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The Seven ChakrasAnd TheirSignificanceSadhguru tells us about the chakras or junction

points of nadis, and explains the significance of

the fundamental seven chakras.

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Because it embodies

movement from one

dimension to

another, it is

referred to as a

chakra, whichmeans wheel or

circle, but it is

actually a triangle.

Sadhguru tells us about the chakras or junction points of

nadis, and explains the significance of the fundamental

seven chakras.

Sadhguru:There is too much of chakra talk going on everywhere.

Especially in the West, wherever you go, there are wheel

alignment centers where they align your chakras and this and

that. From yoga studios to chiropractics, everybody is talking

about it these days. That has become the fashion.

There are 114 chakras in the

body. There are many more,

these are the major ones. You can

see them as 114 junction boxes orconfluence of nadis. These

junctions are always in the form

of triangles. Because it embodies

movement from one dimension

to another, it is referred to as a

chakra, which means wheel

or circle, but it is actually a

triangle. Out of these 114, two are

outside the physical body. Of the

remaining 112, only 108 can

actually be worked upon, the
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remaining four just flower as a

consequence.

The number 108 has manifested in the human system because it

is a significant number in the making of the solar system. The

diameter of the sun and the distance between the earth and the

sun is 108 times. The diameter of the moon and the distance

between the earth and the moon is 108 times. The diameter of the

earth and the diameter of the sun is 108 times. And hence, 108 is

significantin various spiritual practices.

The seven fundamental chakras

The seven fundamental chakras are known as muladhara, which is

located at the perineum, the space between the anal outlet and

the genital organ; swadhisthana, which is just above the genital

organ; manipuraka, which is just below the navel; anahata, which
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Chakras have more

than one dimension

to them. One

dimension is their

physical existence,

but they also have a

spiritual dimension.

is just beneath where the rib cage meets; vishuddhi, which is at

the pit of the throat; ajna, which is between the eyebrows; and

sahasrara, also known as brahmarandra, which is at the top of the

head, where when a child is born, there is a soft spot.

We can speak in terms of lower

and higher energy centers, but

such language is often and too

easily misunderstood. It is like

comparing the foundation of a

building to the roof. The roof is

not superior to the foundation.

The foundation of the building is

more basic to the building than

the roof. The quality, life span,

stability and security of the

building depends to a largeextent on the foundation rather

than the roof. But in terms of

language, the roof is higher, and the foundation is lower.

If your energies are dominant in muladhara, then food and sleep

will be the most dominant factors in your life. Chakras have morethan one dimension to them. One dimension is their physical

existence, but they also have a spiritual dimension. This means

that they can be completely transformed. For example, if you

bring the right kind of awareness, the same muladhara that

craves food and sleep, can become absolutely free from the


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These chakras have

a manifestation in

the body and they

also have a subtler

manifestation.

process of food and sleep.

The Kshetras

These chakras have a manifestation in the body and they alsohave a subtler manifestation. These manifestations are called

kshetras. Kshetra means a place where someone resides. You may

be here, but your residence is somewhere else. Just like that, there

are kshetras that are external ones, called bahya kshetras, and

there are internal ones called antar kshetras. There is a home and a

holiday home!

When you are at home, you will

be one way. Generally, the

mundane occupies your time and

life cooking, cleaning, fixing

most of your time goes in this.When you go to your holiday

home, even though there is

cooking, cleaning and all the

other things, the mundane does

not occupy the whole of you. It is

a more exuberant existence. Ahome in the mountain is

supposed to be more exuberant existence, though it may be

physically more taxing than being at home. Being at home is

easier. Many people have given up and just stay at home because

its easier. The reason why you went to another home away from


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home is you still want to know the coziness of a home, you dont

want to stay in a hotel, but you want a more exuberant existence.

The Creator provided for all that. You can be in the antar kshetra,

not so vibrant and just sleeping, or you can be in the bahya

kshetra. Any time you want to go back home, its not a problem,you can always step back.

The second chakra is swadhisthana. If your energies are dominant

in swadhisthana, pleasures will be most dominant in your life

you seek pleasures, you enjoy the physical reality in so many

ways. If your energies are dominant in manipuraka, you are a

doer; you can do many things in the world. If your energies are

dominant in anahata, you are a very creative person. If your

energies are dominant in vishuddhi, you become very powerful. If

your energies are dominant in agna or if you attain to ajna, then

intellectually, you are realized. Intellectual realization gives you

peace. Experientially it has not happened yet but intellectualrealization has come to you, which brings you to a certain state of

peace and stability within yourself irrespective of what is

happening outside of you. Once your energies hit sahasrara,

simply like crazy you are ecstatic. There is no external stimulant,

there is simply no reason, but you are ecstatic simply because

energies have touched a certain peak.

Falling upwards

Fundamentally, any spiritual path can be described as a journey

from the muladhara to the sahasrar. This journey is an evolution


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Fundamentally, any

spiritual path can be

described as a

journey from themuladhara to the

sahasrara

from one dimension to another; these are just seven different

levels of intensity.

To move your energies from muladhara to ajna, there are many

spiritual processes and several ways, but to move from ajna to

sahasrara, there is no path. There is no particular way. One has to

either jump or fall into a bottomless pit. This is called falling

upward. In yoga, they say unless you are willing to fall upward,

you wont get there.

This is why so many so-called

spiritual people have come to the

conclusion that peace is the

highest possibility because

they got stuck in agna. Peace is

not the highest possibility. You

can become ecstatic, so ecstatic

that the whole world becomes a

big joke in your understanding

and experience. Everything that

is dead serious for everybody is

just a joke for you.

People come and stop there for a long time, just to make up their

mind to jump. This is why in the spiritual traditions, so much

stress was always laid on the Guru-shishyarelationship the

master-disciple relationship is simply because if you have to

take this jump you need deep trust in the Guru. 99.9% of the


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people need trust, otherwise they cannot jump. This is the reason

why so much stress is laid on this relationship, because without

trust, one will never take that jump.

ditors note:This article has been excerpted from the book, Body, the

Greatest Gadget, available as an ebook and print book.
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Cancer is a serious

aberration in the

human

system. Classical Yoga

brings harmony and

neutralizes aberrations.
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Comments 1

Liz

They taught us in middle school that hindu-

ism is a religion. I dont remember muchbut

Krishna & Vishnu are seen as Gods or Idols

according to the teacher & textbooks.

Alvar von Hevoinen

What are you trying to say? Is there a

point you're trying to get across?

Liz

Why does it matter? Western

side has gotten most thingsabout India wrong like

Hinduism being a religion, but

Sadghuru says otherwise. Are

you a teacher?

Alvar vonHevoinen

The way I see it,you

shouldn't get attached

to terms like religion or
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