HOW TO MEDITATE USING CHAKRAS, MANTRAS, AND BREATH by DENNIS K. CHERNIN MD

Author:DENNIS K. CHERNIN MD [CHERNIN MD, DENNIS K.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: THINK PUBLISHING, LLC
Published: 2017-06-01T04:00:00+00:00

Ajna, which means “command,” is the sixth chakra and is located across from the area between the two eyebrows. It is located near the pineal and pituitary glands deep within the brain. There are also interconnections with the naso-ciliary plexus of the physical nervous system. The center is associated with the psychological and spiritual qualities of intuition, wisdom, and clarity of vision. It is also called the third eye and the eye of insight because it sees inwards into the conscious and unconscious mind. Disorders of integration at this center lead to confusion and potentially serious mental illness. When the kundalini energy rises to this level and resides there permanently, a person experiences the highest states of consciousness.

Ajna is described as being surrounded by two light blue lotus petals resting upon a white circle. This has an appearance of an eye. Inside the circle is a small white triangle pointed down. The sound associated with this center is the universal mantra OM (rhymes with “home”). The element of the sixth chakra is pure mind and it is beyond any sense association.

Indu (also called soma) is a minor chakra located above the ajna chakra. It is said to be the source of a sweet nectar (soma) that drips down with the cerebral spinal fluid from the third ventricle of the brain into the spinal cord. When we experience higher states of consciousness, the nectar is tasted in the throat. This chakra is visually described as being surrounded by sixteen light blue lotus petals resting on a circle. Inside the circle is a silver-white crescent moon.

Guru is another lesser-known but very important chakra located above the ajna and indu chakras and below the sahasrara chakra (see the description below). It is located at the back of the cerebral cortex part of the brain. It is associated with finely heard mantras and sublime images of great luminosity. Meditating on this chakra and establishing consciousness here is associated with attainment of great spiritual knowledge and feelings of bliss. This chakra is visually described as being surrounded by twelve red lotus petals resting on a circle. Inside the circle is a red inverted triangle.

Sahasrara, which means “thousand petals,” is the seventh and highest chakra and is associated with the cerebral cortex of the brain. When kundalini reaches this level, the individual self merges and is absorbed into universal consciousness. Here there is no distinction between the knower and the known, and there is only perfect knowing.

Sahasrara is described as appearing like one thousand lotus petals of pure light emanating like an umbrella or crown from the top of the head. At times during meditation the crown chakra can be visualized as though it is arranged in the variegated colors of the rainbow. All sounds, elements, and senses are absorbed and integrated into the seventh chakra.15

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