Dr. Robert Svoboda explores genuine Kundalini awakening, spiritual delusion, and why regularly returning to the basics of spiritual practice is essential.
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In this episode of Living with Reality, Dr. Svoboda explores:
- Kundalini energy and connecting to supreme reality
- How to tell if one is genuinely having a Kundalini Awakening
- Insufficient grounding and the ‘Balloon Without a String” metaphor
- The capacity to channel and hold onto shakti
- How the middle of the spiritual path can be more dangerous than the beginning
- Becoming scattered, bewildered, and dispersed
- Aligning yourself with whatever you are devoted to
- How delusions can get magnified by kundalini
- Going back to the basics of practice
“What we should think about first is the importance of distinguishing a genuine kundalini awakening from a psychic break, some kind of spiritual experience that is maybe transformative, but is not quite the same thing, and definitely distinguishing it from some emotional catharsis that arises from and is chiefly limited to your individual personality.” –Dr. Svoboda
About Dr. Robert Svoboda:
Dr. Robert Svoboda is the first Westerner ever to graduate from a college of Ayurveda and be licensed to practice Ayurveda in India. During and after his formal Ayurvedic training, he was tutored in Ayurveda, Yoga, Jyotish, Tantra and other forms of classical Indian lore by his mentor, the Aghori Vimalananda. He is the author of twelve books, including Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution and the Aghora series, which discusses his experiences with his mentor during the years 1975 to 1983.
In the years since 1986, Dr. Svoboda has traveled extensively, spending an average of three months per year in India. He often speaks on Ayurveda, Jyotish, Tantra, and allied subjects in locales across the world.
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“Genuine awakening makes you more human and not less human, more capable of being in relationship with ordinary humans, more capable of genuinely showing affection to them and receiving affection from them. It is the real test of being able to deal with Kundalini that you can be ordinary and extraordinary at the same time. If you’re a balloon without a string, you’re going to go way off into the stratosphere or you’re going to pop.” –Dr. Svoboda
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