Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

There is also evidence to show that the right brain is not only important for normal
understanding, but also holds the key for intuition and higher experience. Eugene
D'Aquili, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, feels
that split brain research indicates that the circuits which underlie higher mental states,
from flashes of inspiration to altered states of consciousness, lie within the right brain,
ida, and are powered by the emotions. (3) D'Aquili has formulated a neurological
description of "the intuitive perception of God" in which one sees reality as a unified
whole, experiencing a feeling of oneness with the world. He feels it is a product of the
parietal-occipital lobe on the right, "non-dominant" side of the brain which somehow
takes over the brain's functioning. Time is experienced as standing still and a sense of
absolute and complete unity of self with the cosmos is felt. Both are features of right
brain function and this experience is long lasting and totally transforms people's lives so
that they find new motivation and a healthier, more fulfilling perspective of their
relationship with life.
This research indicates that unless we begin to take more notice of and develop the
right brain, we cannot partake inthe experience of higher consciousness. According to
yogis, the right and left brain, ida and pingala, must be balanced for such experience to
take place.
The necessity for balance
Most of us fluctuate according to our inner biological rhythms, moving from left to
right brain, right to left nostril, active to receptive mode, every 90 to 180 minutes. These
biological rhythms are well documented though their actual role and significance is not
well understood and understanding of how things fit together is still in its infancy.
From the yogic point of view this rhythmic, or in the case of disease, arrhythmic
swing, indicates that we are unbalanced and that one mode, one side of our nature is
constantly becoming predominant. We rarely experience the more desirable state in
which both sides become equal and balanced. According to yoga, when both the sad and
happy hemispheres are balanced for a certain length of time, a new state arises which
unites logic and intuition, transforms our emotions and enables us to power a greater
range of neurological activity.
We have to understand the necessity for attaining equilibrium and that the resultant
state is a better and more pleasant and puissant experience. Einstein is an example of a
natural yogi who used both sides of his brain. Meditating on what it would be like to ride
on a ray of light, he had a sudden and powerful flash of intuition, piercing insight into the
mysteries of the universe, indicating right brain function, and was able to harness his left
brain to construct a theory of energy and matter conversion which totally revolutionized
science and replaced the several hundred year old paradigm of Newton. Einstein stated,
"The real thing is intuition. A thought comes and I may try to express it in words
afterwards." Yogis would say that Einstein had not only experienced the awakening of
Shakti in his nadis, but that this initial awakening had also led to activation of a chakra.