The Spirit Moved Them

WHEN he was a sophomore at Santa Fe Community College in Gainesville, Fla., Martin Birrittella experienced something that changed how he would spend his free time for the rest of his life — and possibly longer.

“I was reading Swami Muktananda’s autobiography,” he said, “and suddenly I felt like I was being electrocuted by a million volts of energy. It was like getting a heroin injection of love right in the heart.” That extraordinary experience, known as kundalini, or higher consciousness, by Hindus, left him feeling as if he wanted to “meditate for the rest of my life.” (More)

Source: NY Times