The Truth Behind The Facts
Deeper Secrets of Kundalini Awakening
While modern diagnostic techniques and procedures are able to definitively quantify the existence and results of Kundalini awakening, they are hardly equipped to explain why these phenomena occur.
Why, for instance, does initiation or the transfer of energy result in physical levitation?
What exactly happens during the process of kundalini awakening? To answer these questions requires an understanding of the vast scope of the phenomenon called Kundalini, as well as a penetrating insight into the subtle workings of the human body-mind system. Drawing from both the Vedic wisdom and his own enlightened understanding, THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM here reveals the deeper truths of Kundalini awakening and its many manifestations and benefits.
The Physiology of Thoughts
Contrary to what was once believed, the brain is not the only center where our neural responses are stored. There is now growing evidence that our thoughts which are no more than electrical signals whizzing along our neural pathways—are stored in our cellular and somatic memory, resulting in permanent changes in the way our body and mind influence each
other. Somatic memory includes 3 types of memories: engraved memories (engrams), muscle-memories and bio-memories. Engrams are bio-chemical changes that occur in our neural tissues as the result of a powerful or persistent reaction to any situation. An engram is not an ordinary memory, but more like a photograph of the situation or event, complete with the emotional response that accompanied it. Engrams exist just below the level of our consciousness, influencing our emotional responses without our knowledge. While engrams affect our emotional responses alone, muscle-memories are memories that have become so deeply embedded in our system that they can recreate the physical symptoms accompanying these emotions, like those experienced during strong fear or anger. Muscle memories are also responsible for our performing repetitive mechanical actions that do not require our conscious intervention, like typing or cycling.
Bio-memories are memories that are locked into our cells. They carry hereditary memories, past-life memories and memories that have become part of the very fiber of our current personality through constant repetition for years. Both physical and mental patterns can become part of our bio-memory. Bio-memories have the power to trigger physical actions like fight or flight. Mental states like depression and anxiety can quickly become part of our bio-memory if we are not careful. Bio-memories are not only unconscious, but are usually untraceable to any particular source incident.
An everyday example of how a simple thought can become an engram or a bio-memory is illustrated below.
How does a thought become an engram or a bio-memory?
A thought is simple. It rises and falls. It does not leave a mark inside you. For example, if a thought comes to you—I would like to have a coffee—that is just a thought, not a pattern or engram. But if you fulfil this thought every time by the action of drinking coffee, after a few days it becomes an engram. That is, you start feeling a craving for that particular action—you start feeling, how I wish that I could have a coffee!... Engram is like flowing water… it creates a certain movement in your mind. After some weeks, you actually start feeling afraid that if you don't get your coffee in the morning
every day, you will have a headache! This means that this thought is solidifying like water becoming ice—it has become part of your muscle-memory.
After one year, if you keep pursuing this habit, one day if you don't get your coffee in the morning, you will ACTUALLY get a headache! When a pattern becomes so solid that it starts affecting you physically, it is called bio-memory. Bio-memories are tough like crystal and are very difficult to break!