Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

The preliminary awakening of kundalini is followed by the experience of light in
bhrumadhya, the eyebrow center. Usually this develops in a very mild way over an
extended period of time, and therefore does not precipitate any sudden agitation or
disturbance. After some time, the appetite for food and sleep gradually decreases and the
mind becomes quieter.
There is another prior warning which heralds the awakening of kundalini. In yoga
and tantra it is very clearly indicated that when ida and pingala flow simultaneously for a
long period of time, and sushumna begins to flow, then it is time to prepare for a spiritual
event.
Therefore, one should be conversant with swara yoga, the science of the breath cycle,
and keep a close watch over the breathing process. The breathing pattern in the nostrils
normally changes every fourth day, according to the cycles of the moon, but when both
nostrils have been functioning equally well for at least fifteen days, that is an advance
warning of an impending spiritual breakthrough.
An onslaught of experiences
When the actual awakening occurs there is an explosion in the realm of experience
and there are symptoms which are sometimes very difficult to understand. The most
unique and common experience is the release of energy like an electric shock from the
bottom of the spinal cord, as if it were connected to an electrical power point. This may
be accompanied by a burning sensation in mooladhara chakra and energy passing up and
down through sushumna. Sometimes you hear drums, flutes, bells, birds, celestial music,
or you may even think you can hear peacocks singing. You may have a very momentary
sensation of sitting outside in the middle of a monsoon shower, and there can also be the
sensation of dark clouds in continual movement overhead and the sound of thunder.
At times your body feels so light and you may even visualize your spinal cord as a
fluorescent light. It is common to feel illumination within, as if hundreds of little lights
were burning inside your body. This is one side.
The other side is that all the anger, passions and suppressions come out. Sometimes
you are so filled with fear that you can't sleep, sometimes for days together you have
nothing in your mind but sex, at other times you can't think of anything but food.
However, all these symptoms pass within a few days or weeks.
Some people obtain psychic powers. They develop clairvoyance, telepathy,
clairaudience, psychotelekinesis, the ability to heal, etc., and this brings a lot of
temptations. However, this is a phase and it will pass away.
Sometimes you don't feel like eating for days together. You may not have any
appetite for fifteen to twenty days, and even if people try to force you to eat, you just
can't. There is sometimes a feeling of nervous depression, and you may just want to sit, or
you may feel restricted and closed in. There is a detachment from the normal emotions of