Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

Therefore, a kimdalini aspirant must constantly work towards the development of
higher awareness. To be conscious of the unconscious is very difficult. When your
awareness is heavy and burdened with tension and confusion, it cannot survive for long
in the unconscious state. But when your consciousness is light and clear, it can penetrate
into the unconscious like a sharp and speedy arrow, successfully navigating past all the
danger zones and emerging with higher knowledge.
Anyone who has the urge to expand his or her awareness is a pioneer. In this we are
emerging from the confines of a mental prison in which the human race has been
incarcerated for millennia. It is the privilege of each one of us to participate in this
historic adventure, and we must be prepared for any eventuality. Kundalini yoga, if
practised with dedication, patience and appropriate guidance, is the safest and most
pleasant way of awakening that can ever take place in our lives.
With the awakening of kundalini, life becomes smooth. Plans and projects become
clear, decisions become accurate, and the personality becomes dynamic and powerful.
Therefore, do not be afraid of any risk. Once the awakening takes place, all your
limitations will be overcome, because darkness can never exist in the face of light and
limitations can never exist in the face of kundalini.
Chapter 9
Kundalini and Madness
Many individuals who experience the awakening of kundalini behave in a peculiar
way; they think in a different style or pattern. They may see auras and visions, feel
peculiar in the body, hear strange sounds and talk all sorts of nonsense. In society our
brains are structured in a certain way; there is discipline and control which inhibit us
from expressing ourselves freely. When the awakening of kundalini takes place, this
conditioning is withdrawn and the lid is completely lifted from the mind. That is why the
actions and words of those people who are undergoing kundalini awakening appear so
nonsensical, deviant and oftentimes mad to the ordinary man.
During kundalini awakening and madness, people may manifest the same symptoms,
but on closer examination a difference can be detected. Similarly, if you film a man
laughing out of madness and a man laughing with his friends, they will look almost the
same, but they are different. Most of us have probably read stories about the avadhoots
and fakirs of India and the Sufi and Christian mystics. Externally, these God-intoxicated
ones looked crazy, but if you were with them, they would have appeared and proved to be
very clear. The inner consciousness of such people is absolutely lucid, organized and
disciplined.