8th chakra as aura, not the ultimate view in teachings of Yogi Bhajan

[Guest guest]

Dear Christine, Sat Nam.

 

I've enjoyed reading your posts and I also love the zenlike elegance

of WordPress websites. I wanted to offer another perspective on your

post this morning regarding the light and energy of the human aura

and how it is rooted in the kundalini system that Yogi Bhajan taught.

 

The problem is (as you suggest " the 8th chakra of Kundalini Yoga " )

that Hatha Yoga is several bricks short of a load, several sandwiches

short of a picnic, the elevator doesn't go to the top floor, etc.

This is all part of the scheme that kept Kundalini Yoga teachings

secret for the use of an elite who used the teachings for social-

political power advantages over everyone else. Much like the " one-

eyed man being king in the land of the blind. " I recall in the early

days of 3HO teachings that Yogi Bhajan did refer to the aura as the

8th center, but that does not represent the power of truth of the way

it was taught also at that time and became much more expanded later.

The problem was that we were all coming to Kundalini Yoga practice

with lots of inherited baggage we'd learned from reading, etc.,

trying to decipher our humanity with the traditional Hatha Yoga

roadmap. So, we got a " tacked on " 8th Chakra, it's one way we'd

chant the Ashtang Mantra, raising " Golden Light " (Ojas) from the root

to the crown, and allowing the nectar to flow down from the " aura "

over the entire body on the Eighth syllable.

 

EK - root chakra

ONG - second chakra

KAR - third chakra

SAT - heart center

NAM - throat chakra

SIRI - third eye

WAHEY - crown center

GURU - AURA

 

(But this approach was essentially " replaced " in favor of another

teaching: the Ten Subtle Bodies, in which the 7 chakras correlate to

the first seven subtle bodies).

 

The schema above is really nice and convenient, but not very

powerful, quite limited in it's applications, and really does NOT

explore or utilize the much more significant reality of the TEN

SUBTLE BODIES which is the signature hallmark of Yogiji's teachngs,

and not only unifies all yogic systems, but also accounts for the

historic structural qualities of the Golden Chain of Gurus within

Sikh Dharma (but this is not the same Chain of teachers as in the

yogic Golden Chain). 10 Subtle Bodies, 10 Sikh Gurus - now this is

existentially compelling demonstration of the teaching on subtle

bodies. And from here we hit the grand trifecta of blessings -

Personal Numerology based on numeric vibrations on the date of our

birth. Yogiji recommended ALWAYS begin consultations and counseling

with students of Kundalini Yoga by starting with a look at the

numerology. I've explored this with literally many hundreds and

hundreds of people, and it is an uncanny source of insight and

rapport. It provides a deeply reliable foundation for entering into

deeper transformational work, and allows you some accurate sense of

what each person needs in order to land in the unique " gestalt " of

their own optimal self-orientation and self-configuration for living.

 

There are many expert numerologists (using the teachings of Yogi

Bhajan) who read this site. They may have many variations and subtle

extensions of this underlying " Time and Personality " paradigm.

Perhaps not everyone will agree with the perspectives I'm offering

here, but these perspectives are experience based with several

decades of critical reflection, application and success in this

specific way, so I offer it as one approach. I've uploaded a diagram

in the files section of this site, titled " Numerology Schematic.png "

 

In other words, in response to your post, " IF " you want to use

the " Number 8 " in a primary way to indicate the entire human aura,

you lose all opportunity to utilize this other paradigm of the

kundalini aligning within the subtle bodies, and how this approach

leads to complete human self-integration in the Composite Number of

Eleven, which also represents the culmination of the Sikh Gurus'

teachings in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib. It is all scientific in the

in the same way as the elegant, pristine and irrefutable science of

mathematics. Mathematics is not speculative, it's demonstrative.

Within it's scope there is a vast mental certitude. This is why

mathematicians have said, " First, God created the integers. "

Patanjali's Yoga Sutras work in the same way, certitude based on

direct experience of awareness and insight. Within the sacredness of

our own inner experience, this system of Sacred Numerology (based on

the teachings of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan), is also

scientifically demonstrable in the same way.

 

Yet, as experiential, we have to " LIVE IT " and we must be present to

win.

 

many Blessings,

Krishna Singh

 

Kundalini-Yoga , " pinkyogi33 " <pinkyogi33

wrote:

>

> Do you have a hard time around difficult people? Is all the

negative

> media around the elections beginning to affect your mental,

spiritual,

> and/or physical health? Do you feel as connected as you think you

> could to all that is around you? Do you feel you are living

through

> your essential nature?

>

> Today, at www.blisschick.net, I invite you to come and share your

> experiences with your 8th chakra, or aura, and how you have come to

> take care of your energetic field -- or not.

>

> http://www.blisschick.net/2008/09/innerbliss-how-bright-is-your-

> radiance.html

>

> peace & joy to all,

> christine

>

[Guest guest]

Kundalini-Yoga , " Krishna Singh Khalsa "

<krishna wrote:

>

Sat Nam!

 

Thank you for this amazing reply to my request for information --

which is what my " directionals " to my posts really are, after all.

 

There is a wealth of information in this community that it is

impossible for one person to represent, and so that is why I come to

you and ask you all to come and share. My site readers are not

exclusively Kundalini Yoga practitioners, obviously, but many, many of

them are hatha yoga practitioners, and as I find Kundalini, yes, to be

more complete, I hope to help even just a few more people come to that

realization and begin this amazing practice.

 

For my 8th chakra as aura post, I was working from a variety of

sources, but they are limited. In particular, I love the classic work

by Swami Sivananda Radha, but her text does not even go past the

sixth. It is in Gurmuhk's 8 Human Talents, of course, where I began

and first gleaned the idea of the 8th being the aura -- I had never

even heard of anything past the 7th center before reading Gurmuhk,

whom I feel does a wonderful job explaining all of this for a very

general audience.

 

All of this brings to mind a question that I have been thinking about.

I am 40 and have been practicing Kundalini yoga for about 7 years --

some years more committed than others. And because I don't travel

well, I have never been to any community gatherings, etc. but I have

heard whisperings of Kundalini yoga having to overcome negative

perceptions by the public. There is even a video somewhere on YouTube

about why Kundalini yoga is perfectly safe. And I wonder why that

video has become necessary? Can anyone explain this to me? I would

like to be able to do my part to dispel any misconceptions.

 

Again, thank you for all the amazing information. I will spend some

time thinking about how to write about such things for my more general

readership.

 

peace & bliss,

christine

 

 

 

 

> Dear Christine, Sat Nam.

>

> I've enjoyed reading your posts and I also love the zenlike elegance

> of WordPress websites. I wanted to offer another perspective on your

> post this morning regarding the light and energy of the human aura

> and how it is rooted in the kundalini system that Yogi Bhajan taught.

>

> The problem is (as you suggest " the 8th chakra of Kundalini Yoga " )

> that Hatha Yoga is several bricks short of a load, several sandwiches

> short of a picnic, the elevator doesn't go to the top floor, etc.

> This is all part of the scheme that kept Kundalini Yoga teachings

> secret for the use of an elite who used the teachings for social-

> political power advantages over everyone else. Much like the " one-

> eyed man being king in the land of the blind. " I recall in the early

> days of 3HO teachings that Yogi Bhajan did refer to the aura as the

> 8th center, but that does not represent the power of truth of the way

> it was taught also at that time and became much more expanded later.

> The problem was that we were all coming to Kundalini Yoga practice

> with lots of inherited baggage we'd learned from reading, etc.,

> trying to decipher our humanity with the traditional Hatha Yoga

> roadmap. So, we got a " tacked on " 8th Chakra, it's one way we'd

> chant the Ashtang Mantra, raising " Golden Light " (Ojas) from the root

> to the crown, and allowing the nectar to flow down from the " aura "

> over the entire body on the Eighth syllable.

>

> EK - root chakra

> ONG - second chakra

> KAR - third chakra

> SAT - heart center

> NAM - throat chakra

> SIRI - third eye

> WAHEY - crown center

> GURU - AURA

>

> (But this approach was essentially " replaced " in favor of another

> teaching: the Ten Subtle Bodies, in which the 7 chakras correlate to

> the first seven subtle bodies).

>

> The schema above is really nice and convenient, but not very

> powerful, quite limited in it's applications, and really does NOT

> explore or utilize the much more significant reality of the TEN

> SUBTLE BODIES which is the signature hallmark of Yogiji's teachngs,

> and not only unifies all yogic systems, but also accounts for the

> historic structural qualities of the Golden Chain of Gurus within

> Sikh Dharma (but this is not the same Chain of teachers as in the

> yogic Golden Chain). 10 Subtle Bodies, 10 Sikh Gurus - now this is

> existentially compelling demonstration of the teaching on subtle

> bodies. And from here we hit the grand trifecta of blessings -

> Personal Numerology based on numeric vibrations on the date of our

> birth. Yogiji recommended ALWAYS begin consultations and counseling

> with students of Kundalini Yoga by starting with a look at the

> numerology. I've explored this with literally many hundreds and

> hundreds of people, and it is an uncanny source of insight and

> rapport. It provides a deeply reliable foundation for entering into

> deeper transformational work, and allows you some accurate sense of

> what each person needs in order to land in the unique " gestalt " of

> their own optimal self-orientation and self-configuration for living.

>

> There are many expert numerologists (using the teachings of Yogi

> Bhajan) who read this site. They may have many variations and subtle

> extensions of this underlying " Time and Personality " paradigm.

> Perhaps not everyone will agree with the perspectives I'm offering

> here, but these perspectives are experience based with several

> decades of critical reflection, application and success in this

> specific way, so I offer it as one approach. I've uploaded a diagram

> in the files section of this site, titled " Numerology Schematic.png "

>

> In other words, in response to your post, " IF " you want to use

> the " Number 8 " in a primary way to indicate the entire human aura,

> you lose all opportunity to utilize this other paradigm of the

> kundalini aligning within the subtle bodies, and how this approach

> leads to complete human self-integration in the Composite Number of

> Eleven, which also represents the culmination of the Sikh Gurus'

> teachings in the Siri Guru Granth Sahib. It is all scientific in the

> in the same way as the elegant, pristine and irrefutable science of

> mathematics. Mathematics is not speculative, it's demonstrative.

> Within it's scope there is a vast mental certitude. This is why

> mathematicians have said, " First, God created the integers. "

> Patanjali's Yoga Sutras work in the same way, certitude based on

> direct experience of awareness and insight. Within the sacredness of

> our own inner experience, this system of Sacred Numerology (based on

> the teachings of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan), is also

> scientifically demonstrable in the same way.

>

> Yet, as experiential, we have to " LIVE IT " and we must be present to

> win.

>

> many Blessings,

> Krishna Singh

>

> Kundalini-Yoga , " pinkyogi33 " <pinkyogi33@>

> wrote:

> >

> > Do you have a hard time around difficult people? Is all the

> negative

> > media around the elections beginning to affect your mental,

> spiritual,

> > and/or physical health? Do you feel as connected as you think you

> > could to all that is around you? Do you feel you are living

> through

> > your essential nature?

> >

> > Today, at www.blisschick.net, I invite you to come and share your

> > experiences with your 8th chakra, or aura, and how you have come to

> > take care of your energetic field -- or not.

> >

> > http://www.blisschick.net/2008/09/innerbliss-how-bright-is-your-

> > radiance.html

> >

> > peace & joy to all,

> > christine

> >

>