Mystery of the Fire
Before you begin
The Divine Mother Kundalini is the central object of each sadhana. When we are performing these practices, we are in perfect concentration and prayer, beseeching, begging the Divine Mother for the most urgent need. Through her, we can petition the Logos; she intercedes for us before the Logos, petitions for us, supplicates for us. She has great power.
Each position is different and each implies an intensification of the prayer, the petition, the supplication. In these practices of meditation, concentration, and supplication, we may very well ask our Divine Mother Kundalini that she herself invoke her divine husband, the divine Third Logos, the most sacred Holy Spirit. We well know the Divine Mother’s husband is the Holy Spirit.
In those moments, we must identify ourselves with the Logos, with the Holy Spirit, and in a tremendous, imperative way, command the sick organ by saying:
Be healed! Be healed! Be healed!
Work! Work! Work!
We must speak to the organ with true faith, with energy, with courage since it must by necessity be healed. We must concentrate resolutely on each cell of the sick organ, on each molecule, on each atom, on each electron of the sick organ, commanding it to work, to be healed, to be cured, and be profoundly concentrated on the Logos, completely identified with the Holy Spirit, who in those moments is performing the curation, healing the sick organ. Thus, the organ will have to be healed, it will have to be cured; this is obvious.
Samael Aun Weor, 7 Lectures and the Lamasery Exercises, ch. 8 “Lamasery Exercises”
All these are not merely physical exercises but rather six methods of prayer; it’s a different system of healing and rejuvenation through prayer. The lamas practice these six rites on a prayer mat, well, it can be a mat or a carpet, whatever you want to call it, this according to the customs and languages of different countries.
It is clear that one has to get used to these exercises with great patience, slowly, until the day arrives when the exercises are done easily; this is not meant to be done all at once, no. You have to get the body used to it slowly, and little by little the exercises are done until they’re done correctly. In getting the body accustomed, some may take days, others weeks, months or years, etc.
Samael Aun Weor, 7 Lectures and the Lamasery Exercises, ch. 8 “Lamasery Exercises”
The eleven exercises
Go gently. The pictures are ours, only to show the shape of each posture.
Spinning, arms in a cross
Standing, arms open, turning clockwise
The student stands with arms open in the shape of a cross. Then he begins to turn, to spin clockwise (figure 1). It is clear the chakras will also spin with some intensity while performing this exercise and after some time of practice.
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We must pretend we’re standing in the center of a clock and spinning like the hands until completing twelve turns. It’s clear that some will begin with a few turns until the day of doing twelve arrives. The turns will be done with open eyes; when the turns are finished, close your eyes so as to not fall since you end up a little dizzy depending on the number of turns you reach. You eventually have to do the complete exercise, that is, twelve turns.
The disciple will remain with eyes closed until the dizziness has disappeared. Meanwhile, he will keep praying, supplicating, imploring the Divine Mother to beg her divine spouse to grant the healing of this or that sick organ.
The disciple must be totally identified with the Logos, intensely pleading the Divine Mother to intercede on behalf of the disciple before the Logos.
We have to spin clockwise from left to right because within spiritualist mediums chakras turn counterclockwise, negatively, and that is useless. We are not mediums or anything of the sort. So, the system I’m teaching to you is marvelous because it allows for the development of the chakras and healing of illnesses. All the exercises complement each other.
When you perform the exercise in practice, you have to concentrate profoundly on the Divine Mother Kundalini and with your feet together in military style, standing at attention; opening the arms to both sides, spinning clockwise, you will intensely ask for what you most want. First of all, for healing of the organ that may be sick, and the other thing is for your chakras to spin. It is clear that if you rotate clockwise, in the same way as the hands of a clock viewed from in front, the chakras will rotate positively, so, spin at the rhythm you consider convenient. Twelve spins is what is prescribed; however, if you wish to continue up to a thousand, well, that’s up to you.
During these spins, you should concentrate on your Divine Mother Kundalini, asking her to call on the Holy Spirit and to implore healing for the sick organ, supplicating to the Logos to heal it. In addition, and this is very important, you have to open that sick organ by saying to it:
OPEN SESAME!
This powerful mantra, which appears in One Thousand and One Nights, will be repeated at least three times. People have always believed it is just a pleasant story in which the mantra appears, and have not paid much attention to it but OPEN SESAME is an authentic mantra. OPEN SESAME! Thus, the sick organ is commanded to receive vital healing force, the force of the Holy Spirit then penetrates the sick organ, and clearly, it heals; it is cured with the force of the Third Logos but it must be done with much faith, faith, and more faith.
Samael Aun Weor, 7 Lectures and the Lamasery Exercises, ch. 8 “Lamasery Exercises”
Lying face up
Arms open, heels together, feet fanned out
Now, you’ve finished spinning and have opened your eyes. Then you lie down on the floor in dorsal decubitus—in other words, face up—legs stretched out with heels together and feet fanned out, arms open horizontally on both sides, looking toward the sky or the ceiling of the house.
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Once in this position, intensify your concentration, your meditation on the Divine Mother Kundalini, begging her, imploring her, to heal the sick organ. In those moments, those who are not asking for healing can ask for any other necessity such as for the Divine Mother to eliminate this or that psychological “I”, this or that psychological defect, or that she develop in you this or that faculty or power, etc. One has the right to ask since this is the purpose of these exercises.
In this position, lying on your back on the floor, you supplicate and intensify your prayer, your petition, completely identifying with the Third Logos. So, lying down in this position, you now know how to supplicate and ask (figure 2).
Samael Aun Weor, 7 Lectures and the Lamasery Exercises, ch. 8 “Lamasery Exercises”
Legs raised (viparita-karani)
Legs vertical, waist flat on the floor
Once lying down, and having made your petitions, you now raise your legs until they are in a vertical position (figure 3). It’s no longer necessary to have your arms opened in a cross. You can help support your legs with your hands, making sure your legs are as vertical as possible without raising your buttocks (as shown in figure 3), or more clearly, your waist must be very well positioned on the ground, flat on the floor. This is what is called the viparita-karani mudra in the East.
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In this position, the blood flows toward the head, reaches the brain, and puts certain areas to work, fortifying all the senses since it’s necessary to have very good eyesight, a good sense of smell, good touch, good hearing, good taste, etc., etc.
The student remains in this position, intensifying his petitions to the Divine Mother Kundalini, begging her, beseeching her to help us attain, with the help of her divine spouse, the benefit we need, the healing, the faculty, the disintegration of the psychological aggregate, etc.
Well, that’s enough. You’ve done the exercise, you’ve supplicated the Divine Mother to bring you the Third Logos, and you’re completely identified with him so that he heals you or awakens this or that power, etc.
Samael Aun Weor, 7 Lectures and the Lamasery Exercises, ch. 8 “Lamasery Exercises”
Kneeling, facing east
Head a little bowed, three pranayamas
Now, kneel there on the floor, on your knees facing east (figure 4), toward where the sun rises. Tilt your head down a little, just a little, not much. Next, you’ll do three pranayamas as follows.
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Pranayama Place your right index finger over your left nostril, inhale through your right nostril. Now close both nostrils with the index finger and thumb, and hold your breath for a few seconds. Afterward, uncover your left nostril and exhale all the air, then inhale through the left nostril while covering the right nostril with the thumb, [then] close both nostrils [again] with the thumb and index finger, and hold your breath, and then exhale through your right nostril; this is one complete pranayama. Repeat this exercise two more times until you complete three pranayamas.
Remember that only the two fingers are used, the index finger and thumb of your right hand exclusively; you close with one, inhale through the other nostril, close both, uncover the other, etc. It’s a back-and-forth, when you close one, you uncover the other, and vice versa. You’ve done that exercise; now lower your head and enter into prayer to the Divine Mother Kundalini Shakti, beseeching her for what you need, etc.
Samael Aun Weor, 7 Lectures and the Lamasery Exercises, ch. 8 “Lamasery Exercises”
Leaning back on the knees
Arms straight, body back as far as it goes
Now, just as you are, incline your body backward while maintaining the kneeling position (figure 5), keeping your arms straight alongside the body. Then tilt your body backward as far as it will go and remain in that position for a few seconds, begging, beseeching, imploring to the Blessed Mother Kundalini to intercede for you before the most sacred Holy Spirit to grant you the benefit you have requested, be it healing or any other kind.
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This exercise is rather brief because of how intense or strenuous it is but it’s very good for making the body more agile and burning some toxins. What we’re interested in is doing it as best we can.
Remember very well that in each exercise, it’s necessary to beg and intensely implore, weeping if necessary, so She calls upon the Third Logos and heals the organ that is sick. Remember that she is the mediator, the one who can invoke the Logos, who is her divine spouse, the most sacred Holy Spirit, Shiva (as he’s called in the East), the Arch-Hierophant, Arch-Magus, first begotten of creation, swan of living plumage, white dove, immortal Hiram Abiff—the secret master we all committed the error of murdering in the past; yes, we assassinated him when we committed the original sin. That’s why we need to resurrect him from the dead, to exclaim with all the forces of our heart, “The King is dead! Long live the King!”
Samael Aun Weor, 7 Lectures and the Lamasery Exercises, ch. 8 “Lamasery Exercises”
Seated, leaning back
Legs forward, hands behind you
Now you will proceed as follows: sit on the floor with your legs stretched forward and hands placed behind you on the floor, the trunk of your body leaning backward slightly supported by your hands, head facing forward, heels together, feet fanned opened (figure 6). Here again you make your petition, imploring with a lot of faith and devotion to the Divine Mother.
Samael Aun Weor, 7 Lectures and the Lamasery Exercises, ch. 8 “Lamasery Exercises”
The table
Hands and feet, body facing up
Now, to execute this exercise, let’s bend our legs a little with the soles of our feet placed on the floor, and lifting our buttocks and abdomen so our body stays in the table position, in other words, with our knees and abdomen forming the same horizontal line.
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Our face should be looking upward toward the sky or the ceiling of the house. The body must be supported by the hands and feet while facing up, thus forming a human table as in figure 7.
In this position, you should intensify your prayers and supplications to the Blessed Mother Devi Kundalini, imploring her to invoke her divine spouse, the most sacred Holy Spirit, to come and perform the cure you need. I have explained this several times but it’s good that you do not forget it so the exercise is complete because it’s not just something merely physical; it’s something different, spiritual, balanced.
Samael Aun Weor, 7 Lectures and the Lamasery Exercises, ch. 8 “Lamasery Exercises”
Three pranayamas, kneeling
Before the plank, as in exercise 4
Let’s now look at the exercise called the mayurasana. First of all, it’s necessary that you do three complete pranayamas again, as you did in exercise 4. After doing the pranayamas with much devotion, and entrusting yourself to your Divine Mother Kundalini, you’ll place yourself in the plank position as shown in figure 8.
Samael Aun Weor, 7 Lectures and the Lamasery Exercises, ch. 8 “Lamasery Exercises”
The plank (mayurasana)
Two movements
Many people practice the plank to do away with their bulging abdomen, in other words, what we call a chubby, bloated belly or stomach.
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This eighth exercise consists of two positions or movements, as follows:
First movement: With the palms of your hands on the floor, supported in the form of a plank, stretch your legs back and support yourself on your tiptoes. Your forehead faces down, keeping your head, the back of your neck, back, buttocks, legs, and heels in a straight line, just like a plank (figure 8).
Second movement: Then lower your head, tuck it to your chest as much as you can, and then perform the following movement: lower your stomach and legs to the floor, supported on your hands and toes, without bending your arms. Then return to the first position, up, then down, up, etc. (figure 9). Here, pray to your Divine Mother to activate all your chakras.
Samael Aun Weor, 7 Lectures and the Lamasery Exercises, ch. 8 “Lamasery Exercises”
The human arc
Walk the feet in, head tucked to the chest
Now, taking advantage of the previous rite, continue with this exercise. From the previous position itself, as your head is tucked under your chest in the plank exercise, without moving your hands, advance a few short steps forward until your body becomes a human arc, as shown in figure 10.
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Supported on your hands and feet, with your head tucked to your chest, forming a perfect human arc, you can and should enter into prayer, asking, begging, imploring—as I have already taught—to the Divine Mother for what you most need. Carts and wagons can pass below you since you must form a type of human arch.
Now, after staying for a while in that prayer position, bend your knees a little in order to lower your body, and then lift your hands from the floor and stand up. You thus end the exercise.
Remember that, with the human arch position just as you’ve done it, we make the blood flow to the head, eliminating toxins, cleansing the lymph, and irrigating all areas of the brain.
Samael Aun Weor, 7 Lectures and the Lamasery Exercises, ch. 8 “Lamasery Exercises”
Legs up the wall (viparita-karani)
Start with five minutes
Lie down on your back on the floor, then raise your legs vertically against a wall. For this exercise you should place yourself very close to the wall, your back on the floor without a pillow, arms on the floor relaxed by your sides (figure 11).
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This exercise is special for carrying out a great work, which only the most sacred Holy Spirit can execute within our organism. The fact is we have a moon in our brain, which makes us lunar beings with negative and lunar behavior. On the other hand, we have a marvelous sun in the umbilical region. From the time we left Paradise, the luminous sun that was in the brain was transferred to the umbilical region, and the cold moon went up to the brain. So, knowing this aspect, while in this position, we pray to the most sacred Holy Spirit to perform a transplant within us, to remove the moon from our brain and place it in our umbilical region, and to simultaneously remove the luminous sun from our umbilical region and deposit it in our brain.
It’s clear that it’s essential for us to practice the viparita-karani mudra exercise incessantly, constantly, permanently. We must beg, plead, implore the Holy Spirit to grant us the grace of making this change, placing the moon that we have in our brain into our umbilical region, and the sun that we have in our umbilical region up to our brain.
This is a work that only the Third Logos can perform. One must implore and beseech while profoundly concentrating on the Third Logos so he comes and performs the transplant of the moon to the umbilical region, and the sun to the brain.
This viparita-karani mudra is a truly marvelous rite for attaining rejuvenation of the physical body. To re-conquer youth is urgent and necessary; the body should remain young and enlivened in the initiate who marches on the path of the razor’s edge.
Whoever manages to do this exercise for three hours straight will defeat death and will re-conquer youth, though you should start with no more than five minutes, and then steadily increase the time, gradually, slowly, patiently; for instance, increase it by one minute daily.
Samael Aun Weor, 7 Lectures and the Lamasery Exercises, ch. 8 “Lamasery Exercises”
Vajroli mudra
Transmutation of the sexual energy, especially for single people
We are going to enter into the study of the sixth rite, which exactly relates to the vajroli mudra. It deals with transmutation of the sexual energy. This is the finest type of energy constructed by the organism, it is, we can say, the most subtle force the body works with.
The human vehicle has certain very fine channels through which this energy circulates; it must not escape its channels, if the energy bursts into other channels, obviously, a catastrophe occurs. The sexual energy is a marvelous explosive force that we have to learn to direct wisely if we truly want the intimate self-realization of the Being.
Undoubtedly, the vajroli mudra is especially for single people, although it also helps those who are married. We can especially say that with the vajroli mudra, single people have a fundamental system to maintain themselves in brahmacharya, in other words, in chastity.
Whoever does not have a wife, or women who do not have a husband, must maintain themselves in brahmacharya, that is clear, until the day arrives when the men have their priestesses or the women their husbands.
The celibate should remain firm in brahmacharya until his wife arrives. He must establish himself firmly in brahmacharya, and it is impossible to do so without knowing how to transmute the sexual energy.
Whoever wants to learn to transmute must know the vajroli mudra in depth; and if he does not know it, he does not know, does not have, the science of transmutation.
The vajroli mudra, among other things, has the advantage of enabling the bachelor, in spite of being single, to preserve his sexual potency and not lose his virility. Normally, an organ that is not used becomes atrophied. If one stops using a hand, it becomes atrophied. If one stops using a foot, it no longer functions. Likewise, if one stops using his procreative organs, well, they simply become atrophied, and the person becomes impotent and then he’s in trouble.
But, with the vajroli mudra, one can conserve his sexual potency for life. I do not mean to say, and let me make it clear, it’s not that with the vajroli mudra an individual will create the existential bodies of the Being, no. I am not making these types of assertions, nor am I saying that with it one will attain the intimate self-realization of the Inner Being, no.
Whoever wants to achieve self-realization has to work in the forge of the Cyclopes, that is clear. It so happens that with the vajroli mudra, one works with only one force; in the case of the man, well, only with the masculine force, nothing else, and in the case of the woman, well, only with the feminine force, nothing else.
In order to create the superior existential bodies of the Being, one needs something more ... what is needed is to work with the three forces of nature and the cosmos—first, the masculine force in the man, second, the feminine force that’s in the woman, and third, the neutral force that reconciles the two.
As I have said previously, the masculine is the Holy Affirmation, the feminine is the Holy Negation, and the neutral is the Holy Reconciliation. It is clear that for creation to take place, the three forces are needed; that is why the maithuna is indispensable for creating the superior existential bodies of the Being.
Common and ordinary people do not possess the astral, mental, or causal bodies; those bodies have to be created, and this can only be done through the maithuna or sexual magic. However, I repeat, the vajroli mudra is helpful for men and women who do not have a spouse, and also for couples who are working with the sahaja maithuna because it helps them sublimate and transmute the sexual energy.
The vajroli mudra is, therefore, useful for single and married people. Okay, this explanation is sufficient; I will now give the technique of the vajroli mudra.
Samael Aun Weor, 7 Lectures and the Lamasery Exercises, ch. 8 “Lamasery Exercises”
His instructions for the technique
I am standing here; I put my hands on my hips with my thumbs pointed backwards, and I inhale until I fill my lungs completely with air. Then I place the palms of my hands on my thighs in front of me, and I lean forward (not to the sides or backwards but like someone who is bowing very profoundly), and I continue lowering the palms of my hands until I reach my knees. Simultaneously, I exhale the air so that when I touch my knees, I have no air in my lungs.
We are here, ready to continue the exercise but I have not yet inhaled, my lungs are completely empty. Now I continue by raising my hands toward the creative organs but I still have not filled my lungs with air. I now apply a massage over my prostate so the vibration touches the prostate and sexual transmutation takes place. Not only do I apply the massage over the prostate, I can and should do it with firmness to the sexual organs. Next, after I have carried out the massage on the creative organs, I then slowly raise my body; I straighten up while my feet are still firmly planted on the ground. I stand up straight and bring my hands back to either side of my hips.
When I have done the massage and returned my hands to my hips, I then inhale, filling my lungs with air, taking the energy to the brain through the channels of Ida and Pingala. Then I slowly exhale, and repeat the same procedure three times (three HAM SAH).
In reference to massages over the prostate and sexual organs, there are three types of massage: a) massage done very lightly over the prostate and creative organs; b) medium massage, in other words, a little stronger; c) strong massage. It is clear strong massage over the prostate and sexual organs produces erection of the phallus, that is obvious, and it has to be that way. That’s why this third type of massage is advisable especially for bachelors; thus, when the phallus is erect, transmutation of the semen into energy is produced, and it rises to the brain.
As for married men, the first and second types of massage are suitable, or even the first type is more than enough, no more than that, since they have a wife and it’s clear that through the sahaja maithuna they bring about a complete erection of the phallus. So, there you have what in the East is called the vajroli mudra.
For women, the vajroli mudra is the same except that the woman should apply the massages to her left and right ovaries and on her feminine organs (to be more clear, over her vagina or yoni). Then transmutation of the sexual energy in the woman is produced.
The same thing for married women only she does not need intense massage, only subtle. Single women need a massage that’s a little stronger so as to produce the transmutation of her own sexual energy. That is necessary so the energy will rise to the brain.
Tremendous will power needs to exist during the vajroli mudra so no lustful thought will cross the students’ minds. We must control the senses; we must subdue the mind.
When the vajroli mudra is practiced, one must be concentrated on the Divine Mother Kundalini or on the Third Logos. If one concentrates exclusively on the sexual organs during the practice and forgets the Divine Mother and the Third Logos, energy is not sublimated, and that goes against cosmic law.
Samael Aun Weor, 7 Lectures and the Lamasery Exercises, ch. 8 “Lamasery Exercises”
His words of caution
Moreover, keep in mind that if the human being does not have enough purity of thoughts, he can degenerate and become a masturbator. Awaiting the impure and masturbators is the abyss and the second death, where only crying and gnashing of teeth is heard.
Therefore, the vajroli mudra is for men and women who are completely chaste, who are truly decided in treading the path of the most absolute chastity.
The strong and intense vajroli mudra can only be practiced once a day, and for that, the individual needs to be very serious and respectful of his own body. We are referring to bachelors. A married individual does not need to practice the vajroli mudra intensely since he achieves erection with his priestess-wife.
Likewise, a woman who has a husband does not need to practice the vajroli mudra intensely because she transmutes her energies with her husband. Both married men and women should do their vajroli massages very subtly. What one seeks is to elevate that subtle and delicate creative energy to the brain.
In the case of married men, as I have already indicated to you, only a light massage over the prostate and sexual organs is sufficient; the same for married women, a light massage in a very subtle and soft manner over the ovaries and womb. This is not harmful at all and can be practiced each time one works with the six rites taught in this book, without the least problem. In this manner, the sexual energy is constantly, incessantly, being sublimated and can be taken advantage of for regeneration.
I am speaking very clearly so you understand me. This, exactly as I have taught it here, is the Tibetan system. I repeat that purity is needed—no lust, no bad passionate thoughts—because then the sword’s blade turns against us, and the student can fall into the abyss if he misuses these teachings.
I think the Gnostic brethren have understood the purpose of the vajroli mudra, and I will not get tired of repeating that this is the most practical and precise system of sexual transmutation for single people.
On teaching the practice of the vajroli mudra, I must say the following. The fatal antithesis of the vajroli mudra is the horrible, disgusting, and abominable vice of masturbation. Those who practice masturbation go to the abyss headed for the second death because of having profaned their own bodies, for having insulted and profaned the Holy Spirit, the Third Logos, with their actions.
Be very careful then, brothers and sisters who practice the vajroli mudra, to not fall into that abominable and repugnant vice of masturbation. The vajroli mudra is something very holy, very sacred, and tremendous chastity, great sanctity, enormous love for the most sacred Holy Spirit and Divine Mother Kundalini is required.
Samael Aun Weor, 7 Lectures and the Lamasery Exercises, ch. 8 “Lamasery Exercises”
What it does, and what it does not do
As I said previously, I do not mean to say the Kundalini will be awakened with the vajroli mudra or that the superior existential bodies of our Being will be created, no; the semen is merely transmuted into energy, that is all. It is clear that in order to awaken the Kundalini, cooperation of the three forces of nature and the cosmos is needed. This we said previously but it’s worthwhile to remind you once more so it’s deeply engraved in your mind.
The first force is the Holy Affirmation, the second force, the Holy Negation, and the third force is the Holy Reconciliation, which unites the first two. So, the Kundalini can only be developed by means of sexual magic or sahaja maithuna, that is to say, with cooperation of the three forces.
The man has the positive force, the woman has the negative force, and the Holy Spirit reconciles both. The Divine Princess Kundalini awakens with the fusion of the three forces.
The superior existential bodies of our Being cannot be created with one force alone; the man has one force, the Holy Affirmation; the woman only has the negative force, the Holy Negation. Creation is only possible with the union of the three forces, the positive or masculine, the negative or feminine, and the neutral force that coordinates and blends both.
Transmutation is always indispensable; it’s a fundamental organic necessity. It’s been necessary to speak very extensively on this aspect since the vajroli mudra, for example, which is a marvelous system of transmutation for single people, is practiced in India, Tibet, and in the lamasery known as The Fountain of Eternal Youth. The objective of this system is to elevate creative energy up to the brain, in other words, to semenize the brain and cerebrize the semen.
Samael Aun Weor, 7 Lectures and the Lamasery Exercises, ch. 8 “Lamasery Exercises”