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A Wisdom Archive on Chakra and Chakras
Chakra
Chakras
are energy centres which govern the subtle, psychosomatic aspects of
our inner being. This Sanskrit term means wheel or disk, and when the
chakras are awakened, they turn in a clockwise direction. The chakras
open up like flowers and pour out their qualities re-establishing our
inner balance and restoring our health and form.
Of the many chakras within the human body, seven have been identified
as major. Chakras are first mentioned in the Vedas, ancient Hindu texts
of knowledge.
Any of the nerve plexes or centers of force and consciousness located within the inner bodies of man. In the physical body there are corresponding nerve plexuses, ganglia and glands.
The seven principal chakras can be seen psychically as colorful, multi-petaled wheels or lotuses. They are situated along the spinal cord from the base to the cranial chamber.
Additionally, seven chakras, barely visible, exist below the spine. They are seats of instinctive consciousness, the origin of jealousy, hatred, envy, guilt, sorrow, etc. They constitute the lower or hellish world, called Naraka or patala. Thus, there are 14 major chakras in all.
The seven upper chakras, from lowest to highest, are:
1) muladhara chakra (base of spine): memory, time and space;
2) svadhishthana chakra (below navel): reason;
3) manipura chakra (solar plexus): willpower;
4) anahata chakra (heart center): direct cognition;
5) vishuddha chakra (throat): divine love;
6) ajna chakra (third eye): divine sight;
7) sahasrara chakra (crown of head): illumination, Godliness.
The seven lower chakras, from highest to lowest, are
1) atala chakra (hips): fear and lust;
2) vitala chakra (thighs): raging anger;
3) sutala chakra (knees): retaliatory jealousy;
4) talatala chakra (calves): prolonged mental confusion;
5) rasatala chakra (ankles): selfishness;
6) mahatala chakra (feet): absence of conscience;
7) patala chakra (located in the soles of the feet): murder and malice.
In Hinduism and its spiritual systems of yoga and in some related eastern cultures, as well as in some segments of the New Age movement -- and to some degree the distinctly different New Thought movement -- a chakra is thought to be an energy node in the human body.
The word comes from the Sanskrit cakra चक्र meaning "wheel, circle", and sometimes also referring to the "wheel of life". The pronunciation of this word can be approximated ...
In Hinduism and its spiritual systems of yoga and in some related eastern cultures, as well as in some segments of the New Age movement -- and to some degree the distinctly different New Thought movement -- a chakra is thought to be an energy node in the human body.
The word comes from the Sanskrit cakra चक्र meaning "wheel, circle", and sometimes also referring to the "wheel of life". The pronunciation of this word can be approximated in English by chuhkruh, with ch as in chart and both instances of a as in yoga (the commonly found pronunciatio ...
Although yoga is best used as preventive medicine, some of its practices also have great therapeutic value. They can help those suffering from various difficult physical conditions, like back pain, scoliosis, and arthritis. However, ideally, your yoga practice should be an integral part of your efforts to maintain good health and prevent degenerative diseases.
One who has attained the state of enlightenment and who has the capacity to awaken the dormant spiritual energy of a disciple and guide him or her to the state of the Truth.
(Sanskrit) A wheel or vortex of energy that exists in several parts of the physical body. We have seven major Chakras which correspond to Seven major glands. Chakras are used in energy and healing work
This FAQ gives an overview of those kundalini yoga practices
which require conscious effort. Part I of III.
In Part III: 1) But even if kundalini is dangerous, isn't it
a faster way to enlighenment?, 2) What are the origins of kundalini yoga?, 3)
What is the classical literature of kundalini yoga?, 4) What is the precise
role of the guru in kundalini yoga?, 5) Can't I learn it through books?, 6)
Where can I gain instruction on kundalini yoga?, 7) Where can I learn more?
Kundalini
awakening or pranic awakening and its cross-tradition similars-the spontaneous
spinal rockings known in Judaism as davening and in
Sufisim as zikr; the "taken-over"
gyrations of gospel "holy ghost" shaking and dancing and
charismatic/pentacostal "mani-festations"; the Dionysian
"revel"; Quakerisms and Shakerism's autonomic quaking and shaking;
Tai Chi guided by chi itself; the shamanic trance-dance;
Buddhisms and Raja-Yogas effortless "straight back" (uju-kaya)
meditation; the yogically derived ecstatic belly-dance and Flamenco; and even
the full-bodied, spontaneous Reichian "reflex"-literally embody the
spiritual path.
If you are in a spiritually unfit state you will not
be able to discover the God in you or around you. In the process of
individualisation, the psyche becomes - whole when balance is achieved among
four functions: thinking, feeling, sensing and intuiting. In the sys tem of
charkas, we find that each phase of energy is represented by an element earth
water, fire and ether in ascending order. Each of the five vortices signifies a
new quality and each is both an extension and a limitation of the other.
The
energy of your body will not be balanced and free flowing if you do not have
good emotional balance, good physical health, and good relationships with your
surroundings and yourself.
Almost
no one is ever perfectly balanced. If you could do this, you would be able to
rise from the dead, have a body transformed into a cosmic molecular structure and
commune with the gods as an equal.
In Hinduism and Buddhism the chakras are symbolised as flowers. In our human undeveloped state the chakras are like flower buds waiting to be opened. This article by Essential Oil-expert Carol Anne Asher explain the anatomy of the chakras and how essential oils may cleanse and raise the vibration of the chakras.
Mental
pictures can be created in your head and then transferred to the energy field
around your body, your aura. If you create a picture that you are a little too
fat in the rear end, you will invariably take that picture and place it right
on your posterior! Then, each time you look in the mirror, you subconsciously
see the picture and reinforce that negative image: "See, I knew I was too
fat." This may be one reason why so many people end up gaining weight
while on a diet; the negative image pictures they create about themselves get
reinforced so much that it is hard to change them!
An
excerpt from Aura Awareness, What Your Aura Says About You
In my work with in-person and distant healing,
I've noticed a huge distinction between ordinary chi, ki, or prana, and that
which is governed by the soul and kundalini energies. The universe isn't simply
composed of a roiling ocean of prana-there are differing frequencies. From the
relative prana to that prana which exists nearest the absolute, the energy is
more refined on evolved levels of existence.
A wisdom archive for Spiritual Enlightenment with articles, interviews and personal experiences of enlightenment. Spiritual Enlightenment and Spiritual Awakening is the primary goal of almost all spiritual practices, traditions and religions and for any spiritual seeker. There are many names for this awakened state of Consciousness depending on what culture and tradition we belong to.
"A human being is a part of a whole, called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
Kundalini is derived from a Sanskrit word meaning either coiled up or coiling like a snake. It is a term in yoga, referring to a reservoir of psychic energy at the base of the spine. Kundalini is curled up in the back part of the root chakra in three and one-half turns.
"Kundalini is the energy of the Divine as it is experienced in the individual. Kundalini binds us when we project its energy into the world and yet, kundalini liberates us when we return this energy to its divine origin.
This video is a good attempt to get a feeling of the Kundalini rising:"
Kundalini Yoga concentrates on psychic centers or chakras in the body in order to generate a spiritual power, which is known as kundalini energy.
Kundalini is the potential form of prana or life force, lying dormant in our bodies. It is conceptualized as a coiled up serpent (literally, 'kundalini' in Sanskrit is 'coiled up') lying at the base of our spine, which can spring awake when activated by spiritual disciplines.
Nadis are the astral tubes made up of astral matter that carry psychic currents. The Sanskrit term Nadicomes from the root Nad which means motion. It is through these Nadis (Sukshma, subtle passages), that the vital force or Pranic current moves or flows. Since they are made up of subtle matter they cannot be seen by the naked physical eyes and you cannot make any test-tube experiments in the physical plane. These Yoga Nadis are not the ordinary nerves, arteries and veins that are known to the Vaidya Shastra (Anatomy and Physiology). Yoga Nadis are quite different from these.
Prana or ki is that life energy which keeps the body alive and healthy. In Greek it is called 'pneuma', in Polynesian 'mana', and in Hebrew 'ruah', which means 'breath of life'. The healer projects prana or life energy or 'the breath of life' to the patient, thereby, healing the patient. It is through this process that this so-called 'miraculous healing' is accomplished.
Basically, there are three major sources of prana: solar prana, air prana and ground prana. Certain areas or places tend to have more prana than others. Some of these highly energized areas tend to become healing centers.
