# Kundalini Exposed  ## Metadata - Author: [[SantataGamana]] - Full Title: Kundalini Exposed - Category: #books ## Highlights - “Brahmacharya means ‘living in Brahman.’ It has no connection with celibacy as is commonly understood. A real brahmachari finds bliss in Brahman, the same as Self.” - The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi (2010) ([Location 470](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B079LCCDMD&location=470)) - Tags: [[pink]] [[favorite]] - longer will this “I” see everything as separate from itself, but the whole Universe will be its body. ([Location 1156](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B079LCCDMD&location=1156)) - However, the word “religion” originally meant “Re-Connect,” which is synonymous with “reconnect with your true nature, which you now seem to have forgotten.” With that being said, due to thousands of years of misuse, the original meaning has been forgotten, and it now implies “blindly believe in something someone told you.” ([Location 1285](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B079LCCDMD&location=1285)) - Enlightenment, although it might seem like a fancy word, is just liberation from the slavery imposed by the ego! Thoughts will no longer control you, and you will live in peace and joy unattached to anything whatsoever. If you need to “think” about something, like booking an airplane ticket, you will use the mind. But it will not force you to overthink and become lost in thought or to live in your head and in your memories. You will be free from all that. You will naturally be present, happy and free. ([Location 1358](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B079LCCDMD&location=1358)) - Tags: [[favorite]] - Some people have spiritual experiences that occur out of the blue, without having done any practice in this lifetime. Know that they most certainly practiced in some previous life. Usually when these unforeseen experiences happen to a non-meditator, either they think they are mentally crazy, or they recognize something deeper and change their life. Unfortunately, many fall into the trap of trying to recreate them, sinking in a hard-to-overcome abysm. ([Location 1544](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B079LCCDMD&location=1544)) - The full Shaktipat is when the Kundalini has finally reposed in the Spiritual Heart, which requires a tremendous surrenderness, often equated with “Grace.” ([Location 1567](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B079LCCDMD&location=1567)) - Tags: [[favorite]]