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12 Dec 2013 9 Comments

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A seeker asks yogi and mystic, Sadhguru,

what is Kundalini – a question that is
seldom answered satisfactorily or in
terms easily understood. Sadhguru takes
us through the explanation of what
Kundalini is, using an everyday analogy
that should strike a chord in every one of
us.

Question: Can you please explain what

is Kundalini?

Sadhguru: The word “kundalini”

generally refers to that dimension of
energy that is yet to realize its potential.
There is a huge volume of energy within
you which is yet to find its potential. Let
me take you from your own experience of
life because the stories about it are many.
In your house, there is a plug-point in the
wall. This plug-point does not actually
produce any power. There is a huge
power station elsewhere that is producing
power, but it cannot give you that power
directly. It is the plug-point that gives you
the power. Though most people have not
even thought about the power station and

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have no conception of what it is, they
know that if they plug an appliance into
the plug-point, the appliance will run.

Kundalini: Plug into the

ultimate source
Kundalini is the plug-point. It is not a 3-
pin point, it is a 5-pin point. You might
have heard of the seven chakras. The
muladhara is like a plug-point. That is
why it is known as muladhara.
Muladhara means “fundamental” or
“basic.” Five of the remaining six chakras
are the plug. What is the seventh chakra?
It is like a light bulb. If you plug it in,
then everything about you glows. If you
are properly plugged in, keeping the lights
on twenty-four hours of the day is not an
issue anymore. You don’t have to turn off
your power because you are worried the
battery might run out. You can just keep
it on blatantly, recklessly, because you are
plugged into the power source.

Even right now, you still have energy.

You can hear what I am saying. That
means life energies are functioning, but in
a very miniscule way. Just a small part of
it is functioning. If the whole of it
becomes available to you, if it is properly
plugged in, there is no limit to what you
can do out of it. Even with the plug-point
at home, once you are plugged in, you
can make the light happen, you can get
the air-conditioning going, you can have
the heater, you can have the television –
anything you want. Just one power point.
You can do so many things.

Kundalini: The basis of

existence
Unfortunately, most human beings are
not plugged in. They are trying to
generate their own power. So they eat five
times a day, but still they are tired most of
the time. It is a struggle to keep life going.
Energy is not just in terms of physical
energy or activity, energy is in terms of
life. Existence is energy, isn’t it? The basis
of existence is energy. If you know that
basis, it is like knowing the foundations of
life. If you understand the ways of the
energy, you know the whole mechanics of
creation. So if you are plugged in, you
know what the power is, what it can do

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and what you can make out of it. You are
plugged into an endless source of power –
that is what is Kundalini.

Accessing the
possibilities of
Kundalini

Now to plug in an appliance, if your

hands are shaky, you will scratch the
whole wall but you will not get the plug
in. In the same way, to put the 5-point
plug into the plug-point is difficult for a
lot of people because there is no steadiness
in their body, their mind, their emotions
or their energies. All this yoga is just to get
the necessary steadiness so that you can
just plug it in there. Once you plug it in –
boundless energy! You don’t have to go
and learn about or understand the power
station. You plug it in and everything is
fine.

Yoga is just the science of getting the plug

properly in so that there is an
uninterrupted source of power. Once you
are connected to this uninterrupted source
of power, naturally you will proceed in
the way life should. You will naturally
proceed towards the goal of what life is
longing for. You will not get lost with
your fancy ideas, dreams, thoughts,
emotions or entanglements of the world.

Editor’s Note: Sadhguru offers Isha

Kriya, a free, online guided meditation
that is drawn from the essence of the
yogic sciences. Daily practice of this
simple yet potent 12-minute process can
transform one’s life.

For more insights from Sadhguru, follow

him on twitter and facebook.

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