The kundalini experience
He feels his body tearing within. Then suddenly he laughs & is overcome with bliss. When allowed to progress to completion, this process may culminate in deep psychological balance, inner strength, and emotional maturity. Psychiatrist Lee Sanneli, cofounder of the Kundalini Clinic in San Francisco, differentiates this from a psychotic episode. Instead, it is a psychophysiological transformation, or 'rebirth' process as natural as physical birth. CONTENTS: 1) Significance of Psychophysiological Transformation Today 2) The Kundalini Experience and Scientific Objectivity 3) Kundalini Experience - Classical Model 4) The Physio-Kundalini 5) Cross-Cultural Aspects of the Kundalini Experience 6) Case Histories 7) Self-Reports 8) Summary of Signs & Symptoms 9) Kundalini Cycle: Diagnosis and Therapy 10) Kundalini & Spiritual Life