LEARN ABOUT MANIPUR CHAKRA-THE SEAT OF “I CAN”

The name Manipur Chakra defines it as seat of shining palace. It is also called naval plexus where ten nerves conjoin to form a plexus. These nerves connect with Lever, spleen, small intestine, large intestine, heart, brain, lungs, kidneys, Gall bladder, adrenal glands, lower and middle back etc. It is connecting almost all the vital parts of our body and most important, it is most visible Chakra or plexus to our naked eye.

The Manipur Chakra is at the center of the body. It is the largest energy center in our body, influencing the digestion process in two ways. Firstly it helps assimilation of food and secondly strengthens universal life force i.e. Prana. It is from this plexus that universal life force radiates and distributes throughout our body system, regulating and energizing the activity of the various organs, systems and processes of life. At physical level a poorly managed Manipur Chakra pulls downs vitality of the body, increases nervousness and depression of a person.

It governs the sense of accomplishment, will, ego, vital energies, seed of personality, self esteem, confidence or insecurity, personal power, being self. It is also the Astral center of a person. The mind sets personal boundaries of what we can do and what we cannot do. The energy level is constantly changing at this plexus and therefore it is also the center of transformation.

Our personal growth and change stems from this center. The more it is balanced the more we are balanced in our work and accomplishments. An imbalance at this center takes away our ability to put idea into action. Also we may not understand situation and our role into it. A poorly managed Manipur Chakra gives inflated ego and self righteous behavior.

Awakening of this Chakra is nothing but unblocking of all conjoining nerves thus bringing balance to the energy that is generated at this Chakra. It is at this Chakra we become truly human if the consciousness or awareness which was preoccupied with personal matters transforms into universal awareness. The emotions become more subtle and richer. It is very important for person to exercise control over these emotions as these can bring great influences on the world and people around them.

It is at this plexus, the meditator can acquire the powers of “ESP”. It is at this Chakra one can experience emergence of ability of extra sensory perceptions. This ability of extra sensory perceptions makes a person hear extra sounds and other voices. It is also possible that subtle temptations may take over a person and he may fall for money, sex and power thus blocking his development.

Other than physical body or human body shell, we all possess universal life force shell, Thought or mind shell, Intellectuality shell and Transcendental Cosmic shell. All these bodies are subtler then each other. Transcendental Cosmic Shell is subtlest. All these bodies are connected with each other at this plexus. When we die except our physical body, all other bodies get disconnected and go their own way.

LEARN ABOUT THE PATH OF SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT

The word yoga suggests union between mind, body and spirit. The appropriateness is not in meaning of the word but establishing connection of mind with individual cosmic consciousness and then with universal cosmic consciousness to attain spiritual enlightenment.

It is subject of great debate for a layman to decide starting point in yoga practice, as there are eight sections or extensions to manage body, mind and emotions. It all depends on temperament, constitution of mind and capacity to absorb techniques and philosophies of each individual. Everybody has to decide his own starting point to progress on this path of enlightenment. Each person has to decide his own direction and how he is going to reach there.

With balancing also comes the mastering of feelings and thoughts. The eight sections or extensions on which the whole system of yoga is founded are as follows.

1) Yama------------Abstaining from all form of evilness and falsehood.
2) Niyama----------Observance of mind
3) Asanas----------Postures
4) Prayanama-------Breathing exercises or mastering universal life force.
5) Pratyahara------Withdrawal of mind.
6) Dharna----------Concentration.
7) Dhyana----------Meditation.
8) Samadhi---------Absorption in pure consciousness.

To connect with individual cosmic consciousness, one has to manage mind and then body. There are special techniques to bring mind, body and spirit in perfect harmony. These techniques include no only toning the muscles and joints but entire endocrine system to vitalize them. While using exercise techniques, philosophical techniques are required to condition mind by cultivating universal love, wisdom and compassion. Also powerful breathing techniques are used to recharge whole body system with universal life force energy. Last but not the least, meditation techniques are used t o bring inner peace, allowing mind to explore higher realms of consciousness.

Meditation is nothing but a process of reversing the mind, of finding cause to the appearance and the cause to the cause till it reaches deepest truth. The necessary preliminary stage is to concentrate on an object element, then to concentrate intensely to take it far off till it reaches it object. There are four stages of concentration. The first stage is examination stage, where the mind becomes concentrated with the element. The second stage is distinction state where the outer surface of the element is penetrated. The third stage is the joyful peace, where we start experiencing perceptions with inner peace and fourth stage is simple awareness of individual cosmic spirit.

It is said that there are five shells or covers on the soul. These five layered existence of human being is as follows.

1) Annamaya Kosha---------------Human body shell.
2) Pranamaya Kosha--------------Universal life force shell
3) Manomaya Kosha---------------Thought or mind shell
4) Vidnyanamaya Kosha-----------Intellectuality shell.
5) Anandamaya Kosha-------------Transcendental cosmic shell.

All these techniques help breaking one shell after another, allowing conscious energy of our mind to flow through them; till it reaches transcendental cosmic shell to experience transcendental unity of mind with individual cosmic spirit.

Once this path of enlightenment is established, our mind undergoes process of forethought, where emotional and psychological conditioning is necessary to control consciousness flowing through body senses. Once conscious energy attains enlightenment, then no purpose of these senses is left for the soul. This is the state of liberation.

LEARN ABOUT THE TRINITY CALLED MIND BODY AND SPIRIT

Due to Scientific research, we all share the knowledge about how evolution of human body takes place through conception of male spermatozoa and female ovules within human bodies. Probably what we do not know that apart from being judged as mere physical matter, at sublime level it is just a shell or an abode to the most powerful and dynamic element called soul, an omnipresence of individual consciousness.

Our sustenance in this world depends on two life force energies, one called universal life force energy and another called universal cosmic energy. In eastern scriptures, universal life force energy is called “Prana Shakti” and universal cosmic energy is called “Kundalini Shakti”.

Universal life force energy plays active and passive role depending upon her flow through different plexus and also because of her adaptability to any kind of environment we live in. Thus this life force plays multi dimensional role and appears different at physical, psychological and emotional level of all human being. However universal cosmic energy has singular role of bringing sense of awareness or so called sense of being with.

The flow of these two energies is regulated through three nerves running from base of spinal cord to the head connecting all plexus through complex network of nerves. In eastern scriptures these three nerves are called “Ida”, “Pingala” and “Sushumna” or “Moon”, “Sun” and “Cosmic” nerve. The most important role of life force is to connect mind and body by infusing dynamism at all levels of mind and body. Not only our mind and body but this entire universe is live, active and flowing in rhythm due to this life force. Flowing in through right nostril and flowing out through left nostril completes the circuit of one breath of life force. At physical level although it takes few seconds to complete one breath, but that is enough for this life force which travels with speed of light, through main seven plexus and thousands of nerves; to charge billions of cells in our body, making them dynamic and active.

There are chiefly seven plexus in our body which are as follows.
1) Pelvic Plexus or Root Plexus or Muladhar Chakra.
2) Hypo gastric Plexus or Sacral Plexus or Swadhisthan Chakra.
3) Epigastric Plexus or Solar Plexus or Manipur Chakra.
4) Cardiac Plexus or Heart Plexus or Anahat Chakra.
5) Carotid Plexus or Vishudha Chakra.
6) Medulla Plexus or Adnya Chakra.
7) Cerebral Plexus or Sahastraar Chakra.

This energy is the last link between mind and body completing the circle by being as spirit between mind and body. Located at the root of spinal cord, it is said that universal cosmic energy is like serpent power, lying curled, with her tail into her mouth, sleeping below cosmic nerve in locked state, her head pointing towards downward direction. As long as it is sleeping, we loose many psychic powers available to manage natural balance between physical, psychological and emotional subtleties of our mind and body. However if this cosmic energy is awakened by meditation, breathing or any kind of yogic exercises and is allowed to enter cosmic nerve or Sushumna nerve, it rises on the top of the head and unites with the seat of universal cosmic consciousness.

Her awakening completely changes not only body but thoroughly changes emotional and psychological aspects of a person. When the veil of delusion is peeled away and the shell is broken, then the true innermost self is revealed. The mind ends its constant wavering between regrets of the past and uncertain future and comes to present moment. It is here one can experience higher plane of consciousness unknown to mankind.

This awakening process is not simple that can be brought in an hour. It has to be earned through years and years of meditation, breathing and postural exercises. Also several principles have to be adhered to experience this journey of self fulfillment. Important among them is self discipline which includes refraining from immorality, regular practice, truthfulness, non-violence and celibacy. Eating pure vegetarian food and drinking lot of water keeps body light and also keeps our mind calm. Sex brings attachment but complete suppression is also not necessary. It should be reduced and controlled as much as possible. Sleeping required by the body should be given. Relaxation of mind to release tension, stress, fear and worry is important to increase inner concentration and greater awareness. Positive thinking, patience and gentleness are other principles one has to follow to bring greater inner awareness about thought, speech and action to succeed in life.

However this duration can be shortened if it is done under expert instructor who himself should be down to earth, has attained enlightenment with universal cosmic consciousness and can warn his student indulging in any kind of adventures to refrain from it. Self realization is not a point but a process which connects us with timeless eternity where there is pure joy and an experience of nothingness.

Mere Shyam

मैं अपने पियाको शाम बना, हर पल उसकी राधा बन जाऊ,
नैनोसे जब वो मुझको छुए, पलमे हीं सदीयां जी आऊं.

मैं अपने पियाको हीर बना, हर पल उसका रान्झा बन जाऊ,
पल पल जब प्यारमे वो तड्पे, हर पल उसकी तड्पन बन जाऊ.

मैं अपने पियाको दीप बना, इक प्रेम पतंगा मै बन जाऊ,
जब हसके वो रोशनी बिखरे, चुपकेसे मैं उसमे जल जाऊ,

मैं अपने पियाको फूल बना, खुशबुकी तरहा उसमे बस जाऊ,
उसकॆ मुखकी शोभा बनकर, जिवनके लिये दासी बन जाऊ,

मैं अपने पियाको कलम बना, हर प्रेमका मैं अनुभव कर पाऊ,
हर सांसपे उसका नाम लिखकर, राधाकी तरहा अमर बन जाऊ,

LEARN ABOUT LAW OF ATTACHMENT AND DETACHMENT

What is “Karma”? It is a natural act or deed done through free will. Expression of free will brings into being with embodiment of soul in our body. Free will is a kind of stimulation to produce thought at conscious or subconscious level with full awareness of our ego working through our senses. Such deeds or acts create results some times positive, some times negative. This is nature’s law of Karma. Every deed carries its results, which is binding to the entity that does this act. Our life acts as platform where these acts and deeds are staged.

An act is done and the result is also there but sometimes we are happy about it because they were as per our expectations. Some times we are sad as the results are not as per our expectation. These emotions were based on awareness of results. Since we are attached to awareness of act and results, these results reflect on us. An Array of the free will, act of the deed, result of action, the awareness of result and emotions of pain and pleasure gets created due to dynamism of conscious energy. The sovereign authority, which exercises law of attachment is nothing but soul. And the entity which balances there flow of chain reaction at subtle level is the energy of the soul called conscious energy.

Not only this energy acts as dynamic medium through which free flow of energy elements of soul takes place; all of them exchange energy between each other immaterial of whether they are living or non living aspects or just abstract memory of any particular event.

Thus conscious energy plays very important role to complete the process of give and take in this world. Our dead body abandoned by soul, disintegrates into five elements chiefly responsible for creation of life and its living process. Following breakdown, they merge back into their parent elements from where they materialize. After loosing his power to act, free floating soul after leaving body, traveling through different ethereal layers, is sent to suitable place of rest where it awaits to take another birth to restart this give and take process all over again.

Once born, the soul regains power of free will and power to act. The soul starts its give and take process. Not only images but sounds with matching emotions of our past memories are transferred to the brain through neuron pathway. From there, through different plexus or charkas; they are taken to different parts of the body where they rest subtly on Meta physical body. Conscious energy flowing through motor nerves of the brain, trigger an event. First emotions are awakened and then the event takes place. These events could be associated with any aspect of life like health, education, marriage, travel, purchase of property, occurrence of diseases, romantic affairs outside marriage, recognization in society, jobs we may do, budding friends, litigation, death due to natural reasons or accidents etc.

If soul follows law of attachment so it also follows law of detachment. However it needs altogether different paradigm of awareness of not me but him. When the act is done with affirmation that this is not mine but his act and his result, conscious energy does not attaches results to the soul. Even though the act is caused through free will, the flow of energy cannot take place together through all these aspects. As all the entities cannot be linked, the flow of chain effect is broken. The result is stopped. This is law of detachment.

This holds true for those karmas or acts done with rational thoughts, perceptions and balanced emotions, which we are aware of or have done consciously with free will. But how to get rid of accumulated karma’s of past life? There are several views in different religions about how the soul can purify by getting rid of accumulated past karmas. Accumulated emotions, images in the form of past memories can be released one by one from Meta physical body immaterial of how old they are, through meditation.

Spirituality is nothing but being not only in present but to large extent it teaches us to live for every moment of life with divine joy and happiness. Meditation is nothing but attempt to be for that moment, detaching oneself from his past and future.

Alternatively there is another method by which additional karmas generated through karmic relations with father, mother, brother, sister, husband or children can be neutralized by method called breach of spiritual contract. Breaching spiritual contract frees our soul from the results of these additional karmas which we generally negotiate unintended. After breach of spiritual contract, even thought we free ourselves from additional karma, surprisingly the relationships between them become more natural and divine.

As per infallible law of responsibility, we alone are responsible for all our deeds. That is the reason what we sow, we reap. However miracle happens due to god’s direct involvement. God does not make one suffer for no reason nor does he make one happy for no reason. God is very fair and gives us exactly what we deserve.

Doing our Karma is like throwing dice on the life’s play board with eye on getting winning numbers. But mystery unfolds only when the dice is thrown. Ultimately it is the eternal time who decides whether we should be rewarded or punished.

Swadhisthana Chakra

Some times I wonder why some people are more creative and sensual than others and from where do they get this creativity. Why their minds are so bubbling with creative ideas that storm this whole world which gets mesmerized with it? The answer though simple has deep subtleties of conscious energy that works through a conjoining plexus of six nerves located just above our genital organs called sacral plexus or Swadhisthana Chakra.

Swadhisthana Chakra or sacral or pubic plexus which conjoins six nerves and whose chief element being water, the element of life, is responsible for creativity, pure knowledge, inspiration, sexual desire, expressive emotions and power of concentration. As far as body endocrine system is concerned, it is directly correlated to male spermatozoa and female ovules. It also controls the sense of taste as well as blood circulation system all over the body.

Writers write and the painters paint because they must, what they have in common is the expression of creative power. These are activities pertinent to Swadhisthana Chakra where pleasure is defined according to our karma’s. Swadhisthana Chakra is chiefly responsible for giving results of our karmic deeds. Equilibrium in Swadhisthana Chakra brings harmony between couples but disequilibrium not only causes disharmony in the couple but brings physical weaknesses like diabetes, heart diseases, lever problem. A weak Swadhisthana Chakra may manifest in chronic pelvic pain, lower back pain, bladder problem. Inability to manifest goals and fantasy without realism are signs of weak Swadhisthana Chakra.

When we say Chakra they are not just static plexuses but are very dynamic. It is the point at which physical and astral bodies are connected with each other. When a person sleeps, conscious energy of his subconscious mind loosens his astral body and projects it to any aspect of his present life.

The energy of Swadhisthana Chakra is very powerful. He who concentrates and meditates on this Chakra has no fear of water. He gets many psychic powers, intuitional knowledge and perfect control over his senses. He has full knowledge of astral entities and gets astral vision to see these entities. His carnal desires, anger, jealousy, attachment and other impure qualities automatically get dissolved.

When I was studying astrology, the first house of the astrological chart represents our body and the seventh house of the chart represents his life partner, his employer, his second son and for traders his creditors. There are several other aspects that are represented by seventh house but what I would like to emphasize is our Swadhisthana Chakra is itself representative of seventh house which can predict many aspects of the life.

Conjugal marital relationships between two partners are karmic but how we behave in them is by individual choice. Sexual preferences are biological need of the body but how we exercise them is our choice. Anybody can develop spiritual capabilities beyond what is available to them through karma. Again developing this ability is a matter of choice.

LEARN HOW TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE BELIEFS

We encounter or come across different events. These events bring new experiences. They also educate us with knowledge to derive meaning from these events. Can we interpret these events? The meaning they carry and the lesson we should derive is left to us. Nobody can force us to deduce or derive the meaning we should carry.

If the meaning derived is negative then it leaves negative impact on our mind. It weakens us or challenges our natural defense system, limiting our success is whatever thing we do.

What is required at that time is to do serious introspection of our belief system. We have to check all our positive and negative belief one by one because that is the time we need to change them. If we observe positive belief which needs strengthening then we have to strengthen them or if we have negative belief then we have to question the reference experience. The references on which they stand or the certainty associated with it, starts crumbling thus shaking them from their core. Ultimately if we start questioning their existence in our life, they become weak.

Possibly it takes longer time for those beliefs which have longer permanence in our subconscious mind or if we have taken beliefs from other references, then due to generalization they become pervasive. Still more there could be beliefs which might have turned personal due to our helplessness to remove them.

If we believe that this is temporary problem and would pass soon then sooner or later, our efforts starts bearing fruits and over a period of time, we become achievers. Whatever type or belief pattern these negative beliefs we carry in our subconscious mind, the only way to conquer them is to question their validity in our lives.

1) If these beliefs don’t give any financial gain then what is the point in
carrying them?
2) If these beliefs don’t give any confidence then what is the point in
following them?
3) If we don’t give up these negative beliefs then the loss will be heavy.
4) Will these negative beliefs bring emotional stability in my life?
5) If I don’t give up these beliefs then it might bring tremendous loss to my
loved ones.

There are also ways to strengthen positive beliefs or they need to be strengthened because these beliefs keep power to change our lives.

Once the change occurs or if we notice change in our behavior pattern, then it is important to reinforce the change which should last life long. Unless we take precautions to oversee the change, we may go back to old habits depending upon how chronic the belief is.

There are many techniques to remove old beliefs and reinforce the new beliefs. Many of us might not be aware of these techniques which may include self hypnotism, Auto suggestion, and psychological therapies. Some of the therapies take longer time and some take very short time. Each therapy needs skill to understand our own mind and values and beliefs attached to it. What is important is whatever time we devote to understand and analyze them; the change they bring in should upgrade our lives and should empower us with unlimited success and happiness.