Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

fallen. He got up and the thought came to his mind: 'Oh, it is terribly dark, perhaps the
tigers will come and eat me', and so they did.
This is what can happen to anyone who awakens the wish fulfilling capacity without
sufficient preparation. If the consciousness awakens in anahata, but you do not know the
powers of your mind, or you possess negative, pessimistic attitudes, dark approaches to
life, apprehensions, fears and many other negative mental tendencies, then you will
immediately fall prey to them. If this happens, you risk the possibility of falling back
from anahata. And if you fall from anahata, there is hardly any chance of making a
second start. To avoid a downfall at this point, it is necessary to always remain as alert as
the antelope, which is sensitive to each and every sound. The antelope is the vehicle of
anahata for this reason; it is not the symbol of restlessness, but of alertness.
When whatever you wish for comes true, this makes you very happy, but at the same
time, it is necessary to constantly analyze your attitude towards yourself and others. You
have to be very careful of doubting thoughts. For example, if you develop a few
palpitations of the heart and think: 'Perhaps I am developing angina pectoris', or a pain in
the abdomen and think: 'Now I have appendicitis or gall bladder disease', such thoughts
may bring many problems and disorders in their wake. You must also guard against
doubts concerning others: 'Maybe that man is my enemy', 'My son is sick, maybe he will
die', 'My friend has not contacted me, he must have had an accident'. It is important to
have a firm and alert control over the mental tendencies and fantasies of the mind.
All sorts of thoughts concerning the body, children, wife, family, monetary, social,
economic or political situations come to us all the time. If kundalini is asleep, these
thoughts have no power, but when kundalini awakens in anahata chakra, all these
thoughts suddenly become realities. Unless we are ever alert at this stage we will place
our own destructive hand on our head.
In the tantric text Saundarya Lahari, this wish fulfilling process is aptly described as
the chintamani, or wish fulfilling gem. Here chinta applies to the 'process of selective
thought' and mani means 'jewel'. Therefore, chintamani means the 'jewel of correct and
positive thinking'. In this text, anahata is described as the garden of the devas. At the
center is a small divine lake inside which is the chintamani. It is not necessary to obtain
this jewel; as long as you can realize your proximity to it that is enough, then whatever
you think comes true.
Develop a new way of thinking
When anahata chakra blooms and awakens, you must have very good sangha,
associations. You should never associate with people who depend on their fate. Rather,
you should always associate with those who depend on faith. You must have unswerving
faith in the power of your own will. Even in the face of tremendous odds, be unflinching.
Then you will succeed. Willpower is never the outcome of suggestion. If you are ill and
you say a hundred times, 'I am well, I am well, I am well...', this is called autosuggestion.
It is not will. Will is something more than this. 'Even if my son is suffering from the