Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

the body and this is coming from studies into physics and the nature of energy in our
universe.
Purpose of this section
In this section we arc more concerned with delineating the research into energy than
into consciousness. We are concerned with the research into kundalini rather than with
the awareness side of things. We must take it for granted that awareness exists. Research
into the energy side of yoga shows us that there is a physically based energy in the body
which also has a psychic dimension. This fits the yogic description of prana, whose
ultimate and maximum form is that of kundalini.
Many times we have been amazed to hear the stories of yogis and saints and have
been awed by reading the ancient and universal teachings of yoga, to realize that they are
applicable even today. Often we have wondered how yogis developed this science in the
first place. Obviously it has come from a profound and unusual experience, beyond the
capacity of normal man to achieve or even understand without yoga practice.
Swamiji is one of those who has reached transcendental heights and come back to tell
us about kundalini in scientific terms. Many times Swamiji has spoken about the
kundalini phenomenon and has laid down the fundamentals of kundalini yoga in a
succinct, precise, profound and yet easily understandable and systematic manner, as has
been done in this book. In the past few years he has told us many things about the
functions of the body, for example, that the right nostril connects to the left brain, and the
left nostril to the right brain, which have been beyond our understanding at first and
which have only recently, in 1983, been verified by researchers at the Salk Institute in
America (see chapter entitled "Controlling the Nadis and the Brain"). Through his own
internal experiences he has seen that most of us do net use our potential and that within
the brain there are unused areas of potential energy, psychic awareness and total
knowledge. It is actually possible to experience the brain from inside. The source is
within us, however, we have not connected the various centers and circuits to the main
switches and the main generator. The way to do this, Swamiji tells us, is through
kundalini yoga.
Often Swamiji has referred to the works of researchers as a means of validating and
expressing the kundalini experience in easily understandable scientific terms and to show
that there are many people working on this most important aspect of life. Many of their
researches are outlined here in simple terms. These researches represent pioneering
efforts to delineate the broader function of man. No doubt, in the future, new machines
and methods will have to be developed, for we are seeing only the bare beginnings of
yogic research at this time. However, the efforts of these researchers will be remembered
and will set the course for more sophisticated, scientifically acceptable research.
One thing is sure, science and yoga have been running parallel and in the same
direction and are now beginning to converge towards a meeting point which promises to
transform society. The concept of kundalini and the higher sciences is becoming more