JJ Semple - Deciphering the Golden Flower One Secret at a Time

I did not know then what I came to grasp later onthat an automatic mechanism, forced by the practice of meditation, had suddenly started to function with the object of reshaping my mind to make it fit for the expression of a more heightened and extended consciousness, by means of biological processes as natural and as governed by inviolable laws as the evolution of the species or the development and birth of a child.

Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy in ManGopi Krishna

T heres an accident. A seven-year-old boy is rushed to the hospital. His parents spare no expense: the best care, the finest doctors, and soon life is back to normal. Months later, however, when he returns to school, there are ominous signs, such as the sudden erosion of his cognitive abilities. Can there be a link to the accident? No one, including his parents, believes so. Yet the signs are unmistakable. At first, he just feels different. Gradually, however, he watches his body changehis looks, his abilities, his personality, every part of himuntil as a teenager, he realizes hes no longer the same person. Only after years of failure does he discover a secret resource within his body that enables him to understand how the accident affected him.

I am that boy, and I still have trouble believing there was a link between that accident and my subsequent implosion. But a link there was. My conscious mind tried to suppress it. Yet, as I grew older, more concerned about my health and the direction of my life, I started to investigate. I read many books, tried many remedies, and talked to many wise people. All to no avail. It took me more than thirty years of Yogic practice to discover the hidden capabilities of my body.

The early part of my life is a catalogue of failures. None of these anecdotes is meant to shock, discourage or offend. Like parables, they illustrate how dysfunctional behavior takes root when the bodys natural symmetry is disrupted. At first, my future seemed bleaklike so many others searching for redemption. Malcolm X was a pimp; Saint Peter renounced Jesus; Milarepa was a murderer. Did those acts disqualify them from redemption? On the contrary, their most shameful acts were turning points.

By telling my story the way I lived it, with all the warts and blemishes apparent, you will understand how, amidst all the uncertainties of life, against all odds, I was swept out of a desperate situation and handed the means of attaining self-knowledge. For my story is your story. You possess this power.

My story begins at birth, or, more accurately, just before conception. We are all perfect at that split-second moment before conception. Of course, like a building before the foundation is laid, at that moment our beings are only blueprints. These blueprintsthe numinous plans laid out for our substantiationare perfect.

At the moment of conceptionthe moment the egg is fertilized by the spermthe body begins to take shape. Its the moment when, were we able to stand over our perfect blueprints, we might wonder if they can be executed as designed. Thats the job of the Life Force. The Life Force has many names: Kundalini, sublimation, Tantra, alchemy, serpent power, primordial energy, cosmic power, Qi, Reiki, and Primal Spirit. Until the moment of birth, the Life Force controls our substantiation. The moment we are born we become conscious and our natural life force becomes inactive. After were born, something always seems to interfere with our continued growth. We get sick, accidents occur, we become addicted, we grow older, our bodies break down. Its not that things cant happen while we are in the womb, they can. By and large, however, our time in the womb is peaceful. But after we are born, the frequency of interference increases because thats when we start doing things to ourselves. Thats when we bring our will, or lack of it, to bear. Thats when the serious damage is done.