the chakras

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Each chakra is a spinning vortex of mind power,

 

@@ Mind power. This isnt quite accurate. Yes mind " power " is present

in a sub-conscious way, but not as a force of creation in regards to

the chakra itself, within the parameters of conscious control, this

goes beyond the consciousness and or volition of the individual

person. And perhaps he intends it this way but it reads a bit like

he doesnt. @@

 

a vast

collective area of many, many different thought strata of odic and

actinic energy.

 

@@ Odic and actinic energy. This is a bit vague or perhaps he feels

that all must know what these labels refer to. This is from another

source that I enjoy, and it is in the links section

http://www.himalayanacademy.com/index.shtml

and they do explain it a bit better imho, no offese to the dear

swammi@@

 

Monday

LESSON 211

Meet Your Physical Body

 

Introduce yourself to your physical body by looking into a mirror

today, a full-length one if possible. Say to yourself aloud, " I am

not my physical body. I am much greater than my physical body. " You

will immediately see this to be true if you approach the mirror and

stand before it with these two thoughts in mind. Then listen to

yourself saying, " I am not my physical body. I am much greater than

my physical body. " The physical body is only one of the vehicles

through which your highest being functions. To gain a concept of how

much greater you really are, you must first begin bringing those

several vehicles under your conscious control. This is done first by

using the power of understanding, which is about fifty percent of

the application of control when it comes to the world of the mind.

 

Quite often new aspirants coming to me to enter the classical yoga

path will say, " I am sick of this body and its desires. I want to

renounce it and live entirely spiritually. " There is nothing wrong

with such a resolve, except that usually the aspirant really

means, " I have no control over my body. I don't understand it, nor

any of my emotional drives. They control me, and somehow I can't get

away from the consciousness of them. "

 

As long as you react to your physical body, despising or cherishing

it too much, you cannot progress well in sadhana or religious life.

However, through the practice of concentration of the flow of

thought forces, and through the deliberate use of your willpower,

the power of cognition, deep understanding will unfold within you,

acting as a controlling agent of the odic forces that sometimes can

be so turbulent.

 

As an exercise in concentration, locate the different parts of your

physical body through feeling while sitting still. Feel all of your

muscles. Feel each bone. Locate them with your mind's eye. Feel

every organ, your heart, your liver, etc. Feel your circulatory

system, the warmth, the flow. You are using the feeling faculties of

the subconscious mind, the part of the subconscious that governs the

involuntary processes of the body. The other part governs the

involuntary processes of the mind, such as habits. In feeling the

various parts of the body you are actually becoming consciously

conscious of odic force, using the aggressive vibration of this

force to become conscious of the physical body.

 

Tuesday

LESSON 212

Expressions of Actinic Force

 

Did you know that the physical body reflects the higher states of

your consciousness and actually registers the flow of actinic force?

There are advanced yogis who can look at the physical body of a

beginning seeker and observe how evolved he may be on the spiritual

path. He would also be able to intuit from his observation the

remaining subconscious seed experiences that yet must be worked out

either physically or mentally.

 

Your physical body will express the highest that is within you when

the actinic forces are flowing freely through it. Often the physical

body reflects the lower nature when the odic forces are turbulent

and in or out of control. The best way to keep the actinic force

flowing through the physical body is practicing the art of giving,

doing little things for others that you have not been asked to do.

This keeps you creative, and being creative is actinic,

superconscious and religious. Giving, doing without thought of

return, affectionate detachment, creates an odic vacuum which your

actinic, spiritual forces flow into and fill. As you practice this

bhakti and karma yoga art, your relatives and friends, even

strangers, will recognize your unfoldment, for the actinic forces,

the real you, will permeate your physical body, making each of your

features alive.

 

Here is a five-minute routine for rising in the morning that will

help keep the actinic forces flowing. 1) As soon as you awaken in

the morning, take a deep breath, slowly exhaling. Say aloud, " Jaya

Ganesha! Anbe Sivamayam, Satyame Parasivam. " Then, to move the vital

health body into action, stretch out the fingers of both hands so

that the palms are flat, then close the fingers into the heel of the

palms pressing with a firm pressure, and scrape the fingertips up

the palm of the hand until the fingers are again extended straight.

Do this several times with a firm, even pressure. This stimulates

the vital pranic body and the subtle nerves. 2) Again extend the

fingers of both hands out straight. Slowly move first the little

finger in toward the palm of the hand, followed by the next and the

next, making a fanlike motion until all the fingers are again

parallel and pressing into the heel of the palms. Again scrape the

fingers up across the palm of the hand and extend them. Each finger

is connected to vital nerves which govern one of the organs of the

body. Through stimulating the movement of the hand, you are actually

organizing and awakening the odic forces in the entire body. 3) The

next exercise is also done before you get out of bed. Clasp the

hands behind the neck and with knees straight and toes pointed,

raise the body, touching the right elbow to the left knee. Lower the

body slowly to the prone position, then raise again and touch the

left elbow to the right knee. Practice this each morning, to

strengthen the abdominal muscles and stimulate visceral activity,

until you can do sixteen to twenty repetitions with ease. 4) Next

clasp the hands behind the back of the neck, lifting the head up six

or eight inches, pulling the elbows down toward the chest. 5) Next,

rotate the ankles around and around. Do this eight or ten times,

then point the toes down, pull them back, down and back. These

exercises will contribute to moving the vital health body into

action. They bring vital health odic force and prana into the

muscles, the bloodstream and the vital nerve currents of the body.

This entire series of exercises should take about five minutes,

after which time you should feel like jumping out of bed and facing

an actinic day. This series of exercises immediately breaks up the

astral congested, instinctive odic forces of the muladhara that may

have accumulated during sleep, flushing the vital fluids into the

circulatory system and on into the muscular structure. A strong,

healthy body is an emblem of a stable, well-balanced conscious and

subconscious mind.