New Dawn Magazine: One of the primary ways forces influence mankind is through
that strange organ known as the Kundabuffer.
The Kundabuffer is
described by Gurdjieff as the creator of illusion – it causes us to
daydream and believe we are awake when we are actually asleep. It
creates buffers or denial mechanisms that stop us seeing the world as it
really is, and allows us to be controlled by the ebb and flow of the
planets (and other forces).
The term Kundabuffer is seen by many as an
adaptation of the Vedic concept of Kundalini. Kundalini is a
psycho-physical force located at the base of the spine; it controls the
organism on psychological, etheric and perhaps even physical levels
through the seven Chakras.
Kundalini and the Chakras operate like cosmic
antennae receiving influences from the planets and beyond. Initiates
can use these forces to great benefit, but in the average person they
are simply mechanisms of control.
The chakric system has both positive and negative potential. While
most New Agers see the Chakras and Kundalini in a positive light, both
Traditional Tantra and Gurdjieff are more critical. Kundalini is the
power of Kali, the goddess of gnosis and also illusion. She spins the
web of Maya (illusion) and deceives mankind, inviting them to awaken and
see through her game. As Maya she is the goddess of destruction and is
depicted in either a four-armed or ten-armed form. Her skin is dark blue
and she has red eyes filled with lust and rage. She has fangs and her
tongue lolls. She wears a skirt of human arms and a garland of heads.
Woe to those who approach her without gnosis, but to those who see
through her illusion she becomes either a mother or a lover. The two
forms of Kundalini are important as they represent the human condition,
enslaved to illusion and controlled by the planets, or awakened and in a
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