I am rather curious about this. What is a kundalini crisis? Some people do have trouble with TM's effects, everyone has a different nervous system, and some have problems, and the movement does not always handle these things well. Unlike some systems TM does not have any real qualifications for starting. For example to study Vedanta you might be required at the outset to have: - an open mind
- a reasonable mind - a discriminating mind - a dispassionate mind - a disciplined, observant mind - a sense of self duty - forbearance, motivation, and devotion to the goal - a certain level of critical thinking but not overly critical - a temperament for overcoming obstacles - a proper teacher and good fortune to have and find these TM lets in all kinds of people with few restraints, but as a result a lot of crazies get by who are not prepared for what can happen. The path to enlightenment is not all bliss. It can get very very gritty. I think a lot of people get in who have a lot of strange beliefs and propensities that then go off the rails when they start having unusual experiences, or begin to experience heavy unstressing. TM, while it talks of unstressing, it does not really prepare people for how intense it can be, and you need to have mental tools to handle what comes up. I do not think most people really realize how screwed up they are before they start to meditate, especially if they get it in their bonnet that they are now on the fast track to enlightenment, they then presume too much about their progress. A lot of meditators are still just close to being qualified by the criteria above after meditating for half a century. That TM is easy to practice is deceptive in the sense that it alone cannot prepare one for some very strange experiences. That ease of practice does allow a lot of people to be taught, but a lot of concerns that can come up get swept under the rug, and TM teachers are not trained to deal with this. TM as a whole package is not customized enough to do this. If you are fortunate you get through relatively unscathed, but if not I guess they end up like you! From: "'My Enlightenment Delusion' myenlightenmentdelus...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 2:08 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] My Enlightenment Delusion - new book I just finished writing a book entitled, My Enlightenment Delusion: experiences and musings of a former Transcendental Meditation teacher. It is available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XS55JKC/ for $2.99. The first 3 chapters can be viewed on Amazon by clicking on “Look inside”. A large part of the book is about my kundalini crisis and also contains my conjecture about kundalini crises. I recount some humorous ups and downs in my life as a TM teacher. 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