Instead of copying and pasting from "traditional" sources of "knowledge", I am going to post my own synthesis.

Kundalini Awakening and Initiation are intricately connected with one another. To the outside observer who is un-initiated, the onsets of the mystical experience may be perceived as psychotic or otherwise nonsensical. This is to be expected when there is an explosion of life-force energy being activated throughout the chakras and energy centers of the living and breathing human body.

How is this energy represented? Firstly, familiarize yourself with the seven chakras/energy centers. This can become a solid foundation by which you can explore and understand what has happened in your body. When this energy is activated it will feel as if a serpent is pulsating up your spine; from the root to the crown chakra. This is to be expected. Visionary images of light, and other transcendent sensations, may swirl around your consciousness faster than a twirling dervish. This is also to be expected as your body is naturally, effortlessly, and unprovokingly, initiated into the underlying mysteries of human existence. The proof is in the pudding - the felt experience. When you resonate with these words with synchronistic coincidence, you are on the right path towards exploring, for yourself, what this energy means and how you can best utilize it in your life.

This is my attempt at an extremely basic definition of the kundalini life force. When this initiation happens with the self, it will form a leap-pad from which one can further explore spirituality and the esoteric. After networking with various people who have had similar experiences, they have supported this analysis: the kundalini energy explosion directly led to their current path of seeking knowledge. As this process is entirely directed with the self, there is not the danger of being manipulated by coersive rituals and ceremonies, as are traditionally done with initations (do you REALLY know what is going on when you are blind folded?) There is no "foul play" here, it is only yourself and YOUR energy that is being activated. One can always try and cheat the game by practicing certain techniques to try and activate kundalini before its time. This is NOT advised - the fire of the life force can be dangerous if it can not be controlled and is not activiated; naturally, and effortlessly, and its own time and due course

Have you ever had a Kundalini Awakening experience?

Would you say it was an "initiation" or some sort?

Please feel free to share your experiences!