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The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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The Purpose of Cundalini Yoga Is to Activate the Circuitry of Consciousness

The purpose of cundalini yoga is to activate the circuitry that's associated with consciousness. So imagine this im an animal like like a zebra, grazing mindlessly in the herd, with no consciousness whatever. And then imagine its relatively undeveloped cortical structures activated suddenly by the movement of a lion off in the perimeter. Then imagine for that brief moment that that zebra is actually conscious,. A state that requires a tremendous amount of energy and difficult to maintain because the threat and the uncertainty manifests itself within the zebra’s mode of consciousness - it wakes momentarily. In human beings, all this underlying circuitry only apparent when they're startled or afraid or interested or curous, in

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