Higher Consciousness and Kundalini [Paperback]

Gopi Krishna (Author)

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From the Back Cover

Here are clear, direct answers to questions that millions of scholars, spiritual seekers and scientists have been asking. What is higher consciousness? What is Kundalini? How does Kundalini work? What is the biological imperative for the next step in mankind's evolution? Are drugs an aid to achieving self-discovery? Is the sex act as we know it evolutionary or entropic? What can we do to change society? Are our 'leaders' misleading us?

All these questions and nearly fifty more are answered by Gopi Krishna in this extremely lucid and informative book, which offers specifics on the physiological and psychological changes accompanying the awakening of Kundalini. Born in 1903 in Kashmir, Gopi Krishna was unique among writers on the subject of higher consciousness because what he had to say was from his own direct experience. Since 1937, when he first attained to the Cosmic Conscious state, until his death in 1984, he lived in two worlds "the incomprehensible and infinitely marvelous universe within, and the colossal but familiar world without.

"Higher Consciousness and Kundalini is a book for those who are seriously seeking a way out of the bitterness, hate, separation and chaos and the disillusionment emerging out of a crumbling world order.

About the Author

Gopi Krishna was born in 1903, near the city of Srinagar, in the Jammu and Kashmir State in northern India. He spent his earlier years there and later, in Lahore, in the Punjab of British India. At the age of twenty, he returned to Kashmir and during the succeeding years he secured a post in the state government, married and raised a family. Later in his career, he became the leader of a social organization that was devoted to helping the disadvantaged in his community.

At the age of 34, while meditating one morning, he experienced the sudden and forceful awakening of Kundalini, which he described in full detail years later in his autobiography, KundaliniThe Evolutionary Energy in Man. From that day, till the end of his life, the energy was fully active in his body and eventually brought about a radical, permanent transformation of his perceptive faculties.

Gopi Krishnas last 25 years were devoted to bringing the attention of the world to this phenomenon. His seventeen published books, innumerable articles, discourses and speeches have presented a clear and concise account of the Kundalini process, a theory for its explanation and the role it plays in the evolution of both the individual consciousness and of the race as a whole.

His experiences led him to hypothesize that there is a biological mechanism in the human body which is responsible for creativity, genius, psychic abilities, religious and mystical experiences, as well as some aberrant mental states. He asserted that this mechanism is responsible for the evolution of mankind and that it is ignorance of the working of this process which is at the root of the critical situation of the world today.

Gopi Krishna called for a full scientific investigation of his hypothesis and believed that the results of such an objective analysis would give mankind the knowledge and understanding necessary to progress in peace and harmony.

Product Details

• Paperback: 206 pages
• Publisher: Institute for Consciousness Research (January 1, 1993)
• ISBN-10: 0917776054
• ISBN-13: 978-0917776052
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,129,336 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)