Chakra - The Power House of Your Body

The Power-Wheels of your body operates your personality. Chakra are the energy centers of human existence.

“Chakra” literally means wheel or circle. The circle that spins is said to be the chakra.

In Pranic and yogic system there are 7 significant chakras in our body, which are Muladhara, Swadhishthana, Manipura, Anahata, Vishuddhi, Ajna and Sahsraara.

Out of 7, only 6 considers to be as the chakra. The Sahsraara is not chakra, but the foremost center of consciousness. These 6 chakras aligns along your spine right from its base to crown of the head. Each and every chakra is related to certain aspects and purpose of human lives.

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Specifications of Chakra

1 – Muladhara Chakra

Also known as Root Chakra, Muladhara is located lowest of all chakras, at base of spine in the perineum region of your body.

Muladhara deals with survival and shelter instincts of human lives.

The tattva or element related to muladhara is earth.
Tanmatra is gandh or smell.
Jnanendriya or sensory organ is nose. (Tanmatra and Jnanendriya interrelates in chakras. Like in muladhara with sense organ Nose, we sense the “smell”).
Karmendriya or motor organ is mal-dwar or anus.
Tattva beej gati is Airavat Elephant with forward motion.
Tattva beej vahan is Airavat Elephant with Lord Indra riding over it.
Beej mantra is lam.
Muladhara is a 4 petaled lotus.
It’s color is blood red.
Adhipati devta or Masculine energy is chaturbhuj (4 handed) Lord Brahma and feminine energy or shakti is shining bright sun colored, chaturbhuja (4 handed) Dakini.

Once dormant kundalini starts activating at muladhara, you get key to explore your real human potential beyond the normal survival process. You shine like millions of brilliant suns, get absolute control over your speech and become full of health and knowledge and pure within.

People with dominated energy in muladhara live their lives revolving around food and shelter only.

2 – Swadhisthana Chakra

Also known as Sacral Chakra, Swadhishthana is located behind genitals, below navel.

It deals with pleasure, reproduction and sexuality.

Tattva is water.
Tanmatra is ras or taste.
Jnanendriya is tongue.
Karmendriya is sexual organ and urinary system.
Tattva beej gati is like crocodile which dives deeper in water.
Tattva beej Vahan is crocodile with Lord Varuna riding over it.
Petals of lotus is 6.
Color of swadhishthana is vermillion.
Masculine energy is Lord Vishnu with Feminine energy blue colored chaturbhuja Rakini Shakti.

Once dormant kundalini starts activating at swadhishthana, you gain victory over ahankara or false identification and you are provided with brightness and wealth.

3 – Manipura Chakra

Also known as Solar plexus Chakra, Manipura is located behind the navel.

It deals with power, ambition, hunger and nourishment.

Tatva is agni or fire.
Tanmatra is roop or sight.
Jnanendriya is eye.
Karmendriya is feet.
Beej mantra is ram
Tatva beej gati is ram which jumps and moves sideways.
Tatva beej vahan is ram with Lord Agni riding over it.
Manipura lotus has 10 petals.
Color is rising sun yellow / smoky blue.
Masculine energy is trinetra Rudra covered with ashes with chaturbhuja dark colored Lakini Shakti.

Once dormant kundalini starts activating at manipura, you get tremendous will power, powerful insights, power of influencing the world, sankalpa siddhi, power of determination, confidence and victory over hunger.

4 – Anahata Chakra

Also known as Heart Chakra, Anahata is located at the center of the spine in chest region.

It deals with kindness, love, compassion and creativity.

Tattva is vayu or air.
Tanmatra is sparsh or touch.
Jnanendriya is skin.
Karmendriya are hands.
Tattva beej gati is trotting and galloping like deer.
Tattva beej vahan is deer.
Beej mantra is yam.
Anahata lotus has 12 petals.
Color of anahata is smoky or leafy green.
Masculine energy is Lord Ishan and Feminine energy is trinetra chaturbhuja yellow colored Kakini shakti.

In anahata also resides lingam known as baan lingam just like muladhara chakra. This lingam is said to be giver of wealth.

Once dormant kundalini starts activating at anahata, you start living life more intensely. It fulfills all your desires like Kalpavruksha. You become lovable to all, jitendriya(one who has won his sense organs),you become like a yogi with high level of focus, concentration and intellectual capacity. One achieves capability of entering others body at his own will.

5 – Vishuddhi Chakra

Also known as Throat Chakra, Vishuddhi is located in pit of your throat.

It is deals with truth, strength, speech and communication.

Tattva is akash or space.
Tanmatra is hearing.
Jnanendriya is ear.
Karmendriya is tongue and vocal chords.
Tattva beej gati is walk of an elephant.
Tatva beej vahan is elephant with Lord of Light riding over it.
Beej mantra is ham.
Vishuddhi seen to be as 16 petaled lotus.
Color is muddy blue/smoky purple.
Masculine energy is trinetra chaturbhuj Lord Sadashiva and feminine energy is chaturbhuja white colored shakti Shakini. She is gatekeeper of Mahamokshadwaram (doorway to liberation).

Once dormant kundalini starts activating at vishuddhi, you attain a peaceful state of mind, strength, you become powerful in speech and communication, knowledgeable, trikal darshi (power to see past, present and future), chiranjeevi (long life), free from all disease and sorrow, you become capable of tackling any challenges and destroy any obstacles of path in life.

6 – Ajna Chakra

Also known as Brow Chakra, Ajna is located between your eyebrows. The pranav mantra OM sits between your eye brows which is known as third eye.

It deals with sight and perception.

Tattva is lingam.
Jnanedriya and karmendriya both are mind and sixth sense.
Tattva beej gati is pranav naad (sound) of OM.
Beej mantra is OM/ksham.
Ajna is 2 petaled lotus.
Color is moon white.
Masculine energy is Lord Shiva and feminine energy is shadmukha (6 faced) chaturbhuja moon colored Hakini shakti.

Ajna is the end meeting point of the Ida (feminine) and Pingla (masculine) nadis of your body, which represents Ardhanarishwar roop of ShivShakti.

Once dormant kundalini starts activating at ajna, your perception heightens beyond the duality of world. You find attainment quickly, you become sarvajna (all knowing), sarvadarshi (all perceiving) and you acquire long life with knowledge of all shastras.

Lord Shiva in form of lingam lies inside ajna lotus, this is abode of realization of brahman (all-pervading consciousness) which shines like lightening. One who focuses their prana at ajna at the time of death, becomes one with eternal YogPurush.

7 – Sahsraara

Also known as Crown Chakra, Sahsraara is located at brahmarendra (crown) of head. However, sahsraara is considered as an entrance rather than chakra.

It is a main gateway for PARAM ANANDA and eternal consciousness.

Once dormant kundalini starts activating at sahsraara, a lotus with more than 1000 petals opens up and transcends you to different dimension of existence.

One can experience the eternal nectar in sahsraara! It is blissful and ecstatic state of self far beyond all limitations and explanations. Reaching sahsraara makes one aware of physical body limitations and gets access to world beyond physical existence.

Words cannot explain the state of a person with his energy concentrated in Sahsraara.

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Lower 3 chakras in your body are associated with survival instincts and self preservation. The chakras beyond them, i.e. from Anahata onwards, you start developing an urge of breaking free from all bondages and existence issues revolving around human lives.

The energy gets subtler as we move from lower to higher chakras.

When the dormant kundalini awakens, petals of all chakras opens up like a lotus simultaneously…

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Love & Light

Krishna

Muladhara is said to be the seat for Kundalini Maha Shakti. She is also known as Bhairavi Shakti, one of the 10 mahavidhyas. Coiled in three and half times, dormant and shining like bright lightening, the kundalini Shakti seats around a reversed lingam (this lingam is said to be the Shiva himself-this form of Shiva also resides in Kashi) in muladhara. Kundalini Shakti is subtle, well versed in all creation and is source of nectar which flows in form of eternal bliss. She is consort of Lord Shiva and is source of brightness in entire universe.