Guest guest Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Humanity's arguably two oldest civilizations are the Sumerians of the Tigris River and the Harappans or the Indus River - this argument isn't going to end anytime soon. Yoga and kundalini are inescapable in especially the latter writings. As we read ancient history or visit sacred sites, we kundalini yogis should be thankful that our path has this jaw-dropping connection to what was transpiring so many millenia ago. So is our practice more important now than ever? "You may have seen pictures of Anjaneya flying through the air with a mountain in his hand. It involves Lakshmana, the one-pointed concentration of the mind; Anjaneya, who here is the body's prana; and the mountain from the Himalayas, the vertebral column which contains the spinal cord with its physical nerves and subtle nadis." http://indiapost.com/article/philosophy/2597/ Role of Hanuman in esoteric RamayanaSunday, 04.20.2008 Vmalananda paused for a moment, and looked up to an image of Anjaneya, better known as Hanuman. His lip quivered almost imperceptibly with emotion as he spoke again. "Anjaneya flew to Lanka, located Sita, and assured her that Rama was coming to rescue her. Before returning to Rama with the news of Sita's whereabouts Anjaneya allowed himself to be captured and taken before Ravana to make Ravana aware of the gravity of what he had done. Then Anjaneya burned the city of Lanka to the ground, destroying Ravana's lovely fantasy world. "Actually Sita was responsible for the burning of Lanka. Ravana's minions wrapped Anjaneya's tail in oil-soaked rags to torment him. But when they lit the rags Sita prayed to the god of fire to refrain from burning his flesh, and Anjaneya felt no burning. In fact, he felt a wonderfully cool sensation; he felt cool enough to go calmly about his work of destroying the city. This prayer of Sita's is actually a mantra; if you know it you can sit in the fire for years on end and not even one of your hairs will be singed. After all, Sita is shita, cool. Wah, Ma, wah! "Anjaneya was able to burn Lanka with the help of his tail. Think of the esoteric meaning here: Lanka stands for the Muladhara Chakra and the Earth Element. So that the Earth Element can no longer exert any effect on him whatsoever Anjaneya burned it, using his tail, which is attached to his body near the Muladhara Chakra. A sadhaka likewise totally 'burns' all connection between Kundalini and the Earth Element with the help of prana moving in the Muladhara. "After burning Lanka, Anjaneya returned to Rama - he is totally devoted to Rama -and with the help of the other monkeys built a bridge so that Rama could cross over to Lanka. This process is called Setu Bandha. Internally, this bridge connects the Muladhara Chakra to the Manipura Chakra, bridging the Svadhishthana Chakra. This particular bridge can only be built by a perfect celibate, someone like Anjaneya-who is not in the least tempted by any enjoyment which the Svadhishthana, the sex chakra, can offer him. "Anjaneya is strictly chaste, which is unusual for a monkey; most monkeys spend their days mating or masturbating. But then, Anjaneya is a monkey in form only. He is an incarnation of Lord Shiva, and he is sufficiently aware of his true nature that he is not affected, or is affected very little, by his simian nature. "By bridging the ocean - the Water Element - Anjaneya was freed from being affected by Water. This is a permanent bridge; when Anjaneya does something it is impossible to change it. Even the external bridge that was built became permanent. Once Arjuna tried to be clever and destroy the real bridge, and he got nowhere. How could he possibly compete with the bravery and strength of Anjaneya, who is Mahavira Balavant (the 'Great and Powerful Hero')? "Why was it necessary to build a bridge over the sea from India to Lanka so that Rama and his armies could cross it? It was necessary because the ocean refused to cooperate with Rama. When every other living thing in the world was cooperating with Rama because they loved him so much, why wouldn't the ocean cooperate? "Some people think it was because Anjaneya wanted to show off and become famous, but that is impossible; he is the epitome of devoted ser- vice, the single-minded servant of Rama. He has no other thought than for Rama. The answer lies in the Churning of the Ocean, at the time of the Kurma Avatara.The ocean was terribly tortured during the churning. How would you like to be churned? So although the ocean cooperated with Vishnu when Vishnu returned in the form of the Rama Avatara, it cooperated grudgingly; and partially. There was no alternative but to build a bridge.So after the ocean of the body is tortured by the churning of prana that is necessary to generate the Amrita, a new channel must be created - is this the idea?You're getting there," he laughed. "You may have seen pictures of Anjaneya flying through the air with a mountain in his hand. It involves Lakshmana, the one-pointed concentration of the mind; Anjaneya, who here is the body's prana; and the mountain from the Himalayas, the vertebral column which contains the spinal cord with its physical nerves and subtle nadis. (Excertped from Aghora II: Kundalini) Blessings, Amar Atma Charles D. 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