The Biology of Consciousness: Case Studies in Kundalini examines the notion that consciousness exists outside the body and actually drives evolution by what Gopi Krishna called "the evolutionary impulse."

The book examines the arguments for and against God, making clear that there is very little evidence to support either side, but there is a large body of evidence that supports the notion of an energy continuum brought into being by an all-pervasive consciousness.

Today, we have the nouveau atheists, the biological materialists: Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, who carry on about God and No God. Clever arguments, cleverly put together, but still only opinions. The argument between fundamentalists (God) and atheists (No God) is the wrong argument. Each represents a reductionist extreme too far out of range to prove or disprove. That's why this argument is a never-ending, round robin of useless polemics. However, there is a pragmatic, utilitarian middle ground related to this subject that's easily summed up by the following language: There is proof that a metaphysical dimension, or energy continuum, exists, that an energy field, instead of an anthropomorphic figure, residing somewhere above our heads, is responsible for creation.

It may only be a hypothesis — a kind of halfway point — between the God/No God positions, that, if not easily proven, at least has a respectable amount of anecdotal evidence to support its validity. As of now, there is neither anecdotal nor scientific evidence to support the claims of the other two arguments. There are only opinions, bolstered as it were, by high-flying rationalist gymnastics.

And that's where the book's case studies come in, as evidence-based accounts of how super-consciousness is triggered and how it affects the individuals it settles on.

Says the Kirkus Review of Books about The Biology of Consciousness: "The author fleshes out the book with a dramatic section devoted to case studies of different types of Kundalini encounters, showing the different ways that practitioners "awaken" energies inside themselves, as well as how Kundalini helps people tackle personal challenges. These studies give the work an instantly relatable, human dimension that's often missing from books of this kind and underscores Semple's approachable, ordinary-guy tone throughout. New readers approaching this complicated subject will feel immediately at ease, and longtime Kundalini practitioners will no doubt find details that remind them of their own experiences."

The nine case studies in this book document the different ways Kundalini is awakened and include: sexual ecstasy, meditation, drugs, emotional crises, eye-gazing, and Shaktipat. Case Studies in Kundalini ably supports the hypothesis that consciousness exists outside the body and is not extinguished at the time of death. It explains how human biology is an expression of consciousness and how heretofore misunderstood and unknown energies in our bodies are responsible for significant evolutionary leaps — past, present, and future. Moreover, the book hypothesizes that Kundalini awakenings produce major beneficial mutations that get passed along in DNA code to the next generation.

According to the author, Kundalini is a biological actuality, a primordial energy in every human being, capable of modifying DNA in a single lifetime. Nevertheless, many people are confused by Kundalini's real nature, so we must do more to define it accurately, starting with what it is not. For example, it isn't devil worship or a supernatural cult. Neither is it a religion nor a sect. It's a biological process. You can't be converted to Kundalini any more than you can be converted to a heart attack or an orgasm; they just happen. That's the nature of biological processes: They just happen.

Kundalini isn't limited by any social, political, or religious constraints or orthodoxies. In fact, it's trans-national, trans-cultural, and, most important trans-denominational. Anyone can activate it. All of which indicates that we are intertwined in so many ways, in spite of the self-imposed barriers we erect to separate us from each other and from the super-consciousness that permeates all of existence. Whether by practicing ancient methods of meditation or newly developed methods, Kundalini is the mechanism behind evolution.

Meditation may provide the shortest path to activating Kundalini, but there are other means of achieving the same results, including cases where individuals do absolutely nothing, but are still visited by a spontaneous Kundalini awakening. The one element all these experiences share across the board is a change in metabolism, induced by a process known as sexual sublimation, even though, in some instances, the individuals neither detect nor feel any sexual activity. Some way or other, the subject's metabolism produces a distilled form of sexual energy that gets released into the brain, activating Kundalini, which, managed correctly, then restores health, stimulates creative abilities, alters negative behavior patterns, retards the aging process, and expands consciousness.

Normally, human growth proceeds in a linear pattern. However, disease, environmental factors, biochemical changes can create genetic mutations, ultimately modifying DNA. Depending on the type of stimulus, these mutations are either beneficial, harmful, or neutral. Kundalini awakenings bring about major beneficial mutations — evolutionary leaps — in their subjects which get passed along in DNA code to the next generation.

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