walls are made from elastin, collagen and hyaluronic acid after all and during a
certain phase of an awakening the tissues of the body could become so permeable
that red blood corpuscles could squeeze out of the capillaries. The base of each
sweat gland is surrounded by capillaries, and the capillary wall is only one cell
thick, composed largely of collagen and can be as little as 3-4 mm in diameter.
While red blood corpuscles are 7.5 thousandths of a mm, so one can see how
collagen dissolving enzymes could increase the permeability of the capillaries such
that red blood corpuscles could squeeze through the capillary walls surrounding
the sweat glands.
“Tears of Blood and Bloody Sweat. During times of intense kundalini heat, when
emotions are being eliminated through tears, it is possible that blood vessels near the
surface of the skin and in the tear ducts would rupture, reddening the sweat and tears.
St. Lutgard, Blessed Christina, and several others are listed as recipients of this “gift.”
Christ at Gethsemane also experienced bloody sweat.” P.112 Philip St. Romain,
Kundalini Energy and Christian Spirituality.
During an awakening we have the hyper-activation of the sympathetic nervous
system creating the physiology of “stress” and this increases the permeability of the
blood vessels. While there is also an increase in endorphins and NO which reduces
smooth muscle contraction, causing the smooth muscles in the arteries to dilate
and increase blood flow. The blood sweating phenomena is also undoubtedly due
to the increase in histamine release during extreme stress. Although increased
histamine is probably common throughout an awakening, and if there was also an
extreme threat to life then a greater amount of histamine might be released; creating
the bloody sweat of Jesus. Histamine produces larger pores in the blood vessels as
the first step in launching an inflammatory response. The increased blood vessel
porosity improves brain nutrition in times of emergency, when high performance
is imperative to survival. The release of histamine in the brain and the consequent
improvement of blood supply is probably one of the main reasons for the increased
sensory and extrasensory perception during kundalini. Brain nutrition and oxygen
supply would be greatly enhanced by the dilated and porous blood vessels, as part
of the fight-or-flight responses facilitation of alertness and readiness for action in
the face of danger.
Body elongation is another change the body can undergo during metamorphosis.
This no doubt is related to the permeability and relaxation of the connective
tissue brought about by these collagen and elastin splitting enzymes. Romain sites
Stephana Quinzani and St. Catherine of Siena as examples of body elongation. I
imagine that the connective tissue of the pupal body and the connective tissue of
the transmuted body are quite different in structure. The calibration of such subtle
changes might still be impossible to detect with our present science. One can
assume that the transmuted connective tissue has greater strength, while having
less molecular density. Perhaps even a change in composition. It is apparent that
the butterfuly self requires more “space” in the body and that body armor and the
associated neurotic egoism is the direct opposing force to our spiritual emergence.