HJ: Many amazing things have been attributed to the awakening of kundalini, which are for the most part true in cases of authentic awakening. Now science is venturing into the realm of metaphysical experience and validating many of the things spiritual masters have been telling us for millennia. Kundalini activation is just that — an activation of our higher nature, which expresses many latent talents and abilities within us that largely remain dormant in the general state of lower consciousness the majority of humanity exists in. When we undergo the incredible transformation that Kundalini awakening heralds, many of these unused abilities are ‘brought online’ so to speak and suddenly available for use in our new state of expanded awareness. One of these that is tangible and desirous to most people is activation of various aspects of the brain, which leads to increased intelligence. To put it simply, kundalini activation makes you smarter.
– Truth
How Kundalini Makes You Smarter
By Paramahamsa Nithyananda | Nithyananda Times
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When this suspicion that you have gets confirmed by a few of your actions then seeking starts. The proper and systematic methods and techniques which were created by enlightened beings to awaken one’s inner potential energy is what is called yoga and dhyana – meditation. Thousands of years ago great masters like Patanjali – the father of yoga, and Shiva – the father of all great philosophies like Vedanta, have very clearly expressed powerful techniques and methods to awaken the kundalini shakti, the extraordinary inner potential energy. One of the easiest and safest methods to awaken this energy is from initiation – deeksha (initiation) from an enlightened master. When an enlightened being touches or blesses you, he transmits his energy and awakens your Kundalini energy. This transmission of energy is what is called initiation.
One of the first attempts to record Kundalini activation and its physiological effects was made by Itzak Bentov (1923-1973), a Czech born scientist, inventor, mystic and author, and a pioneer in the field now recognized as ‘consciousness studies.’ Bentov developed a model that attempted to explain the effects of Kundalini awakening on brain activation.
According to this model, when Kundalini ascends the spine through the sushumna nadi (the main channel of subtle energy), it results in a huge energy influx into the brain. As the Kundalini flows from the thalamus to the cortex, it sets up a powerful energy loop within the brain, generating coherent alpha and gamma waves, and awakening the dormant, non-mechanical parts of the brain which we have never used before. Thus the direct result of this awakening of energy is that you also experience the same highest conscious coherence which an enlightened being expresses.
With increasing levels of coherence, the whole brain comes alive, turning into a super-conductor of conscious energies that heal, empower and transform our lives. Enhanced awareness levels, huge surge in energy levels, increased mental abilities, greater creativity and extraordinary powers start to express through us like levitation, teleportation and materialization. Brain activation is also known to slow down the ageing process and improve immunity to disease.
In a breakthrough series of studies conducted in 2011, Kundalini awakening and its benefits were systematically recorded under controlled conditions in close to 600 individuals attending an intensive yoga and meditation retreat at Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam’s international headquarters near Bangalore, India. Apart from daily yoga, pranayama and other supportive practices, participants of the 21-day Inner Awakening program were exposed to a total of 21 personal initiation sessions from Paramahamsa Nithyananda. The study was based on a similar study conducted by Jeffery A. Dusck at Harvard Medical School and published in Public Library of Science in July 2008. Recordings were taken on Day 0 and Day 18 of the program.
A series of QEEG studies were conducted on participants who had Kundalini awakening to study the effects of Kundalini Awakening on electrical activity in the brain. The same studies were also conducted on a control group. Both short term effects observed at the moment of initiation by Paramahamsa Nithyananda and long term effects measured through post-activation assessment of various mental and cognitive functions were studied.
Certain other instantaneous changes were recorded in all participants who had active Kundalini awakening, including:
a. sharper focusing abilities
b. higher alertness levels
c. extremely rapid multi-processing
d. better short-term memory
Post-activation assessment conclusively showed:
a. Better problem-solving abilities
b. More effective decision-making
c. Enhanced interpersonal relations
d. Warm and positive personality trends
In these experiments, it was found that at the moment of initiation the brain waves of subjects during the activation showed a high incidence of delta waves, indicating that they were in a state of deep relaxation comparable to sleep. In Vedic science, this state of intense restful awareness is known as Samadhi.
Meardis Wells
June 4, 2013
Yes – sweet Kundalini 🙂 Thank you so much for this wonderful article on kudalini. A few months ago during meditation I became aware of an energy expanding in my solar plexus and heart chakras. My head dropped back and my mouth opened releasing breath of fire as the energy continued to expand. It felt like a spiritual orgasm. I sought out a kundalini meditation and yoga teacher, I must say the yoga is an aquired taste 🙂 When I feel like giving up I hear my inner teacher say “keep up within and you will be kept up in the outer world” . Sat Nam
Syl
November 23, 2013
I have researched this story. The claimed study has never been published in a peer reviewed journal and one of the two researchers who allegedly participated does not even work in the institution he is said to.
This story is most surely a fabrication for advertising purpose.
Beware the fakes.
It’s actually sad.
PS: As long as the findings are not published in a peer-reviewed journal, they can not said to be scientific. If you can provide a link to a _published_ _bona-fide_ _scientific_ _article_ I would certainly revise my opinion (happily, and state here so).