Unmasking the Rose: A Record of a Kundalini Initiation
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.17 (549 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1571743014 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2017-06-17 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Enigmatic, ecstatic kundalini is the "snake" coiled at the base of the spine that winds upward, awakening all in its path, culminating in an explosion of the divine. "Almost instantaneously, I felt a great surge of ecstatic energy in the lower chakras and then, within seconds, this intense force rushed upward and into my head. From Publishers Weekly A middle-aged, Midwestern college professor who had never meditated, done yoga or even had a massage when her transmutation began, Walters (Marrow of Flame: Poems of the Spiritual Journey) proves in this personal narrative that the esoteric spiritual transformation of Kundalini is theoretically available to everyone. . Walters's journal-based
She didn't almost die and come back; she didn't get abducted by black-eyed aliens; and she didn't float out of her body to visit other dimensions. As Walters reveals, awakening kundalini can be a joyous and tumultuous ride until the body and psyche settle down. No, she had a mystical experience that spontaneously unfolded right in her own body. For her, it was an experience characterized by unimaginable bliss and bodily ecstasy as well as periods of intense pain and suffering."After years of avoiding psychic or
In 1988, she took an early retirement from teaching and moved to San Francisco, where she lived for the next twenty-one years. She had no external guru or teacher to guide her on this most intimate journey, but rather relied on her own inner guru plus a few printed texts. This ongoing process has in fact continued in one form or another up to the present, and thus it has been the focus
Evelyn Uyemura said Uneven, but worthwhile. Unmasking the Rose is compiled from Dorothy Walters' private journals over the past "Uneven, but worthwhile" according to Evelyn Uyemura. Unmasking the Rose is compiled from Dorothy Walters' private journals over the past 25 years or so, during which time she experienced a spontaneous awakening of an energy she barely understood: kundalini. Her book has both the strengths and the drawbacks o. 5 years or so, during which time she experienced a spontaneous awakening of an energy she barely understood: kundalini. Her book has both the strengths and the drawbacks o. Patricia Lay Dorsey said Kundalini made understandable. It's hard to put into words how helpful I found this book to be. Dorothy Walter's way of describing her personal kundalini awakening makes this often nebulous phenonmenon accessible and understandable to novices and experienced practitioners alike. Too oft. The Soul Stirs Prior to reading "Unmasking the Rose," I knew very little about kundalini. My understanding was a remote recollection of a snake lying at the base of the spine. However, after reading Dr. Walter's superb autobiography, I am convinced that kundalini awakeni