Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

or massage, for example, we can stimulate activity at both the physical and psychic levels
of that center.
What lies at the basis of these energy emanations at the neurological and mental
levels, how these forces interact to control our psychophysiology, behavior and
experience, still requires much more research. What we do know is that the concept of
chakras has a definite psychophysiological foundation, that they affect our body,
emotions and mind, and that they produce both physical and psychic energy which can be
measured and quantified. There is something within the body of man, which yogis called
chakra, awaiting our discovery and awakening.
1. Motoyama, H., "A Psychophysiological Study of Yoga", Instit. for Religious
Psyckol., Tokyo, 1976, 6.
2. Motoyarna, H., "The Mechanism Through Which Paranormal Phenomena Take
Place", Instit. for Religion & Parapsych., Tokyo, 1975, 2.
3. Motoyama, H., "An Electro physiological Study of Prana (Ki)", Res. for Religion &
Parapsych., 4 (i), 1978.
4. Motoyama, H., Theories of the Chakras: Bridge to Higher Consciousness, Quest,
Illinois, 1981. pp. 271-279.
5. Ibid, p. 275.
6. Ibid, p. 279.
7. "Electronic Evidence of Auras, Chakras in UCLA Study," Brain Mind Bulletin,
3(9), March 20,1978.
8. "Vision Training Provides Window to Brain Changes", Brain Mind Bulletin, 7(13),
Oct. 25, 1982.
9. Ibid.
Chapter 8
The Cosmic Trigger
We stand on the shores of a vast universe which continues to amaze us and inspire us
with awe and wonder every time a new discovery is made. Despite recent developments
in rockets, computers, atomic power and other marvels of science, we are painfully
ignorant of the world in which we live. We are even more ignorant of our inner universe
which for some reason we have forgotten about and ignore, despite a pressing inner need
to uncover the truth of our existence.
Since the concept of kundalini has been introduced in the west, various groups of
scientific and yogic minded people have sought to understand and explain this
phenomenon which promises to be our rocketship into inner space, to lift us out of the
confines and limitations of time and space so as to experience ourselves as we really are.
Strangely enough, this inner experience also promises to unveil many of the outer
mysteries baffling scientists and researchers in many fields today.