Prana and Kundalini

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> What Is Prana?

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> Prana is the sum total of all energy that is manifested in the universe. It

> is the vital force, Sukshma. Breath is the external manifestation of Prana.

> By exercising control over this gross breath, you can control the subtle Prana

> inside. Control of Prana means control of mind. Mind cannot operate without

> the help of Prana. It is the Sukshma Prana that is intimately connected with

> the mind. Prana is the sum total of all latent forces which are hidden in men

> and which lie everywhere around us. Heat, light, electricity, magnetism are

> all the manifestations of Prana. Prana is related to mind; through mind to

> the will; through will to the individual soul, and through this to the Supreme

> Being.

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> The seat of Prana is the heart. Prana is one; but it has many functions to

> do. Hence it assumes five names according to the different functions it

> performs, viz., Prana, Apana, Samana, Udana and Vyana. According to the

different

> functions they perform, they occupy certain places in the body. The table

> given in the following pages will give you a clear idea.

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> Breath directed by thought under the control of the will is a vitalising,

> regenerated force which can be utilised consciously for self-development, for

> healing many incurable diseases and for many other useful purposes. Hatha

> Yogins consider that Prana Tattva is superior to Manas Tattva (mind), as Prana

is

> present even when mind is absent during deep sleep. Hence Prana plays a more

> vital part than mind.

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> Kundalini is the Goddess of speech and is praised by all. She Herself, when

> awakened by the Yogin, achieves for him the illumination. It is She who

> gives Mukti and Jnana for She is Herself that. She is also called Sarasvati,

as

> She is the form of Sabda Brahman. She is the source of all Knowledge and

> Bliss. She is pure consciousness itself. She is Brahman. She is Prana Sakti,

the

> Supreme Force, the Mother of Prana, Agni, Bindu, and Nada. It is by this Sakti

> that the world exists. Creation, preservation and dissolution are in Her.

> Only by her Sakti the world is kept up. It is through Her Sakti on subtle

> Prana, Nada is produced. While you utter a continuous sound or chant Dirgha

> Pranava ! (OM), you will distinctly feel that the real vibration starts from

the

> Muladhara Chakra. Through the vibration of this Nada, all the parts of the

body

> function. She maintains the individual soul through the subtle Prana. In

> every kind of Sadhana the Goddess Kundalini is the object of worship in some

> form or the other.

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> Kundalini has connection with subtle Prana. Subtle Prana has connection with

> the subtle Nadis and Chakras. Subtle Nadis have connection with the mind.

> Mind has connection all through the body. You have heard that there is mind in

> every cell of the body. Prana is the working force of the body. It is

> dynamic. This static Sakti is affected by Pranayama and other Yogic practices

and

> becomes dynamic. These two functions, static and dynamic, are termed

‘sleeping’

> and ‘awakening’ of the Kundalini.

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