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Abstract: The purpose of tlds paper is to explore Kundalini as an energetic phenornenon and deaelop a theoretical model to explain its origin. This paper will explore the hypothesis that Kundalini energy originates from the combination of light energy from uniaersal enirgy iource ind our biopltotons at the quantum leael. This happens when oirtual phototts at the same frequency manifest from the
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unirtersal enerw source and interact wiith the electrons in our body. This exploratioi includes the latest theories and studies deritsed from logical contemplation of quantum and energy thearies, eaen though some of the'lrypotheses made and references used in this paper may be outside of the paradigms of mainstream science.

In order to trace back causation to find the origin of Kundalini would first need to ask where all energy comes from. Text6irok science says we receive energy from the sun indirectly by eating plants, or eating animals that eat plants. Howeve4 evidence
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has staited to emerge ihat we may be able to receive energy from the sun by directly taking in the_sun's electromagnetic waves. InEat the Sun, adocumentary about the practice of sun gazing, director Peter' Sorcher portrays individuals who fasted for long periods of time and

may have been nourished only by direct sunlight. in additioru recent researches into the pineal gland may hold the key as to how we can absorb energy dir-ectly fiom the sun. They se6m to point to the possibility that"the pineai gland directly senses light energy and absorbs photons. The pineal gland is a pea--sized gland that produces melatonin, which is a neurotransmitter that is iesponsible for making us relaxed and putting us to sleep by enabling us to sense light and darkness. Th-e pineal gland is chlled the thirdive in spiritual-traditions, and is believed to 6e comected with spiritdal and psychic abilities. Russian scientists studying embryology discoverdd-that a two-month old human fetus develops a third ei6 with photoreceptots, lens and nerve cells that are simiiar to the r6tinas. Furthermore, an article in Russian online media [Link] says there seems to be a link to the pineal gland from the retina. In his book The Source Field lnaestigations,Daiid Wilcock cites research
that says the cells of the pineal giand closely resemble the photoreceptor ganglion cells (nerve cells) of the retina. Wilcock also says many subYma"mmals, suih as fistu frogs and birds, alr-eady detectli!;htwith their pineal glands. He also quotes A. F. Weichmann as saying that "the presence of proteins in the pineal which are normally involved in
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phototransduction (light sensing) in the retina, raises thc possibility that direct photic events may ocdur in the mammalian pin'eal gland"" (Wlcock, 2017,p.58). Wilc6ck interprets Weichmann is sayifig that the cells in the pineal gJand are deteiting photons and sending"them to the brain through [Link] retina in the back part of our eye contains two types of specialized cells called photoreceptors thit respond to lighi.' These are called rods and con'es. Rods hnd cores url known is classic phol toreceptors that convert light into signals that stimulate biololical processes and enable sight. ln a landmark discovery in2007, scie*ntist FarhanZaidiQA}T) andhis research team found anon-rod non-cone photoreceptor in humans. These photoreceptors can synchronize circadian rhythms to the twenty-four-hour Iiiaht/dark cycle as well as [Link]. This non-rod, non-cone pho"toreceptor'is a special type of photosensitive ganglion cell that iesponds directly td fisht byincreasing the ratc aiwhlch it fires nervc ihpulses. Un[ike otHer retinal ganglion cells, these photosensitive gansiion cells are intrinsically pfioto--sensitive, which means they arE ex"cited bv lieht even in the absence of classic photoreceptors. From these disiovEries,Zaidi and team conclude that there ar-e two parallel and anatomicallv distinct photoreceptor pathways: One thrbugh the classic photorecLptor Iocated in the outer retina of the eye, the other tfuough a non-iod, non-cone photoreceptor that seems to be activated by"light ffst. It also appears that the pineal gland has other inte-resiing but not well-known functions. In Energy Medicine: A Scientific Basi's, fames Oschman^says "[Link] gland is the primary mignetoreieptor. Between 20 and 307i of pineal cells are magnetically-sensitive.' Exposure of animals to magnetic fields of various intensities alters the secretion of melatonin, the electrical properties of pineal cells, and thei,r microscopic struc,ture" (Oschm'an,'2000, p. j02). Hence, he believes pulsations of the geomagnetic field, caused by Schumann resonance, may be detected by the pineal gland. . Rgrlsial embryologist Alexander Gurwitsch and German physicist Fritz-Albert Popp discovered that the cells of all living beings emit.a weak glow iir-the form of ultraviolet light. popp caTIs these biophotons, and says that although thev are"ultra-w'elk, thev are [Link] coherent, so-they have a liser-li(e fight and quality. i,opp believes biophoton emis_sion connects cell, tiss-ues, and brgans wlthlh the body and serves as the main communication networ[ and regulator foi all of life's processes. In her book The Sage Age, MaAnna Stephenson states: "This was an astounding disco'iery."What popp suggested was that light, in some manner, *as responsible for life', (St-ephenson,20.08t p-53). Physicist David Bohm says: ,,All matter js frozen light" (MiCartney, 2005, p.277). Popp identifies DNA ai the source of biophoton emissions and calls DNA the "master tuning fork in the body" (McTaggart ,2001, p.
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44). He demonstrates that DNA gives off a large range of light frequencies that would cause a varie{r of frequenciEs in oilrer mdiecules of the body. From this, he postulafes that frifferent functions of DNA are performed bascd on different frequencieg and that cells mav use light to self-repair. He also found tfiat Hving organisms exch'ange light emitted fiom each other; and concludes ihat"wave resonance"is used to communicate between living things. Also, the biophotons create a biophoton field that is desiribedas "a holosrapfuc field of standing waves which is able, through a broad speitnim of frequencies and polarizations and in close interplay with all material structures, to transmit signals with the speed of light to any place in the organism and to actiizate or to inhibit biocheriical pro'cdsses, to org_anize 1nattgr, gnd much 1nore" (Bischofl 2005, p. 3). How does DNA store light? Wilcock discusses'findines by Russian scientist Peter Gariaevthat DNA absorbs all light in its vicinity by apparently creating a vortex that attracts the li-eht. Even more interesting, after the DNA molecule is removed, the"re seems to be a force that holds the spiraling light in the_same place for up to thirty days. This phenomenon is-kn6wn as "The DNA phanto'm Effect, (Wilcock, 2077, p.161). Wilcock believes that the DNA moleculb creates a duplicate energy field of itself within the universal energy source, whilh entrains'the light even in the absence of the DNX. ln Wilcock's view, The DNA Phantom Effect means a perfect hologram of our physical body can be created. He calls thi's ,,one of the most signilsant scientific discoveries in modern history,, (Wilcock, 2011., p.162). Wlcoqf glrg reports of a phenomenon cilled delayed. luminescence. When light is shone on living cells, they would ,,drst absorb it and then release an intense burst"of new light after a brief period of time" (Wilcock, 2011, p.171). Wilcock bdlieves that the DNA has_ a light energy store with a given capacity; if there is too much light, it would send it back out-. He posits that this is for a specific purpose - to transmit information thit heals and establishes order in the body. Even more interesting, Rein and McCraty (2001) say that coherent brain wave patterns suclr as those produced bv iirtention can change the structure of DNA. Emotions .such as ang6r; and feaq, can contract or compress DNA. On the other hand, eirotions such as [Link], gratitude, a1d love'can unwind or decompress DNA. Rein also fg"l4 that people-with re wrrn conerent coherent neart heart energy energ can wrnd wind or unwind unwrnd the DNA at will, while those with incoherent-l incoherent-fieart energy cannot do so.- Fqrthermole, it seems,as if the change is made by flist energetically changi"s +e D-NA phantom, which then changes the phylical DNA molecule itself. In addition, Gariaev's experiments show that acoustic waves radiated by DNA can also cr-eate The DNA Phantom Effect. Dale (2009) cites Leonard Horowitz's research that demonstrates DNA
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actually emits and receives both photons (the energy from light) and phonons (the energy from sound). Other researcfiers say so[nd stimulates the DNAto Cfeate information signals that spread fhrough the body, and that the primary function of DNA is "not to synthesiZe proteins, but to perform bio-acoustic and bio-electrical signaling" (Dale, 201,0, p.143)- Research conducted by Richard Miil;r shows that su.pe_rposed coherent waves in the celi"interact and form patternsfirs! through sound,- and sec-ondly through light" (Dale, 2b10, p. 143). Gariaev's research also showd that DNA ian be activated by sound, as well as can transmit sound. In an article entitled "The DNA-wave Biocomputer," Gariaev and his associates postulate that the DNA-wave iunctions as abiocomputer. [Link],ilrd" thut DNA can convert laser light into radio *al by producing soli"r tons, which are ultra stablE \taves, to fonn diffraiti6n patter#s first in the acoustic domain and then in the electromagnetic domain to create a quantum hologram, which enables the traislation between a_coustical and optical holograms. Gariaev also shows that sound in the form of langLage{requ6ncies such as words can repair chromosomes damaged by X-rays. He concludes: "DNA canbe activated with Iinguistic expressions, such as mantras, affirmations, or other meaningful sounds, like an antennae. In fum this activation modifies the hurnan bioenerg_y.fields, which transmit radio and light waves to bodily structures" (Dalq 2070, p.143). M*y scientists believe the vacuum of the universe, including the vacuum within our cells, is not empty at all. Quantum scientistjalso hold that there is a pervasive sea oi q'uanfum en"rgy in the universe. Nobcl Prize winner and father of quantum theory Max Planck, in a 1944 speech given in Florence, Itaiy, stated: " Ali matter originates and exists_only by virtue of a force which brings the particl"e of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute-solar s-vstem of the atom together. We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix of all matter." This universal eiergy provides a scientific basis and validation of the belief in many spliitual traditions that we are connected to each other and to a uniirersal consciousness. It is likely this energy that has been known for thousands of years in many incient spiiitual traditions. In an article entitled: "Senses, Filteis, and Sou?ces of Reality," Robert Jahn and Brenda Dunne postulate the existence of a source of reality that they call source buf which has been eiven different labels in different cirltures. They identifu these labtiis as: " tao, qi, prana, uoid, akashic record, unus muidi, unkntiwable substratum,
timeless primordial reality" $ahn & [Link], 2004;p.4). Other names have also been used by contemporary theorists'and researchers to describe the universal energy sorirce. These includ eThe Fieldby [Link]

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McTaggart, The Source Field by David Wilcock, uniaersal consciousn_essby quantum physicist Amit Goswami, quantum plenum by Mark Comings. This is also likely to be the collectiae unconscious described by Carl |ung and the moyphogenetic field of Rupert Sheldrake. It may even be the unified field thatAlbert Einstein hid long postulated btit had not been ible"to prove. Many others call it tlieLero point field. For the purpose of thii paper, I wifl use the term the uniae'rsal eirrgy source to denote this energy. In her book The Field, Lynne McTaggart says the universal energy source connects all matter in the universe bv waves. Citine researih by physicist Hal Puthoff, MgTaggart describes the univerial energy source as a "repository of all fields and all ground energy states and all virhral particles - a field of fields" (McTaggart, 2001;p.25). She also believes this field is the basis of the intbiconnectedness of all things. "If. all matter in the universe was interacting with the zero point field, it meant, quite simply, that all matter wasinterconnected and potentially entangled throughout the cosmos through quantum waves" (McTaggart, 2007, p.1.3). It is believed that the universal energy source is in a state of perfect balance so that it appears as a vacuum, since all the energies cancel each other out, and that any imbalance will create a disturbance that will eventuallv manifest as matter. Hence, even tiny fluctuations of energy can disfurb the field. Furthermore, perhaps it is the universal enEigy source that keeps

the structure ind ttie very existence of the at"om intact. Researi.{r scientist Daniel Dzimano-(2003) sheds tight into how this process may_ occur. He cites Puthoff as saying that if an electron is orbiting too far out from the nucleus, it radiates more energy than it receives from the universal energy enerqy source and spirals inw inwaids to the position of stability. However, if-{he electron is brbiting too far iru it [Link] mo,re energy from the universal energy source than it is radiating and so it moves outwards to a stable position. Dzimano believes that the stability of matter itself is medihted by the universal energy
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terra incognita, archetypalfield,hidden order, aborigirwl sensible muchness, implicate order, zero-point aacuum, ontic (or ontoTogical) leoel, undiuided

The universal energy source is believed to have virtually unlimited en_ergy. Micha6i Talbot, inThe Holographic L)niaerse, quotes David Bohm as saying: "Every cubic centimeter of empty space contains more energy than the total energy of all the ma[ter in the known universe" (Talbo! 1992, p.51). Nobel Prize physicist Richard Feynman, in attempting to give some idea of the magnitude of the energy within the universal energy source, says: "theenergy in a single cubic meter of space is enough to boil all the oceans o1-the world" (McTaggart, 200I, p. 24). , What exactly is this universal energy? There is some evidence that ultravioletiight at a specific freque-ncy may be an energy carrier of the universal energy source. Wilcock (2011) reports of experiments by Gurwitsch which demonstrate that ultraiziolet light may
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be a signature of the universal energy source, but not the actual source itself, "much like the ripple in the surface of a lake, from a stone you iust dropped in, is not the stone itself" (Wilcock, 2011, p. 159). McTaggaft^(2001) reports of an experiment where DNA ian absorb andscramble ultraviolet light and send it back out at a different freouencv. Popp found thaicells can be destroved with ultraviolet U[trt, Uit if thty are then given a very weak puise of the same wavelength, especially at 380 nanonmeters, the cells can almost completely recover in a process known asphoto repair. Hence, Popp postulates that energy from the universal energy source is strongest lnd mosthealing at fhe 380-nanomcter wavelength. Rollin McCraty (2003) from the Instibute of HeartMath suggests that information is enfolded outside the space/time world in the energy waveforms of the universal energy source. Furthermore, a i{umber of scientists and researchers believe there is a medium of energy exchangebetween the physical world and the universal energy ,olir.", alth"ough different pe6ple call it different names and the-re are different hypotheses a6ou[ what enables the energy exchange. In the early 20th century, Nikola Tesla discovered the scalar wave. His experiments show that scalar waves propagate over long distances with virtually no loss in strength, unlike electromasnetii waves that dissioate aird lose energv w-ith distance. Dale (2069) describes scalar wa'Jes as standing *aii,s that can go through matter and run at one and a half times the speed of light. She also says some scientists consider scalar waves the originating fields of thil universe and the energy basis of the universal energy source. Oschman (2000) says scalar waves "propagate instantaneously everywhere in space, undiminished by distance" (p. 206). Benor (2004) quotes Rein as saying that scalar energy (which Rein calls nonHertzian energy) can profoundly influence biological systems. Benor claims that a nrlmber of scientists have researched scalar energy and have given it many names, including: "Non-Hertzianenergy, scalar energy, longitudinal waves, motional fields, time-reversed waves, radiant eneigy, gravitational waves, free energy and cosmic ertergy" (Benol, 2004, p.430). Others focus on particles as the energy carrier of the universal energy source. In anhrticle entitled "Neutrino Experiment Replicates Fastei-Than-Light Finding" published in Nature, Eugenie Samuel Reich reports t-hat physiCisti found that the subatomic particles called niutrinos s""* io travel faster than light and postuiate,that neutrinos are the particles responsible for energy exchange with the universal enersv source. Cousens ltidOt cites physics philosopher Tom Bearden as saying that anergy is a fundamental componeht of universal energy, and that this eirergy has no mass but hirs a limitless charge. -He believes universal eneriry manifests as tachyon fielcls, which can he describes
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slightly contracted form of anergy, or of the virtual state trying to become aparticle. A tachyon field, sort of a quasi-state of matte[, is thought to be made of quisi-particles. It exidts at the interface of
as "a

energy and matter" (Cousens, 7986, p.108). Cousens also cites entomdlogist Philip Callahan as saying that the tachyon field energy is manifested as "whirling, vertical forms of energy that precipitate near the speed of light as a particle of matter called a photon" (Cousens, 1986, p.709). Many researchers use the term virtual particles to describe particles th-at come and go from the universal energy source and do not stay permanently in the physical world. Virtual particle is a concept derived from the Heisenberg's lJncertainty Principle, which says that it is impossible to kngw both a particle's position and its m-omentum exactly because the more precisely we determine one, the less we know ibout the other. This providLs a basis for the existence of virtual particles - high-energy particles that exist only momentarily in the p-hysical world. In addition, the Quantum Electrodynamics (QED)-theory says charged particles like electrons interact by emittins and absorbine ohotons that are airtual, in that thev cannot be ,"u"n o, detected ii'uny way; ancl, as a matter of fact,'the photon cxchanse is merelv the force of the interaction. between the universal energy source and the physical world. Referring to Popp's biophoton research, Wilcock (2011) says, "we now have verv stfohs evidence that all life-forms on earth must continually absoi'b phot"ons of light, and store them in their DNA in order to suivive. Tlie Source Fie"ld apparently creates these virtual photons when there is rotating, uortex mov'ement within the fiel8 itself" (Wilcock, 2011, p.243). ln her book Souls of Distortion Awakening, Jan Wicherink says: "Randomly virtual photons jump back and forth between the universal energy-source and our physical world...the photon is called a virtual ph-oton since it comes and goes from the 2ero point field and is no[ here to stay in the material world. It is only irsed in the energy exchange betiareen the zero point field and the-material world" (Wincherink 2008, p. 44). Although there is still much debate asto whether virtual particles are real or j'ust a hypothetical concept, there seems to be some support within the scientific community that they are indeed real entities. In
a2006 Scientific America a*icle

Virtrlal photoni are said to be a med"ium of light energy exchange

entitled: "Are virtual

p_articles

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constantly popping in and out of existence? Or are they merely a mathematical bookkeeping device for quantum mechanics?" physicist Gordon Kane gives credence to the existence of virtual particles, saying that they ire indeecl real and have observable effects that physicists have devised ways of measuring. ' As d iscussed above, many theorists andiesearchers believe there is an input of energy or an energy exchange with the universal en35

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ergy source at the quantum level. McTaggart (2001) postulates-that our electrons may be constantly "refueling by tapping into these fluctuations of empty space" (p. 2S). InToward a Deeper Meditatiott, Edgar Cayce and Jblin Van Auken say: "Virtual photirn cloud is the eleEtric fi6ta of energy and light thaf the mystic's describe and correlate to their chakras and Kundalini energy" (Cayce & VanAuken,
1992, p.11,3).

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the molecules began to vibrate in unison and eventually became so coherent that "they transmitted light as one unified anlenna" (Ste-

I hypothesize that Kundalini energy originates from the combination of light energy from universal energy source and ourbiophotons at the quantum level. This happens when virtual photons at the same frequency manifest from the universal energy source and interact with the 6lectrons in our body. Philip Ball, in a 2003 article in N atu re, says that Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle holds that subatomic particles or photons can appear spontaneously in empty space, provided that they disappear promptly again. David Shiga, in a 2010 article published in Nizu Scientist, states that physicists predicted in the 1950s that "a very skong electric field would transfonn virtual particles into real on6s that ire can observe. The field pushes them in opposite directions because they have opposite eleCtric charges, seoarhtine them so that thev cannot destrov one another" (Shiea, 20i0). Perlaps our biofield, rihich is energizdd by vibratory thiugHts and sound, induces virtual photons to stay in the physical world permanentlv and interact with the electrons in our cells. ' The input from virtual photons causes our electrons to become "r,"Igy excit6d, resulting in the release of a large number of biophotons from our cells. One of the bases for this postulation is Popp's assertion that unstable atoms in our body caube the release of light energy in the form of photons. He maiirtains that biophotons are constantly being emitted from our cells, but says th-at energy from an extemal energy source causes us to emit more biophotons in order to energy state. The vibratioi of virtual photons achieve ur, "qii'ilibrirm and biophotons at the same resonant frequency produces an intense, coherenl, Iaser-like light that is Kundalini. Since both the triggering virtual photons and emitted biophotons are in phase, have the same polarization, and travel in the same direction, a quantum leap in Iight energy is produced. As a matter of fact, this is the amplification piocess that pioduces laser lieht. Stephenson (2008) says "a laser broduces lisht waves that are"all in pliase with one another, which iadically arfiplifies the signal, makirig it highly coherent. Some of this coherent light beam is fed back into the system making it even more coherent and thus more powerful" (p.227). Oschman (2000) reports that as early as the late 1960s, pfiysicist Herbert Frohlich prLai.t"d that the 6ody's living matrix'w'ould produce laser-like -oscillations. Stephenson (2008)-describes an experiment in which Fr<ihlich applied energy to excite molecules, causing them to emit light in the ?orm of phttons. When he increased thJenergy input, 36

I believe this coherent laser-like light energy is stored in our DNA from birth, and may be considered the potential form of Kundalini energy prior to activation. Howeveq this does not necessarily mean that Kundalini energy remains constant throughout our lives. McTaggart's postulation that our electrons may be constantTy "refueling by tapping into these fluctuations of enipty space" (McTaggart,1007, p. 25) may also hold true for Kundalini-energy-that itis replenished through constant interaction with virtual photons from
the universal energy source.

phenson,2008, p.81).

Earliec we discussed the delayed luminescence phenomenor; where the cells first absorb light, then release it as an intense burst of new light, and how this light is believed to contain information

for healing and balancing the body. Can this be the process by which Kundalini energy is stored and released from our DNA? Interestingly, the sensing of light is often reported during spiritual experiences, including Kundalini awakening. In her book Energies of Transformation, Bonnie Greenwell says "experiences of light are commonly reported by mystics during extremely heightened states of consciousness, but also occur in lesser degree to meditators, and spontaneously to those in Kundalini pro,cesses" (Greenwell, 1988, p. 57). It has always fascinated me as to why the symbol of Kundalini
is often presentcd as two coiled serpents. Perhaps this symbol refers

to light stored in the double helix of the DNA molecule, before it is released as a burst of Kundalini energy to heal and elevate our entire system in order that we can reach oui highest potential? I call Kundalini energy the combined light from indiaidual and uniuersal cottsciousness as it arises from the integration of our individual energy with the universal energy. The proless integrates universal energy that spans time and space, which may be why Kundalini awakening often generate immense force through the body as well as produce a nonlocal. unitive exoerience. 'Furthermore, Kundalini may have long-term, transformational effects. As a coherent, laser-like Iight, it may be strong and focused enough to change the very structure of ouiDN& causing it to unwind and replicate, effecting permanent changes to our cells and our collective evolutionary path. I surmise this is the reason why Kundalini energy seems to lie dormant in us prior to activation, that is, when the photons are coiled in the double helix of our DNA; why it needs to gb through an integration process after activation; an8 why-it se,ems tobe an energy that leads to permanent changes in our psychophysiological states. Being a scientific exploratiorl this research attempts to discover and understand Kundalini in energetic rather than in metaphysical
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terms. From a metaphvsical perspective, Kundalini maybe a much greater phenomenoh thatt what icience may be able to define and explain.
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