When I meditate I don’t experience anything – no yogic kriyas, no sensations and no visions. Does this mean my Kundalini has not awakened?
Many disciples wonder if there is something wrong with their meditation practice because they don’t experience yogic postures during meditation. Experiencing yogic postures or Kriyas during meditation is not necessarily the sole indicator of the awakened Kundalini. These postures occur according to the body’s need. Gurudev says, “The awakened Kundalini will exercise control over the body, breath, mind and intellect and then the practitioner will undergo involuntary yogic movements. The movements will not happen as per your desires. Only those parts of the body that are ailing will experience movements. The Kundalini will first stimulate it and then bring about Kriyas in that part until it is completely healed.” This means that if your body is healthy, you will not experience Kriyas. Doing mantra-meditation regularly is sufficient for your progress. You should leave the rest to the Kundalini, which Gurudev has awakened in your body.
You may experience changes in other spheres of life: Improvement in material status is also the result of your mantra-meditation practice. Regular practice of Guru Siyag’s Yoga (GSY) leads to the practitioner’s positive transformation and gradual decline in his health problems and material difficulties. Gurudev says, “When the practitioner meditates he attains intuitive knowledge (Pratibh Jnana), and then becomes conscious of the pitfalls and benefits of his decisions. Because of this knowledge the practitioner will not experience failure for the rest of his life.” As the practitioner gains knowledge he later reaches a stage where he realizes that the diseases or ailments and worldly worries which had been haunting him for a long time, have all disappeared completely. With dedicated mantra-meditation practice, practitioners also experience a change in their Vritti (tendencies). There are three kinds of tendencies: Sattva (lighted, pure, intelligent and positive), Rajas (passionate and energetic) and Tamas (negative, dark, dull and inert).
The three tendencies influence a person’s attitude, choices and habit. At any given point, one tendency dominates over the other two. Regular chanting of Guru Siyag’s mantra subdues or suppresses the Rajasic and Tamasic qualities, and elevates the Sattvic quality and eventually consolidates it permanently. The dominance of the Sattvic quality in turn orients the person toward positive, conscious, intelligent and pure thoughts and actions. His preferences of food and drinks too change. The overall result of this change is that whatever that is negative and detrimental to the person’s physical and mental wellbeing and spiritual evolution leaves him of its own accord — without the person’s conscious efforts to make this happen.
