36 asaNa Magazine | March 2017

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here is mention of the churning of the

celestial ocean by the devs and asurs in

the vedic texts. The ocean was churned

to obtain the Divine nectar or amrit

and required the combined force of

devs and asurs. It was agreed that the

fruit of churning will be shared by the

two sides. Mount Meru became the churning rod and

Naag Vasuki offered itself to become the churning rope

which was pulled alternately by the devs and asurs.

Lord Vishnu in his Kurma avatar provided support to

the Meru. As a result of the churning various gems

and siddhis came out of the ocean, also came out the

venom, Halalal...before obtaining the Amrit. The Halalal

would have spelled doom for the entire creation.

Terrified, the devs and asurs invoked the energy of

Adi Guru Shiv. Lord Shiv then drank the vish and held

it in his throat, distributing the siddhis and vibhutis

to all.

The above mentioned incident, also describes the awakening of the Kundalini shakti in the

pranamayakosha of the human body...through practice of yoga and sanatan kriya, under the

sanidhya    of   a   Guru,  who  is  the     reflection of   Adi     Guru   Shiv,   in   a   physical   form.   The  sushumna