A man's spiritual consciousness is not awakened unless his Kundalini is aroused.
The Kundalini dwells in the Muladhara. When it is aroused, it passes along the Sushumna nerve, goes through the centers of Svadhisthana, Manipura, and so on, and at last reaches the head.
This is called the movement of the Mahavayu, the Spiritual Current. It culminates in Samadhi.
One's spiritual consciousness is not awakened by the mere reading of books. One should also pray to God. The Kundalini is aroused if the aspirant feels restless for God.
To talk of knowledge from mere study and hearsay! What will that accomplish?
Just before my attaining this state of mind, it has been revealed to me how the Kundalini is aroused, how the lotuses of the different centres blossom forth, and how this culminates in Samadhi.
This is a very secret experience. I saw a boy twenty-two or twenty-three years old, exactly resembling me, enter the Sushumna nerve and commune with the lotuses, touching them with his tongue.
He began with the center at the anus and passed through the centres at the sexual organ, navel, and so on. The different lotuses of these centres - four petalled, six-petalled, ten-petalled, and so forth- had been drooping. At his touch they stood erect.
When he reached the heart - I distinctly remember it- and communed with the lotus there, touching it with his tongue, the twelve-petalled lotus, which was hanging head down, stood erect and opened its petals.
Then he came to the sixteen-petalled lotus in the throat and the two petalled lotus in the forehead. And last of all, the thousand-petalled lotus in the head blossomed. Since then I have been in this state.
This thread is from Sri Ramakrishna in "The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna"
It is mentioned in Chapter 44 of "The Master on Himself and His experiences". So Tldr; Kundalini awakening is needed for enlightenment in every path.
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Words of wisdom from Sri Ramana Maharishi about Desire and Aatma :
Atman is verily what you call your Self. It is pure Consciousness / Awareness. It is the source within you. It has no other attributes.
You are identified with the body and the mind (ego) and hence you think you are limited. When you transcend this body/mind complex, you'll see you are pure awareness.
Ambitions, love, fear etc. are all extensions of desire. Desire comes from ignorance - of the fact that by nature (as your true Self) you are complete.
The incompleteness stems from identifying with the body, mind, ego and are not attributes of the Self (Atman).
Kumbhabhishekam is a Hindu temple consecration ceremony that involves sprinkling (abhishekam) the temple with sacred waters brought in a water pot (kumbha).
It also is the process of restoring the depleted power of the deity in the temple. 1/5
The consecration ceremony takes several days and begins with honoring Ganesha and praying to the Earth.
The central events take place in a large tent by the temple and include a fire altar ceremony, offerings of words and goods, and a closing ceremony, purnahuti or completion.
Kumbhabhishekham is widely celebrated as a festival in South India.
Ashtabandhanam is the process of affixing an icon to its pedestal (peetham) with a clay-like paste made of 8 specific herbs mixed with wood lac, limestone powder, resin, red ochre, beeswax and butter.
DAITYAS were greatly devoted to their deities followed Vedic rituals, undertook severe penance, and offered incredible offerings to Deties. Hiranyakashipu,
Sishupala, Virochana and Bali were some (renowned!) daityas.
Daityas often Raise a war against the Devas and Distrubed their religious ceremonies. They often winning and the gods had to ask divine dispensation to get back power.
All the TV series You have seen so far depicted Bhagavan Indra in a very wrong way. In fact, sometimes his crimes are as far as to be malevolent to saintly beings. That is not true about Bhagavan Indra.
This thread traverse reality 1/16
The characteristics of Bhagavan Indra is found in Rig Veda 2.12
1. HE who, just born, chief God of lofty spirit by power and might became the Gods’ protector, Before whose breath through greatness of his valour the two worlds trembled, He, O men, is Indra.
2. He who fixed fast and firm the earth that staggered, and set at rest the agitated mountains, Who measured out the air's wide middle region and gave the heaven support, He, men, is Indra.
"Verily, all this universe is Brahman. From Him do all things originate, into Him do they dissolve and by Him are they sustained. On Him should one meditate in tranquility... 1/5
For as is one's faith, such indeed one is; and as is one's faith in this world, such one becomes on departing hence. Let one, therefore, cultivate faith.
-Chandogya Upanishad 3.14.1
'On Him should one meditate in tranquility' is talking of Bhakti Yoga since one cannot meditate on Nirguna Brahman.
Another example of recommending Bhakti Yoga is given in Svetasvatara Upanishad.