CHAKRAS IN HUMAN BODY-- THEIR SIGNIFICANCE

Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning" wheel" or  "circle" It may also mean " wheel of life."These chakras are energy points or nodes in the subtle body. They are the meeting points of the subtle energy channels called Nadis through which the life force Prana or vital force moves. Spiritual texts speak of different number of chakras There are Seven Chakras that are considered most important. Cosmic energy flows into the human body through these energy centers. The practice of yoga in daily life can awaken these centers which are manifest in each and every person.
     MOOLADHARA CHAKRA is situated two inches above the anal point and two inches below the penis!It is in the center of the body.It has a lotus shape with four petals. Lord Ganapathy is its presiding deity. He has to be offered 600 hamsas of Ajapagayathri It is the seat of earth and is connected to the nose  It controls the excretory system of the body!
      SWADHISHTANA CHAKRA is situated in the urinary tract. It has the shape of a lotus with six petals. Its presiding deity is Lord Brahma with his spouse goddess Saraswati. He has to be offered 6000 hamsas of Ajapagayathri. As this chakra is the seat of water it is connected to the tongue.This chakra is responsible for urination and ejection of semen!
        MANIPURAKA CHAKRA is situated at the navel. The lotus shape has ten petals The presiding deity is Lord Vishnu with goddess Lakshmi. He has to be offered 6000 hamsas of Ajapagayathri.This chakra is the seat of fire.It is this fire that digests away the food that we eat! This is also the seat of Chitta or manas!
         ANAHATA CHAKRA  of the shape of lotus is situated in the chest between the rib cage and the spinal column.. It has12 petals. Its presiding deity is Lord Siva with goddess Parvathi. He has to be offered 6000 hamsas of Ajapagayathri. It is the seat of Vayu or wind and connected to the skin.This chakra is responsible for the movement of Prana Vayu or Oxygen! It is also the seat of Ahankara or ego!
          VISUDDHA CHAKRA situated in the neck region is lotus shaped with 16 petals. Its presiding deity is Iswara.and he has to be offered 1000 hamsas of Ajapagayathri. This Chakra is related to the sky and connected to the ears. This is the seat of manas or mind. It is believed that the atma manifest in all beings is Lord Krishna seated in Sahsrara. He looks at the 16 petals in this chakra that represent the 16000 Gopikas!!
          AGNA CHAKRA is situated in between the two eye brows. with two petals. Its presiding deity is Lord Sadasiva. He has to be offered 1000 hamsas of Ajapagayathri Agna Chakra is the seat of Intellect Though the seat of manas is in the Visuddha Chakra in the neck region, Agna Chakra is capable of carrying out the activities of all indriyas or organs of the body! The two petals of this Chakra represent " sankalpa" and " vikalpa." qualities of the mind! Hata Yogis practise sloowly and steadily, the fist five chakras through breath control. Raja yogis practise through Agna Chakra and Sahasrara only!This is the seat of Liberation or Mukti! This meeting with Jnana or mukti is called Jivanmukti! or Jivaiswarya and Trinetra!
          SAHASRARA CHAKRA  is the seventh center integrating all the Chakras  with their respective qualities! This is considered as the last milestone of the evolution of  human awareness! It is the direct, absolute perception of Reality on our central Nervous System! It is a lotus with 1000 petals! "All the thousand nerves join here, in the Sahasrara, , in the brain, before realization. like the closed bud of the lotus! Above this covering is the balloon like structure of ego  and super ego! At the time of our awakening, of our second birth, the egg like personality breaks at the top of the head!.".

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