Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

In the pursuit of desires, passions and ambitions, people take great risks every day
without thinking twice about it. Yet they allow the relatively minor risks of kundalini to
deter them from pursuing the supreme goal of higher consciousness.
When a woman discovers she is pregnant, does she think it might be dangerous for
her to have a child? She might die! She may have to have a cesarian! She may lose her
figure for life! She may become seriously ill! Does a woman think like this and decide
she doesn't want a child at all? No. Then why to think like this about kundalini?
Awakening of kundalini is the birth of Christ, Krishna, Buddha or Mohammed. It is
one of the greatest events of human life, just as for a mother, to have a baby is one of the
major and happiest events of her life, no matter what the consequences. In the same way,
awakening of kundalini is one of the greatest events in the life of a yogi. It is the destiny
of mankind, so why not go ahead with it?
Without involving yourself in a risk, nothing great in life can be achieved. Every
great yogi, scientist, explorer and adventurer has faced risks. And so he has invented,
discovered or made progress. Those people who are thinking and talking about risks are
cowards, and such people should not even practise yoga. It is better that they eat, drink,
be merry and die unenlightened.
Kundalini practices are certainly no more dangerous than many of the activities
people engage in for the sake of thrills, sport or altered states of consciousness. The risks
are not nearly as great as those associated with LSD, hashish, marijuana and alcohol,
which are commonly used by many people in their everyday life. Those who practise
kundalini yoga are assured of attaining states of expanded consciousness which are safer,
smoother, more comprehensible and longer lasting than anything that can be obtained
through the use of psychedelics.
The science of kundalini yoga has its own inbuilt safety mechanisms. If you perform
asanas or pranayama incorrectly, nature will immediately send a warning and compel you
to stop practising. In the same way, when kundalini awakening takes place and you are
not prepared to face it, nature puts obstacles in your way. If ever you become scared and
want to stop the process of kundalini awakening, all you have to do is revert to a gross
lifestyle. Just revise all your passions, dreams and worldly ambitions.
Unless you are an extremely introverted person, you can proceed along the path of
kundalini yoga without fear. If you are hypersensitive, have difficulty communicating
with others and live within a sort of fantasy world, you will find kundalini yoga upsetting
and even dangerous. Such people should not practise kundalini yoga or any techniques
for exploring the inner world until they have developed the ability to strike fearlessly and
confidently through the outer world. This also applies to timid and dependent people. For
all these individuals, karma yoga is the way. They should lead a life of unselfish service
in the world and develop non-attachment and maximum awareness.