Weird and wild stuff have been a part of my life from a young age. I've had a long an uneasy relationship with mysticism, religion, spirituality, and cults. Since I was a teenager until I was deep in my forties I have dabbled in Astral Projection, Buddhist meditation, mainly Tibetan, Zen, and Shingon, Shintoism, mostly because I've lived in Japan for seventeen years, and a seven year involvement with a Yoga cult and its "guru/teacher".
Currently, I consider myself a fence sitting atheist, meaning there are still a few of my experiences that I haven't found a good neurological explanation for, but essentially both of my ass cheeks are firmly on the atheist's side of the fence at this point.
Nonetheless, I did have these experiences, whatever the cause, and they have had a profound effect on me. I have though since I left the Yoga cult in 2014, tried to find explanations that science would give for these experiences rather than chasing what I consider to be the empty explanations provided by the "mystical traditions".
That being said, for those that read this book and have chosen to follow a traditional path I respect your choice even though it is not the one I believe in at this time. I hope though, that if you have had or are currently having similar experiences to the ones I describe in this book that you at least maybe take some comfort in the fact that you aren't alone on this weird and wonderful ride. I sincerely hope that everyone is able to find their own safe and enjoyable path.
"Steve Howard's "My Kundalini Awakening" is like reading the description of a failed romance by a broken hearted lover. Howard"s richly descriptive storytelling chronicles his search for "Enlightenment" in his younger days which led to mind blowing visions and journeys into altered states of consciousness, only to result in the disillusionment brought about betrayal from the guru and cult-like organization in which he had staked his faith and his future. His comparison of the meditations he enjoys while fly fishing with similar experiences brought on by Buddhist and Yoga practices is particularly interesting. There is some good writing and great insight in this short little book." Thomas Bauerle author of Kanashibari: True Encounters With the Paranormal In Japan.
