Born Of The Spirit within

"This moment is the experiential climax. The "Divine Cool Breeze" is the empirical evidence of the awakened Spirit, the tangible manifestation of the Pneuma/Ruach—the Breath of God—that Jesus spoke of. The source text explicitly identifies this as the "second birth" and the "genuine Baptism." This was not a symbolic act but a felt reality, an inner transformation that brought about a new state of being, described as Sat-Chit-Anand (Truth-Consciousness-Bliss). Following this event, Kash's mother "began to feel the Divine Breath within," and her spiritual life was no longer dependent on external guidance but on this internal connection. Her experience demonstrates that being "born from above" is to have the dormant Divine Power within awakened, making the Kingdom of God a perceptible reality in one's own central nervous system.”


Kash's parents, freed from external vices and false religious indoctrination after receiving Self-Realization, in the bliss of Spirit and Light within.

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Born of the Spirit Within: An Experiential Reading of John 3

Abstract

This paper explores the profound spiritual and experiential core of Jesus' teaching on being "born again," as recorded in the Gospel of John. It posits that this concept, often interpreted through dogmatic or purely theological lenses, is fundamentally about a direct, transformative experience of the Divine within. To substantiate this claim, the paper synthesizes a close reading of the biblical text with a contemporary case study—the spiritual awakening of an individual, identified as Kash's mother, through a process analogous to Kundalini awakening. By examining the parallels between her experience of a "second birth" and the scriptural accounts of being "born of the Spirit," this paper argues that the essence of Jesus' message lies not in institutional affiliation or ritual observance, but in a tangible, inner transformation. This mystical experience, characterized by the awakening of a divine energy within (referred to as Kundalini in Eastern traditions and the Holy Spirit in Christianity), constitutes the true baptism and the entry into the "Kingdom of God," which Jesus declared is "within you."

Introduction

The declaration of Jesus to Nicodemus, "Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again" (John 3:3), stands as one of the most pivotal and debated statements in the Christian canon. [1] For centuries, the concept of being "born again" has been a cornerstone of evangelical theology, often framed as a moment of conversion and intellectual assent to a specific set of beliefs. However, this interpretation frequently overlooks the experiential and mystical dimensions inherent in Jesus' words. The dialogue with Nicodemus, rich with metaphors of Spirit, wind, and birth, points not to a mere cognitive shift, but to a profound and palpable spiritual event—an inner rebirth that transcends the limitations of the flesh and the confines of institutional religion.

This paper will argue that the core of Jesus' teaching on being born again is the direct, personal experience of the Divine. It is a spiritual awakening that brings about a new state of consciousness, an entry into what Jesus calls the "Kingdom of God." To illustrate this, we will analyze the scriptural passages in light of a remarkable contemporary account: the spiritual experience of Kash's mother. Her journey, described as a Kundalini awakening, offers a powerful modern parallel to the ancient Christian concept of spiritual rebirth. Through her experience of a tangible inner energy, a "Divine Cool Breeze," and a subsequent transformation of consciousness, we can gain a deeper understanding of what it truly means to be "born of the Spirit." By synthesizing biblical exegesis, mystical theology, and this compelling case study, this paper seeks to reclaim the experiential heart of Jesus' message, emphasizing that the path to the Kingdom of God is not found in external rituals alone, but is born of the Spirit within.

Deconstructing "Born Again": The Dialogue with Nicodemus

The locus classicus for the teaching on spiritual rebirth is the nocturnal conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus in the third chapter of John's Gospel. Nicodemus, a Pharisee and "a member of the Jewish ruling council," approaches Jesus acknowledging His divine authority. [1] Jesus immediately redirects the conversation from His own identity to the prerequisite for spiritual perception: "Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again." [1]

Nicodemus's literalist response—"How can someone be born when they are old? Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother's womb to be born!"—highlights a fundamental misunderstanding that persists to this day. [1] He interprets the call to rebirth on a purely physical level, missing the spiritual reality to which Jesus is pointing. The key to unlocking Jesus' meaning lies in the original Greek. The word translated as "again" is anothen (????e?), which carries a deliberate double meaning: it can signify both "again" and "from above." [2] Therefore, Jesus is not speaking of a repetition of physical birth, but of a birth originating from a higher, spiritual source. This is a birth "from above."

Jesus clarifies this by stating, "Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit." [1] While the reference to "water" has been variously interpreted (often as referring to natural birth or the rite of baptism), the crucial element is the conjunction with "the Spirit." Jesus draws a sharp distinction: "Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit." [1] The first birth is of the physical body; the second is an awakening of the human spirit by the Divine Spirit. It is an event that takes place in the unseen, spiritual realm.

To explain this invisible reality, Jesus employs the metaphor of the wind:

This analogy is even more profound in the original language. The Greek word for both "wind" and "Spirit" is pneuma. [3] This is not a coincidence but a deliberate play on words, a technique common in John's Gospel to convey deeper theological truths. The same linguistic connection exists in the Hebrew Bible, where the word ruach means wind, breath, and spirit. [4] The movement of the Holy Spirit, like the wind, is sovereign, mysterious, and perceptible only by its effects. One cannot command it or predict its course, but one can experience its presence and witness its transformative power. The new birth is not a product of human will or effort; it is a sovereign work of the Divine Pneuma, the life-giving Breath of God.

The Experience of a Second Birth: A Case Study

If the new birth is an experiential event wrought by the Spirit, what does it look like in practice? The source material provides a vivid contemporary account in the spiritual awakening of Kash's mother. Her experience, facilitated by her son, serves as a powerful case study for understanding the tangible reality of being "born of the Spirit." The process is described not as a doctrinal transaction but as a "purely spiritual" ritual of Kundalini awakening, an esoteric reality that leads to a profound expansion of life and consciousness. [5]

The account details how Kash, after centering himself spiritually, invoked the "Great Primordial Kundalini" to awaken the dormant spiritual energy residing at the base of his mother's spine. [5] This process involved channeling spiritual energy and monitoring the state of her subtle energy centers (chakras) through the vibratory information perceived on his fingertips. The core of the activity was the 'cleansing' of stagnant chakras and coaxing his mother's Kundalini to rise through the central channel toward the crown of her head—the Sahasrara, which the text explicitly equates with the "Kingdom of God." [5]

The culmination of this spiritual process is described in language that strikingly mirrors the biblical narrative. After sustained effort, the first strands of her Kundalini pierced the crown chakra, and a tangible phenomenon occurred:

This moment is the experiential climax. The "Divine Cool Breeze" is the empirical evidence of the awakened Spirit, the tangible manifestation of the Pneuma/Ruach—the Breath of God—that Jesus spoke of. The source text explicitly identifies this as the "second birth" and the "genuine Baptism." This was not a symbolic act but a felt reality, an inner transformation that brought about a new state of being, described as Sat-Chit-Anand (Truth-Consciousness-Bliss). [5] Following this event, Kash's mother "began to feel the Divine Breath within," and her spiritual life was no longer dependent on external guidance but on this internal connection. [5] Her experience demonstrates that being "born from above" is to have the dormant Divine Power within awakened, making the Kingdom of God a perceptible reality in one's own central nervous system.

Synthesis: The Kingdom of God and the Divine Mother Within

The experience of Kash's mother provides a modern lens through which to view the mystical dimensions of Jesus' teachings. Her awakening is not an isolated phenomenon but resonates with a deep, albeit often suppressed, stream of thought within Christianity itself. The key is the understanding that the "Kingdom of God" is not a future apocalyptic event or a distant geographical location, but an immanent, accessible reality. This is precisely what Jesus taught when He declared, "The kingdom of God is within you" (Luke 17:21, KJV). [6]

The source material powerfully argues that this statement "has absolutely no connection whatsoever with official religion and entirely refers to the experiences of yogis and mystics." [7] This interpretation finds support in non-canonical texts like the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas, which repeatedly emphasizes the indwelling nature of the Kingdom: "Rather, the kingdom is inside of you, and it is outside of you. When you come to know yourselves, then you will become known, and you will realize that it is you who are the sons of the living father." [8] The path to this Kingdom is one of inner discovery, of Self-Realization.

Furthermore, the source material introduces a crucial element often marginalized in mainstream Western theology: the role of the Divine Feminine in this process of spiritual rebirth. The experience of Kash's mother was facilitated by the awakening of Kundalini, a power described in Indian traditions as the Divine Mother. [9] The text compellingly argues that this is not a foreign concept to Christianity, but a hidden truth. It cites the Secret Book of John, where Jesus describes the Holy Spirit as the Divine Mother, the "first power" who is the "universal womb" and the mediator through whom seekers are raised to the Heavenly Father. [10]

This reframes the Holy Spirit not as a nebulous force, but as the active, nurturing, maternal power of God who brings about the second birth. The "genuine Baptism" is the awakening of this indwelling feminine power, the Holy Spirit or Kundalini-Shakti, who purifies the individual and makes them a "dwijaha," a "twice-born" child of the Goddess. [9] This experience is the essence of being "born of the Spirit." It is a universal, experiential reality that transcends cultural and religious boundaries, uniting the teachings of Jesus with the core truths of Eastern mysticism. The experience itself—the feeling of the "Divine Breath" or "Cool Breeze"—becomes the ultimate authority, freeing the individual from the "prison-of-religion" and uniting them with the "All Pervading Consciousness." [5]

Conclusion

The journey from Nicodemus's nocturnal inquiry to the profound spiritual awakening of a modern-day mother reveals a timeless and universal truth at the heart of Jesus' teachings. The injunction to be "born again" or "born from above" is not a call to adopt a new religious label or subscribe to a set of doctrines. It is an invitation to a radical, experiential transformation—a second birth initiated by the Spirit of God that awakens the soul to a new dimension of reality. The linguistic richness of the original scriptures, where Spirit, wind, and breath are inextricably linked, underscores the dynamic, mysterious, and perceptible nature of this event.

The experience of Kash's mother, interpreted through the framework of Kundalini awakening, serves as a powerful testament to the tangible reality of this spiritual birth. The emergence of the "Divine Cool Breeze" is the empirical confirmation of the Holy Spirit's activity, the fulfillment of Jesus' promise that the Spirit can be felt and experienced. Her story bridges the apparent gap between Eastern mysticism and Christian theology, suggesting that both traditions are describing the same fundamental process: the awakening of a divine, feminine power within that purifies, transforms, and unites the individual with the Absolute.

Ultimately, to be "born of the Spirit" is to experience the Kingdom of God as an inner, felt reality. It is to move beyond the limitations of the mind and institutional religion into a direct, personal relationship with the Divine. This experience, this "genuine Baptism," is the core of Jesus' message. It affirms that salvation is not merely a future hope but a present possibility, a treasure to be discovered not in the heavens above, but in the sacred space born of the Spirit within.

References

[1] "John 3:1-21 (NIV)" , Bible Gateway. Accessed Feb 8, 2026.
[2] "Born Again - Anothen" , Anothen. Accessed Feb 8, 2026.
[3] "Strong's Greek 4151 (Pneuma): Spirit, Wind, Breath" , Bible Hub. Accessed Feb 8, 2026.
[4] "Ruach and the Hebrew Word for the Holy Spirit" , FIRM Israel, 12 June 2021. Accessed Feb 8, 2026.
[5] Anonymous. "Born of the Spirit Within: The Experience of Kash's Mother." Provided text, 2026.
[6] "Luke 17:21 (KJV)" , Bible Gateway. Accessed Feb 8, 2026.
[7] Brunton, Paul. The Hidden Teaching Beyond Yoga. E. P. Dutton & Co., 1966, pp. 79-80. As cited in Anonymous, "Born of the Spirit Within."
[8] "Gospel of Thomas, Saying 3" , Early Christian Writings. Accessed Feb 8, 2026.
[9] "Christ and the Kundalini" , SOL Australia. As cited in Anonymous, "Born of the Spirit Within."
[10] Ibid.

Born Of The Spirit within

Kash asked his mother to sit comfortably on a chair before the photograph of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi. He then requested that she place her opened palms on her lap and enter into a state of thoughtless awareness, a witness-like state whereby a person can watch their thoughts flow but not get involved in them, thus creating a sacred space in one's consciousness for the awareness of the Divine. After raising his own Kundalini up to his Sahasrara and putting himself in bandhan, Kash folded his hands in namaste and asked the Great Primordial Kundalini to awaken the Kundalini residing within his own mother. He then used his hands to channel spiritual energy to the sacrum bone at the base of the spine, wherein the Kundalini of his mother had lain dormant for years.

With eyes closed in concentration the vibrations flowed profusely from his hands. The Kundalini of his birth mother responded and informed his own Kundalini the condition of her chakras. Kash instantly decoded this vital information on his fingertips and knew precisely which chakra was malfunctioning and the extent of damage.

He then proceeded to 'cleanse' these stagnant energy centres by rotating them to begin spinning again, a sort of spiritual jump-start of dormant clogged chakras.

Every now and then he checked the decoding signals/vibrations on his fingertips for any change or improvement in their condition.

His own Kundalini kept coordinating with him, advising him to work on another chakra whenever it detected a 'blockage.' Sometimes he had to rotate two or three chakras in quick succession, one after another, as the Kundalini kept scanning the subtle system like a spiritual virus detector. Occasionally he would coax his mother's Kundalini to rise and penetrate the Sahasrara (Kingdom of God), raising it all the way from the Mooladhara chakra to the top of the head.

By checking the top of the Brahmarandhra for the Divine Cool Breeze and finding none, he knew that the Kundalini was still having obstructions. Then again he would have to add more spin to the energy centers.

There was nothing physical or mental in this ritual of Kundalini awakening. The whole process was purely spiritual in nature, an esoteric Reality leading to "An enlargement, a rush of new experience, a greater vision, a larger capacity, an extended life infinitely more real and various than the first pettiness of the life constructed for itself by our normal physical humanity, a joy of being which is larger and richer than any delight in existence that the vital outer man." This is the vibratory awareness of the New Age that will empower the human race to awaken the dormant Kundalini of fellow human beings to heal body, mind and their soul!

Kash continued until the first few strands of the Kundalini pierced the Sahasradala-Padma (Thousand-Petalled Lotus) and the Divine Cool Breeze of the Holy Spirit began to blow from the top of the fontanel bone area. It was done! The ever-existent Bhagavatii (Goddess) within had given 'second birth' to his mother. This was the genuine Baptism of God Almighty, the salvation provided during this Golden Age of the Last Judgment and Resurrection that no religious institution could duplicate, much less provide to their herd.

Kash's mother never looked outside herself for spiritual guidance after that as she merged her mind, body and soul into Shakti Sadhana. She began to feel the Divine Breath within!

Over the weeks and months the awakened Mother Kundalini was destroying all the religious corruption and conditioning that had imprisoned Her child. The Absolute Truth that all of His Messengers were One in the Kingdom of God made her embrace Lord Jesus of the Bible, Shri Buddha of the Dhammapada, Shri Krishna of the Bhagavadgita, Moses of the Torah, Prophet Muhammad of the Qur'an, Guru Nanak of the Guru Granth Sahib, and Lao-Tze of the Tao Te Ching. She was no more a prisoner-of-religion. Her soul was free at last to rise, going beyond the limits of religion and mind and into the All Pervading Consciousness.

This was no ordinary meditation for she could actually experience the Spiritual Energy working within her. Even with the discomforts of advanced pregnancy at Lakeshore Hospital, she got down twice daily onto the sofa to meditate. It was an experience that decades of religious prayers had not given — Sat (Truth), Chit (Consciousness) and Anand (Bliss).

She could feel the presence of the Great Adi Shakti within as the vibrations (Breath of God - Ruach Ha Kodesh) flowed through every pore of the gestating mother, uniting a creator-to-be with the Primordial Creator within. It was a mystical experience of the Kingdom of God within (Sahasrara) beyond the comprehension of religious regimes, especially Judaism, Islam and Christianity:

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

"So today the Master within us — within us — is the Spirit. But before Realization, we are not the Master because the Master has not come in our conscious mind. It is not expressing in our conscious mind, in the sense that we are not empowered.

By its Powers the Spirit exists; it has its own Powers, but we haven't felt those Powers within us. Once we feel the Powers of the Spirit we are empowered by our own Powers which are there.

The Powers are within us. These are our own Powers. We don't have to borrow from anyone, ask from anyone. They are within ourselves. The Spirit is within us. Only thing, that Spirit has to give Light in our, in our consciousness. It has to come in our consciousness.

In simple medical terminology we can say the Spirit must manifest itself in our central nervous system, in our central nervous system, so that we should know what we are doing."

The Paraclete Shri Mataji
Problems of the Subconscious, U.K. — May 13, 1982

"So when the Kundalini ascends through the central path — you see the subject is so great that even if I give thousand lectures I cannot cover it, so the thing is I'll try to cover every point little bit here and there — when the Kundalini ascends, I told you the Cool Breeze starts coming out of your head. So what happens to you? For the first time you feel the Cool Breeze of the Holy Ghost."

The Paraclete Shri Mataji
USA — September 16, 1983

"Kundalini is the highest energy of the infinite, coiled up and dynamic, at the base of the human spine. It is within the kundalini where contact is made between the infinite divine creative energy and the finite physical sexual energy. For the Soul to gain its highest spiritual potential while incarnated in a physical form, the great mass of Kundalini energy locked in the root chakra must be released to travel up to the crown chakra.

The root chakra, at the base of the spine, represents our connection to the feminine Goddess energy that is manifest in the body of planet Earth. The crown chakra, at the top of our head, represents the masculine God energy that exists as pure potential in the non-physical dimensions. This energy radiates to earth within the prana and kundalini emanations from the Sun.

When the Goddess Kundalini has traveled up the spine to meet her Divine Mate, the union of Spirit and Matter are consummated. Kundalini is known in the Eastern world as the Goddess Shakti. When Goddess Shakti is awakened, She sweeps us up in Her tremendous passion to reunite with Her Lord Shiva in the crown chakra. This Mystical Marriage symbolizes the combining of the male and female energies within our bodies and the awakening of our multidimensional consciousness. Then, we will be clear enough for our Soul to inhabit our physical form and live its Divine Purpose through us.

In the Western world the Kundalini is symbolized by the medical symbol of the caduceus, the rod with two snakes coiled around it in spirals. At the top are two wings, which are images of Mercury or Hermes who are the messengers of the Gods. The caduceus is the symbol for healing, health, and transformation. The center rod symbolizes the spinal cord. In Yoga philosophy the center cord is called the Sushumna and it represents the grounding, neutral cord of the three parts of the rising Kundalini."

www.multidimensions.com/

"It is irrelevant to wonder what is infinite and what is finite. The goal of the enquiry should be: How can the subject concretely realise its infinite dimension? The subject who lives in the finite world of thoughts has to achieve the state of mind in which his attention enters into the infinite. How? ...

The teachings of history are clear enough: the common man cannot solve the Infinite-Finite dilemma. And yet there has been a tremendous historical expectation for that kind of happening. And yet the greatest scriptures in the world (The Tao-Te-King, Bhagavad -Gita, The Torah, The Koran, The Bible, etc.) are metaphorical sayings on the possibility for man to break through the existential entropy, that is, to establish communication with Reality....

But why not consider a new hypothesis: why not accept that a historical happening could trigger, on behalf of Reality, the process of a breakthrough of consciousness? After all, between ape and man, something somehow happened a long time ago. We evolved from the amoebae to the present stage without any planning exercises on our side and it is not unreasonable to expect that our further evolution will also take place spontaneously by the play of Reality. That which led evolution from animal to the human being, would it not lead it further from the human to the super human?"

G. de Kalbermatten, The Advent

"Chuang-tzu's descriptions of the indescribable Tao, as well as those who have attained union with the Tao, are invariably poetic. The perfect man has identified his life rhythm so completely with the rhythm of the forces of nature that he has become indistinguishable from them and shares their immortality and infinity, which is above the cycle of ordinary life and death. He is "pure spirit ..." "A man like this rides the clouds as his carriages and the sun and moon as his steeds."...

These wonderings are journeys within oneself; they are roamings through the Infinite in ecstasy. Transcending the ordinary distinction of things and one with the Tao, "the Perfect Man has no self, the Holy Man has no merit, the Sage has no fame." He lives inconspicuously among men, and whatever applies to the Tao applies to him."

New Encyclopaedia Britannica

"For the essence of consciousness is the power to be aware of itself and its objects, and in its true nature this power must be direct, self-fulfilled and complete: if it is in us indirect, incomplete, unfulfilled in its workings, dependent on constructed instruments, it is because consciousness here is emerging from an original veiling Inconscience and is yet burdened and enveloped with the first Nescience proper to the Inconscient; but it must have the power to emerge completely, its destiny must be to evolve into its own perfection which is its true nature. Its true nature is to be wholly aware of its objects, and of these objects the first is self, the being which is evolving its consciousness here, and the rest is what we see as not-self, — but if existence is indivisible, that too must in reality be self: the destiny of evolving consciousness must be, then, to become perfect in its awareness, entirely aware of self and all-aware. This perfect and natural condition of consciousness is to us a superconscience, a state which is beyond us and in which our mind, if suddenly transferred to it, could not at first function; but it is towards that superconscience that our conscious being must be evolving ...

It is this to which we have given the name of Supermind or Gnosis. For that evidently must be the consciousness of the Reality, the Being, the Spirit that is secret in us and slowly manifesting here; of that Being we are the becomings and must grow into its nature."

Sri Aurobindo, The Future Evolution of Man

Notes
1. Paul Brunton, Ph.D., The Hidden Teaching Beyond Yoga, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1966, p. 79-80.
2. Christ and the Kundalini, www.sol.com.au/kor/8_01.htm