Kundalini Vs. Holy Ghost

The Distinction Between "Holy Ghost" and "Kundalini" Experiences

I have personally experienced much of the Kundalini process in my own physical body, as well as intensively within my mental and emotional life. It is clear to me that just as there are physical kriya's or spontaneous movements that are a byproduct of energy flow and purification, there are also mental and emotional kriya's, which are developmental or purifying actions of psychic energy. My own Teacher seems to have had fully developed Kundalini energy and I have attended services in a Holy Ghost church. I have experienced these processes internally, just as I have observed and felt them externally in others and my environment. What is going on in the "Holy Roller" churches? What is happening in the "Kundalini" process? What is the distinction between these two distinct experiences or expressions of the same energy or phenomenon? I want to explore these questions without any expectation that I will reach some final explanation or theory of these related phenomena but the attempt is worth the effort.


Holy Ghost

When one attends certain churches there is a palpable energy that can be felt, not only energetically but also physically. It is an energy that seems to circulate throughout, pervade and fill certain types of churches or services. This energy can be felt very strongly in the navel as it builds up and it actually precipitates bodily movement. One can also observe the many varied manifestations of this energy throughout the church. This energy is no respecter of persons, as it will affect the individual who is there for the first time just as surely as the old-school Church Mother. It is a force that is physical, given that it has physical effects. We may call it psychic to distinguish it from the physical body. All energy originates in the Spiritual but I am not convinced that these forces are necessarily "spiritual" in some "High and Holy" sense. I am convinced from all of my experiences combined that these are plasma phenomena, more than likely fueled by the gases that are inhaled or that are the result of transformed sexual fluid.

There are a few other properties of this energy that are worth noting. This energy carries electricity and likewise conducts different forms of magnetism. It flows both where there is an openness to it and/or when there is a need. Unlike the "Kundalini" energy flow this energy flows into the body more than into the psyche. Thus, it is has less of a meditative effect and more of an expressive one. This is a real gaseous/plasma/electrical/magnetic physical energy that expresses itself physically in and through the body. This may explain the unspoken but commonly observed recognition of there often being an absence of deep, lasting and total transformation in many "Holy Roller" churches. For psychological transformation to occur energy must flow into the psyche, not merely into and through the body. This is the fundamental distinction between the "Holy Ghost" and the "Kundalini," in one the energy flows downward into the body and in the other the energy flows upward into the psyche. The energy is the same, whereas the flow is different and therefore the effects are similar and yet distinctive.



The Kundalini

There is no such thing as a coiled serpent at the base of the spine. It is clear that the navel or the Hara is the energy center for the whole body and for the entire psyche. This is the significance of the concept of the "Kundalini." What is correct in the Yogic theory is that an energy does go up the spine and that it does enter into certain "centers" along the front and back of the spine. The energy involved in this process seems to be the transformed sexual fluid. This fluid appears to be transformed into gases, some of which rise upward, either along the front of the body or up the spine. As these energies move up the spine some of them flow along lines or channels horizontal to the spine. As these energies enter into these channels one begins to naturally inhale additional gases, which blend together with these sexual gases. The result is the feeling of various pressures within the physical body, as well as something akin to bubbles, globes or spheres of substance all along the front of the body and the back, following the line or path of the spine.

I want to make one thing absolutely clear: I AM NOT ADVOCATING CELIBACY OR SEXUAL FLUID RETENTION. The only necessity is that one learn practices that transform sexual fluid, whether mental such as Kriya yoga or the Taoist microcosmic orbit, mantra such as the 7 vowel sounds or the Yogic chakra seed syllables and/or movement practices with an energy emphasis such as Qi Gong or Kouk Sun do. Various forms of concentration or even sitting meditation obviously assist in this transformation process. One may also practice placing the left hand below the belly button or on the lower back in the same region to help in transformation. The essential point is to transform sexual fluid not to pervert sexual expression. The indications that one is actually transforming sexual fluid are one of three: 1. Periodic pressure in the solar plexus and head, 2. Energy moving up the spine continuously, 3. Natural pranayama's where one inhales and absorbs gases other than oxygen regularly. This is as much as I know about the Kundalini process.

The purpose of the "Kundalini" process is psychological transformation, not merely psychic phenomena. Enlightenment is often associated with "Kundalini" but the "Kundalini" is an energy expression of the Self, thus Enlightenment is not contingent upon the "Kundalini" process. It is psychological transformation, growth, development and completion that is the end state of the "Kundalini" process. When the "Holy Roller" churches direct the "Holy Ghost" internally, then psycholgical transformation and Enlightenment will become more common in Christian churches. The energy of God is one and the same, whether it operates as the "Kundalini" or as the "Holy Ghost." The only distinctions within God's Power are in the manifestations. Good luck with the "Holy Ghost," in the "Kundalini" and in the process of Enlightenment!