Developing a social memory complex

[Anders]

I realized that spiritual alchemy can be dangerous. There are many stories about people going insane after a kundalini awakening and with all kinds of problems with the nervous system. And the following is my speculation, which could be wrong and dangerous too, so that's my disclaimer.

I think there are problems with kundalini awakening because of absence of correct spiritual alchemy. The first step in alchemy, the blackening stage, is about deterioration. The beast ego has to dissolve so that the new transformed stage can emerge with less trouble. Otherwise if the beast ego tensions still remain, and the kundalini is awakened, that's like a caterpillar trying to fly.

And dissolving the tensions requires that there really is a transformation of the person possible, or else the individual is destroyed without a new state replacing it. The tensions provide structure and are necessary on the beast stream level. And dissolving the tensions therefore leads to increased spiritual entropy, meaning more disorder and confusion.

Jesus even said that we must lose our life in order to find our new life in Christ. Sounds like spiritual alchemy to me. So the first stage in alchemy, the blackening stage, is very difficult, for who dares to lose his or her sense of self? But I also suspect that it's less radical than a total destruction of the personality and instead it's "just" about dissolving the beast ego tensions, and so the personal and individual self will remain in a relaxed state.