THE SEVEN CHAKRAS AND ITS PERFORMANCE!

THE DEFINITION OF 

SEVEN CHAKRAS

THE WORD CHAKRA LITERALLY MEANS "WHEEL" OR "CIRCLE" BUT IN THE YOGIC CONTEXT A BETTER TRANSLATION IS "VORTEX" OR WHIRLPOOL". THE CHAKRAS ARE VORTICES OF PRANIC ENERGY AT SPECIFIC AREAS IN THE BODY WHICH CONTROL THE CIRCULATION OF PRANA PERMEATING THE ENTIRE HUMAN STRUCTURE.

EACH CHAKRA IS A SWITCH WHICH TURNS ON OR OPENS UP PATTERNS OF BAHAVIOUR, THROUGH OR EMOTIONAL REACTION WHICH MAY BEEN UNCONSCIOUS IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE.

• MOOLADHARA 
• SWADHISTHANA
• MANIPURA
• ANAHATA
• VISHUDDHI
• AJNA 
• BINDU
• SAHASRARA

MOOLADHARA

THE LOWEST OF THE CHAKRAS IS SITUATED AT THE PERINEUM IN THE MALE BODY AND AT THE CERVIX IN THE FEMALE BODY. THE WORD MOOL MEANS "ROOT" AND ADHARA MEANS "PLACE. THEREFORE, IT IS KNOWN AS THE ROOT CENTRE. MOOLADHARA CHAKRA IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SENSE OF SMELL AND THE ANUS. IT IS SYMBOLIZED BY A DEEP RED LOTUS WITH FOUR PETELS. 

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• IN THE CENTRE IS A YELLOW SQUARE, THE YANTRA OF PRITHVI TATTWA, THE EARTH ELEMENT, AND THE BIJA MANTRA LAM.
• IN THE CENTRE OF THE SQUARE IS A RED TRIANLE, THE SYMBOL OF SHAKTI OR CREATIVE ENERGY, WITH ITS APEX POINTING DOWNWARD.
• WITHIN THE TRIANGLE IS THE SMOKY COLOURED SWAYAMBHU LINGA, SYMBOLIZING THE ASTRAL BODY.
• A RED SERPENT, REPRESENTING THE DORMANT KUNDALINI, IS COILED THREE AND A HALF TIMES AROUND THE LINGA.
• THE RED TRIANGLE IS SUPPORTED BY AN ELEPHANT WITH SEVEN TRUNKS, WHICH SYMBOLIZES THE STABILITY AND SOLIDARITY OF THE EARTH.

 

MOOLADHARA CHAKRA IS THE SEAT OR DWELLING PLACE OF PRIMAL ENERGY, KUNDALINI IS THE SERPANT COILED IN DEEP SLUMBER AROUND SWAYAMBHU IMAGE. IT IS THE SOURE OF ALL ENERGY IN HUMANKIND AND THE UNIVERSE, WHETHER SEXUAL, EMOTIONAL, MENTAL, PSYCHIC OR SPIRITUAL.

WHILE THIS ENERGY IS ONE, IT TAKES ON VARIOUS QUALITIES AND ATTRIBUTES, DEPENDING ON THE PSYCHIC CENTRE THROUGH WHICH IT MANIFESTS. THE AIM OF YOGA IS TO AWAKEN THE DORMANT KUNDALINI  THROUGH SELF-PURIFICATION AND CONCENTRATION OF MIND AND TO LEAD IT UP THROUGH THE CHAKRAS TO SAHASRARA WHERE, AS PURE ENERGY OR SHAKTI, IT UNITES WITH PURE CONSCIOUSNESS, SHIVA.

FOR CONCENTRATION ON MOOLADHARA CHAKRA, VISUALIZE THE READ INVERTED TRIANGLE OR THE YELLOW SQUARE, SYMBOLS OF ENERGY AND SOLIDITY, TO ENHANCE INNER STABILITY AND BALANCE.

SWADHISTHANA CHAKRA

APPROXIMATELY TWO FINGERS WIDTH ABOVE MOOLADHARA CHAKRA, IN THE SPINE, IS THE CONCENTRATION POINT FOR SWADHISHTHANA CHAKRA. THE LITERAL MEANING OF THE WORD SWADHISTHANA IS "ONE"S OWN ABODE'. THE SANSKRIT WORD SWA MEANS "SELF" AND STHAN MEANS "DWELLING PLACE".

THIS CHAKRA IS SYMBOLIZED BY A CRIMSON LOTUS SIX PETELS.

SWADHISTHANA CHAKRA IS ASSOCIATED WITH SEEKING PLEASURE AND SECURITY. IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TONGUE AND GENITAL ORGANS. IN SWADHISTHANA THE EMPHASIS IS ON OVERCOMING FEAR, AND ON ENJOYMENT, ON PLEASURE SENSATIONS AND SEXUAL INTERACTION.WHEN SWADHISTHANA BECOMES ACTIVE, IT MAY MANIFEST AS OVERWHELMING DESIRES OR CRAVINGS.

• ON THE DEEPER LEVEL, SWADHISTHANA IS THE SEAT OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS, IT IS THE STOREHOUSE OF ALL SAMSKARAS, PAST MENTAL IMPRESSIONS STORED IN THE FORM OF ARCHETYPES.
• IT IS THE CENTRE OF HUMANKIND'S MOST PRIMITIVE AND DEEPROOTED INSTINCTS. 
• BY PURIFYING THIS CENTRE, THE ANIMAL NATURE IS TRANSCENDED.
• FOR CONCENTRATION ON THIS CENTRE, VISUALIZE A VAST, DEEP OCEAN WITH DARK WAVES BENEATH A NIGHT SKY.
• THE TIDES OF THE OCEAN REPRESENT THE EBB AND FLOW OF AWARENESS.

MANIPURA CHAKRA

SITUATED IN THE SPINE BEHIND THE NAVEL IS MANIPURA CHAKRA. THE WORD MANI MEANS "GEM" AND PURA MEANS "CITY". THEREFORE, MANIPURA MEANS "CITY OF JEWELS". IT IS SO CALLED BECAUSE, BEING THE FIRE CENTRE, IT IS LUSTROUS LIKE A JEWEL AND RADIANT WITH VITALITY AND ENERGY.

THIS CHAKRA IS DEPICTED AS A BRIGHT YELLOW LOTUS WITH TEN PETALS. THIS CHAKRA IS DEPICTED AS A BRIGHT YELLOW LOTUS WITH TEN PETALS. WITHIN THE LOTUS IS A FIERY RED TRIANGLE, THE YANTRA OF AGNI TATTWA, THE FIRE ELEMENT, AND THE BIJA MANTRA RAM. THE ANIMAL WHICH SERVES AS THE VEHICLE FOR MANIPURA CHAKRA IS THE RAM, THE SYMBOL OF ASSERTIVENESS AND ENERGY.

• MANIPURA IS THE CENTRE OF SELF-ASSERTION, DYNAMISM AND DOMINANCE.
• IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH VISION AND THE FEET, WITH AMBITION AND THE WILL AND ABILITY TO RULE.
• ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE, THIS MAY BE EXPRESSED IN DESPOTISM AND IN SEETING THINGS AND PEOPLE MERELY AS A MEANS TO GAIN PERSONAL POWER OR TO SATISFY PERSONAL NEEDS.
• THE SOLAR PLEXUS IS THE CENTRE CHIEFLY CONCERNED WITH THE VITAL PROCESS OF DIGESTION AND FOOD METABOLISM.
• IT GOVERNS THE FUNCTIONING OF THE GASTRIC GLANDS, THE PANCREAS, GALL BLADDER AND SO ON, WHICH PRODUCE AND SECRETE ENZYMES, ACIDS AND JUICES NECESSARY FOR THE DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION OF NUTRIENTS.
• MANIPURA CHAKRA IS THE PSYCHIC CENTRE WHICH CONTROLS THESE ACTIVITIES AND THE INSTINCTIVE DRIVE TO FIND FOOD AND NATURE ONESELF.

THE ADRENAL GLANDS LOCATED ABOVE THE KIDNEYS ARE ALSO RELATED WITH MANIPURA. THEY SECRETE ADRENALINE INTO THE BLOOD DURING AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. THIS HAS THE EFFECT OF SPEEDING UP ALL THE PHYSILOGICAL PROCESSESS, MAKING THE MIND SHARP AND ALERT, THE HEART BEAT FASTER, THE RESPIRATION RATE MORE RAPID AND SO ON.

1. THE BODY IS THEN PREPARED FOR A MORE INTENSE LEVEL OF ACTIVITY THAN NORMAL IN WHAT IS COMMONLY CALLED THE FIGHT OR FLIGHT REACTION.
2. THOSE PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM SLUGGISHNESS AND DEPRESSION OR MALFUNCTIONS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, SUCH AS DIABETES AND INDIGESTION, SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON MANIPURA CHAKRA AND TRY TO FEEL ENERGY RADIATING FROM THIS REGION.
3. FOR CONCENTRATION ON THIS CENTRE, VISUALIZE THE BLAZING SUN OR A BALL OF FIRE.
4. EXPERIENCE ENERGY IN THE FORM OF LIGHT RADIATING FROM THIS REGION AND PERMEATING THE WHOLE BODY.

ANAHATA CHAKRA

 

SITUATED IN THE SPINE, BEHIND THE STERNUM, LEVEL WITH THE HEART, IS ANAHATA CHAKRA. THE WORD ANAHATA LITERALLY MEANS "UNSTRUCK". ALL SOUND IN THE MANIFESTED UNIVERSE IS PRODUCED BY THE STRIKING TOGETHER OF TWO OBJECTS, WHICH SETS UP VIBRATIONS OR SOUND WAVES.

HOWEVER, THE PRIMORDIAL SOUND, WHICH ISSUES FROM BEYOND THIS MATERIALWORLD, IS THE SOURCE OF ALL SOUND AND IS KNOWN AS ANAHATA NADA, THE UNTRUCK SOUND.

THE HEART CENTRE IS WHERE THIS SOUND MANIFESTS. IT MAY BE PERCEIVED BY THE YOGI AS AN INTERNAL, UNBORN AND UNDYING VIBRATION, THE PULSE OF THE UNIVERSE.

• THIS CHAKRA IS SYMBOLIZED BY A LOTUS WITH TWELVE PETALS.
• IN THE CENTRE OF THE LOTUS IS A HEXAGON, FORMED BY TWO INTERLACING TRIANGLES.
• THIS IS THE YANTRA OF VAYU TATTWA, THE AIR ELEMENT.
• THE BIJA MANTRA IS YAM AND THE VEHICLE IS A SWIFT BLACK ANTELOPE, THE SYMBOL OF ALERTNESS.
• ANAHATA CHAKRA IS THE CENTRE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SENSE OF TOUCH (FEELING), THE HANDS (GIVING AND TAKING), THE EMOTIONS, RANGING FROM THE NARROW ATTACHMENTS OF JEALOUSY TO UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.
• AS THIS LEVEL IS PURIFIED, THE FEELINGS OF UNIVERSAL FELLOWSHIP AND TOLERANCE BEGIN TO DEVELOP AND ALL BEINGS ARE ACCEPTED AND LOVED FOR WHAT THEY ARE.
• ON THE PHYSICAL LEVEL, ANAHATA IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HEART AND LUNGS, THE CIRCULATORY AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS.
• FOR MEDITATION ON ANAHATA CHAKRA, VISUALIZE A BLUE LOTUS OR A BLUE HEXAGON, FORMED BY TWO INTERACING TRIANGLES, WITH A TINY, BRIGHT FLAME BURNING AT THE CENTRE.
• IMAGINE IT TO BE STEADY AND UNFLICKERING LIKE A FLAME IN A WINDLESS PLACE.
• THIS IS THE SYMBOL OF THE JIVATMA, THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL, THE INDWELLING SPIRIT OF ALL BEINGS WHICH IS UNDISTURBED BY THE WINDS OF THE WORLD.

VISHUDDHI CHAKRA

 

 

SITUATED AT THE BACK OF THE NECK, BEHIND THE THROAT PIT, IS VISHUDDHI CHAKRA, THE CENTRE OF PURIFICATION. THE WORD SHUDDHI MEANS "PURIFICATION" AND THE PREFIX ENHANCES THIS QUALITY.

IT IS SYMBOLIZED BY A VIOLET LOTUS WITH SIXTEEN PETALS. IN THE CENTRE OF THE LOTUS IS A WHITE CIRCLE, THE YANTRA OF AKASHA TATTWA, THE ETHER ELEMENT, AND THE BEEJA MANTRA IS HAM. THE ANIMAL RELATED TO VISHUDDHI CHAKRA IS A WHITE ELEPHANT. RIGHT UNDERSTANDING AND DISCRIMINATION DEVELOP AT VISHUDDHI CHAKRA. HERE THE DUALITIES OF LIFE ARE ACCEPTED, ALLOWING TO FLOW WITH LIFE AND LET THINGS HAPPEN AS THEY WILL.

• VISHUDDHI CHAKRA GOVERS THE EARS AND THE VOCAL CORDS, THE REGION OF THE LARYNX, AND THE THYROID AND PARATHYROID GLANDS.
• IT IS THE CENTRE RELATED WITH COMMUNICATION.
• THE THROAT CENTRE IS THE PLACE WHERE THE DIVINE NECTAR CALLED AMRITA, THE MYSTICAL ELIXIR OF IMMORTALITY, IS TASTED.
• THIS NECTAR IS A KIND OF SWEET SECRETION WHICH IS PRODUCED AT BINDU CHAKRA AND THEN FALLS DOWN TO VISHUDDHI WHERE IT IS PURIFIED AND PROCESSED FOR FURTHER USE THROUGHOUT THE BODY.
• FOR CONCENTRATION ON THIS CENTRE, VISUALIZE A LARGE WHITE DROP OF NECTAR.
• TRY TO EXPERIENCE ICY COLD DROPS OF SWEET NECTAR FALLING DOWN TO VISHUDDHI, GIVING A FEELING OF BLISSFUL INTOXICATION.

AJNA CHAKRA

 

SITUATED IN THE MIDBRAIN, BEHIND THE EYEBROW CENTRE, AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE, IS AJNA CHAKRA. THIS CENTRE IS ALSO KNOWN BY VARIOUS NAMES SUCH AS THE THIRD EYE, JNANA CHAKSHU, THE EYE OF WISDOM.

TRIVENI, THE CONFLUENCE OF THREE RIVERS, GURU CHAKRA AND THE EYES OF SHIVA. THE WORD AJNA MEANS "COMMAN". IN DEEPER STATES OF MEDITATION THE DISCIPLE RECEIVES COMMANDS AND GUIDANCE FROM THE GURU, AND FROM THE DIVINE OR HIGHER SELF, THROUGH THIS CHAKRA.

AJNA CHAKRA IS DEPICTED AS A SILVER LOTUS WITH TWO PETALS, WHICH REPRESENT THE SUN AND THE MOON, OR PINGALA, THE POSITIVE FORCE, AND IDA, THE NEGATIVE FORCE. THESE TWO PRANIC FLOWS, WHICH ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXPERIENCE FO DUALITY, CONVERAGE AT THIS CENTRE WITH SUSHUMNA, THE SPIRITUAL FORCE.

IN THE CENTRE OF THE LOTUS IS THE SACRED BY BIJA MANTRA AUM. THE ELEMENT OF THIS CHAKRA IS THE MIND. THIS IS THE CENTRE WHERE WIDSOM AND INTUITION DEVELOP. WHEN AJNA IS AWAKENED, THE MIND BECOMES STEADY AND STRONG, AND FULL CONTROL OVER PRANA IS GAINED.

 

• AJNA CORRESPONDS TO THE PINEAL GLAND, WHICH HAS ALMOST ATROPHIED IN THE ADULT HUMAN BEING.
• ON THE PSYCHIC PLANE, THIS POINT IS THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE MENTAL AND PSYCHIC DEMENSIONS.
• THEREFORE, AJNA CHAKRA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPRAMENTAL FACULTIES SUCH AS CLAIRVOYANCE, CLAIRAUDIENCE AND TELEPATHY.
• THOUGHT IS ALSO VERY SUBTLE FORM OF ENERGY.
• WHEN AJNA CHAKRA IS AWAKENED, IT IS POSSIBLE TO SEND AND RECEIVE THOUGHT TRANMISSION THROUGH THIS CENTRE.
•  IT IS LIKE A PSYCHIC DOORWAY OPENING INTO DEEPER AND HIGHER REALMS OF AWARENESS.
• STIMULATING AJNA CHAKRA DEVELOPS ALL THE FACULTIES OF THE MIND, SUCH AS INTELLIGENCE, MEMORY AND CONCENTRATION.
• FOR CONCENTRATION ON AJNA CHAKRA, THE POINT OF BHRUMADHYA AT THE EYEBROW CENTRE IS USED. 

VISUALIZE THE TINY POINT OF LIGHT OR AN AUM SYMBOL AT THIS CENTRE LET THE THOUGHTS DWELL ON THE INNER GURU.

BINDU

 

 

• AT THE TOP OF THE BACK OF THE HEAD, WHERE HINDU BRAHMINS GROW A SMALL TUFT OF HAIR, IS A POINT KNOWN AS BINDU.
• THE WORD BINDHU MEANS "POINT" OR "DROP".
• BINDU IS THE CENTRE OF NADA, PSYCHIC SOUND.
• THIS CENTRE IS USED FOR CONCENTRATION ON THE PSYCHIC SOUNDS THAT MAY MANIFEST THERE IN PRACTICES SUCH AS BHRAMARI PRANAYAMA AND SHANMUKHI MUDRA, WHICH ARE USED TO DEVELOP THE AWARENESS OF NADA.

SAHASRARA

• SITUATED AT THE CROWN OF THE HEAD IS SAHASRARA.
• IT IS THE ABODE OF HIGHEST CONSCIOUSNESS.
• THE WORD SAHASRARA MEANS "ONE THOUSAND".
• SAHASRARA IS VISUALIZED AS A SHINING LOTUS OF A THOUSAND PETALS, CONTAINING THE FIFTY LETTERS OF THE SANSKRIT ALPHABET TWENTY TIMES OVER.
• IN THE CENTRE OF THE LOTUS IS A SHINING JYOTIRLINGA, LINGAM OF LIGHT, SYMBOL OF PURE CONSCIOUSNESS.
• IN SAHASRARA THE MYSTICAL UNION OF SHIVA AND SHANTI TAKES PLACE, THE FUSION OF CONSCIOUSNESS WITH MATTER AND ENERGY, THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL WIH THE SUPREME SOUL.
• WHEN KUNDALINI AWAKENS, IT ASCENDS THROUGH THE CHAKRA TO SAHASRARA AND MERGES INTO THE SOURCE FROM WHENCE IT ORIGINATED.
• MATTER AND ENERGY MERGE INTO PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IN A STATE OF INTOXICATING BLISS.
• HAVING ATTAINED THIS, THE YOGI GAINS SUPREME KNOWLEDGE AND PASSES BEYOND BIRTH AND DEATH.

NADIS

 

THE WORD NADI LITERALLY MEANS "FLOW" OR "CURRENT". THE ANCIENT TEXTS SAY THAT THERE ARE 72000 NADIS IN THE PSYCHIC BODY. THESE ARE VISIBLE AS CURRENTS OF LIGHT TO A PERSON WHO HAS DEVELOPED PSYCHIC VISION.

IN RECENT TIMES THE WORD NADIS HAS BEEN TRANSLATED AS "NERVE". BUT ACTUALLY NADIS ARE BLUEPRINTS FOR PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION. LIKE THE CHAKRAS, THEY ARE NOT PART OF THE PHYSICAL BODY, ALTHOUGH THEY CORRESPOND WITH THE NERVES. NADIS ARE THE SUBTLE CHANNELS THROUGH WHICH THE PRANIC FORCE FLOW. 

OUT OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF NADIS IS THE PSYCHIC BODY, TEN ARE MAJOR. OF THESE, THREE ARE MOST SIGNIFICANT. IDA, PINGALA AND SUSHUMNA. THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THESE THREE IS SUSHUMNA. ALL THE NADIS IN THE PSYCHIC BODY ARE SUBORDINATE TO SUSHUMNA.

IDA, PINGALA AND 

SUSHUMNA

• SUSHUMNA NADI IS THE SPIRITUAL CHANNEL, AND TO CONCENTRATE ON IT, AWARENESS IS TAKEN TO THE CENTRE OF THE SPINAL CORD.
• SUSHUMNA ORIGINATES FROM MOOLADHARA CHAKRA AND TERMINATES AT SAHASRARA.
• IDA NADI FLOWS FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF MOOLADHARA IN SPIRALS, PASSING THROUGH EACH CHAKRA IN TURN, FORMING A CRISS-CROSS PATHWAY WHICH TERMINATES AT THE LEFT SIDE OF AJNA CHAKRA.
• PINGALA NADI FLOWS FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF MOOLADHARA, MIRRORING IDA, TERMINATING AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF AJNA.
• IDA AND PINGALA REPRESENT THE TWO OPPOSITES FORCES FLOWING WITHIN US.
• IDA IS PASSIVE, INTROVERT AND FEMININE, IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE CHANDR OR MOON NADI.
• PINGALA, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS ACTIVE, EXTROVERT AND MASCULINE, AND IS CALLED THE SURYA OR SUN NADI.

PRANIC CURRENTS AND 

THE BREATH

 

 

THESE PRANIC CURRENTS, IDA, PINGALA AND SUSHUMNA. OPERATE ALTERNATIVELY. THE CURRENT THAT IS FLOWING AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME MAY BE GAUGED BY NOTING THE FLOW OF THE BREATH IN THE NOSTRILS. WHEN THE LEFT NOSTRIL HAS A GREATER FLOW OF AIR, THEN IDA NADI IS PREDOMINANT.

WHEN THE FLOW IS GREATER IN THE RIGHT NOSTRIL, THEN PINGALA IS PREDOMINANT. IF THE FLOW IS EQUAL, THEN SUSHUMNA IS PREDOMINANT. WHEN THE RIGHT NOSTRIL (PINGALA) FLOW, THERE IS MORE VITAL ENERGY FOR PHYSICAL WORK, DIGESTION OF FOOD AND SO ON. THE MIND IS EXTROVERTED AND THE BODY GENERATES MORE HEAT.

WHEN THE LEFT NOTRIL (IDA) IS FLOWING, MENTAL ENERGY IS DOMINANT. THE MIND IS INTROVERTED AND ANY KIND OF MENTAL WORK MAY BE UNDERTAKEN. DURING SLEEP, IDA NADI FLOWS PREDOMINANTLY.

IF PINGALA FLOWS AT NIGHT, SLEEP WILL BE RESTLESSNESS AND DISTURBED. LIKEWISE, IF IDA FLOWS WHILE TAKING FOOD, THE DIGESTIVE PROCESS MAY BE SLOW, CAUSING INDIGESTION.

ALTERNATE BREATH

• ALL ACTIVITIES ARE INFLUENCED BY THE FLOW OF THESE NADIS, WHICH ALTERNATIVE APPROXIMATELY EVERY SIXTY TO NINETY MINUTES.
• IT IS POSSIBLE TO ALTER THE FLOW VOLUNTARY BY USING YOGIC TECHNIQUES SUCH AS ASANA AND PRANAYAMA.
• FOR EXAMPLE, IF IDA NADI IS FLOWING AND THERE IS PHYSICAL WORK TO BE DONE, IT IS POSSIBLE TO REDIRECT THE FLOW OF THE BREATH TO PINGALA NADI TO OBTAIN THE NECESSARY ENERGY.
• ON THE OTHER HAND, ONE MAY ADJUST THE ACTIVITIES TO THE ENERGY FLOW.

NADIS AND NERVOUS SYSTEM

 

 

AT THE PHYSICAL LEVEL, IDA AND PINGALA CORRESPOND TO THE TWO ASPECTS OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM. PINGALA COINCIDES WITH THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM AND IDA WITH THE PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM. THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STIMULATION AND ACCELERATION OF ACTIVITIES CONCERNED WIT THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE DECELERATION OF THE ORGANS WHICH TEND TO UTILIZE A LOT OF ENERGY  INTERNALLY.

AWARENESS

 

THE PRIMARY REQUIREMENTS FOR LOCATING THE CHAKRAS AND NADIS AND VISUALIZING THEIR SYMBOLS AND PATHWAYS ON THE PSYCHIC PLANE ARE SENSITIVITY AND AWARENESS. THE PRACTICES PRESENTED IN THIS TEXTS ALL RELATE TO SPECIFIC CHAKRAS AND NADIS.

THE ACTUAL PURPOSES OF THESE PRACTICES IS TO PURIFY AND BALANCE THE CHAKRAS AND NADIS SO THAT THE KUNDALINI CAN AWAKEN AND UPLIFT HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS. AS THE CHAKRAS AND NADIS BECOME REGULATED, THE AWARENESS OF THESE SUBTLE DIMENSIONS IS AUTOMATICALLY STIMULATED AND THE SPIRITUAL VISION OPENS. THIS HAS BEEN THE EXPERIENCE OF YOGIS FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL. IN ORDER TO ATTAIN THIS EXPERIENCE FOR ONESELF, REGULARITY IN PRACTICES IS ESSENTIAL.