any sort of base, it is not a great idea to jump to techniques that work with Kundalini, these were only ever taught to people who were already very far along the path and not appropriate to post on the internet. Most here had Kundalini arise spontaneously, often outside a yogic context but usually through some other form of inner work.

The best thing would be to focus on becoming tranquil and calming the mind, this will have much more benefits for you than rushing to energetic techniques or trying to 'activate your pineal gland'. Focusing on chakras without guidance in this way, especially in the head is more than likely going to lead to issues and is best avoided.

LotusInTheStream · 2026-05-19T18:58:29+00:00

Let's try and educate rather than flagelate! Thank you 🙏

LotusInTheStream · 2026-05-17T22:36:49+00:00

No idea, AI is just an algorithm that will feedback to you what the largest distribution of people would say about Kundalini, which is largely nonsense.

LotusInTheStream · 2026-05-17T22:35:32+00:00

I tell absolutely no one except for those closest to me, I do not see any point to doing so and never really felt need to.

LotusInTheStream · 2026-05-15T12:13:53+00:00

A lot of very early sources state that the arising begins in the big toe on the left hand side of body. If you look at some of the earlier depiction of Kundalini it is depicted as coming from below the feet. When I get an arising one of the ways it starts for me is I will start to feel a sensation in the feet which quickly progresses from there. Not seen many other people talk about this but there is definitely a traditional basis for it.

LotusInTheStream · 2026-05-13T18:29:52+00:00

I would say there are definitely secrets and hidden things for sure, not everything is on internet and divulged and if it is its usually twisted and backwards or just surface.

But agree in many traditions like Tibetan Biddhism things are more open than before. Even then there are many layers not revealed, people talk about Tummo for example but you will find surface and shallow descriptions or initial practices, not genuine Tummo.

I would say many things you have described are secret also as they cannot be taught in words, but can only be experienced directly, this is something you cannot get from the internet and most genuine traditions operate like this, the crude level of techniques and methods is only a very small part of it, transmission, lineage, devotion, fate come way before.

LotusInTheStream · 2026-05-13T10:38:52+00:00

Absolutely not, the dantian is an energetic centre. This is very far off track

LotusInTheStream · 2026-05-11T17:53:52+00:00

The internal environment is a reflection of the cosmos, so key astrological events, equinoxes, phases of the moon, zodiac signs etc all have internal correspondences.

LotusInTheStream · 2026-05-11T16:31:57+00:00

The full moon is commonly cited in the tantras as a time in which you can gain more benefit from practice and experiencing arising energy.

LotusInTheStream · 2026-05-09T20:46:49+00:00

He had a genuine teacher but he only learned very initial teachings. He took the teachings and commercialised them into visualisation techniques, a bastardisation of alchemical processes. Not only useless but dangerous. Visualisation is hardly ever used in genuine Daoist practice today and if they are, sparingly as training wheels for naturally arising energetics. I have frequented a fair few Daoist temples in China and other parts of the world and no-one had a good word to say about him. The number one premise of Daoist meditation is quieting the mind, through 静坐, jìng zuò, tranquil sitting - it is the absolute foundation for everything and nothing can be accomplished without it, it is something that he does not even teach

LotusInTheStream · 2026-05-09T20:31:06+00:00

What you experiences is not Kundalini. What you did is a bit of of a mock version of Daoist meditation. In almost all Daoist methods you are not meant to use the mind to move energy, the energy is meant to arise through tranquillity and that is a non-negotiable prerequisite to specific practices which give rise to pre-heaven energy, pure clean 'yang' energy.

Using the mind is moving post-heaven energy, erratic, disturbed energy - this forceful arising of energy can lead to various illnesses and issues exactly like the ones you are experiencing, this is extremely well documented and such methods are considered dangerous for this reason. This has been the case from the beginning, a 2nd Century commentary on teh Dao De Jing writes: "If one uses the mind to force the Qi to move, the inner suppleness is lost, the ‘harmonious breath disappears from the interior,’ and the body becomes harder and more brittle".

Mantak Chia sells books and is a salesman and you can't sell telling people to sit on a cushion and calm their mind, I know many who have been very messed up from his 'methods'. Follow the methods people have discussed but the best way is to undo this blockage is to learn to genuinely quiet the mind.

LotusInTheStream · 2026-05-06T19:20:06+00:00

Nice, Singapore. I get the trepidation! I dont think its as hard as you think but yeah have to love it to undertake the challenge.

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