Many people are currently undertaking meditative practice to raise the Kundalini energy up the spine to expand consciousness and thereby catalyze their spiritual evolution.

Of course this can lead to profoundly beautiful experiences but Kundalini can also be a double edged sword. It is so powerful it can literally 'blow the mind' (see the quote from a friend below)...

However, Kundalini IS the energy of ascension and needs to be mastered if we are to continue on our evolutionary path. That's what Openhand Meditation is all about. The energy is released and then channeled into the body rather than straight upwards. If the energy goes straight upwards, you get peak experiences which can also be very dangerous.

However, if the energy is channeled into the body, the effect is not nearly so dramatic because the energy 'illuminates our darkness' and catalyzes it's transformation - so the power is used up. Only when the mind and body are pure and balanced does the energy flow straight through the body and THEN upwards. Hence the practitioner can deal comfortably with the Kundalini energy and it becomes a part of daily life.

That's why I would encourage daily practice of Openhand Meditation or some other similar artform.

"I experienced the release of Kundalini up my spine when i was 24, i was meditating on my own in the dark in a friends flat, my spine went bolt upright and i was enveloped in the most incredible energy, it seemed like time stood still, it could have been a minute or an hour im not sure, all i could see was white light with my eyes open or closed and I had the reassuring feeling that it was a good thing, like being surrounded by pure love, because of course i didn't know what the heck was happening, its only been since having read about things and came across this phenomenon that it made sense.

In the energy release I was shown a series of images like diagrams of how the earth works as an energy system, like the blu prints, the hard wiring underneath. This release was so powerful that I with no prior knowledge of what this was, it sent me completely crazy, it blew my mind, i got increasingly worse, struggling to live with a now completely different reality than anyone else around me and with a shattered nervous system i became increasingly worse until it became so torturous about 3 years later i attempted suicide, several times."
David

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