THE POSSIBILITY AND DANGER OF KUNDALINI YOGA
I told you that you need to make the perfection of 7 Yogas. This
is very difficult that you need to reincarnate more than 1,000
times. That is why Tantra Yoga was invented so as to go through
all process at once.
So naturally, there will be a overwork when you practice Tantra
Yoga. Because you should open the energetic pipelines within human
body, namely Ida, Pingala, and Sushumna, at once, and you should
raise the energy at once. One mistake can be fatal. However,
thought it causes overwork, Tantra Yoga has the only possibility to
reach the ultimate stage of true enlightenment, the ultimate
enlightenment, if everything works out fine.
Ningma-pa or Kagyu-pa in Tibetan Buddhism is the schools of people
who are doing such practice. In AUM, I only allow this system of
practice to the special people who can bear the practice of Tantra,
because there are overwork and dangers as I had mentioned. There
are many lay members who did Tantric practice without permission
and went wrong. You should be careful not to be like them.
THE STATE OF ENERGETIC LOSS IS DIFFERENT AMONG EACH YOGAS
So today, I shall speak about the second stage of Kundalini Yoga
under the condition that it can take 1,000 lives. What supports
Kundalini Yoga is the life energy. Please think over the Raja Yoga
which I spoke yesterday.
There was a weak point about Raja Yoga. For example, if one give
Shakti-pat, waste energy, and what's more, if he didn't do
spiritual practice enough, the will which supports the stage of
Raja Yoga can be taken away. If the will as the basement were to
be lost, he is equal to ordinary person. So he should do his
spiritual practice from the beginning.
However, this is not the case with Kundalini Yoga.
Let's say that a atatiner of Kundalini Yoga lost energy by Shakti-
prayoga or Shakti-pat. In many cases, he will be caught in impulse
of suicide. Khema-Taishi and Shanti-Taishi attained enlightenment
in Kundalini Yoga. If they lost energy by giving special
initiation or Shakti-pat, they will be lack of energy and be caught
to the impulse of suicide.
However, since they had attained Kundalini Yoga, they will recover
to the previous state as the days pass by. This is the strong
point about Kundalini Yoga.
Raja Yoga has the possibility to have his spiritual stage ruined,
but Kundalini Yoga can return to the original state if enough time
was given. Or he can return to the previous state of attainment if
he recieve energy in some way. This is advantage of Kundalini
Yoga.
However, if non-attainer were to lose energy, he can actually die.
The reason why we need not to waste sexual energy while practicing
Kundalini Yoga is also becuase we need to protect ourselves from
the loss of energy.
And when one attains Kundalini Yoga, he will go on to the next
process of Jnana Yoga. I shall explain about Jnana Yoga in brief
because this should be the topic for tomorrow.
If one makes the perfection of Jnana Yoga, he can erase karma by
correctly analizing one's own state even if he recieved other's
karma. That's why he can return to the original state even if he
gaveShakti-pat or Shakti-prayoga.
This can be done because his loss of energy is small by the
perfection of Kundalini Yoga. Only problem is the karma which
clogs teh energetic pipeline. So he can return to the original
state by eradicating karma. So I take it for granted that Khema-
Taishi or Shanti-Taishi should go on to the next process of Jnana
Yoga.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT ARE REFUGE, MERIT, AND THE PRACTICE OF THE TRUTH
Then let me explain in detail about Kundalini Yoga which is
today's main theme.
First of all, we should think of what is necessary for Kundalini
Yoga. First is "the refuge toward Guru" though it is necessary for
all Yogas. What is especially necessary for Kundalini Yoga is
refuge, "merit", and "the practice of the truth".
Then why is it necessary to have refuge, merit, and the practice
of the truth?
Kundalini Yoga can automatically bring us to Astral world or
Causal world even if one do not concentrate. He will go to such
worlds if energy rises. What can happen if he do not have refuge
or merit? He falls down to devil's abode.
Because there are various Astral worlds from the dirty world to
wonderful world. Or from horrible world to pleasurable world.
Causal world also has various worlds from dirty world to wonderful
world, or from horrible world to pleasurable world. If we were to
fly to those world without refuge and merit, we will have to lose
mental balance by going to terrible world all the time.
In order to fly to good worlds and high worlds, merit is the only
way. Or refuge. And we must practice the truth.
So the keys for kundalini Yoga are; whether one can thoroughly
visualize Guru or not (In your case, it is me.), whether you can
accumulate merit or not, and whether you are based on the teaching
of the truth or not. What's more, if you have ambision for
Mahayana, you need Jnana Yoga after Kundalini Yoga so as to analize
one's own state.