Kundalini is seen as a serpent that can shoot up the shushumna, past the chakras, opening them all and bringing you into different states of awareness.
Frederick LenzTaoism is the way of water. The most frequent element or symbol refered to in Lao Tzu's wrtings is the symbol of water.
Frederick LenzBalance is the most important of all qualities. We don't want a little bit of rapid growth and then to stagnate. We want continual growth, continual development, which implies balance, always.
Frederick Lenz