Kundalini
is a Sanskrut word that means coil. Every human has Kundalini,
however, in most humans the Kundalini lies dormant in the
perineum, forming a 3½ circles coil. Although most
people are not aware that the Kundalini exists, Kundalini
is well-known by serious spiritual seekers. Most yog traditions
aim to awaken the Kundalini, because these yog traditions
believe that the Kundalini is the power that is required to
attain the ultimate goal of spiritual achievement, the union
with divine (Yog).
Traditionally,
it is believed that after being awakened, Kundalini will be
able to remove the knots of the major chakras, cleanse, open
and develop the chakras until they are fully developed into
full-blooming lotus forms. By the time the Kundalini finishes
opening, cleansing and developing all of the chakras, the core
of the Kundalini will reach the crown chakra, the chakra at
the top of the head. This is the time you attain the highest
spiritual achievement Yog.
However,
it is not so easy for someone to attain Yog. First, it is very
hard to awaken the Kundalini. Some people have spent decades
of dedicated practices without being able to awaken their Kundalini.
It is believed that only a few were really able to awaken their
Kundalini. For those who were lucky enough to have their Kundalini
awakened, the cleansing process of the Kundalini would still
have taken decades. Kundalini requires years to cleanse open
and develop a chakra completely, and the process is done in
a bottom up in sequential order. So, as the Kundalini starts
at the lowest chakra and spends a few years at this base chakra,
it will take decades before the Kundalini can start working
at the crown chakra, the 7th chakra. In most cases, one will
die before achieving the final goal of the process since the
time required is too long.