kundalini Q&A with ramaji, founder of rasa shaktipat

Kundalini Awakening Can Be Dangerous!

Q: I understand that you had a spontaneous Kundalini awakening at the age of 16?

Ramaji: Yes, that’s right. I had a vivid vision of being in India in a past life. A guru was guiding me through yoga postures. I ended up in the lotus posture with my legs crossed. Then a blissful force shot up my spine. I went into an ocean of peace, love, bliss and light. It was a temporary ego death.

Q: That must have had a huge impact on you, especially as a teenager.

Ramaji: It had a massive impact. It was a spiritual awakening, but it was incomplete. I felt that my life was empty and the world was false. The ordinary things in life that people value – car, house, making money, having children – none of it mattered to me anymore. They were all meaningless. The only thing that mattered was spiritual liberation in this lifetime.

Q: That sounds very difficult. Was there a plus side to this?

Ramaji: Yes, there was. Overnight I had become psychic. I knew who was on the phone when the phone would ring. I could see ghosts and demons. I was able to see the human energy field, the aura.

Q: I’m not sure that seeing ghosts and demons is a plus!

Ramaji: It was a plus because right away I was doing health intuitive readings for people. My first client was a young girl getting chemo. I was able to see that there was only a small spot of red, meaning almost all of her cancer was gone. I have done health intuitive readings ever since. I still do them. I also do Kundalini consultations.

Q: Tell me more about your Kundalini sessions.

Ramaji: I get people on a regular basis who have had a genuine Kundalini awakening but they are experiencing negative symptoms or side effects. Because of my clairvoyance, I can see what chakra their Kundalini is stuck at. Since I’ve had so much experience with Kundalini myself, including studying with several Kundalini masters, I am usually able to help them get their Kundalini unblocked.

Q: How do you do that?

Ramaji: What I see with people over and over is that they don’t have a basic understanding of how Kundalini works. The Kundalini is a force of nature, like an earthquake or a tornado. It is pure primal power. Kundalini rises up the spine, the central channel.

Q: So you can see this with your clairvoyance, see the Kundalini?

Ramaji: I have a symbolic way that my Third Eye shows me the exact location of the Kundalini in the central channel. It is very accurate. I am also able to assess the nature of the block and what to do about it.

Q: What does the Kundalini do when it runs into a block?

Ramaji: It keeps going until it runs into an obstacle. Once it hits an obstacle, it just keeps pounding away at the block, like a bull. So the knowledge of where the block is and what the block is comes in handy because the Kundalini is not going to figure that out. It’s just going to keep banging away at the block. It is up to you to remove the block.

Q: What happens if the block is not cleared? How does the Kundalini react?

Ramaji: That’s the dangerous part. A “Kundalini catastrophe” or “Kundalini crisis” is a real thing. Kundalini is super powerful. Just as with any other form of big power, if it is not handled correctly, the negative consequences can be huge.

Q: What exactly happens? Does the Kundalini finally give up?

Ramaji: Oh, no. The Kundalini never gives up! Once awakened, She does not go back to sleep. If She is not able to break through the block, then She tries to get up to the Crown chakra in another way. She leaves the central channel and follows a side path. These side paths can give psychic powers and other benefits, but diverting the Kundalini like this is not a good idea.

Q: Psychic powers doesn’t sound so bad.

Ramaji: (laughs) Well, that’s if you’re lucky. You don’t want to mess around when it comes to Kundalini! Many of the people who have consulted with me had serious physical side effects as a result of Kundalini being blocked. The only direct path for a full Kundalini rising is the central channel, meaning up the spine.

Q: What kind of serious side effects?

Ramaji: Here’s a good example. He was in his forties. He had a good corporate job but he worked in one of those big office spaces where people work in cubicles. So everybody can see everybody. After his Kundalini awakened, every now and then his body would start to shake. He had no control over this. This shaking is called a kriya. It is a healthy purification.

Q: I’m guessing that this was a problem in the open office space.

Ramaji: Yes, because it was happening at work. He had strong will power so he was able to suppress the shaking and stop it. Unfortunately, the story doesn’t end there. Kundalini is a raw primal physical force. So when he tried to shut his Kundalini down, it got diverted. The result was that his whole right side got paralyzed. He ended up losing his job anyway.

Q: I would certainly call that a serious side effect!

Ramaji: What I tell people when they come to me about Kundalini is “You don’t say no to Kundalini. You have to say yes.” If the corporate office worker had come to me earlier, I would have told him “Take leave from your job. Surrender to the kriyas, to the shaking. Eventually it will clear out naturally. Then you can go back to your job.”

Q: Were you able to help this guy who got paralyzed?

Ramaji: Yes, I was able to see where his Kundalini was stuck. Because of what had happened to him, he was now a true believer in the power of Kundalini. So he followed my advice exactly. He was able to get Kundalini back on track in the central channel and complete his spiritual awakening.

Q: So his story has a happy ending?

Ramaji: Yes. But if he had not come to me or someone like me who can see what the problem is and where the problem is, his story could have had a very different ending. A very bad and sad ending.

Q: Is there anything else you would want to tell our listeners?

Ramaji: One of the wonderful things about the RASA Shaktipat spiritual transmission that I and Ananda Devi deliver is that it awakens the Kundalini and produces a full Kundalini rising through the Crown chakra

The process is smooth and gentle. There are no negative side effects. Most people don’t even realize that their Kundalini rose all the way up, it’s so smooth.

Q: That’s impressive. That is a huge benefit.

Ramaji: I am able to see that the Kundalini has risen up all the way. If the person is getting RASA, the Kundalini even goes all the way up to a spiritual center about a foot above the head called ParaBindu. A full rising of the Kundalini requires that the Kundalini go all the way to ParaBindu, not just to the Crown chakra.

Many people using other Kundalini techniques get stuck in the Crown chakra and can’t reach ParaBindu. But with RASA it happens automatically.

Q: This has been a fascinating conversation.

Ramaji: Yes, Kundalini is a fascinating subject. Unfortunately, most of the books out there and other sources of information are pretty useless. If you’re going to awaken your Kundalini, do it under the guidance and protection of a Kundalini master with a traditional Kundalini lineage.

The modern way now is to get RASA. You get a full effortless Kundalini rising that culminates in Self-realization also called Unity Consciousness. Based on what I’ve been through with Kundalini from the age of 16, RASA Shaktipat is a really good deal. Kundalini is super powerful and with RASA Shaktipat, you get all the benefits and none of the potential problems.

Thanks for your excellent questions. It was a great interview.