It takes quite a bit of time to become enlightened. But it really is not so different from learning any other art; all you need is time, a good teacher, and practice. Frederick Lenz More Quotes by Frederick Lenz More Quotes From Frederick Lenz It's funny, people who have a lot of sexual energy think of themselves as being not spiritual. They are probably more spiritually inclined. All that sexual energy is kundalini. Frederick Lenz buddhism spiritual thinking People who tap the kundalini and are able to release it are more successful. Anyone who is really on top has some access to the kundalini. They have learned somewhere down the line, in this or other lives, ways of releasing power. Frederick Lenz buddhism careers success What will really release the kundalini is creating a stillness in your life. This stillness will come about through deep caring and introspection. It will come about slowly and then quickly - it builds momentum. Frederick Lenz buddhism creating caring To increase the flow of kundalini that will alter our perception, it is necessary to clarify the purpose of one's being. This is to come to understand dharma. Frederick Lenz buddhism perception purpose It is necessary first in the practice of Kundalini yoga to determine what the dharma is. There is a dharma for you. Frederick Lenz buddhism yoga practice Don't worry about techniques. Don't worry about chakras. Instead, concern yourself with finding the dharma and meditate. Then the kundalini will release. Frederick Lenz buddhism technique worry Have your life properly aligned with dharma. The technicalities of the movement of the kundalini are easy to master. Dharma is much more complex. Frederick Lenz buddhism movement easy The sign that the kundalini is releasing is not the development of miraculous powers, but that your mind is becoming quieter. Frederick Lenz buddhism development mind If the kundalini is flowing through you at a very rapid rate, if you are not in harmony with the dharma, then you will have great problems with the study. Frederick Lenz buddhism study problem There is a way to open up the chakras, there is a mystical way. But if you do that, you'll get yourself into very hot water, and it's ultimately slower. Frederick Lenz buddhism hot water Awakening the mystical kundalini prematurely is dangerous, because unless you have refined your being, you'll get all screwed up, entities, weird powers ... strange things. That is why I don't teach anyone how to open up the chakras. Frederick Lenz buddhism strange awakening What I teach you to do is how to bring the light of the supraconscious throughout your being, because once you have done that, the chakras will open up by themselves. Frederick Lenz buddhism light done Ecstasy can be painful when it's intense enough, when the kundalini surges enough. The ecstasy is so complete, it's overwhelming sometimes. Frederick Lenz buddhism painful sometimes Kundalini Yoga is the yoga of power. Without wisdom, a powerful person does not become more powerful. Their power will turn back on them and eventually destroy them. So those who are truly wise become most powerful. Frederick Lenz yoga powerful wise There's many kinds of kundalini, just as there's a spectrum of light. Put light through a prism and you get different gradations. So there are different gradations of kundalini. Some gradations of kundalini are darker, some are lighter. Frederick Lenz buddhism different light The kundalini comes in two primary forms when it comes forward from a spiritual teacher. Frederick Lenz buddhism spiritual teacher The highest octave kundalini is the golden light which occurs in the supraconscious; it is the supraconscious. It's what they call Sat Chit Ananda - existence, consciousness, bliss ... full consciousness. Frederick Lenz golden buddhism light The kundalini of the supraconscious has nothing to do with the shushumna. That light comes down, from the crown center and has nothing to do with the opening. It descends and inundates. Frederick Lenz crowns buddhism light The mystical kundalini is very different. It is a much more intense transformative energy which, when used, allows a person to make tremendous spiritual leaps in a short period of time. Frederick Lenz buddhism energy spiritual The mystical kundalini goes the other direction. It starts at the base of the spine, at the root chakra and goes up. Frederick Lenz chakra buddhism roots