Taoist or Indian Kundalini energy?
QUESTION: Masters, I met a Taoist master and studied for 1.5 years until I got scared to be gay (therapist told me it’s not balanced and healthy) and went to chant at Indian kundalini energy guru path. My kundalini got opened. I didn’t understand what this meant I stopped Indian path and returned to the Taoist until I had a kundalini opening last June that turned my life upside down. I feel that the Taoist path was what my soul planned for me. Because of fear and misinformation I had been on the wrong spiritual path. I now have Kundalini rising upward within the 7 chakra system. Taoist way is different with 3 tan tiens. I feel lost and scared to be on a path I don’t feel I belong to, but have energy I have to surrender to. Perhaps, I’m not seeing a bigger picture? ~Michael, United States
ANSWER: The bigger picture is following what you feel about your spiritual growth. Every religion, individual spiritual practice, societal belief system, and racial/national characteristic set is different. That does not mean that one is any better or more enlightened than any other.
Your life is about discernment and clarity. Discernment is examining all aspects of something and evaluating the best solution for your journey. Clarity is being able to see the essence of something without being fooled or swayed by terminology or the beliefs of others. You see things only as “wholes.” You cannot see the similarity in the particular parts.
In the physical body, the chakras and the tan tiens are merely two different ways to concentrate on the physical by using specific locations. Step back, away from the structured beliefs, and realize that the sensations within the body of the rising of the Kundalini are identical if you don’t try to name the pathway. This is part of your realization or discernment.
Before coming to Earth, you did not say you would follow this method or that method of spiritual practice; you merely said you wanted to experience the Kundalini energy. You may see the rising as different within the two practices, but it is not. You are further along in your understanding than you were during the first event.
You have done exactly as you wanted by having various experiences in order to compare and contrast them. They both create the same result. It is like learning different languages and then using both of them in different parts of your life. Concentrate on the resulting sensations within your body, not on how someone else may refer to the process. This is your life.