Author: The Wanton Garden

Is a Kundalini awakening like a sprouting seed?

When you garden, you spend a lot of time working with seeds. They’re fascinating. From the tiny black seeds of chives to zinnia seeds that look like spirals, seeds come in all different sizes and shapes, just like people.

Seeds are truly incredible. Each seed contains a tiny embryo, and some have survived for thousands of years. The oldest viable seed that germinated was a 2,000-year-old Judean date palm seed.

Germination is an interesting word. It comes from the Latin word germinatio, which means “to bud”. We can liken it to the budding of the crown chakra once the Kundalini energy pierces through. The entire growth process mirrors a Kundalini progression, which makes sense because consciousness has a pattern. And that pattern is seen in everything, from atoms to galaxies. Everything is connected.

When you have a full Kundalini awakening, you see connection everywhere. You start to see how things fit together and that you are not separate from anything else. That you are a perfect flower absorbing light, that you are light itself.

Seeds are life. Formed from the union of the male and female within the flower, they carry the essence of creation itself. After this union, the embryo forms, which is protected by the seed coat.

A seed, like a Kundalini awakening, needs certain conditions to sprout. Sometimes the seed needs to be roughed up a bit so there’s a crack in the coat, like our ego often needs to be shaken up and cracked so the light can get through. Perhaps our ego is like a seed coat, protecting our essence until we are ready to bloom.

The conditions have to be just right for the seed coat to crack. The soil, temperature, sun, and water all have a role. When things are right, the seed absorbs water, and the seed coat swells and breaks. With Kundalini, the energy rises up the spine. When you’re spiritually ready, it happens.

Until we wake up, we are in a dormant state, just like a seed.

The disciples said to Jesus, “Tell us what the kingdom of heaven is like.”
He said to them, “It is like a mustard seed. It is the smallest of all seeds. But when it falls
on tilled soil, it produces a great plant and becomes a shelter for birds of the sky.

The Gospel of Thomas

We become fully alive when our masculine and feminine energies unite. The Kundalini process is complete when that energy rises through our crown chakra and unites with the divine in samadhi. We become truly balanced and whole. This is when we bloom and become a perfect flower.

In botany, most flowers are considered perfect. This means the flower contains both male and female parts, similar to the masculine and feminine, Ida and Pingala, in our bodies. Until those energies are united, we are not complete; we are not whole. We are still seeds waiting to burst open.

Our purpose is to fulfill the blueprint of our seed. Until that process is complete and we too become perfect, we continue to return to Earth. A full Kundalini awakening ends the cycle of rebirth.

The Gnostic bridal chamber is another interpretation of the Kundalini process. The bridegroom and bride unite in the chamber and receive the garment of light. The soul becomes invisible to the archons and cannot be detained upon death.

In nature, when a plant flowers, its cycle is complete. A full Kundalini awakening also results in completion. The person becomes whole.

And as a flower spreads its seeds once the growth process is complete, so does a Kundalini-awakened person. They spread seeds to others and help them along their journey. We are here to help each other grow and complete the cycle. Nature holds all the clues. We just have to tune in and listen.