Description of the Spiritual Tradition of Kundalini

The spiritual energy ( Kundalini ) nourishes the tree of life within us, which is coiled like a snake, and is therefore also known as the 'power of the spiritual snake', as described in detail in the Upanishads. Kundalini is considered to be the most supreme of the Cloud Yogas. Guru Vashistha considered the spiritual measure to be the throne of absolute knowledge. Ancient sages and philosophers considered the realization of this primordial power, the presence of the spiritual energy in the human body, to be the highest knowledge. The spiritual energy and the chakras (Chrakras) are vividly described in the Vedas and the classics of Tantra.

Shankara, who lived in the 7th to 8th centuries A.D., writes, "The nectar flowing from the lotus feet sprinkles the channels of the meridians, and returning to your place in the magnificent splendor of the lunar zone, you curl up into three and a half loops like a holy serpent, and slumber in the hollow of the sacred bone of the root chakra (Kula Kunda)."

He says in the Saundarya Lahari: "You dwell in seclusion with your Lord (the Spirit) in the lotus of a thousand petals, through the earth at the root chakra, the water at the navel chakra (Nabhi Chakra), the fire at the abdominal chakra (Swatisthana), the air at the heart chakra, the ether on top of it (the throat chakra) and the will (the mind) between the eyebrows (the frontal chakra). (frontal chakra), and the mind (Manas) in between them (frontal chakra), which runs through the whole channel."