Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c19.146

c19.146

cakras and excites them to action, and as it rises step by step, the mind becomes opened and all visions and wonderful powers come to the Yogi, when it reaches the brain. The Yogi then is perfectly detached from the body and the mind, and the soul finds itself free in all respects . . . When a Yogi becomes a perfect adept in the control of Kundalinī . . . the soul is free to move out of the Brahmarandhra, in which it was kept in captivity, and occupies a bigger cavity surrounding the brain and the spinal cord known as Ākāśa, and becomes absorbed in the infinite intelligence from which it emanated. The Yogi, when in this state of Nirvikalpa-samādhi, identifies himself with that which he contemplates, and acquires certain supernatural powers. . . . I would, therefore, define Kundalinī-Yoga as a science of physical and mental exercises of a particular form by which an individual establishes a conscious control over his automatic nervous system, to be in tune with the Infinite.