Hell Regions: Chakras Below Muladahara

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AUM gaNapataye namaH

 

The "animal instincts" that we are trying to offer to the Gods come

from the chakras that are below the Muladhara. Most of us still

experience these regions on a daily basis. There are 7 chakras below

the mUladhAra. Starting from the Muladhara downwards they are:

 

1) atala -- Fear and Lust. As awareness slips below the mUladhAra into

fear, indecision stymies ambition and a licentious lifestyle dulls the

prAnic sheath. Meaning: "without bottom." Plane: put.

 

2) vitala -- Raging anger. Dark red-black streaks emblazen the aura

when awareness enters this furnace of instinctive fire and then

injures others. Meaning: "region of the lost." Plane: avichi.

 

3) sutala -- Retaliatory jealousy. Wanting what others have and

preoccupation with what one is not gnaws at the mind, instilling

ill-will. Meaning: "great lower region." Plane: saMhAta.

 

4) talAtala -- prolonged confusion. Perversions replace natural joys.

Negative karmas compound and stiffen the flow of awareness. Reason

warps. Meaning: "under the bottom level." Plane: tAmisra.

 

5) rasAtala -- Selfishness. An imprisoning veil of "me" and "mine"

blinds the natural instinct to care for others. Every action is for

personal gain. Meaning: "lower region of moisture." Plane: r^ijIsha.

 

6) mahAtala -- Consciencelessness. Blindness to higher impulses

prevails. Guilt, compunction, even fear, are foreign. Criminality is

life. Meaning: "greatest lower region." Plane: kuDmala.

 

7) pAtAla -- Malice and murder. A virtual hell of hate, hurting,

killing for its own sake without remorse. Reason rarely reaches this

region. Meaning: "lower region of wickedness." Plane: kAkola.

 

-- from "Merging with Shiva" by Satguru Sivayasubramuniyaswami

 

These are the hell regions known as the sub-astral plane or "Naraka."

When consciousness descends into one of these regions, we truly

experience "hell on earth." It is our duty to offer these instincts to

God/dess and raise our awareness to the mUladhara level. Through

constant sadhAna, worship, and observance of yamas and niyamas we can

seal off the mUladhara so we never descend into these planes again.

 

AUM n