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Kundalini

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Kundalini Shakti  The term s hakti (or Sakti) means fundamentally the efficient energy of the Supreme Principle envisaged in itself or at a given ontological degree. For the Principle, the metacosmic Order, comprises degrees and modes in virtue of Universal Relativity, mâyâ, in which it reverberates. In the domain of the spiritual life, the same term Shakti signifies the celestial energy that allows one to enter into contact with the Divinity (GOD/ALLAH), by means of the appropriate rites and on the basis of a traditional system. kuNDalini, 'Coiled up', because it is compared to a sleeping serpent; its awakening in the human microcosm Ibn al-‘Arabî—is to know oneself, and  "Whoso knoweth his self, knoweth his Lord." the rising of this power at the lower base of the spine all the way up into the brain signifies the union of a self with ALLAH.. In the Islamic sufi tradition this power is raised with the help of specific Breathing exercise. in Arabic it is...