Kundalini Rising: Exploring the Energy of Awakening

by Various Various Authors, Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa (Contribution by), Dorothy Walters (Contribution by), Andrew Newberg M.D. (Contribution by), Sivananda Sivananda Radha (Contribution by)

Overview

You have within you a latent energy waiting to transform your life. Known as kundalini, this legendary power is believed to catalyze spiritual evolution. But is kundalini real? And if so, how can we engage this energy to awaken our consciousness?
For centuries, the secrets of kundalini have been guarded by masters and buried in esoteric texts around the globe. Kundalini Rising brings together 24 illuminating essays by some of today's most prominent voices to demystify this mysterious phenomenon.
From personal accounts and yogic practices, to brain research and historical perspectives, this compelling anthology weaves together both the mystical and practical perspectives on the rise of kundalini energy to help support your own spiritual discovery.
Contributors include: Lawrence Edwards, PhD; Bonnie Greenwell, PhD; Bruce Greyson, MD; Gene Keiffer; Penny Kelly; Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa; Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa, PhD; Sat Bir Singh Khalsa, PhD; Gurucharan Singh Khalsa, PhD; Gopi Krishna; Olga Louchakova; David Lukoff, PhD; Andrew B. Newberg, PhD; Stuart Perrin; John Selby; Stuart Sovatsky, PhD; Swami Sivananda Radha; Dorothy Walters, PhD; John White; Whitehawk; Barbara Harris Whitfield; Charles L. Whitfield, MD; and Ken Wilber.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591797289
Publisher:	Sounds True, Incorporated
Publication date:	09/01/2009
Pages:	408
Sales rank:	512,395
Product dimensions:	6.08(w) x 9.04(h) x 1.09(d)

About the Author

Andrew Newberg
Andrew Newberg, M.D. is an associate professor of radiology and psychiatry and an adjunct assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Pennsylvania, and director of the Center for Spirituality and the Mind. He is co-author of Why God Won't Go Away, Born to Believe, and The Mystical Mind.

Ken Wilber
Ken Wilber is one of the most influential and widely read American philosophers of our time. His writing has been translated into more than 20 languages. Ken Wilber is the author of many books, including The Spectrum of Consciousness; The Eye of Spirit; Grace and Grit; Sex, Ecology, Spirituality; A Brief History of Everything; Boomeritis; and The Marriage of Sense and Soul. Ken Wilber lives in Denver, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Introduction Tami Simon ix

Part I The Experience: Personal Accounts and Findings from Those Who Have Experienced Kundalini

Kundalini and the Mystic Path Dorothy Walter 3

Kundalini: The Role of Life-Force Energy in Self-Realization Bonnie Greenwell 21

Kundalini: Unfolding the Human Design Penny Kelly 37

Kundalini Yoga Stuart Perrin 47

Deep Light and the Great Retruthing Whitehawk 55

Beyond Kundalini Awakening John Selby 73

Part II Kundalini and Your Health: Accounts from Health Experts, Therapists, Scientists, Researchers, and Clinical Surveys of Kundalini Experiences

Kundalini Yoga as Therapy: A Research Perspective Sat Bir Singh Khalsa 87

Kundalini and Health: Living Well with Spiritual Awakening Olga Louchakova 97

The Yogic Brain Andrew B. Newberg 117

Kundalini Awakening David Lukeoff 127

Mental and Emotional Health in the Kundalini Process Barbara Harris Whitfield 141

Spiritual Energy: Perspectives from a Map of the Psyche and the Kundalini Recovery Process Charles L. Whitefield 161

Near-Death Experiences and the Physio-Kundalini Syndrome Bruce Greyson 173

Healing Through the Three Channels Shanti Shanti Kaur Khalsa 185

Part III Kundalini at Large: Kundalini in a Historical, Philosophical, and Cultural Context

Are the Chakras Real? Ken Wilber 195

Kundalini: Sex, Evolution, and Higher Consciousness John White 207

Kundalini: Her Symbols of Transformation and Freedom Lawrence Edwards 225

On Being Moved: Kundalini and the Complete Maturation of the Spiritual Body Stuart Sovatsky 247

An Illuminated Channel from the Ocean of Consciousness Gene Keiffer 269

The Goal of Consciousness Research Gopi Krishna277

Part IV Kundalini in Motion: Kundalini Yoga and Musings from Yogis

Thoughts on Kundalini Swami Sivananda Radha 299

Heart Swami Sivananda Radha 305

Let Your Presence Work Through the Power of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa 313

Kundalini Yoga and Meditation as Taught by Yogi Bhajan Gurucharan Singh Khalsa 319

Notes 337

Contributors 349

Credits 363

Index 365