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INTRODUCTORY
affecting any part of the human system. But when awakened its ends get a little more apart and turn slightly upwards. The energy then flowing out from the ends does not remain located within the Kundalini but goes up through the medium of the sushumna nadi covering a larger circuit extending from the base up to the centre of the Sahasrara. In cases where premature awakening of the Kundalini is effected by physical means, the power acquired is commonly utilised for material purposes only. In this respect, the awakening of the Kundalini may be taken as an exclusively material pursuit and may amount to degradation of Yoga. As a matter of fact Kundalini is the seat of sensations which come under control by its awakening. The divine wisdom dawns with it and Nature becomes an open book. Though the super-normal capacity acquired thereby is meant for Nature’s work which a yogi at higher stages of advancement cannot avoid, it is by no means the final object of the pursuit or real criterion of a yogi or even an essential factor in determining the spiritual elevation of a sadhaka. It is to be noted seriously that a physically forced awakening of
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