Guest guest Posted April 10, 2003 Report Share Posted April 10, 2003 Dear Ranjit, In the Katha Upanishad and Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and Ayurvedic ltturature are mentioned a center, which is not a chakra, but the seat of consciousness, the Self of all. From here the Infinite Being eminates and lights the body with the sense of "I am" consciousness, i.e., the awareness of being. All the 72,000 nadis derive their light or sense of consciousness from this point, with the result that we have the notion that "I am the sensations of the body" and "I am the body." This Center, within the 1/8th portion opf the heart to the right of the sternim, is a synod or pacemaker, which gives the pulse to the physical heart. One major nerve, the major right vegus nerve rises from this Center to the crown chakra. The nerve is known as atma ("I") nadi, amrit ("necter") nadi and para ("beyond") nadi. It pulses with the sense of "I as I" and fills the mind with consciousness, in which thoughts and impressions appear, much like the frame by frame images of a movie film are animated by the light in a projector, with the result that we think "I am these thoughts and images. The sense of "I" within the conscious awareness is so strong, that the mind automatically builds up an identity around the images of the mind in association witht he sensations of the body, such that the brain and entire body becomes encoded with patterns of thought, images and impressions of who and what one is. In Ayurvedic medicine, this center is listed as "samvit" which is to say consciousness. It is also known as the Solar Orb and the Sahasrara - the Lunar Orb. The Hrdayam (Heart) is one of the 2 main areas in the Yoga Sutras mentioned as a place to meditate, i.e., the Hrdayam - the heart (not the anahata chakra, as some think), and the Sahasrara - the crown. It is also called the "One Star" (or Ik Tar), because it has both a gravitational effect of sucking in and dissolving all thoughts and images built around an idea of identity, leaving over only the single pervasive and soundless pulsing of "I as I." When this pulsing begins, which yogis call "atma sphurana" (pulsing of the Self), all the nerves of the body begin to churn with a vibration matching this one nerve between the Hrdayam and Sahasrara. "Hrd" means literally "That which sucks in everything.Ayam" means "This is the Place or Center." In most religions, this center is considered to be the Highest Temple of God, including Christianity and the Sikh Dharma. In Buddhism, there is a Sutra desicated to the describing of this experience of the Heart called the Heart Sutra. The second aspect of the Ik Tar (One Star) is that of blazing light, which is a radiance of consciousness that outshines the body mind, like turning up the light in a movie projector. In the case of the body as a projector, there are the aspects of seeing the whole spectrum at once. With the opening of this Center, the subconscious begins to dissolve, so that the yogi abides in a awaking sleep state called jagrat-sushupti. This is not at all a dull state as in sleep, rather to be clear and awake without thoughts or impressions, in a pure intuitive force of intelligence of that aspect of the mind, in which the atoms of thought and images are assembles that constitute a dream image, but now the waking state, is seen as though a dream. As yogi's continue in this state, they also become fully aware in the deep sleep or unconscious state. All the chakras open, including the chakras along the gold cord from the ajna chakra to the crown within which can be heard certain sounds and seen certain images, such as the moon, sun, and others. The yogi abides beyond these, as the light within which all these appear, in his/her True Self, as One with the Infinite Being. This 4th state beyond waking, dreaming and deep sleep is called Turya. With the regular practice of KY, as taught by Yogi Bhajan, the body begins to fill with a sense of radiance that penetrates through and beyond the body field. This radiance is of a higher frequency than thoughts and images and sensations of the body, and in time, the mind becomes electromagnetically still and pure (satvic ether). Within that satvic nature, which at first is felt as pure bakti (devotion to pervasive feeling of God, as the higher chakras open) rises a discriminative intelligence that turns the reflected consciousness in the brain to reflect purely its source of light in the Heart (the Hrdayam - Ik Tar). This force is so strong that no other images can arise. You abide as the "seer." The "I" of one's sense of "I" awakens and at once puts aside and relinquishes the false identity of the "I" to thoughts and images of the mind and sensations of the body. All concepts are dissolved and burnt up with a radical force, and the whole body fills with light. This awakening is called "hearing" in all religions or "sunia" - the Sikh religion, "sravana" - the Hindu or Vedas and Vedanta. Hearing gives way to "rememberance" (or reflection/contemplation also "manana") and rememberance dissolves into "perfect abiding" (also "niddidyasana" or in Buddhism - "Mahamudra"). Prior to this hearing, there is the impression within the mind that there is an "I" (we call ego) that is making an effort as a doer, thinker, planner to achieve a union with a higher consciousness. After this "hearing," there is the clear knowledge that there is no duality, no separation, and all ideas of separation and unity are only concepts having no meaning to the reality of the non-dual experience you abide in - a pervasiveness of single uncaused unconditioned undifferentiated being within which everything appears from the grossest to the most subtle planes, without any sense of attachment or attention whatsoever. As the mind is pulled in and dissolved in the One Star, the atoms of the body begin to polarize automatically, flowing upwards like a pillar of light. All the doors open themselves, all the lights light themselves. The nadis fill with light that flows into the moon and sun channels along the left and right sides of the spine, and that light penetrates through the spine and out the top of the head, while the atmanadi and the 2 poles the Hrdayam and Sahasrara radiate incadecently without the slightest interest of the abiding single pervasive being in the process of the body's illumination. As you abide in This Pervasive Light of (as) your own Self, automatically, like Mercury rising in a baromiter as the atmospheric pressure increases, a light, sometimes like a multicolored flame, comes up the through the crown. As the sense of consciousness deepens the light rises through the throat, the top of the head opens completely and there is a sound that fills the consciousness of "wha." Like taking a journey, going back home, what's called for is simply a daily practice (alone or with a group) and occasional group intensive practice, as well as the occasional reading of scripture in which this non-dual experience is described, like reading to an amnesia victum about memories of who they are, and all the rest will happen by itself. The True Self will "hear" and begin to recollect Itself out of the stupor of the mind, and you will abide transfigured - or as Yogi Bhajan once said describing an experience he had in his morning sadhana (some 30 years back at the Prues Road Center), the "light of a million suns." That is the True Light that lights each of us, and we begin to feel It penetrating in and through the atoms of our bodies and images of the mind very soon after we start to practice Kundalini Yoga. Hope this dispells the idea of secret chakras and centers. Pieter -- Wed, 09 Apr 2003 18:41:16 -0000 "ranjit kaur" <ranjitk Re: a few questions (Now: secret chakras) Sat Nam! Do you have information about the 2nd "heart" chakra, the pink one along the women's arcline between the nipples? I am interested in gathering research on this. Thanks! Ranjit P.S.: Hello all -- I've been in and out of town lately and reading the list on instead of accepting emails so I'm a little behind on responding to everyone. I really like the posts about the Roots of Yoga! Wahe Guru! Kundaliniyoga, "Gary Blaze" <serpentpower@m...> wrote: There are two other chakras located in the forehead above Ajna. Manas, which is sometimes refered to as the seat of individual consciousness, and Indu, sometimes refered to as the seat of intellect/creative intelligence. Even though they are seperate chakras, they are considered to be connected with Ajna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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