Kundalini Rising - A Comparative Thesis on Thelema and Kashmir Shaivism

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Out of all the possible mystical paths to one's Godhead, the schools of Thelema and Kashmir Shaivism are two that concur on the fact that man's divinity is self manifest or preeminent, without struggle, process or need for technique. The Vashnava schools and the cult of Christianity use the crutch of dualism to uphold their false acquisition of power, over the minds of collective humanity.

Truly if Shiva is everywhere, as the Shaivites proclaim, "Paramashiva", then god is everywhere, thus nullifying the need for a hierarchal system such as the church, which is at best a middleman between the aspirant and the divine. Similarly, in Liber Al, one of the main tenets is that "Every man and every woman is a star." This culminates in full expression in the act of living your life as a "Kingly Man". These two mystical approaches find validation in modern day quantum physics, where matter and consciousness are two sides of the same coin, like Shiva/Shakti and Nuit/Hadit. The two are married together in a deeper
more subtle layer within the quantum field.

In the quote mentioned above, Hadit identifies himself as the secret serpent, kundalini, or individual consciousness, Jiva. Nuit is identified with the Mayashakti, who is the phenomenal extension of the noumenal, Paramashiva. Furthermore, the earth is likened unto the Prikritas or the three Gunas, Sattva(clarity), Rajas(chaos), and Tamas(inertia). These eventually manifest as corporeal physicality. When Hadit lifts up his head, this is the path of mysticism or renunciation, whose end goal is called the Ains, the negative veils of existence, in the occident, and Paramashiva in the orient. When he droops down his head and shoots forth venom, he is exhibiting the path of magick, multiplicity, whereby the magician seeks "to cause change in conformity with will." Hadit and Nuit come together as Jivanmukta, which is to say, that while living in the physical body, and suffering the pains of daily life, one is ultimately still Shiva, or God. Hadit, being Motion and the rising of the kundalini, is likened unto the verb. Additionally, Nuit, matter or the matrix, is likened unto the noun. These two together are the "Tao and the Teh of Chinese philosophy". This marriage of opposites comes to fruition in the biune deity of Ra Hoor Khuit, the crowned and Conquering Child, and his doppelganger Harpokraat, the god of silence. As previously mentioned, this is also the Jivanmukta, the divine man, portrayed as Nuit/Hadit or Shiva/Shakti.