Guru Chakra

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Hi Y'all,

 

Got this in my mailbox the other day, thought it might be of interest.

It's from Swami Jnaneshwara's newsletter (he is my guru-brother from

my former master).

 

Excerpted from the 7th of the 7-webpage series on Kundalini Awakening:

http://www.swamij.com/kundalini-awakening-6.htm

 

Beyond the first six chakras, between there and the crown chakra,

many other chakras, levels, or layers of reality are experienced. For

the aspirant who is willing to do so, the guru chakra is used to

purify the mind and to bring down spiritual truths. "Gu" means

darkness and "ru" means light. Guru is the light that dispels the

darkness of ignorance. Guru is not any person, although guru may

operate through a person. Guru is actually the higher knowledge

itself. Guru chakra is the doorway to that knowledge, to the wisdom

and guidance of the teacher within. The sixth chakra, at the eyebrow

center, is called ajna chakra, which includes "a" and "jna", which

means the center without knowledge or with little knowledge ("a" is

without and "jna" is knowledge). Guru chakra is experienced in the

forehead, and is also called jnana chakra, or the center with

knowledge. The knowledge of ajna is lower knowledge, while the

knowledge of jnana is higher knowledge. The yogi invites all of the

thoughts and samskaras to arise in the mind field of ajna chakra and

offers them into the higher knowledge, the triangular shaped fire of

guru or jnana chakra (Ajna and guru chakras are also called drikuti

and trikuti respectively). From that process the pathway is cleared,

and higher wisdom and teachings come down to the ajna. Eventually,

awareness itself travels upward, receding through and beyond, to That

which is the final abode, the Absolute, the union of Shiva and Shakti.

 

His description of purifying the mind through guru chakra reminds me

of this verse in the Guru Gita:

 

99. By means of the path of the intuitive vision of the guru, mind

should be made pure. The impermanent and other divisions should not be

a bondage to the soul.

 

Jai Maa!

Chris