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Yoga
The chakras and channels of energy
The Void
Surrounding the second and
the third chakra is the Void which stands for the principle of
mastery (guru principle) within us. In many spiritual
traditions, this area is the "ocean of illusions"
that needs to be crossed with the help of a spiritual guide.
When the Kundalini is awakened and passes through the Void,
this principle of mastery is established within us. Thus, as
Shri Mataji says, in Sahaja Yoga you become your own guru,
your own spiritual guide since you can feel on your fingertips
all your subtle problems and have the power to cure them using
your own Kundalini. Moreover, establishing this center helps
us get rid of all our habits, laziness, gross attachments, and
everything that enslaves us in a way or another: we become our
own master.
Following false "gurus" who are more interested in power tricks or
your purse can damage very much the Void area. But after Self
Realization, everything can be cured through the purifying
power of the Kundalini in meditation.
The Heart Chakra or Anahat Chakra
The fourth chakra, the
chakra of the heart, is the place where resides our Spirit,
our true Self, which is eternally pure and unaffected by
anything, like a shining diamond hidden within us which
witnesses all our actions. After Self Realization, our
attention becomes for the first time connected to our Spirit
and we gradually become aware of it. Our misidentifications
with our ego or conditionings drop and we start becoming
identified with our Spirit, which is our true nature.
On the physical level, this
chakra looks after our heart and lungs - if affected it can
cause asthma or various heart conditions.
It is from our heart that the
compassion and love manifests, and also the heart chakra is
the one that gives us the sense of responsibility and pure
behaviour towards others. The heart chakra manifests in the
center (at the level of the sternum bone) as complete security
and confidence. All our worries, doubts and fears are
destroyed when the heart chakra is fully enlightened by the
Kundalini.
Vishuddhi Chakra
The fifth chakra is the
chakra of diplomacy, of pure relationships with others, and of
playful detachment. It removes all our guilts and remorses
when it is opened by the Kundalini, and gives us a kind and
compassionate voice. The tendencies to dominate others or to
feel dominated by others, the feelings of superiority or
inferiority and all jealousies are removed when this chakra is
nourished by the Kundalini. Also, the Vishuddhi is the chakra
which gives us the connection with the whole, enabling us to
feel our oneness and the fact that we are all part and parcel
of the whole.
The Agnya Chakra
The sixth chakra is the
chakra of forgiveness and compassion. Forgiveness is the power
to let go of anger, hatred and resentment and to discover, in
humility, the nobility and generosity of the Spirit. It is the
one that dissolves all our ego, conditionings, habits, false
ideas of racialism, and all our misidentifications. It is the
narrow gate which opens the way for our consciousness to
ascend to its final destination, which is the seventh center.
Roving eyes, watching impure things, or self-centeredness damage this chakra.
Watching the sky, earth or nature can help cleanse it.
The Sahasrara Chakra
The seventh center
integrates all the chakras with their respective qualities. It
is the last milestone of the evolution of human awareness.
Nowadays, we are at a level which corresponds to this chakra,
and our consciousness is able to easily enter into this new
realm of perception, which is beyond our limited mind and
concepts, and which becomes absolute at the level of the
Sahasrara. This chakra gives us the direct, absolute
perception of Reality on our central nervous system.
This is precisely what is
achieved by Self Realization, through the spontaneous
awakening of the Kundalini given by Sahaja Yoga.
A word about the three channels of energy. The left channel (blue)
corresponds to our past, emotions, desires, affectivity. Its termination is the
superego, which is the storehouse of all our memories, habits
and conditionings. The right channel (yellow) corresponds to
our actions and planning, to our physical and mental activity.
Its termination is the ego, which gives us the idea of I-ness,
the sense that we are separate from the world. The central
channel is the channel of ascent, it is the power which
sustains our evolution and guides us, consciously or
unconsciously, towards the higher awareness of the Sahasrara
(seventh chakra).
The workings of Self
Realization and subtle aspects of the chakras and channels are
too extensive to be explained here. They are part of a
knowledge which is not only to be studied at the mental level,
but to be experienced directly. This new level of
consciousness can be achieved after Self Realization, through
the regular practice of Yoga meditation techniques.
The workings of Self
Realization and subtle aspects of the chakras and channels are
too extensive to be explained here. They are part of a
knowledge which is not only to be studied at the mental level,
but to be experienced directly. This new level of
consciousness can be achieved after Self Realization, through
the regular practice of Yoga meditation techniques.
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