Kundalini: Encyclopedia II - Kundalini - Kundalini and physiology

Kundalini - Kundalini and physiology

Contemporary spiritual literature often notes that the chakras as described in the esoteric kundalini documents bear a strong similarity in location and number to the major endocrine glands, as well as nerve bundles called ganglions. One speculation is that the traditional practices have formalized a method for stimulating the endocrine glands to work in a different mode which has a more direct effect on consciousness, perhaps ultimately by stimulating the release of DMT by the pineal gland, which may be analogous to the 'pineal chakra' (Strassman, 2001).

The late Itzhak Bentov studied Kundalini from an engineering perspective. According to Bentov (1990), the 7.5Hz oscillation of the heart muscle rhythm-induces mechanical KHz frequencies in the brain, that in turn create a stimulus equivalent of a current loop. The nerve ends in that loop correspond to the route through which the Kundalini "rises". This current polarizes the brain part through which it flows in a homogenous way, effectively releasing tremendous amounts of stress from the body. The body then becomes an effective antenna for the 7.5Hz frequency, which is one of the ionosphere resonant frequencies. In lay man terms, you then pick up information from the air. This might account for repeated descriptions of heightened senses as a result of rising Kundalini, e.g. as described by Yogananda: "The whole vicinity lay bare before me. My ordinary frontal vision was now changed to a vast spherical sight, simultaneously all-perceptive. Through the back of my head I saw men strolling far down Rai Ghat Lane..."

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