Chapter 46

           

           Tounderstandwhatthatexperiencewas,whathappenedinthere(bywhichImeanboth"inthemeditationcave"and"inme")bringsupatopicratheresotericandwild-namely,thesubjectofkundalinishakti.

           Everyreligionintheworldhashadasubsetofdevoteeswhoseekadirect,transcendentexperiencewithGod,excusingthemselvesfromfundamentalistscripturalordogmaticstudyinordertopersonallyencounterthedivine.Theinterestingthingaboutthesemysticsisthat,whentheydescribetheirexperiences,theyallendupdescribingexactlythesameoccurrence.Generally,theirunionwithGodoccursinameditativestate,andisdeliveredthroughanenergysourcethatfillstheentirebodywitheuphoric,electriclight.TheJapanesecallthisenergyki,theChineseBuddhistscallitchi,theBalinesecallittaksu,theChristianscallitTheHolySpirit,theKalahariBushmencallitn/um(theirholymendescribeitasasnakelikepowerthatascendsthespineandblowsaholeintheheadthroughwhichthegodsthenenter).TheIslamicSufipoetscalledthatGod-energy"TheBeloved,"andwrotedevotionalpoemstoit.TheAustralianaboriginesdescribeaserpentintheskythatdescendsintothemedicinemanandgiveshimintense,otherworldlypowers.IntheJewishtraditionofKabbalahthisunionwiththedivineissaidtooccurthroughstagesofspiritualascension,withenergythatrunsupthespinealongaseriesofinvisiblemeridians.

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