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The word Kundalini is derived from a Sanskrit word ‘Kundal' meaning coiled up. It is the primordial dormant energy present in three-and-a-half, coils at the base of the spine in a triangular bone called the Sacrum. The Latin name ‘Os Sacrum' suggests that it is a holy or sacred part of the body. The ancient Greeks were aware of this and therefore they called it the ‘Hieron Osteon', noting that it was the last bone to be destroyed when the body is burnt, and also attributed supernatural powers to it. Egyptians also held this bone to be very valuable and considered it the seat of special power.

In the West, Sacrum is symbolised by the sign of Aquarius and by
the Holy Grail, container of the water of life.

The Kundalini, which is to nourish the tree of life within us, is coiled up like a serpent and therefore it has been called, ‘The Serpent Power'. It has been described in great detail in the Upanishads. Kundalini Yoga is supposed to be supreme in all the Yogas. Guru Vashistha asserted that Kundalini is the seat of absolute
knowledge. The awareness of the presence of this primordial energy Kundalini within the human body was considered by the sages and saints to be the highest knowledge. The Kundalini and Chakras have been vividly described in Vedic and Tantric texts.

Adi Sankaracharya

He lived in the 7th-8th century AD. and wrote:
Having filled the pathway of the Nadis with the streaming shower
of nectar flowing from the Lotus feet, having resumed thine own
position from out of the resplendent Lunar regions and Thyself
assuming the form of a serpent of three and a half coils, sleepest
thou, in the hollow of Kula Kunda (Kula Kunda means the hollow of
Mooladhara Sacrum bone)'.

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‘Saundarya Lahari':

‘Thou art residing in secrecy with Thy Lord
(The spirit) in the thousand petalled Lotus, having pierced through
the Earth situated in ‘Mooladhara', the Water in Manipura, the Fire
abiding in the Svadhisthana, the Air in the Heart (‘Anahata'), the
Ether above (Visshuddhi) and ‘Manas' between the eyebrows
(‘Agnya') and thus broken through the entire ‘Kula Path'.'

GyaneshwaraGyaneshwara, another famous saint of Maharashtra born around
1275 AD, described Kundalini in the 6th chapter of his famous
book ‘Gyaneshwari'. He wrote:

‘Kundalini is one of the greatest energies. The whole body of the
seeker starts glowing because of the rising of the Kundalini.
Because of that, unwanted impurities in the body disappear. The
body of the seeker suddenly looks very proportionate and the eyes
look bright and attractive and the eyeballs glow.'
- (Gyaneshwari, Chapter VI).

Guru Nanak Dev (born in 1496 AD) has made references to Kundalini awakening as
mentioned below:

“A pure heart is the golden vessel to fill the Divine Nectar which is to be sucked from the ‘Dasham Dwar' through the two channels ‘Ida' and ‘Pingala'.” Dasham Dwar means Brahmarandhra. (Sahasrara Chakra).

‘God has made this human body a house with six Chakras and has
established the light of spirit in it. Cross the ocean of Maya and
meet the eternal God who does not come, who does not go, who
neither takes birth nor dies. When your six Chakras meet in line,
Surati (Kundalini) takes you beyond distortions.' (Sri Guru Granth).
Note that the seventh Chakra was not open at this time.

In the Holy Koran

Prophet Mohammed Sahib talked of the day of resurrection when
he says that the ‘hands will speak'. ‘That day, we set a seal on
their mouths, but their hands will speak to us, and their hands bear
witness to all that they did.' When Kundalini awakening occurs, a
flow of energy in the form of cool vibrations from the hands is
experienced, and the various Chakras can be felt on parts of the
hand and fingers.

"The valley spirit never dies;
It is the woman, primal Mother.
Her gateway is the root of heaven and earth.
It is like a veil barely seen.
Use it will never fail. "

Lao Tsu – Tao Te Ching.

The state attained in Sahaja Yoga, also called the Sahaja Samadhi
is also very clearly described by the great mystic Ramana
Maharshi. A great realized soul, born in 1879 Ramana Maharshi
attained Enlightenment at the age of 17. He had many disciples but
like all other Gurus before the advent of Sahaja Yoga, he couldn't
give them en-masse Self-Realization. On the other hand he
described at length the nature of Self-Realization to his disciples.

"Question: What is Samadhi?
Ramana Maharshi: In Yoga the term is used to indicate some kind
of trance and there are various kinds of Samadhi. But the Samadhi
I speak to you about is different. It is the Sahaja Samadhi. In this
state you remain calm and composed during activity. You realize
that you are moved by the deeper Real Self within and are
unaffected by what you do or say or think. You have no worries,
anxieties, or cares, for you to realize that there is nothing that
belongs to you as ego and that everything is being done by
something with which you are in conscious union (Yoga)".
From the Teachings of Ramana Maharshi
Edited by Arthur Osborne.

The Kundalini has been described as the Key to Self-Enlightenment
and cosmic consciousness by various traditions. Here is a short
explanation by the famous psychoanalyst
Carl Gustav Jung.
"The Kundalini is a microcosmic manifestation of the primordial
Energy or Shakti. It is the Universal Power as it is connected with
the finite body-mind. The object is to awaken Kundalini through
ritual practices and to enable Her ascent up the Susumna Nadi
through the Chakra System. When it reaches the topmost Chakra
the blissful union of Shiva and Shakti occurs. This lead to a far-
reaching transformation of the personality."
C. Gustav Jung, The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga