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The 7 Chakras And Their SignificanceAugust3,2014 / inC / byPoornimaPochana

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There is toomuchofchakra talkgoingoneverywhere.Especially in theWest,whereveryougo,therearewheelalignmentcenterswheretheyalignyourchakrasandthisandthat. From yoga studios to chiropractics, everybody is talking about it these days. Thathasbecomethefashion.

Thereare114chakras in thebody.Therearemanymore, theseare themajorones.Youcan see them as 114 junction boxes or confluence of nadis[http://blog.ishafoundation.org/yogameditation/demystifyingyoga/thethreefundamentalnadis/] . These junctions are always in the form of triangles. Because itembodiesmovementfromonedimensiontoanother,itisreferredtoasachakra,whichmeanswheelorcircle,butitisactuallyatriangle.Outofthese114,twoareoutsidethephysical body. Of the remaining 112, only 108 can actually be worked upon, theremainingfourjustflowerasaconsequence.

Thenumber108hasmanifestedinthehumansystembecauseit isasignificantnumberinthemakingofthesolarsystem.Thediameterofthesunandthedistancebetweentheearthandthesunis108times.Thediameterofthemoonandthedistancebetweentheearthandthemoonis108times.Thediameteroftheearthandthediameterofthesunis108times.Andhence,108issignificantinvariousspiritualpractices.

The 7 fundamental chakrasThe seven fundamental chakras are known as muladhara

[http://www.ishafoundation.org/blog/muladharachakra.isa] , which is located at theperineum,thespacebetweentheanaloutletandthegenitalorganswadhisthana,which

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perineum,thespacebetweentheanaloutletandthegenitalorganswadhisthana,whichis just above the genital organmanipuraka, which is just below the navel anahata,which is just beneath where the rib cage meets vishuddhi, which is at the pit of thethroat ajna, which is between the eyebrows and sahasrara, also known asbrahmarandra,which is at the topof thehead,wherewhena child isborn, there is asoftspot.

We can speak in terms of lower and higher energy centers, but such language is oftenand too easilymisunderstood. It is like comparing the foundation of a building to theroof.Theroof isnotsuperior to the foundation.The foundationof thebuilding ismorebasic to the building than the roof. The quality, life span, stability and security of thebuildingdependstoalargeextentonthefoundationratherthantheroof.Butintermsoflanguage,theroofishigher,andthefoundationislower.

If your energies are dominant in muladhara, then food and sleep will be the mostdominant factors in your life. Chakras have more than one dimension to them. Onedimension is their physical existence, but they also have a spiritual dimension. Thismeansthattheycanbecompletelytransformed.Forexample,ifyoubringtherightkindofawareness,thesamemuladharathatcravesfoodandsleep,canbecomeabsolutelyfreefromtheprocessoffoodandsleep.

The kshetras of the 7 chakrasThese chakras have a manifestation in the body and they also have a subtlermanifestation. These manifestations are called kshetras. Kshetra means a place wheresomeone resides.Youmaybehere,butyour residence is somewhereelse.Just like that,therearekshetras that are externalones, calledbahyakshetras, and there are internalonescalledantarkshetras.Thereisahomeandaholidayhome!

Thesechakrashaveamanifestationinthebodyandtheyalsohaveasubtlermanifestation.

Whenyouareathome,youwillbeoneway.Generally,themundaneoccupiesyourtimeandlifecooking,cleaning,fixingmostofyourtimegoesinthis.Whenyougotoyourholiday home, even though there is cooking, cleaning and all the other things, themundanedoesnotoccupythewholeofyou.Itisamoreexuberantexistence.Ahomein

themountain is supposed to bemore exuberant existence, though itmay be physicallymoretaxingthanbeingathome.Beingathomeiseasier.Manypeoplehavegivenupand

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moretaxingthanbeingathome.Beingathomeiseasier.Manypeoplehavegivenupandjust stay at home because its easier. The reason why you went to another home awayfromhomeisyoustillwanttoknowthecozinessofahome,youdontwanttostay inahotel, but youwant amore exuberant existence.TheCreatorprovided for all that.Youcanbeintheantarkshetra,notsovibrantandjustsleeping,oryoucanbeinthebahyakshetra. Any time you want to go back home, its not a problem, you can always stepback.

The second chakra is swadhisthana. If your energies are dominant in swadhisthana,pleasureswillbemostdominantinyourlifeyouseekpleasures,youenjoythephysicalreality in somanyways. If your energies aredominant inmanipuraka, youare adoeryoucandomanythingsintheworld.Ifyourenergiesaredominantinanahata,youareavery creative person. If your energies are dominant in vishuddhi, you become verypowerful. If your energies are dominant in agna or if you attain to ajna, thenintellectually, you are realized. Intellectual realization gives you peace. Experientially ithasnothappenedyetbutintellectualrealizationhascometoyou,whichbringsyoutoacertain state of peace and stability within yourself irrespective of what is happeningoutsideofyou.Onceyourenergieshitsahasrara,simplylikecrazyyouareecstatic.Thereis no external stimulant, there is simply no reason, but you are ecstatic simply becauseenergieshavetouchedacertainpeak.

Falling upwardsFundamentally,anyspiritualpathcanbedescribedasajourneyfromthemuladharatothesahasrar.This journeyisanevolutionfromonedimensiontoanothertheseare justsevendifferentlevelsofintensity.

Fundamentally, any spiritual path can be described as a journeyfromthemuladharatothesahasrara

Tomoveyourenergies frommuladhara toajna, therearemanyspiritualprocessesandseveralways,buttomovefromajnatosahasrara,thereisnopath.Thereisnoparticularway.Onehastoeitherjumporfall intoabottomlesspit.Thisiscalledfallingupward.Inyoga,theysayunlessyouarewillingtofallupward,youwontgetthere.

Thisiswhysomanysocalledspiritualpeoplehavecometotheconclusionthatpeaceis

the highest possibility because they got stuck in agna. Peace is not the highestpossibility.Youcanbecomeecstatic,soecstatic that thewholeworldbecomesabig joke

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possibility.Youcanbecomeecstatic,soecstatic that thewholeworldbecomesabig jokein yourunderstanding and experience.Everything that is dead serious for everybody isjustajokeforyou.

Peoplecomeandstopthereforalongtime,justtomakeuptheirmindtojump.Thisiswhy in the spiritual traditions, so much stress was always laid on the Gurushishyarelationshipthemasterdisciplerelationshipissimplybecauseifyouhavetotakethisjump you need deep trust in theGuru. 99.9% of the people need trust, otherwise theycannot jump.This is thereasonwhysomuchstress is laidon thisrelationship,becausewithouttrust,onewillnevertakethatjump.

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