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The movement began after 1950s and was referenced to the coming astrological Age of Aquarius. Diverse individuals had New Age ideas, so the term may be applicable as a label by outsiders to whom do consider themselves inclined towards its world view. The New Age movements have tracks of older spiritual and religious traditions from the worldwide culture.

Anyway there are a lot of models of the chakra system of the human energetic body.  The body mind is a system, refer system theory and no chakra is supreme. It works together with the other chakra. And they are in relation with each other. The dialog model shows Ayurvedic Medicine in view with the energetic interplay of the chakra. The religion of the Hinduism consider the chakra as a part of a complex group of ideas related to esoteric anatomy. The text that deals about that are called Agamas or Tantras. It is a large body of scripture, most of which is rejected by the official orthodox Brahmans. Hinduism is a religious tradition originated in the India. It is often referred to Sanatana Dharma by its practitioners. It is the world’s oldest major religion that is still practiced, and their first origins may be found in the Vedic civilization. Different beliefs and religions are at the basis of the Hinduism, that has no a single founder. The Vedi period, also called the Vedic Age, is a period of the history of India where the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism, the Vedas, were being composed. Scholars place the Vedic period in the last 8,000 years of our history, based on litiraly evidence.

The chakra that is the fire center is indeed the chakra manipura. So called and meaning “city of jewels” it is the focal point of heat, it is shining like a jewel and it is radiant with energy and vitality. This chakra is showed as a bright yellow lotus with ten petals upon which are written letters. These letters are darn, dharn, narn, tarn, tharn, dam, dharn, narn, pam, pharn. All these letters are written on the ten petals of the lotus. There is a red triangle within the lotus. The red triangle contains the bija mantra rarn sitting on a ram. This is a very aggressive beast and symbol of the element fire. The deities are Rudra.

Rudra is a destroyer of the universe and the goddess Lakini that is the control of the flesh element. As you might know the sola plexus is the center, and it is connected with the vital process of digestion of the food. What is true is that gastric glands, such as the pancreas and the glands in the stomach, has the function of producing a secretion of enzymes, acids and juices which are necessary for the digestion of food. So, the center that controls all these activities is indeed the chakra manipura.

The adrenal glands, situated near the kidney are really a manifestation of manipura. Adrenal glands secrete adrenaline into the body, when it is necessary. This effect speeds up the physiological processes. When this happens, then the heart beats faster and the respiration rate gets more rapid. In the normal state of being awake, the body is prepared to do a faster activity. This action is called ‘fight or flight’ reaction. People who suffers from depression or from problems to the digestive system, should concentrate on manipura chakra. They should try to feel an energy radiating from this region of the body.

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According to the Hindu tradition, the word Ajna, from the Sanskrit Ajn, means command and is the sixth primary chakra. The Ajna chakra is set at the eyebrow region and it has only two petals; representing the psychic channels called Ida and Pingala. These meet here with the central Shushumna channel, thus before rising to the crown chakra, called sahasrara. On the left hand petal there is the letter ‘ham’, and on the right side the letter ‘ksham’. These two letters represent the bija mantras for Shiva and Shakti, in the order.

In short, the chakra of the mind is Ajna. When you see something in the mind’s eye, or in a dream, what you see is just seen by the third eye, which is called Ajna. The deity Ardhanarishvara is a hermaphrodite form of Shiva-Shakti and it resides in the chakra. It symbolizes the primordial duality of object and subject. The deity Hakini Shakti is also associated with this chakra.

As mentioned earlier, Ajna is considered the chakra of the mind. Lets further dig deep into this. The complete phrase ‘mind’s eye’ refers to the ability of the human race for visual perception, imagination, visualization and memory. In other words just the ability ‘to see’ things with the mind. The biological foundation of the mind’s eye is not completely understood by discepolos.

Recently studies have shown that the lateral geniculate nucleus and the V1 area of the visual cortex are activated while mental imagery task. It was said that the visual pathway is not just as a one-way street. Higher areas of the brain can also send visual input to the neurons in lower areas of the visual cortex. We have the ability to see with the mind’s eye, just to say to have a perceptual experience in the absence of visual input.

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Each human is filled with universe’s free flowing energy. The essence of our being, our conscious and our soul flows through this very fabric. The energy flows through our body, caresses the soul and then strikes a cord which we express in the form of our emotional expressions. There are however times when this energy tends to become stagnant or sometimes even gets blocked either outside our body or within our body. This leads to an imbalance in the body and the associated emotions. In ancient Hindu literature and Yogic text, this is referred to as a disease. This is signified by the inability of a body to allow the free flow of energy within itself. This imbalance is the source of all ailments that a human body can experience.  The Chakras, as mentioned in the Vedas are closely associated with the energy flow within the body. 

We can visualize the flow of energy within the body as the flow of a stream. In case there is an obstacle in the stream’s flow, it tends to make the flow restricted and the water is forced to deviate. When we compare the same to the flow of energy, an imbalance acts as an obstacle.  The human body is full of expressions. The Fifth Chakra or the Visuddha in Sanskrit is the Chakra associated with the expressions of the human body as it experiences life.

Chakras- the energy vortexes in the human body are where the nadis intersect. As per ancient Hindu teachings and those found in writings by sages and rishis, the Chakras hold the key to the link between the subconscious and the physical entity of human beings.  Hindu teachings state there are seven chakras in the human body located along the spine and starting from just above the head and down to the lower spine. Each chakra is associated with a set of glands and corresponding emotions which a human experiences.

Amongst the seven chakras, the fourth chakra is located around the centre of the human body. The fourth chakra, called Anahata in Sanskrit is located between the breasts, underneath the sternum. This is also called the “heart chakra” and it is said to affect the organs in the chest, lungs and the breast. This chakra is associated with giving love, nurturance, empathy, and compassion. People suffering from misgivings about small issues, lack of compassion, and a lack of empathy for others’ problems are treated using asanas to activate the fourth chakra. A small example can be taken about a person working in an office who is in the HR department. He has been entrusted with the duties of keeping people in the office happy and satisfied.

The Buddhist religion was recently witness to a landmark event that could mark a watershed in the Dharma Teachings. The induction of B-N teaching and traditions, as the fifth principle of Tibetan Buddhist Spiritual School, has great significance for the concept of the Chakras and its interpretation in the Buddhist culture.  The B-N tradition, supposed to be established by Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche, also has a strong similarity to the concept of mind-body synergy through the existence of prana as described in ancient Indian literature. Some scholars have made a comparative analysis of the Buddhist religion to that of the B-N.

B-N is based on the existence of five elemental processes i.e. Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Space. It is considered the essential pre-requisite for the existence of all external, internal and secret energetic forces of nature.  These five elements are related to all the energy existing in the world. Earth is solidarity, water is cohesion, fire is temperature, air is motion and space is the spatial dimension. These elements are correlated to the different emotions, temperament, directions, moods, thinking styles and character. It is here that the concept of B-N begins to become akin to that of the Chakras. In B-N, there is the description of the five primary pranas or vital energies. These energies are associated to the mental state and the physical well being of the body.

From the beginning of civilization, when organic life began to manifest itself on earth, it has been a constant endeavor of all living forms to reach higher levels of consciousness. From the simplest forms like the single celled organisms to the most complex ones like the human species there has been an endeavor to grow from a nascent state of awareness, restricted to survival, reproduction and replication of self to the most sophisticated thought structures and cultural life-styles represented by the human race. This pattern of growth is what that has come to be known as evolution.

It is an amazing fact that as early as in the 2nd and 3rd century B.C the ancient Indian civilization had reached the pinnacle of growth in its pursuit of “truth” and “reality”, not as it is apparent but as it actually is. There was a realization that man is much more than his or her physical body or entity; that he can comprehend; a fact that the western world and modern science have only today begun to understands.  It was believed that man, in his elemental state is also energy and that his dynamic state of being is a manifestation of that same energy that the cosmos is made of. It was thus possible to gain a complete understanding of the entire universe, through the study of his body and its intricacies. This could be achieved by the in-depth study of the science of Yoga.

Health concerns abound in the western world today. A number of Eastern therapies and life improvement systems like Yoga and Ayurveda are gaining acceptance in the mainstream of western living. A major factor in the success story of these life improvement systems and therapies is that they address the root cause of the ailment rather than the symptoms. These therapies take the route of prevention rather than just treating a problem. The pace of life coupled with the pressures of work and social obligations are making a simple life very complicated today. The lack of quality time available to people today coupled with self induced peer pressure is directly affecting the health index of the society. Although, the life span of individuals is increasing, and this can be attributed to improved life support system and medical sciences, the health and happiness index has not improved correspondingly. The increased longevity of people is not resulting in an increased and improved life style. There is an urgent requirement for us to look back and reconsider what is going wrong. With our health, our system and our lives.

Yogic literature and practices which have stood the test of time, have mentioned solutions to the problems which we face today. Human are not new to stress. Social scientists have always maintained that some amount of stress in life is actually beneficial to the body and mind. It keeps the body mechanism oiled and functioning optimally. Problems arise when the stress level is continuously experienced and there is no exhaust system in the body to let go off the tensions.  Yoga and an understanding of the working mechanism come to our rescue. Yoga, through the medium of Asana and Mudras, is a holistic system that addresses the overall development of the body. An understanding of the body and its energy sources coupled with the correct Yogic postures make our body-mind rhythm in synch. There are a host of articles and websites on Yoga and a scan through any search engine leads us to the false understanding that Yoga is all about some exercises and breathing (not well illustrated though!!). What most writers miss out is that yoga relates to the understanding the human body and it is not just about the exercises.  One of the deepest and most significant aspect of Yoga is the understanding of Chakras. Chakras are the energy vortexes of the human body, totaling seven in all.