Muladhara Chakra

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For all interested in chakras, here is very interesting article on the

subject written by Swami Baba Lalita Mohan G.K. Laya Yoga is a method of

yoga dedicated especially to work with chakras, so you I hope you will

all find this basic informations about Muladhara Chakra interesting.

 

Om Namah Åšivaya

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MULÄ€DHARA CHAKRA

 

The circle of the Container of the Body, as the title can be translated,

opens for us the possibility of work with lotuses, with the

consciousness centers, starting from the very bottom of our trunk, from

the central point, between the womb and the coccyx. Mula – means the

Root, the Base or Bottom, hence the name refers to the lower part of the

body, which touches the ground when we sit and reminds of a place from

which the trunk of a tree grows its roots into the ground. Vibrating

word Mula means working on solving and making all the poisons and

pollutions of the material consciousness more refine. Adhara is a

container, a goblet of energy, and this goblet is so called Svayambhu

Lińga placed in the lotus, which is the container of energy feeding the

self, giving the psychical strength and also keeping the memory of

out-conscious patterns of behavior. Adhara of the Earth, the container

of the basic energy, the Earth energy, is described as a beautiful lotus

flower with four petals, and being more precise, with four energetic

channels which flow out of the container, and are symbolized by the glow

or aura of this Lotus!

 

The vibration of number four and the symbol of a yellow square of the

Earth’s energy are worth thinking about, because they work together with

this energetic center. Ćakram (chakra) as this name is properly

scientifically transcribed, literally means The Circle, and this is

about the spherical shape of the whole center and about the fact that

the purified and awoken area creates the circle of spiritual

development, first and the most basic one, from which all the Pilgrims

of the Path start.

 

The element of the Earth drawn as a square and painted yellow – the

color of glow of the yellow ground, sand, which has been just dug out,

tells us how to energize and develop this center in its most crucial

aspect. In a system working with the basic elements we fill the center

in with yellow colour, we sit on a square, or on a yellow rug during our

prayers and meditations, we go barefooted on the yellow, freshly dug out

sand, as children we play in a square shaped sandbox full of clean,

yellow sand! We also live in rooms based exactly on the shape of a

square, and we paint the floor yellow, earthy colour. Living in chambers

shaped into a square cube is especially good for purification and work

of this center, but in the interior design and clothing dirty colours

such as black, dark, brown and grey should be avoided since their

influence pollutes the aura and disturbs the work of Chakras.

 

The element of the Earth is symbolized by LA syllable, recited loudly

with nasal, sounded M at the end, which together makes LAM, where we

vibrate strongly and intensely the sound L, the sound of the Earth, as a

part of the nature, element, Tattva! Vibrating the seminal syllable LAM

is the basis for work on the center development, and the sound must be

drawn from the very bottom of the trunk, which needs some practice as

well as specialist instructions. Without the work on the sound, without

vibrating the seminal syllable and developing the center, without the L,

LA, LAM sound, no development of the Root Container is possible in a

relevant way! Vibrating with your voice and contemplating the syllable,

the sound of LAM develops the magnetism allowing to attract everything

that we need in the material world, helps a man enrich in both material

and spiritual way.

 

The sense of Smell is placed in this center and along with the

development of MulÄdhara Ćakra a man goes through a variety of

experiences connected with the growth of sensitivity to all the smells.

Nose as a smelling organ is strongly connected with the four petal lotus

at the basis of the trunk and while smelling one should concentrate on

one’s pelvis and crotch, between the anus, the tail and the outer sexual

organ, womb! Syllable LA influences the sense of smell and can be

helpful during the therapy of smell disorders and problems with the nose

itself!

 

Four basic, live, outer, animal activities flow out of one’s root

center, and they are desires and needs that are instinctual, connected

with the being of a man, such as eating, sleep, sex and survival (fight

for survival and need to grow richer). Each of these spheres must be

purified and sublime, and while one should eat and sleep in moderation,

the same moderation should be kept during sexual activities and getting

material riches and position in this world. All the primitivism and

chaos within these four aspects is not advisable. Lack of control over

one’s eating habits, as far as its quality and quantity are concerned

leads to a number of problems; it is good to eat healthy vegetarian

foods and drink fresh spring water, moreover to fast from time to time –

to stop eating anything for at least a few days, at least the number of

ćakram’s petals!

 

Deep breathing with the lower part of our belly combined with a delicate

tightening of anus constrictor while breathing in and relaxing it while

breathing out helps purification and sublimation, refining the basic

level of consciousness, behavior and energy. Extreme physical work, hard

training of martial arts (Kalarpayat) or exercising Hatha Yoga is

strongly recommended; also long marches, climbing the mountains, working

in the ground, forest or the garden are advised, obviously because they

are connected with the element of the Earth.

 

Ä€dhara is the center of survival, the center of life instinct, life

preservation, protecting and defending life, and pure and strong energy

of this four petal lotus makes suicide as well as homicide impossible –

with the exception of self-defense, when there exists no other help for

ourselves or our family! When the Earth element works well, the person

is integrated, feels stable, secure and has a strong support in oneself;

he/she is adult, mature, practical and self-reliant as far as the basic

life matters are concerned. The people who are concerned too much with

sexual life, or on the other hand, the ones who avoid sexual life are

pathological examples, with impure and sick centers. Similarly,

pathologies such as extreme poverty or obsessive race for riches or

strong interest in food or extremely long sleeping time are all

connected with the disturbed root center MulÄdhara!

 

Relaxing walks in the nature in the rhythm of four steps, breathing in

and out in the same rhythm allow to balance and refine the center and

its functions. Especially we should be free from the four basic

disturbances, negativities that flow from the impure, dirty center MulÄ,

which are called four VÅ—ttis! They refer to the four energies connected

with the channels or streams of energy, linking the middle of the

trunk’s base with the crown center over the head. The first harmful

VÅ—tti is insecurity, hesitation, doubt. The second is fear, panic,

phobia or unrest. The third one is confusing the definitions, words and

events, wrong interpretations and assumptions reminding of paranoia. The

forth VÅ—tti that must be avoided to get freedom and purification is fear

of death, annihilation, the end of world, apocalypse or attraction to

death! If these disturbances are present in even small amounts, it means

that some preventive measures should be taken, since the lotus flower

does not work as an energetic organ of the Soul, Self, or the Spiritual

Body in the right way. It is the best to eliminate VÅ—ttis in a proper

order – starting with the first one.

 

The four petals of the Lotus Flower Base are in accordance with the

order of the purifying recitations: VAM, ÅšAM, SHAM, SAM. And looking

from above at the lotus on the Earth, they are in clockwise direction.

This order purifies from the four VÅ—ttis, it regulates and balances the

four life processes, and also it causes the growth of the general life

harmony and the rhythm of life in the events of life, it also helps

achieving the harmony with the seasons of the year. The first petal, Wam

(Vam), is white and its light – white, bright, sunny is sometimes used

as the first colour purifying and strengthening the Lotus. The second

petal, Åšam, is yellowish because of the work on the relevant element of

the Earth. The third petal, Sham, is red and the deeper work connected

with it concerns the fiery sphere of Kuńdalini! The forth petal, Sam, is

light blue and connected with the colour of the Lińga Śarira container

and the specter of the energetic layer.

 

Every petal shows us one of the four types of a common man’s personality

and is in relation with the basic element. The picture, the symbol to

work with Kuńdalini is a Fiery Triangle inside the earthy square and the

syllable KLIM (Kling), strongly vibrating, with long “iâ€, which helps

control all the outconscious desires, frees from unhealthy needs and

strengthens vitality! Spiral Kuńda – the Power of Faith and Trust is a 3

and 0,5 long scroll showing that there are 3 and 0,5 cycles of work with

development the Power of Human Spirit. Inside the Fiery Triangle

Kuńdalini there is the beginning of the central channel of energy,

Sushumńa (Tao axis), which runs from the bottom of the trunk to the top

of the head and to the Lotus of the Triple Crown over human’s head.

Working in connection to MulÄdhara, one works on the development and

strengthening of this basic, central channel and the Vajra system, which

are the four accompanying streams of energy controlling among others the

Heart, Small Intestine, Womb-Blood System, and the Triple Warmer System

(Tridośa).

 

Every petal of lotus MulÄ symbolizes one of the four kinds of Happiness.

Ä€nandam, which everyone purified on the first level or circle of

consciousness can feel deeper. Elephant symbolizes great potential for

development of impossible power and strength. And the symbol of

Lightening (Vajra) in the hand of Angel Indra represents the ability to

control the outer energy by concentration and energizing similarly to

the lightening or thunder. One should breathe with the bottom part of

the belly, concentrate on the Lam syllable and work with proper colours

on different stages of work on the center, and there are four stages of

work and development like four seasons of the year and the four year

cycles!

 

Kuńdalini sleeps as it is symbolically said in the container on the

bottom of the trunk, and it is the potential of many abilities and

creative possibilities that can appear when a man benefits from the

out-conscious spheres! Kuńda is a container for the sacrificial fire,

where the pure sacrifice – food – is ritually burnt, which means that to

awaken the Spirit Power one needs a proper diet nourishing and feeding

the inner fire. KUŃ is Faith, Trust, Faith understood as Power of Trust,

not as empty believing or naivety. Kuńda is a container for the

sacrifice for Faith and Kuńdala is the Scroll of Power, The Circle of

Faith and Trust. It is shown by the way of following the Path of Spirit,

with Trust, Faith through the successive, more and more spiritual

Circles of the Spiral of Initiation.

 

Brahman personalized with four faces turned towards the four directions

of the world is a symbol of the Creative Superspirit, which pervades

everything, and whose essence is Mercy. GÄyatri as a Goddess, mother

Earth, opens up to the contact with harmony, contact with the whole Life

of Nature, the planet as a whole! At the bottom of MulÄdhara center

there is a knot Kańda, where 12 Meridians inside the body meet. They are

connected with the container Svayambhu Linga, which opens the gates to

the subtle world and travels through four ethereal underareas, or

parallel worlds, subtle plans of the Earth, to a man. Lotus of the bases

is responsible for both experience of ethereal exteriorization and

healing the solid, hard structures of the organism such as bones, teeth,

nails, corneas, muscles and for the physical side of functioning the

sexual organs!

 

Blessed be those who work on the development of the lotus with four

petals and the container of its energy! Blessed be with the power of the

Angel of the Earth!