tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415079365835964330.post6121665698170898742..comments2023-11-05T00:36:45.267-07:00Comments on Explaining Life's Mysteries: Dying and Living to Tell About ItStephen Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17471321637956069323noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3415079365835964330.post-5382525990036079472009-05-31T10:07:22.026-07:002009-05-31T10:07:22.026-07:00I have never experienced ND; I have, however, had ...I have never experienced ND; I have, however, had a full-blown Kundalini awakening, which opened up interest in related matters, and eventually NDE. The more I learned about NDE, the more I believe it shares certain effects with full, permanent Kundalini:<br /><br />1) NDE triggers a subset of Kundalini effects, as listed by Kenneth Ring in his book, <I>Lessons from the Light</I>, namely:<br /><br />• Beatific visions — perfection-of-the-universe insights, the realization that death has no dominion,<br />• Earthly realizations — the highest levels of human values,<br />• Personal revelations — the formulation of a personal life mission<br /><br />I would add to these an effect both experiences share: A certain alienation from the material world, the feeling of living between two worlds.<br /><br />The following are unique to permanent Kundalini and, combined with the above effects, constitute a superset, that is, as a result of Kundalini, I have experienced all of them:<br /><br />• The triggering of autonomic self-healing mechanisms capable of correcting defects related to neural degeneration,<br />• A rejuvenation of the body and a retardation of the aging process,<br />• The spontaneous acceleration of neuroplastic activity in the brain, including the heightening of consciousness and the creation of a new being.<br /><br />2) ND experiences outnumber Kundalini experiences. That’s why there’s so much university research and so many books on NDE and why it’s been “legitimized.” Kundalini experiences, on the other hand, are difficult to verify and classify. NDEs appear to be very similar. One to another, the same observations are recorded, the same common elements are present.<br /><br />Gopi Krishna’s mandate/vision, stated in <I>Memorandum for Kundalini Research</I>, contained four points ranging from cataloging Kundalini experiences to starting an institute to guide initiates through the Kundalini activation process. Well, it’s been about 20 years since his death and not much has been done on these. When I talked with GK in 1972, he believed that Kundalini would eventually become a university subject, an object of research as well as a subject in course curricula. Sadly, I’d say we are further away now than when he died, probably because of the proliferation of New Age claptrap, which tends to blur the issues.<br /><br />Because I avoided many of the pitfalls of the Kundalini activation process, Gopi Krishna thought my method — Golden Flower Mediation http://bit.ly/FhqXp — might be used to further his vision for helping initiates activate Kundalini. That’s why I concentrate a lot of my time on explaining and promoting it. Nevertheless, my conclusion: Kundalini research will not expand until Kundalini has the same kind of critical-mass numbers as NDE.JJ Semplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12739952761972950114noreply@blogger.com