My guest today is Eric Siegel, a meditator of only 10 years, with a very active and very much alive Kundalini. Apart from being a very intelligent, normal and well-adapted young man, he maintains a very serious and well-disciplined spiritual life while working in the world and holding a regular job. My interest in interviewing him emerged from extensive conversations we have had over the years about his meditation and specifically his experience integrating an active Kundalini into his otherwise very normal life.

While I don’t normally interview people this young, meditators with varying levels of expertise from beginners to advanced will find our conversation interesting, edifying and uplifting.

The early part of the conversation is just a warmup for the deeper and more detailed discussion in the later parts of the episode. We talk about the subtle energies of breath and mantra from the Sufi tradition and parallels with Judaism and the mystical teachings in the Old Testament. His early discovery of Kundalini after being unwittingly and unexpectedly awakened. The importance of diet and lifestyle including sleep in the nurturing and efficient development of Kundalini’s potential.

The whole conversation is practice-oriented and most will find it very instructive and enlightening.

Episode Summary

An experientially detailed and practice-oriented conversation about spontaneous Kundalini awakening and the upheaval and disorientation that follow. How to manage and nurture the awakening with proven practices and lifestyle modifications including breath, mantra, diet, sleep and other lifestyle adjustments; to ensure successful completion of what many consider the most significant personal experience of a lifetime. All shared from the point of view of Eric’s personal experience.

To directly contact our hosts, visit their respective websites:

https://www.meditatenow.net/contact-us/– for all Episodes including Show Notes, Links, and Resources or to contact Marc Ketchel directly.

https://larryholmespracticalwisdom.com/ – for all Episodes and to contact Larry Holmes directly.

Glossary of Terms –(see Glossary of Terms for more details)

Vipassana, Mantra, Lineage, Kundalini, Shaktipat, Kriyas, Satsang, Samskaras, Ojas, Sangha, Sadhana, Karma, Bandhas, Mudras

People

Eckhart Tolle

Abraham

Sufi tradition

Books

Play of Consciousness – Swami Muktananda

Kundalini: The Secret of Life – Swami Muktananda