The Seven Chakras and Their Significance

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Sadhguru tells us about the chakras or junction
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the fundamental seven chakras.
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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
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.
body. There are many more,

these are the major ones. You can
see them as 114 junction boxes or
confluence 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
significant in 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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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
Chakras have more

than one dimension
to them. One
dimension is their
physical existence,
but they also have a
spiritual dimension.
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 large
extent 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 more
than 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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process of food and sleep.
The Kshetras
These chakras have a manifestation in the body and they also
have 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
These chakras have

a manifestation in
the body and they
also have a subtler
manifestation.
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. A
home 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 intellectual
realization 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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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
Fundamentally, any
spiritual path can be
described as a
journey from the
muladhara to the
sahasrara
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-shishya relationship 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.
Editors note: This article has been excerpted from the book, Body, the
Greatest Gadget, available as an ebook and print book.
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Cancerisaserious
aberrationinthe
human
system.ClassicalYoga
bringsharmonyand
neutralizesaberrations.
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The Seven Chakras

Jan 21, 2013

Sadhguru tells us about the chakras or junction points of

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

body. There are many more,

remaining four just flower as a

The seven fundamental chakras

The seven fundamental chakras are known as muladhara, which is

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

Chakras have more

and higher energy centers, but

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

process of food and sleep.

These chakras have

be one way. Generally, the

supposed to be more exuberant existence, though it may be

from one dimension to another; these are just seven different

spiritual people have come to the

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