Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

the form, function or appearance of particular manifestations of individuality, such as the
species of plants or animals. That evolution is a historical record over time, whereas the
evolution and dissolution of consciousness into and out of individuality is in the realm of
the timeless.
There is an individuating principle that generates the myriads of objects in the
universe. In Sanskrit it is called kala, that which causes the potential inherent in the
underlying consciousness to accumulate at bindu. From this point or seed an object, an
animal, a human being or whatever, can arise and manifest. Each and every object has a
bindu as its base. This bindu lies within the hiranyagarbha,, the golden egg or womb of
creation. That which was previously formless assumes shape through the bindu, and its
nature is fixed by the bindu as well. The bindu is both the means of expression of
consciousness and also the means of limitation.
Some of the centers of manifestation from bindu possess consciousness, such as man.
However, most centers are unconscious, such as the elements, stones, and so on. The
potential to be conscious or unconscious depends only on the nature and structure of the
individual object, and this is also determined by the bindu. Man has the apparatus that
allows him to be a conscious center.
Every object, conscious or unconscious, is linked to the underlying essence of
consciousness through the intermediary of the bindu. Every object evolves into material
existence through the medium of the bindu and every object is withdrawn back to the
source via the bindu as well. Bindu is a trapdoor opening in both directions. It is the
means through which conscious centers such as man can realize the totality of sahasrara.
There are essentially only two types of human beings - those who are on the pravritti
path and those who are on the nivritti path. A man following the pravritti (outward) path
looks away from bindu towards the outside world. He is almost entirely motivated by
external events. This is the path of most people today and it leads away from selfknowledge
and into bondage. The other path, the nivritti (reversed) path, is the spiritual
path, the path of wisdom. On this path the individual begins to face the bindu, turning in
towards the source of his being. This path leads to freedom. The path of evolution is the
pravritti path of manifestation and extroversion. The path of involution leads back along
the path that has produced your individual being. It leads back through the bindu to
sahasrara. In fact, the whole purpose of yoga practice is to help direct your awareness
along the involutionary path.
The power of the point
There is tremendous power ensheathed within the infinitesimal point. For example,
one theory about the origin of the universe suggests that an infinitely dense point of
matter exploded in a 'big bang' to form the entire cosmos. Similarly, research in
subatomic physics has revealed that vast amounts of power are found concentrated within
the multitudinous different subatomic particles existing in the space/time continuum.
Physics is moving into the realms of the ineffable bindu.