When he was 17 years old, he by chance came across an announcement of a meditation seminar. He immediately knew he had to join in although he had never been interested in such a topic.

Despite initial resistance from his parents, he finally succeeded in persuading them to take him to the seminar, which took place far away, and to pay the participation fee.

The clear experience of Yoga-Samadhi  in his first ever meditation and his deep inner experiences in the following meditations ceased his atheistic world view he had built up due to doubts about the prevalent religion he grew up in. The experience of Samadhi, which dissolved any doubts of God's existence, made him a person of deep religious faith. Nevertheless, he raised the question what this was supposed to mean, after all. In the time that followed he attended many meditation seminars, meditated very regularly and sought to engage in dialogues with like-minded people as well as members of other spiritual or religious groups. Yet it could not satisfy his deep longing for answers.


Following an inner urge he travelled to India some years later and found his spiritual master who had called him. Under his instruction he kept on meditating regularly. In doing so, he mostly felt a deep restfulness and a delightful inner peace. With increasing practice a feeling of full devotion to God, whom he worshipped in his heart by means of his concentration and a mantra he was given by his master, took additionally place.

The icy coldness only occurs during meditating, never without. Therefore, the man continues to meditate in the same way he was used to do without worrying much about it. He feels secure and trusts in being helped if necessary.


Some weeks later on a fair that he visits due to job-related reasons, he meets by chance an Indian yogi who offers meditation training there. He describes his symptoms to the barefooted Sadhu, who only wears a simple gown. To his surprise, he learns from him that his Kundalini is awake - however in the wrong channel. Apparently, it rose in Ida, the cold moon nerve on the left side. According to him, this might explain the intense freezing during deep meditation.

The yogi gives him an instruction to activate the hot sun-nerve (Pingala) on the right side. By means of this exercise the symptoms vanish gradually and do not occur anymore. Yet his Kundalini has not awoken completely and calms down again. When Kundalini rises in the Sushumna ten years later, he is prepared. This time the icy coldness does not occur - but Kundalini crises instead, affecting the body as they reinforce a serious heart disease he suffers from. He does not live through a mental crisis, even though he finds himself in mortal danger. Completely trusting the divine force that pervades his body, he devotes himself to it without any resistance. For this purpose he uses the hitherto hours of meditation turning himself only inwards and trustingly permits what happens to him. He stops his hitherto meditation routine right away. Everyday physical effort is no longer possible and he also has to quit all sports activities. However, he is still able to carry out his occupational commitments without any restriction.

A couple of month later he visits two spiritual healers who eventually succeed in ending his Kundalini crisis with an enormous effort. After his recovery he carries on with meditating as he was used to and is even able to do sports again. Simultaneously, a remarkable process of rejuvenation takes place, causing his heart disease to get well.




Dietmar Kraemer, The Rise of Kundalini - A Practical Adviser, Diamond Pocket Books, New Delhi. ISBN: 978-81-288-3675-6





Om namah Shivay,

Dietmar