Guest guest Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Khechari mudra is a yogic practice that temporarily connects various energy centers in the head, allowing the energy to flow from the throat to the bindu on the fontanelle. It consists of elongating the tongue, and then sticking it into the nasal pharynx behind the soft palate. In some cases, the mudra happens spontaneously as the K reaches that region of the energy body (that's how it works for me). Some pics are available at http://www.siddhasiddhanta.com/khechari.html Sel , " gypsyeyes_101 " <gypsyeyes_101 wrote: > > >Each aspect of Hindu religious iconography is polysemic (that is, it > has various layers of meaning). From a tantric perspective, Kali's > tongue may stand for the power of khechari mudra. > > > Thank you for your reply and what is a khechari mudra? > > Kind regards...Angelina > > > , " selena230 " > <selena230@> wrote: > > > > Each aspect of Hindu religious iconography is polysemic (that is, it > > has various layers of meaning). From a tantric perspective, Kali's > > tongue may stand for the power of khechari mudra. > > > > Sel > > > > , " gypsyeyes_101 " > > <gypsyeyes_101@> wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > >To stop her, Lord Shiva threw himself under her feet. > > > Shocked > > > > at this sight, Kali stuck out her tongue in astonishment, and put > > > an > > > > end to her homicidal rampage. Hence the common image of Kali shows > > > > her in her mêlée mood, standing with one foot on Shiva's chest, > > > with > > > > her enormous tongue stuck out. > > > > > > What do you think the enormous tongue represents? > > > > > > Kind regards...Angelina > > > > > > > > > , " Linda " > > > <crazycats711@> wrote: > > > > > > > > LOL! That is funny! I had been wondering what you have been meaning > > > > about this Kali. You have mentioned her several times. I just > caught > > > > on yesterday. Hehe! I guess I should have ask, like Cuneyt did, > > > > instead of doing all that wondering. > > > > > > > > Linda > > > > > > > > > > > > , " chrism " > > > > <@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Our Kali also goes by the name of Selena. She devours college > > > > > students who fail her exams. Here is a breif discription of Kali. > > > > > > > > > > http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/aa051202a.htm > > > > > > > > > > Kali is the fearful and ferocious form of the mother goddess > Durga. > > > > > She assumed the form of a powerful goddess and became popular > with > > > > > the composition of the Devi Mahatmya, a text of the 5th - 6th > > > > > century AD. Here she is depicted as having born from the brow of > > > > > Goddess Durga during one of her battles with the evil forces. As > > > > the > > > > > legend goes, in the battle, Kali was so much involved in the > > > > killing > > > > > spree that she got carried away and began destroying > everything in > > > > > sight. To stop her, Lord Shiva threw himself under her feet. > > > > Shocked > > > > > at this sight, Kali stuck out her tongue in astonishment, and put > > > > an > > > > > end to her homicidal rampage. Hence the common image of Kali > shows > > > > > her in her mêlée mood, standing with one foot on Shiva's chest, > > > > with > > > > > her enormous tongue stuck out. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > , " M. Cuneyt > > > > > Birkok " <birkok@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Chrism, > > > > > > > > > > > > Would you please give some explanation about Kali, regarding > your > > > > > words: " We > > > > > > have our own personal KALI " ? > > > > > > > > > > > > Blessing > > > > > > Cuneyt > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Dear Sel, Thank you for your reply! > Khechari mudra is a yogic practice that temporarily connects various > energy centers in the head, allowing the energy to flow from the > throat to the bindu on the fontanelle. It consists of elongating the > tongue, and then sticking it into the nasal pharynx behind the soft > palate. In some cases, the mudra happens spontaneously as the K > reaches that region of the energy body (that's how it works for me). How do you think these various positions of the tongue connect various energy centers in the head ~ allowing the energy to flow from the throat to the bindu on fonanelle and what does this do? Kind regards...Angelina , " selena230 " <selena230 wrote: > > Khechari mudra is a yogic practice that temporarily connects various > energy centers in the head, allowing the energy to flow from the > throat to the bindu on the fontanelle. It consists of elongating the > tongue, and then sticking it into the nasal pharynx behind the soft > palate. In some cases, the mudra happens spontaneously as the K > reaches that region of the energy body (that's how it works for me). > > Some pics are available at > > http://www.siddhasiddhanta.com/khechari.html > > Sel > > , " gypsyeyes_101 " > <gypsyeyes_101@> wrote: > > > > >Each aspect of Hindu religious iconography is polysemic (that is, it > > has various layers of meaning). From a tantric perspective, Kali's > > tongue may stand for the power of khechari mudra. > > > > > > Thank you for your reply and what is a khechari mudra? > > > > Kind regards...Angelina > > > > > > , " selena230 " > > <selena230@> wrote: > > > > > > Each aspect of Hindu religious iconography is polysemic (that is, it > > > has various layers of meaning). From a tantric perspective, Kali's > > > tongue may stand for the power of khechari mudra. > > > > > > Sel > > > > > > , " gypsyeyes_101 " > > > <gypsyeyes_101@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > >To stop her, Lord Shiva threw himself under her feet. > > > > Shocked > > > > > at this sight, Kali stuck out her tongue in astonishment, and put > > > > an > > > > > end to her homicidal rampage. Hence the common image of Kali shows > > > > > her in her mêlée mood, standing with one foot on Shiva's chest, > > > > with > > > > > her enormous tongue stuck out. > > > > > > > > What do you think the enormous tongue represents? > > > > > > > > Kind regards...Angelina > > > > > > > > > > > > , " Linda " > > > > <crazycats711@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > LOL! That is funny! I had been wondering what you have been > meaning > > > > > about this Kali. You have mentioned her several times. I just > > caught > > > > > on yesterday. Hehe! I guess I should have ask, like Cuneyt did, > > > > > instead of doing all that wondering. > > > > > > > > > > Linda > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > , " chrism " > > > > > <@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Our Kali also goes by the name of Selena. She devours college > > > > > > students who fail her exams. Here is a breif discription of > Kali. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/aa051202a.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > Kali is the fearful and ferocious form of the mother goddess > > Durga. > > > > > > She assumed the form of a powerful goddess and became popular > > with > > > > > > the composition of the Devi Mahatmya, a text of the 5th - 6th > > > > > > century AD. Here she is depicted as having born from the > brow of > > > > > > Goddess Durga during one of her battles with the evil > forces. As > > > > > the > > > > > > legend goes, in the battle, Kali was so much involved in the > > > > > killing > > > > > > spree that she got carried away and began destroying > > everything in > > > > > > sight. To stop her, Lord Shiva threw himself under her feet. > > > > > Shocked > > > > > > at this sight, Kali stuck out her tongue in astonishment, > and put > > > > > an > > > > > > end to her homicidal rampage. Hence the common image of Kali > > shows > > > > > > her in her mêlée mood, standing with one foot on Shiva's chest, > > > > > with > > > > > > her enormous tongue stuck out. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > , " M. > Cuneyt > > > > > > Birkok " <birkok@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Chrism, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Would you please give some explanation about Kali, regarding > > your > > > > > > words: " We > > > > > > > have our own personal KALI " ? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Blessing > > > > > > > Cuneyt > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.