This is a scholarly commentary and translation of two ancient Sanskrit texts: Shat Chakra Nirupana ("Discussion of the Six Chakras or Centers") and Paduka Panchaka ("Five-Fold Footstool").
The texts concern the harnessing of the primordial energy of the universe - the Kundalini - metaphorically called "the serpent." This cosmic energy is psychospiritual and exists everywhere in the universe. But it is also dormant within you. Awakening it leads to unimaginable powers of clairvoyance and omniscience.
There is a specific path to achieving this. One needs to awaken, one after another, six energy centers that reside vertically one above the other in our body. When the highest center is awakened, one has achieved the Ultimate. This point is way beyond clairvoyance and omniscience. This is oneness with the eternal consciousness of the universe - call that God, Self, nature, or anything else. The experience is beyond words and names. One becomes a liberated soul.
In yoga, the seat of consciousness is the heart. However, the Tantras discussing the Kundalini extend this to the six centers which tend to lie along the spinal column and the brain.
The whole Galaxy and its various physical and divine realms are represented by these centers within our body. The texts say that a human being can achieve whatever he or she wishes if she focuses her power. This power is the Kundalini Shakti.
Extraordinarily, these texts are at least 1000 years old. This commentary by Avalon is from 1919. Yet, it contains some extraordinary science that was discovered much later.
The ancient texts explain that creation appeared from a `bindu.' It is a mathematical point of no magnitude. It is unmanifest and incredibly dense. That is why it is called "ghanibhuta." The universe burgeons forth, "sphurana," from this point at the time of creation.
This is exactly the Big Bang theory! It was known to ancient yogis thousands of years ago but only learned of by scientists in the 1950s.
I highly recommend this book for those who want to understand the nitty-gritty of awakening their Kundalini.
Full disclosure: I'm a peer-reviewed researcher of ancient yoga and modern discoveries in cosmology such as the Big Bang, paleontology, and oceanography. There are also emerging connections between ancient yoga and the Bible in ancient times. ~ Sanjay C Patel, SanjayCPatel.com
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Serpent Power is Kundalini Yoga, published in 1919
These are two important works on Kundalini Yoga named Sat-Cakra-Nirupana (translated from Sanskrit as “Description of and Investigation into the Six Bodily Centres” and Paduka-Pancaka (translated as Five-fold Footstool of the Guru). We are indebted to the British translator whose pen name is Arthur Avalon and real name is John Woodroffe (1865- 1936). He says the works are so recondite that they are “by themselves unintelligible to the English reader.” Therefore the first 7 chapters (315 pages) are an explanation for the general reader. The next 183 pages are the translation and commentary of the two Hindu Tantra works. Despite the translator’s best efforts, Sanskrit terms and nuances makes this book a difficult read-- but remains a major source for what we know about Kundalini Yoga. Recommended for academic inclined readers.
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