30/05/2025
Excessive use of alcohol and drugs generally inhibits the safe and balanced awakening of Kundalini energy, and in many traditions, it's strongly advised to avoid intoxicants when engaging in serious spiritual or energetic practices.
Here's why:
1. Toxic impact on the nervous system and subtle body
Kundalini energy rises through the subtle channels (nadis), particularly the sushumna nadi, which runs along the spine.
Intoxicants disturb the nervous system, create energetic imbalances, and can block or distort the flow of subtle energies.
Drugs and alcohol may temporarily open psychic or energetic states, but in uncontrolled and unsustainable ways, often leading to psychosis, confusion, or energetic fragmentation rather than spiritual awakening.
2. Lack of grounding and discernment
Kundalini awakening requires grounding, mental clarity, and inner discipline.
Substance use weakens discernment, emotional regulation, and spiritual receptivity, increasing the risk of misusing or misinterpreting powerful energetic experiences.
3. Risk of a "forced" or premature awakening
Some individuals report kundalini-like phenomena after intense drug use (especially psychedelics), but these experiences are often erratic, ungrounded, and traumatizing rather than transformative.
Without a pure vessel, strong energetic alignment, and spiritual maturity, premature awakening can result in mental, emotional, and physical instability (often referred to as Kundalini syndrome).
In authentic traditions (like Ta**ra, Yoga, and Vedanta):
Practitioners are advised to live sattvic (pure) lives—free of intoxication, violence, and chaotic stimuli—to create a stable foundation for Kundalini to rise naturally, safely, and harmoniously.
The energy is deeply sacred, and its awakening is considered a serious inner initiation, not a thrill or experiment.