Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

9. hand
10. little finger
11. ring finger
12. middle finger
13. index finger
14. thumb
15. neck
16. brow
17. eyelid and eyeball
18. face
19. lips
20. jaw
21. tongue
22. larynx
Bentov theorizes that stimulation of the corpus callosum will in turn stimulate the
sensory cortex to produce the sensations of something moving in the body from the feet,
up the spine, up over the head and then down the abdomen and pelvis. It is this
experience which many people associate with the awakening of kundalini.
The experience of movement in the spine and body has been reported in many cases
of the awakening of shakti or energy within the nervous and nadi systems. From areas as
far apart as India, China, Africa and America, the symptoms are often similar if not the
same. Energy is felt to rise upward and these sensations must be handled in progressive
sequence in the sensory cortex. We can also theorize that if we sit in padmasana (lotus
pose) or siddhasana (adept pose) that we may short-circuit the sensations in the legs so
that we subjectively experience the movement as commencing in or near mooladhara.
In normal situations, motor and sensory impulses usually travel in straight lines, either
into or out of the brain and via the thalamus. However, in meditation we introvert and cut
ourselves off from outside stimulation (pratyahara). This also tends to develop a loop
circuit.
We should note that sensory signals corne to the cortex through the thalamus, the area
of the brain in front of the pineal gland that we can associate with the highest functioning
of ajna chakra. And it is said that ajna chakra must be stimulated if kundalini is rising
because of its direct connection to mooladhara.
Bentov felt that the movement of waves through the cortex is responsible for the
effects of the awakened kundalini and for internal experience. From our point of view
this may not be the actual kundalini experience, which transcends all bodily sensations,
but would correspond to the awakening of prana shakti which ultimately leads to the
kundalini experience. The gradual development of the brain may take many years before
the loop circuit and the various connections develop, and enough energy can be generated
to actually stimulate all the circuits involved and required.