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The Serpent's Blessing: A Story of Kuṇḍalinī

The path of Kuṇḍalinī is systematic, like climbing a building step by step. Each person possesses a vast inner kingdom with levels to traverse. Awakening this energy is not simple. Many seek it out of curiosity, but without true mastery it becomes a dangerous business. A story tells of a man who learned to charm a cobra, calling it Kuṇḍalinī awakening, and displayed it for money. This is not real mastery. A monkey stole the basket, releasing the serpent, which then overpowered the thief. When Kuṇḍalinī truly awakens without proper guidance, no one can save you. Another story tells of a man under a wish-fulfilling tree who received everything he desired, including his fears. Do not greedily chase such powers. Do not force techniques from books. Relax, meditate, and live properly. The energy will come naturally.

"Kuṇḍalinī is awakening—it is not easy, what people are saying."

"Do not run behind such things."

Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic

Aaj to yate hi sāyabhya nandhaka, charaṇakamalapadahanganiye dharodhata, charaṇakamalapadahanganiye dharodhata. Thank you. Nāka Manoharata Supalakāro, Nāka Manoharata Supalakāro. Guru Swāmījī so ate hisaya banandakāro. Caraṇaka malapada aṅgani edaro, Caraṇaka malapada aṅgani edaro. Aṅganī edaro dī na ugyo sakāro, aṅganī edaro dī na ugyo sakāro. Satta Guru Swāmījī achato athehī Sayabānandakāro. Caraṇakamalapada aṅganīedharo, caraṇakamalapada aṅganīedharo. Ujjanārāyaṇa Deva Purīṣa Nadeva Brahma Puruṣottama Īśa Puruṣottama Vidhi Pardaya Toka Rora Svāha Upadaya Toka Rora Aṣṭo Ate Īśaya Vananda Karo. Charanakka Malla Pada Anganiye Daro, Charanakka Malla Pada Anganiye Daro. Satta Guru Swamiji. Aaj Tov Atehi Sayavanandakaro. Someone among you will translate this bhajan. If you know, translate it. If you do not know, then do not push different lines inside it; do not put in any other different lines. Oṁ Śānti. The Kuṇḍalinī and the chakras, the mind and consciousness, life and the cosmic self—let us come to this subject. But we have to go very systematically. It is like we are climbing a building, step by step. Similarly, we have to understand the life of the human being. It is also true that every creature has some energy, a path to climb towards the highest consciousness. How many different souls and lives are with you in your kingdom? Your kingdom. Each and every one of you has a big, big, big kingdom. This kingdom is beautiful, and there are five steps which we have to go through step by step. And when we are at the top, we also have to come down. It is not easy, what people are saying: "Kuṇḍalinī is awakening." There is one person who has that awakening of the Kuṇḍalinī. And what is he doing? He has a beautiful box—or what we call a basket. A beautiful basket. This is number one, and he is the master of the Kuṇḍalinī. You all have desires to awaken that Kuṇḍalinī. Gurudev told a beautiful story when I was speaking about Gurujī and Kuṇḍalinī. He said, "I will tell you," and he told a very nice story. There was a person curious to awaken the Kuṇḍalinī. He went into the forest, meditating on his Kuṇḍalinī. He read the book about the Kuṇḍalinī serpent. Yes, now everyone is curious about the serpent within the spinal column, and how its energy rises. How nice. A master gave him a very beautiful flute, saying this flute would awaken his Kuṇḍalinī. So he sat near a bush in the jungle, learning to play the flute. It is not easy; you have to learn. If you can awaken this, learn this, then the Kuṇḍalinī can come. He had a flute and blew into it for half an hour constantly. And you? You can chant Oṁ. Let us see. Count it mentally. Deep inhale. The Kuṇḍalinī will not awaken; it is just nothing. He is sitting there and blowing for half an hour. That we have to learn. When you blow the conch, you will see how long you can blow it. But there is someone who can blow continuously. Of course, these are techniques for awakening your Kuṇḍalinī. I give you freedom. When you go through, let us say, all the chakras, each chakra takes about 15 minutes. Then all chakras, at the same time, from the Mūlādhāra, awaken the Kuṇḍalinī. In the bush, a big cobra appeared. He was still blowing the flute. The cobra came. This is the Kuṇḍalinī. She does not want to be disturbed. But he is now in a Kuṇḍalinī awakening trance. That cobra is in ānanda. Then it can come up. In the beginning, it runs away, but again it comes back. That master is sitting here. So sometimes you go away, but after a few years you will come back. "Swamiji, I am again here." Swamiji said, "Well, of course, you were in freedom." "How was the freedom? My wife, my godchild left me. Gurudev, again I am here. Why not?" Alright. The kingdom of the Gurudev is endless. Once you have God’s blessing and mantra, it will go with you to the Brahmaloka. But how long will you have to wait? If you break something, then you are in different creatures. So he was blowing. He had a nice basket. He brought the snake into it like this, and he was still blowing. With one hand, he took the cover. Now your Kuṇḍalinī is contained, yes, now going home. He will show it to everyone. All will come, and his Kuṇḍalinī is awake. He will take out the teeth and the poison glands, rendering it powerless. So your Kuṇḍalinī is powerless, so you are in Mūlādhāra all the time. He took that cobra. It was a very hot day, and there was a big, beautiful banyan tree with nice shade. He wanted to rest. A person who wants Kuṇḍalinī awakening must have a master, but that master should also know what the Kuṇḍalinī is. That man began to have a business: "Awakening Kuṇḍalinī, awakening Kuṇḍalinī," for many people. He said, "I don’t awaken it; I only show your Kuṇḍalinī for 10 rupees." He was blowing his flute and opened the basket. The cobra came. It was well-trained. It went like a cup. He took the snake. "Can I awaken the Kuṇḍalinī on your back?" "No, no..." 9.9 out of 10 run away. And so the people also. When Kuṇḍalinī awakening happens and something occurs, then the poor doctor cannot do anything either. And of course, masters and yogīs can do it. It is said it is your Kuṇḍalinī, it is your karma. Now, what is awakening? You should feel it. So, what is Kuṇḍalinī then? But still, someone is very curious. That man was sitting under the banyan tree. He got a new Kuṇḍalinī, a very strong one, about two meters, black. Why is he doing it? It is a blessing. Kuṇḍalinī is everywhere. So what can you do? From far away, there was a beautiful, big, long-tailed male monkey. He thought, "This man is bringing some good things in his basket, maybe some honey or something good to eat, so I want to have it." But the master is there, the man is there. Now the monkey is hypnotizing because the Kuṇḍalinī has a little effect on others also. So the monkey said, "Man, go away, it’s my basket. Man, go." He was gesturing like this. You know how the monkey does? If you don’t give something, he makes hypnotizing gestures. Kuṇḍalinī—for those who do not know—is your energy, your knowledge, many good things. It is your light to the cosmic. But now people are making many books. Everyone can write something. One said there is no Kuṇḍalinī, another writes it is a snake, another said it is a sexual... "Oh, this Kuṇḍalinī book is good, can you give it to me?" Yes, but the reality is not there. The monkey was hypnotizing, and what happened? The man had a feeling to urinate. Of course, we do not want to urinate under a holy tree. As long as possible, do not urinate under trees. If there is no other way, of course, and the tree... the tree is a great mother. Your child, you bring there, and the mother is happy. "My child is happy." The tree is also okay. The tree is giving everything. If we throw a stone, this mother will throw us fruit. The monkey gestured, and that man went a little far away, about 50 meters behind a bush. The monkey was so happy. "Now my techniques are perfect. My Kuṇḍalinī is coming. Great." I am teaching you the Kuṇḍalinī techniques: the five elements, the body, the energy, the mind, the knowledge, and the freedom, ānanda. The monkey jumped down from one branch to another and took the basket with the string and the bell. The monkey has something from the humans and jumped up very high onto a very thin, tiny tree. He was looking at the man. The man said, "Oh, my God, poor monkey. I made a mistake. I could have taken it. Poor, poor monkey." And what did the monkey say? "I am not poor," he said. And what? He was sitting as if on a very good chair and table. His back legs were hanging, the basket was in his lap, and he was looking. He tore the cloth, opened the basket, and the Kuṇḍalinī awoke. Oh, my God! Oh, very beautiful. We call it Nāgrāj. We call it Nāgrāj. We call it the king cobra. There are many snakes, but only one is known as a king. Yes or no? You know that? King cobra. So the cobra Kuṇḍalinī hypnotized the monkey. The monkey saw everything as yellow. And from the tiny tree to the ground, he was urinating and defecating. Now he wanted to go away. Any movement, and the Kuṇḍalinī puts you into mahāsamādhi. If you move, she... can you imagine? Next time when you come to India, perhaps we will meet the king, but do not come close. A king is a king. He could not take it out. He thought it was honey inside, but it was not honey. Something very funny. And that funny means so... My dear. The master of the cobra said, "Oh my God, please save the... not the cobra, the monkey." So who comes to that? When Kuṇḍalinī awakens, the master is not worried about the cobra or them, no, no... Kuṇḍalinī only. He was sorry for that man. Therefore, do not run behind such things. There is much written in many books about many samādhis, and they write about prāṇāyāma—five hours of prāṇāyāma, and this and that. This means your brain will be completely finished, so you are neither here nor there. There is something written, but how you should do it is not like that all the time. Do not think that ṛṣis were only sitting all day in meditation in a cave in the Himalayas. No, no humans are there, and you know who is there? Yes, leopard, tiger, other animals. The yogī is sitting like this, and a leopard comes and pulls him out. Hari Om Tat Sat, my dear, do not think like that. Even those yogīs make a protection. Many, many things. So do not think and write something in a book. One Swami said, "The Himalayan caves are all occupied. There are no more caves." So I said, "Now the glaciers are melted, so now my back end, many, many Kuṇḍalinī, Kuṇḍalinī." This Kuṇḍalinī in our body is energy, good energy. But many things are in this body. What is all there? How many creatures are in your body? How many beautiful rivers are there also? Lakes, forests—in this body, very good. Holī Gurujī said a very nice bhajan. That bhajan we shall sing tomorrow. And what is that bhajan? So, do not run behind, do not do techniques that are too strong. And then this master will not save you from this disease. Therefore, we have everything. Beautiful. Beautiful. Enjoy. Eat, drink milk, relax, meditate, sleep. That is the best part, so the Kuṇḍalinī will come there. This is the beautiful story of how the Kuṇḍalinī comes. Then, that other man was very curious. It is said there is a beautiful tree, my God, called the Kalpavṛkṣa. Yes, people are still good at studying many educations: doctors of doctors of doctors, or professors of professors of professors, or judges of judges of judges, farmers of farmers of farmers. All are searching for this tree, Kalpavṛkṣa. There is one, but then two. If you go under this tree—you go tomorrow to the forest—maybe some tree is that one. Under that tree, whatever you ask, this tree will give you immediately: gold, money, vodka, tigers, sleeping, resting, a good bed, everything. Under the tree, and when you go out, nothing. So, this tree. One man was searching for that. One day, he was going somewhere to bring his wife back to his house, because she was with her parents for some days, and her husband came to bring her home. It was a very hot day. Now you also have very hot days. There is again a beautiful tree. He was sitting to rest and said, "I am thirsty." Nice cold water would be good. One beautiful pot with nice, cool water was there. He said, "Oh, I have no glass." A glass was there. Whatever he thought was there: "I am hungry." Food was there. What should he eat? Everything: yogurt, milk, salad, fruits, and everything. So he said, "I can have a rest." He lay down. He said, "These stones, I am so tired. I want a nice bed." Already there was a nice pillow, a nice mattress. Mosquitoes were coming. "Oh God, there are so many mosquitoes. There is no net." Suddenly, a beautiful mosquito net appeared. He said, "What a beautiful..." Everything I think. "If my wife is here, she will be so happy." And she was standing there. Oh God, beautiful. Then he was looking up, and he thought, "It must be some ghost. Can it kill me?" Whatever he thought. So from the tree came the ghost. "Oh, could it kill me?" Is it? Yes, it will throw me out, out of the head of the tree. There is nothing. So this is what we have: some kind of desires to become billionaires, great persons, ministers, money, gold, etc. Do not look like that. God will give us what we need. And when God is giving, he is giving. He is giving, and we are giving. That is it. So this is how a greedy person loses everything. Then they go to play somewhere, I do not know where they are playing with the money. It is a casino, it is a casino, ah, a cinema. Okay, I do not need to learn this word. So, let us come to the Kuṇḍalinī, what we have in our body. Let us begin from the beginning of the hair on the body. Hair is not of this physical body. It is the element of ākāśa. You can cut the hair; it does not have pain, though it is growing. So the five elements: our hair is not in two together. This. And that is why, when you have fear, your body is not so, but you say, "My hair stands up." And you know when the hair is standing up? That I will tell you tomorrow. I wish you a good night, and so let us come to Kuṇḍalinī Nāgrāj. Okay, adiós. Today is our King’s Day!

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