Chakras - III - Manipura Chakra

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Previous post: Chakras-II - Svadhisthana chakra

मणिपुरा

The Third Chakra, 

The Mandala is Fire otherwise called as Agni Mandala.
The Zodiac sign is Leo.

The Mantra is रं , 
The Endocrine Glands connected are Pancreas.
The no of Petals are 10, which are ten yoga nadis which appear like petals. 

ढं , डं , णं , तं , थं , दं , धं , नं , पं , फं , 

The space in this chakra is like a triangle, the seat of fire and controls Stomach and Liver,
The colour of this Chakra is Dark clouds to Yellow,
The area of Knowledge is Unconscious.

The Energy is called Rakini Yogini (राकिनी  योगिनी),

मणिपुराब्जनिलया राकिंणयम्बास्वरुपिणी .

The Masculine deity is Shri Vishnu who is present here. 

Swami Sivananda Maharaj says:

The MANIPURA CHAKRA is situated within the Sushumna in the region of the navel and
is the third Chakra from the Muladhara. It is of the colour of dark clouds and has ten petals. It is the solar-plexus or “city of gems” because it is very brilliant. 

Meditation on this excellent Chakra bestows power to destroy and create worlds. 
The Goddess of Speech, Saraswati, ever dwells in the face of the Yogi. 
He gets knowledge of the hidden treasures and is freed from all kinds of diseases. He has no fear at all from fire. 
He can make gold and see Siddhas or Adepts clairvoyantly.

In his Pdf document he says:

The Yogi who concentrates at this Chakra gets Patala Siddhi, can acquire hidden treasures and will be free from all diseases. 

He has no fear at all from Agni (fire). “Even if he is thrown into the burning fire, he remains alive without fear of death.”, (Gheranda Samhita).

During Meditation on this Chakra, many faces of your Ista devata or gods will emerge in your Inner mind, they are not illusions of your mind, these are real as you and me.

Just carry on with the ॐ , mantra or your personal ManTra and generally one is not supposed to reveal your personal ManTra to others, it is basically your ista devata.

Ista devata: Grah in 12th house from Atmakaraka in your Navamsa chart (D-9), gives you your Ista devata (Ista - Liking or personal, devata = god.)

Physical manifestation of this Chakra -Hunger and digestion will regulate.

More to follow.....Chakra-IV, Anahata Chakra

ॐ नमः शिवाय!

Sianala, Montreal, April 2008

Chakras-II - Svadhisthana chakra

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Previous post: Chakra -I (Mul Adhara Chakra)

स्वाधिष्ठानाम्बुजगता

The Mandala is Water otherwise called as Jala Mandala.
The Zodiac sign is Cancer,
The Mantra is वं , Varun deva is present here.
The Endocrine Glands connected are gonads.
The no of Petals are 6, which are six yoga nadi's which appear like petals. 

बं , भं , मं , यं , रं , लं , 

The space in this chakra is like a crescent moon or form of a conch,
The color of this Chakra is Blood Orange.
The area of Knowledge is Unconscious.
The energy is called Lakini Yogini (लकिनी योगिनी),  स्वाधिष्ठानाम्बुजगता लकिनी योगिनी।
Brahma is present here.

Swami Sivananda Maharaj says:

The SVADHISHITHANA CHAKRA is located within the Sushumna at the root of the
sexual organ. It has six petals and is pure blood-like red (vermilion) in colour. 

Concentration on this Chakra frees the Yogi from fear of water. 
He gets several other psychic powers, intuitional knowledge and freedom from the faults of the mind and the senses. 
He recites all Sastras unknown to him before. 
He becomes the conqueror of death and moves throughout the universe fearlessly. 

In his Pdf document he says:

He who concentrates at this Chakra and meditates on the Devata has no fear of water. 
He has perfect control over the water element. 
He gets many psychic powers, intuitional knowledge and a perfect control over his senses. 
He has full knowledge of the astral entities. Kama (Sex), Krodha (Anger), Lobha (Lust for many things), Moha (Moha for a son or a wife), Mada (A bull in a rodeo), Matsarya and other impure qualities are completely annihilated. 
The Yogi becomes the conqueror of death (Mrityunjaya).

So the first Chakra gives lordship over Earth element, and the second Chakra gives lordship over Water element.

More to follow: Manipura Chakra- The third Chakra- the seat of fire.

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SIanala, Montreal, April 2008

Chakras - I - Muladhara Chakra ( Base Chakra)

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Previous post: Introduction to Chakras.

The base chakra is called Mul-Adhara chakra in Sanskrit, The place where it manifests is called Kunda and the energy Kundakula.

Mul means root, and Adhara means support or base, it is a 4 petal lotus, with the Brahmdvara in its center, where the "Shakti" resides, and this Brahmadvara remains closed by the head of the Kundalini, the Serpentine power, it lays there inactive in 3,1/2 coils. this point lies exactly near the end of the spine in the flat area between the Anus and the testicles of a human male, this area is called "Kanda".

The Mandala is Bhu Loka (Earth). (The Gross plane)
The Zodiac sign is Taurus
The Mantra is लँ . Agni Deva is present here.
The Endocrine Gland is Prostate, Adrenal.

The no of Petals are 4- Parmananda, Yogananda, Virananda and Samajanada,

वं , शं , षं , सं ,

The Linga positioned here is Swayambhu (Meaning self emerged)
The Vayu or Air here is called Kandarpu Vayu
The color of this Chakra is Crimson Red
The area of Knowledge is Unconscious.

The Energy is called Kundalini ( कुण्डलिनी ) and is Kakini Yogini ( काकिनी योगनी), काकिनीरूपधारिणी  मुलाधाराम्बुजारुढ़ा।  

The Musculine Deity for this Chakra is Shri Maha Ganapati.   
The Dvara or opening is Brahma Dvara, and Young Brahma resides here.

One of the purpose of yoga is to activate the Kundalini (Sanskrit meaning, to sit on the ground in a 3,1/2 circles) and send it to the crown Shasrara.


Swami Sivananda says:

The MULADHARA CHAKRA is situated between the root of the reproductive organ and the anus at the base of the spinal column. It is here, as I have already mentioned, that the two Nadis, Ida and Pingala, meet the Sushumna., hence it is also called Triveni, in French it is called Trois-Rivières

The Muladhara Chakra is two fingers above the anus and two fingers below the genitals and four fingers in width (i.e. If you sleep on your back). It has four petals (Nadi's) of crimson hue. 

In the pericarp of this Chakra there is a triangle in which the sleeping Kundalini coiled-up in 3,1/2 coils in Kunda, note for Shri Vishnu Kundalini is seven coils, so it is the journey from  the 3,1/2 coils to the 7 coils. 

The snake holds her tail in her mouth and covers the mouth of the Brahma-dvara with her head, the gateway to the Seat of Brahman, when a person dies the soul departs the body from this dvara or the door, and it is called going towards the south direction where the god of death Yama's abode is, and the one who was in a spiritual pursuit and reaches it goal of self realization and works his or her way up towards the Brahma randhra (Shikha sthana) leaves the body from Brahma Randhra, and is called going towards north, this is also one reason why people when they bathe in sacred rivers like Ganges, particularly in places like Kasi (Varanasi) they bathe in that part of the river which is going towards north and not towards south.

But please before you start building a new desires on this bit of information, read Adi Shanakaracharyas NIrvana Shatakam, https://ianala.blogspot.com/2018/12/blog-post_20.html, where he says Self is not even desire for Moksha. sorry. :-)

The Yogi who concentrates on the Muladhara Chakra gets full knowledge of the Kundalini and the various means to rouse it to action. 

As soon as the Kundalini is roused, (The Yogi gets the power to rise up above the ground), he gets full control over his breath, mind and semen. 

His Prana flows through the Sushumna and all his sins are destroyed. He gets knowledge of the past, present and future. 

He is immensely happy.

Mind, Prana and Virya (Semen) are three ways, control one of them the other two will automatically come in your control.

More to Follow: Chakra II.

ॐ नमः शिवाय!

Sianala, Montreal, Feb 2008

Chakras - Introduction

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Nature gave some or other form of defence to every living thing on this Earth, you can take the smallest creature or the largest one, and you will find that every animal is equipped with the required Intelligence quotient(IQ) and Emotional Quotient(EQ) to fend for itself in this ever competitive Earth plane, particularly those animals which are part of the food chain, even a small snail is having excellent IQ and EQ, and all these animals use these features 24/7 mostly to survive.

All moving fauna and flora has atleast sense of touch, which means they feel the external stimulation and eventually to defend themselves must feel pain, including Lobsters. 

Human being (Homo Sapiens Sapiens) is the only living thing which is given the capacity to play GOD,  few lucky one's get a clue from the nature because of their past sadhana in their previous life, or/and they get additional help from their spiritual parents, otherwise most have to figure it out from some external source, like a Guru, Teacher, Coach, Friend, Relative, Books, Internet, Religious places, Clubs etc. etc.

The idea is every human cames with a super computer inside them which unfortunately comes disconnected for their own good, so that you can forget all your past experiences from all your previous lives and start afresh, but the problem is before one even comes to known of it, it is often too late, and one might find himself or herself already standing at the gateway of inevitable another birth, which can be anything from a critter to an evolved human. 

Seers from the past have called it "self realization", and it has to be done by yourself, there is no shortcut, someone who has already done it can show you the way up to some point, but after that point it is all your endeavor.

So one has to realize self, once you realize your SELF, it will guide you what to do in this life, for simple understanding let us imagine that this Earth on which we live is an examination centre where every soul with comes with a karma baggage, the Agends is simple:

1) Reduce the baggage of at least do not increase its weight,
2) Important one is realize your SELF and leave to its next destination, 

And remember this, what ever you do on this Earth, to live, eat, sleep, mate, procreate, earn, etc, all will only bind you further to this examination centre and not directly help you in anyway to realize your SELF, :-) which also means more you dwell on these things more you are moving yourself away from the actual purpose of coming here.

It is like you have reached the examination center but you got entangled in all the unnecessary things with other examinees and you more or less forget to prepare for the examination leave alone even attempting it.

And after many years when you are done with all the stimulations of the Earth, you have few years left but unfortunately because of your carelessness or over indulgence your body is too frail or not suitable to go through the tough process of SELF realization, which also means you wasted your another precious life, so all you can do is wait for another human life and there is no guarantee you will get one, because it depends entirely on your karma, both bad and good.

Many times you will hear, God gives us this life, God gave us this and that, sorry, :-) God does not give you anything, God is just a silent spectator as long as you are not self realized, GOD comes in a total reality once you are self realized, which means you get connected to your super computer, so don't waste your time talking, just take the dip towards self realization, first step towards self realization is detachment from all the worldly stimulations, once  you are on this path, THE GOD through its perfect mechanism will reach out to you and then guide you at every single nook and corners, so it is not GOD, it is you who chose this life, it was you who was responsible for your situation, and it was you who created the hell or heaven on this Earth, and it was you who revisited it, which means If you are creating hell, it is you who will reach there in your future lives, same way If you are creating heaven, again it is you who will enjoy it in your future lives, God has nothing to do with all this, God is beyond all this.

Bad karma, many times over you might qualify only for as a critter, and there are 84,00,000 yoni's. (Yoni is a female sexuality) scriptures say you might as well be born as a rock, which has so little consciousness that it can just get matter, and it stays there for millions of years waiting for some seer to at least sit on it, when it gets released from its karmic trap, :-) now look around all the mountains or stones or rocks around you. :-)

Good Karma, let us say there is one individual, who was very good to everyone, very charitable, very priest like, and never committed any sin, but he or she did nothing towards SELF realization, :-) so it is like, you came to an examination centre, and did all that I just explained and did not even write your exam, so one thing your good karma qualifies you for a good comfortable life in some heaven, :-) which can be on this Earth only, and as all good things never last for ever, he or she m ight come to a point all that good karma is over and they are back to square one, and as your Self Realization remains unattended, so you will have to work on that all over again, like this people have come and gone millions of times. :-)

For SELF realization your negative and even positive karma baggage has to be ZERO, I would say keep it little towards negative side so that you can hold on to your human body which is very essential, it would work like an anchor. :-)

Ways for SELF realization?.

Though there are many ways, 112, Kundakula awakening is one way which is a sure shot, it can be followed as a protocol and once the process is understood, one can just follow the steps and reach at the highest point and after that it is your karma, and help from the other side, but with it, you can at least reach at the gateway and wait for your approval from the other side, and once done, you can choose your next life If one is needed for further sadhana, so that you can resume your sadhana from where you left off, with out wasting time, so it becomes very important for such people to create and establish certain centers for people like them, who can carry out their sadhana with out any material world pressures or worrying about paying bills etc, :-) and it so unfortunate that no government is doing anything in this direction, even a country like India where this process has been a normal part of the culture no government has done anything.

Then, the problem with people who have worked on this is, they do not know what worked for them, as it needs lots of observation, remembering, memory, and then many might not be able to tell the process, they just remember one thing the state of being SELF. :-)

So the result is they are not able to replicate or help others doing what they have done for themselves, and when they talk about things they know or they understand, millions flock expecting they will get something out of it, sure people might get blessings to live a better life in this Earth (Examination centre) :-) but it will not help them towards SELF realization, it will have to be done by your self and by every single one of them, otherwise it is just another visit to the examination centre. 

See what nature had given us:

First thing that comes to any one's mind is Brain, then it's ability to use natural resources, ability to create artificial appendages, and of course using all these we have created our own picture, in which we do not allow any other living thing to move freely.

Many humans believe that we do not have any instinct, or ability to grasp the changes in nature, way in advance, like most animals do, and many humans do not accept the fact that there is a force which guards this Earth and maintains a balance, every human or for that matter every living thing on this Earth has a role to play and has a equal right to share the available resources.

It should be like, you reach the examination centre, prepare for the exam, (Self Realization), then write your exam, and move on to the higher planes for further evolution, and leave the examination centre in its best possible condition so that all future souls can do the same, but take a look what we have done to it, we are fighting with each other to turn this examination hall into our permanent resting area and we want it for only our people, who might look like us, Caucasians are leading in this endeavour, Chinese, Muslims, Christians, Jews, Blacks everyone is doing this in their own way.

If you take a look at us humans, we have an advantage of highly developed upright spine and an excellent balancing instrument to keep it in balance on two feet's, no other animal can actually match this ability, the upright spine is connected to a very advanced and recent brain, this brain had already shown its wonders, though this achievement is minuscule when you see the time and size of universe, had we used our other hidden features, may be we could have achieved many folds than this, that means we will have to play our role as nature wants us to play, which would also mean we have to respect every living thing on this earth plane for its space and resources.

What are these hidden features ?, well if you see the animals, they live and survive only because they are in danger almost 24/7, so their senses are maintained and updated to the best and kept recent, but in case of humans this department suffers like it is infected with perennial cold, many of us can't even hear properly not because we lack the ability but because we are so much lost in our picture (Read shell) that we do not have time to look around, or to check if any dangers are lurking around, so the end result is we get killed like sitting ducks, the senses are used for entertainment and other requirements for maintaining or creating our own picture.

The next thing is our mind, which has the capacity to interact with the nature not for mere survival but for maintaining it, but we have turned our mind in to a uncontrollable, most spoiled brat and we have pampered this brat so much that it does not listen to us any more, instead we listen to it, mind needs same attention as a kid needs to grow up in to a mature and responsible individual, many adults are so obsessed satisfying this spoiled brat that they do not have time to even think about nature, so, physically they might have counted 70 winters but mentally the mind remains a spoiled child, how to control this brat and keep it in your control, I have given a brief description in Mysticism Part -I, once your mind is in control and it is no longer a monkey, but a medium that will take you to deep bowels of your inner worlds. (7 worlds connected with 7 Chakras) 

Let us see what else the nature has given us, the Upanishads mention about the nadi's, nadi's are subtle channels through which the prana or the life force flows, there are total of 72,000 nadi's and out of main 14 nadi's, three are most important, Shushmana, Ida and Pingala.

The main nadi is called Chitra nadi with in the Shushmana, it connects the Brahmadvara at the base of the spine with the Brahmarandhra at the apex of the skull, where lord Shiva resides in his abode, deep in meditation, unconcerned, un-manifested, this nadi is a secret tunnel connected to the master of this nature, next to this is two secondary nadi's Pingala and Ida.

Pingala connects the right nostril with the Muladhara chakra, and Ida nadi connects the left nostril with the Muladhara chakra, so the three Nadi's Shushmana, Pingala, and Ida unite at two points, one at the Muladhara chakra, the point is called Yukta Triveni, Shakti resides here, the sole cause for all creation, this place is between the anus and the sexual organs, in males it is a clear flat area, but in females it is occupied by female Yoni, this is the place where the energy is hidden, it lie's there like a coiled three and half circles around the Swayambu linga at the base of the spine i.e. the kundalini, the serpentine power or energy and it closes the Brahmadvara with its head and holds its tail in its mouth, it remains dormant, un-manifested, this is the status of un-awakened kundalini energy, to awaken it, one has to practice Yoga.

The three nadi's unite behind the bridge between the two eyes, near the third eye, the Ajna chakra, also called as Mukta Triveni after this point only Shushmana nadi travels upwards up to the Shasrara.

What are we doing with this energy?, this is nothing but your sexual energy, this sexual energy can be used at two levels, one at the physical level (Everyone knows, in fact in the west it is taught to high school kids even before they are ready) and the second one is at the Cosmic level (This is not taught because no one knows how).

If this energy is used physically, the primary purpose is, it helps in reproduction, but most humans are neck deep in its secondary purpose, i.e. pleasure, this in fact gives you pleasure, if indulged regularly, it causes exhaustion, and a lot of food is necessary to convert the blood into this energy, in males it is seminal fluid and in women it is vaginal fluid, it is like a tap, if left open, it would run till the tanks are empty, then again it is vicious, it does not end. but if human being turns off this tap and try to retain the energy, this is the third and most important purpose, to elevate this energy to the higher levels  through the three nadis, after some time, if there is no outward direction for this fluid, it is processed back into the blood stream and is directed into the shushmana nadi, but as this section is also connected to the other two nadi's Pingala and Ida, the redirected energy is bound to flow in them also.

Now that we know that the body has nadi's, which channel the energy, but the ultimate purpose is to send it upwards towards the Brahmarandhra, towards Shasrara present at the tip of the head, but it is not possible to send it like water through a pipe, the Kundalini energy needs to be tuned in to this direction by tuning it through various chakras present between the base of the spine and the tip of the head. 

One very important point is if someone tries to cut open a human body and tries to find these chakras, they will not find them as these are present in the subtle bodies, which are four in number.

Swami Sivananda maharaj said if the Kundalini energy reaches the Sahasrara chakra, no doubt it is a great feat in itself but the most important thing is to sustain it there, to keep it in that position and it is not possible with out the help of other chakras. 

Muladhara chakra, 1st chakra or the base chakra present near the base of spine.

Svadhisthana chakra, 2nd chakra is present between the navel and the Muladhara chakra.

Manipuri chakra, 3rd chakra is present near the navel. 

(Adi Shankara Charya in his Saundarya Lahiri has called the second chakra as Manipuri chakra and third chakra as Svadhisthana Chakra, though the element is remains same Earth, Water and Fire, Air, and Ether in this order)

Anahata chakra, 4th chakra is present near the base of the sternum, or near the heart.

Vishuddha chakra, 5th chakra,is present in the throat, near the thyroid glands.

Ajna chakra, 6th chakra is present near the pineal gland, the third eye.

Sahasrara is present as a crown of 1000 petals lotus hanging downwards from the Brahmarandhra.

Between Ajna chakra and Shasrara, there are two minor chakras, Manas chakra and Soma chakra, the time and efforts needed to reach the Ajna chakra from Muladhara chakra is at one level and the time and efforts needed to reach the Shasrara chakra from Ajna chakra is at a different level and is more difficult to sustain, but once the native acheives this, Swami Sivananda maharaj says , the native is blessed with all the divine powers, all Shiddhis and Riddhis (minor powers) roll under his feet, he can command the nature, he can command the five elements, his glory is indescribable.

To follow, Chakra -I

ॐ नमः शिवाय!

SIanala, Nov 2006 (Corrected 2019)