Kundalini, Possession, and the Subtle Body

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Summary
This conversation explores kundalini, possession, and the subtle anatomy of consciousness through the lens of classical Indian traditions. It also examines karma, sexual energy, spiritual crisis, and the need for guidance on the path.

Questions This Interview Explores

• How do traditional Indian teachings understand possession, disembodied influences, and the aura?
• What happens when kundalini awakens suddenly, and how can it become destabilizing?
• How are sexuality, reproduction, and spiritual evolution connected in this framework?
• What role do karma, ancestry, and external guidance play in spiritual development?

Robert E. Svoboda is the first white member of Kenya’s Pokot tribe, and the first non-Indian ever to graduate from a college of Ayurveda and be licensed to practice Ayurveda in India, where he lived for more than a decade. During and after his formal Ayurvedic training he was tutored in Ayurveda, Yoga, Jyotish, Tantra, and other forms of classical Indian lore by his mentor, the Aghori Vimalananda. For a decade he was involved with thoroughbred horses as Vimalananda’s Authorized Racing Agent. The author of more than a dozen books, since 1985 he divides his time between India and other lands.

Website: drsvoboda.com

Books:

• AGHORA, At the Left Hand of God (Aghora) (v. I)
• AGHORA II: Kundalini (Aghora) (Vol II)
• Aghora III: The Law of Karma
• The Greatness of Saturn: A Therapeutic Myth
• Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution
• Ayurveda: Life, Health, and Longevity
• Prakriti
• Vastu: Breathing Life into Space
• Ayurveda for Women: A Guide to Vitality and Health
• Tao and Dharma: Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda

Interview recorded 3/29/2014

YouTube Video Chapters:

• 00:00:00 – Introduction to Robert Svoboda
• 00:06:18 – The Quest for the Soma
• 00:12:44 – The Appeal of Alcohol and Possession in Indian Religion
• 00:19:59 – Possession and Worship in India
• 00:25:55 – Possession and Disembodied Entities
• 00:31:51 – The Story of the Billiken
• 00:37:31 – Growing Up in Different Cultures
• 00:43:17 – The Battle of Positive and Negative Forces
• 00:49:37 – Potential Pathological and Bizarre Results of the Singularity and Transcendence
• 00:55:28 – The Concept of Her-ness and Femininity in Kundalini
• 01:02:14 – The Complexity of Human Organisms
• 01:08:11 – The Nature of Shakti and its Search for Supreme Reality
• 01:14:52 – The Supreme External and Internal
• 01:21:01 – The Meaning of Moksha and Enlightenment
• 01:27:30 – The Creation of Chakras
• 01:33:27 – Puberty and the Purpose of Reproduction
• 01:39:03 – The Role of Sexual Energy in Spiritual Awakening
• 01:44:36 – Humans as servants to other species
• 01:50:15 – Higher intelligence in other species
• 01:55:56 – Unleashing Kundalini and the Journey of Self-Discovery
• 02:01:42 – The Transformative Power of Kundalini and LSD
• 02:08:22 – The Awakening of the Prana Kundalini
• 02:13:45 – The Three Levels of Kundalini Energy
• 02:19:08 – The Price of Ignorance 
• 02:24:21 – The beginning of the spiritual journey
• 02:30:18 – Surviving Difficulties and the Need for External Guidance
• 02:35:26 – The Guru and the Student’s Dharma
• 02:41:04 – The Complexity of Historical Figures and Issues
• 02:46:25 – Materialism vs Consciousness
• 02:52:01 – Smiling on the Battlefield
• 02:57:17 – Join Our Mailing List

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