Trekking at Bilagiri Rangan Hills

 
 
On 30th December, I took the KSRTC (Karnataka State Road Transport
Corporation) bus to B.R. Hills (Bilagiri Rangan Hills) near Bengaluru and
arrived

there at 8 p.m. Early morning, I decided to take a trek around my guest-

house, when I found a group of tourists proceeding into the forests for
sightseeing. One of the passengers of the jeep happened to be my student
and he asked me to join them in their safari.
 
Unknown forces were propelling me into an adventure, which would last a
lifetime. I hopped on to their vehicle and found myself in lush deciduous
forests. The tourists were trying their best to spot elephant tracks but could
only spot a few stray deer and solitary wild boar. After about an hour of
wandering aimlessly, we came across a clear mountain stream and a few
secluded caves. Our vehicle stopped here abruptly and though the driver
tried his best, it wouldn't start. The engine spluttered and stopped and
refused to start.
 
I stepped down from the vehicle and made my way down the spiral steps
leading to the stream. I quenched my thirst and was waiting for the others to
join me when I was I saw a series of tridents arranged in concentric rows on
the banks of this mountain stream. Curious to discover more, I bare-
footedly stepped through the icy cold water and crossed to the secluded
caves when I was blinded by a brilliant flash of light. Followed by this
explosion, I found myself as light as a helium balloon and felt ecstatic. I was
overcome by waves of euphoria and found a tingling sensation emanating
from the bottom of my spine and moving upwards towards my brain. It was
as if each and every cell of my body was vibrating with a renewed energy. I
could feel waves of energy arising from my spine and flowing into my brain.
The experience was so pleasurable and intense that I wanted it to continue
forever. I could feel each and every cell of my body tingling with a
consciousness I had never felt before. Waves upon waves of pleasurable
sensations were breaking upon my body as if each and every cell was
1
 experiencing cosmic bliss.
 
I stood transfixed in front of the tridents and Shiva lingams under the
centuries old Champaka tree at the Dodda Sampige forests inside B.R. Hills.
Minutes passed into hours as I experienced cosmic consciousness or kundalini
shakti as it is termed in Vedic scriptures. I could feel circuits in my brain,
getting activated. Circuits, I never knew existed in the first place. After about
an hour of experiencing this cosmic energy, I made my way up to the vehicle,
which started as mysteriously as it had stopped, as soon as I entered.
 
It would be an understatement to say that kundalini awakening has changed
my life. The literal translation of the word "kundalini" is as follows. Kundalini
is a combination of kunda which means coiled and lini meaning energy.
Kundalini is symbolised as a serpent coiled up three and a half times and
residing at the base of the spine. This is the dormant phase of kundalini.
 
When kundalini is awakened it moves through the seven chakras represented in the gross human
body as Muladhara, (spine) Swadisthana (pelvis), manipura (navel), anahata (heart), visshudha
(throat), ajnya (forehead) and sahasra (crown). When the energy liberated from the coccyx
traverses these seven chakras and strikes the pineal gland situated in the brain, kundalini or cosmic
consciousness is awakened.
 
Murli Menon is an author of 25 Travel storytelling Guides on South East Asia and can be reached at
zenlp@rediffmail.com
 
 
Professional Profile
 
I am an avid traveller and author with a passion for telling stories. My poetry books have won two
International Awards, one by “The Poetry Society of India” and the other by “The National Library
of Poetry” in USA and I have conducted 250 Travel Storytelling workshops on hidden destinations in
India and South East Asia since 1995, attended by more than 2500 hoteliers in 7 countries.

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