Table of Contents
Part I — Lectures, talks, stories
- Kundalini Yoga: the Mother-Power
- Prana and the power of the chakras
- Concentration, meditation, willpower and love
- Self-discovery and transformation
- Vivekananda
- Two brothers
- Kundalini powers
- Occult power
- Misuse of occult powers
- The Yoga of Shakti
Part II — Questions and answers
- Question: Where are the chakras located? Are they in the body?
- Question: Are there specific mantras we can use to open up the different centres?
- Question: When a centre opens up, will it give any kind of signal?
- Question: What happens if we open the centres before the system has been purified?
- Question: When one enters into the spiritual life, does the kundalini automatically arise, or does this happen only in certain people?
- Question: Is the awakening of the kundalini a sign that God-realisation is imminent? At what stage of the soul's evolution does the kundalini rise?
- Question: So the awakening of the kundalini does not mean that one is realising God?
- Question: If it is not necessary for the kundalini to awaken, why does it awaken to some Masters?
- Question: Does sexual indulgence prevent one from acquiring occult power through Kundalini Yoga?
- Question: Are there only seven centres?
- Question: Where is the third eye located?
- Question: How does one open the third eye?
- Question: Is there a particular centre I can meditate on in order to control my thoughts?
- Question: Is the third eye the best place to focus one's attention during meditation, or can this lead to problems?
- Question: When the third eye is open, what can you do?
- Question: What is the relationship between the third eye and the heart centre?
- Question: Once when you meditated, I noticed that you touched your third eye first and then your heart centre. What does this mean?
- Question: What is the difference between the ordinary human heart and the spiritual heart or anahata chakra?
- Question: Would you say that the heart center sometimes opens for a few seconds end then closes again?
- Question: How do you know that the heart centre is open?
- Question: If you feel warmth in the region of the heart, is this a sign of the heart centre opening up?
- Question: What is the relationship between the spiritual heart and the kundalini power in terms of relative importance?
- Question: I have been meditating on my navel centre. Do you feel this is wise?
- Question: Then what about meditating on the base of the spine and trying to raise the kundalini from there. Is that also unsafe?
- Question: Could you please speak about the fifth chakra?
- Question: They say that there are eighty-six thousand subtle nerves. Are they distinct enough to actually be counted?
- Question: Do the nerves of the subtle body have any correlation with the nerves of the physical body?
