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such occasions as if my brain had been deprived of its usual dose of energy which enabled it
to maintain the extensive dimension to which it had now grown gradually during the years.
But there was absolutely no diminution in the activity of the radiant vital currents during
sleep. My dreams, which possessed a highly exotic and elusive quality, were so
extraordinarily vivid and bright that in the dream condition I lived literally in a shining world
in which every scene and every object glowed with lustre against a marvellously luminous
background, the whole presenting a picture of such resplendence and sublime beauty that
without implying the least exaggeration I actually felt as if every night during slumber I
roamed in enchanting empyrean regions of heavenly life. The last thing I remembered on
waking suddenly from sleep was usually a landscape or a figure enveloped in a bright blaze of
light in such sharp contrast to the encircling gloom which met me on awakening that it
seemed as if a celestial orb shining brilliantly in my interior was eclipsed all at once, leaving
me to my fate in utter darkness. The vivid impressions left by a well-remembered happy
dream during a night lingered for the whole day, a sweet memory of what appeared to be a
supermundane existence of a few hours, to be followed by that of another seen on the
succeeding night as sweet and vivid as that on the previous one.
The magnificently brilliant effect present in the dreams was noticeable, though in a
considerably diminished form, in the waking state also, but the sense of exaltation felt in the
former was entirely absent. I distinctly experienced a partial eclipse of personality, a descent
from a higher to a lower plane of being during the interval separating the dream state from
wakefulness, and could clearly mark a narrowing down of the self, as if forced to shrink from
a state of wide expansion to one of close confinement. There was undeniable evidence to
show that the temporary transformation of personality apparent in the dreams was brought
about by physiological processes which affected the whole organism, causing a heavy
pressure on every part. During sleep my pulse rate was often considerably higher than during
the day. I verified the fact frequently by putting my fingers to the pulse immediately on
awakening at any time during the night. On numerous occasions I found it so rapid as to cause
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anxiety. The full and rapid beats clearly pointed to an undoubtedly accelerated metabolic
process, to a quickly racing blood stream, to countless formations and alterations in cellular
tissues, all affected by the vital current which swept like a storm through the entire organism
with the obvious aim of refashioning it to a higher pitch of efficiency.
Lack of sufficient knowledge of physiology made it difficult for the ancient adepts to
correlate the psychic and physiological reactions caused by the activity of Kundalini. I
laboured under the same disadvantage, but on account of the fact that a superficial knowledge
of every branch of science is an easily acquired possession in these days of research and
publicity, and that I had ample opportunity to study my condition day to day for many years,
it became possible for me to observe critically the effects of the sudden development upon my
system and to draw tentative inferences from it.
I am irresistibly led to the conclusion that this extraordinary activity of the nervous system
and brain is present in varying degrees in all cases of supernormal spiritual and psychic
development, in a lesser measure in all cases of genius, in a still diminished form in all men of
exceptionally high intellectual calibre, and in a morbid manner, when too violent and sudden
or operative through a wrong nerve, in many kinds of insanity, neurosis, and other obscure
and difficult-to-cure nervous and mental afflictions.
Kundalini, as known to and described by the ancient authorities, signifies the development,
sometimes spontaneous and less frequently through special psycho-physiological exercises, of
extraordinary spiritual and mental powers associated with religion and the supernatural. There
can be no doubt whatsoever that the incessant, easily perceptible, rapid movement at the base
of my spine, affecting the nerves lining the whole area, was an indication of the fact that,
controlled by an invisible mechanism, a hidden organ had begun to function all of a sudden in
the hitherto innocent-looking region, converting the reproductive fluid into a radiant vital
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