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According to Thomas Keating, the father of the modern day centering (contemplative) prayer movement that is sweeping widely within evangelical circles, the silence or sacred space that is reached during contemplativeprayer/centering prayer is the same state that is reached during what is called kundalini.
Catholic priest Philip St. Romain wrote a book called Kundalini Energy and Christian Spirituality.Kundalini is based on the occultic chakra system where a supposed universal energy flows through a human being and through all of creation, uniting all and acknowledging divinity in all things and all people.Ray Yungen says kundalini is a"Hindu term for the mystical power or force that underlies Hindu
spirituality"(ATOD, 2nd ed., p.46).In Hinduism, kundalini is called serpent power.In former New Age medium Brian Flynn's book,Running Against the Wind, Flynn discusses the kundalini effect and lists some of the symptoms:
* Burning hot or ice cold streams moving up the spine.
* Pains in varying locations throughout the body.
* Vibrations, unease, or cramps in legs and other parts of body.
* Fast pulse and increased metabolism.
* Disturbance in the breathing--and/or heart function.
* Sensitivity to sound, light, smell, and proximity of other people.
* Mystical/religious experiences.
* Parapsychological abilities.
* Persistent anxiety or anxiety attacks, confusion
* Insomnia, manic high spirits or deep depression. Energy loss.
* Impaired concentration and memory.
* Total isolation due to inability to communicate inner experiences out.
* Experiences of possession and poltergeist phenomena.
(RAW, 2nd ed., p. 165)
Through practicing meditation, Romain came to depend on what he calls an "inner adviser" (spirit guide). Symptoms during his deep meditative experience included "prickly sensations on the top of his head" that would "fizzle with energy" (ATOD, p. 47)...
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