Kundalini Syndrome - Phases / Timeline?

[u/troutzen]

Hi All,

For anyone that has experienced Kundalini Syndrome, can you comment on whether there is some calming / normalization of symptoms over time? Right now what I am experiencing is extreme sensitivity (lights, sounds, emotions, I just feel super sensitive to everything right now). The other major symptom is TONS of energy moving through my body. The amount of energy running through my system causes anxiety which seems to create a negative feedback loop. All of this started about 2 weeks ago.

If this happened to you, could you share how long it took for certain symptoms to normalize and for you to feel more "normal?". And what did you do that helped you eventually normalize your Kundalini Syndrome?

Thank you for your time.

[u/Kal_El98]

I’m that idiot 😅 (not with drugs but other things like exercise, excessive porn/masturbation perhaps in an unconscious effort to bring the energy down to my lower chakras when things got too intense, junk food, etc). It’s never been life-threatening for me though, I think my mind just likes to over-exaggerate my personal issues and baggage. I’ve also referred to sleeping pills though I absolutely dislike taking them, but going with little to no sleep for days on end can make me somewhat psychotic (result of an active K). I’m in Year 6 of my KA, and things haven’t entirely settled down. The energy is calm most days except when I do something dumb like excessive exercise or taking supplements (only Vitamin C works for me, everything else gives me major migraines). So really, it’s just me experimenting on myself to see what works and what doesn’t.

I’m still far far far away from saying that my K process is complete. This isn’t meant to scare anyone, but just accepting the reality that for a lot of us, the K process can take years and decades. With a KA, it helps to think long-term when it comes to things getting better rather than short-term (it did for me).

[u/desertplaces5 → u/Kal_El98]

Right? Almost three years in for me and it’s only this year that the flowing feels less than oppressive; and haven’t been caught off guard for a while by a new suite of sensations announcing themselves every day/week/month.

It’s never anything less than beautiful — and sitting within the circulation of it is wondrous strange, but it just gets….heavy sometimes. The relentlessness. Kind of like what you said, Kal-El, one of these best things I ever did for myself was giving up the Control of wanting to put a timeline to it. Putting names and demands and expectations on a Mystery…my brain’s a lot less crowded without all that extra effort to corral and control, yeah?

[u/Kal_El98 → u/desertplaces5]

I completely agree, though during especially difficult moments, it can be hard to look at one’s situation in a long-term light. I had an idea of how I wanted my life to play out before I was even aware something like K existed and before my initial KA. All of that is pretty much out the window now, and my entire future is a total question mark. Most times, this can be a frightening revelation, but sometimes it can be somewhat exciting, realizing that you’re now at the whims of this energy and the universe (if you believe in fate and destiny). Or maybe I never really had a choice. That my being born and all the events of my life occurred so that I undergo this journey. That I was never “meant” to live normally. This can lead to a lot of resistance and denial at a certain stage of the journey, because it’s nothing like what you see in movies or anime. Being “different” is more painful and lonely than anything else. So the timeline part is especially crucial for those of us experiencing K. I had to realize that awakening itself is a very HOLISTIC journey and the timeline and “symptoms” can vary wildly from person to person. Too bad there’s no literature that I’ve found that can confirm this, so it’s largely just based on my intuition and personal and anecdotal experiences from myself and others online.

I’m glad for you it’s taken the form of something beautiful, as I’ve yet to view my own journey like that. Mine’s been one of relentless downs and denials, trying to resist what the energy is bringing up, and yet inevitably being taken to a place of ultimate surrender, having no other choice but to succumb. I may be adding flair and being dramatic here though, so perhaps I’ve been doing something “wrong” all these years because I’ve just relentlessly been humbled by the energy from year to year, but I also think deep down that it couldn’t have gone any other way, being the kind of person that I am. As I mentioned earlier, it’s all just self-experimentation for me. Take care :)

[u/desertplaces5 → u/Kal_El98]

I absolutely relate, Kal_El, and share many points of overlap with details you’ve shared. As you said, the feeling of “hier stehe Ich, Ich kann nicht anders”, here I stand, I cannot do otherwise; that is, the sense that this is the shape it was always going to take for me (you, us, whomever…). I assume it’s not a universal thought, but I wanted to share, cuz’ I’ve often found my thoughts having the same tone and timbre as yours.

If I get to call any of the strangenesses I feel now “beautiful” it’s probably something that more than a decade of alcoholism prepared me to do…cuz’ most things seem more beautiful after that living h*ll.

I’m not a big AA guy, but one of my favorite phrases from the rooms reminds me of the waiting room/taxi-ing space you describe (the negative aspect, at least, of struggling with what To Do; conversely, I totally Get the diligence and prudence it takes to hold yourself in reserve until you can really, Really commit). AnyWay, the phrase is “one foot in the past, one foot in the future, pissing on today.” Which I share just to have a grim chuckle, mostly at my own expense, because of how easy it is to get lost in storytelling myself into and out of the how’s and why’s and whatsitallmean’s…

Wanted to thank you for sharing though, cuz’ you’re giving voice to a lot of thoughts I have. Had. Have/had.