[QUOTE=Surya Deva;37673]Is it ok for people to be flat-earthers?[/QUOTE]
for me, yes of course, I may not like, I may not agree, but thats fine too
and for you?
As a practitioner of Kundalini, I can tell you much depends on the book you read. Everyone has a different take on the Chakras.
@Pandara
I also have the book by Saraswati and it was used in my teacher training as well. It is a wonderful book with wonderful explanations and insight. I refer to it quite frequently.
Another really good book from my perspective is Eastern Body Western Mind by Anodea Judith. Probably one the best I have come across.
I agree with Pandara in that for most, Chakras are self regulatory. But I think this only the case in those who regularly practice yoga. The reason is they are much more aware and sensitive to these psychic centers and are constantly moving the prana within these centers through their yoga practice. Thus, they are usually more in a state of balance, but maybe with some fine tuning. But with many students who only practice once or twice a week, they are not as aware. Each Chakra governs certain parts of the body i.e Anahata governs heart, lungs, circulatory system. When a yogi meditates on that center and performs asanas that stimulate the above mentioned, the prana can freely move thus opening or awakening that Chakra. Everyone has these vortices but for many they lie dormant.
I am also a Reiki practitioner and the Chakras are a very important component in Reiki practice. I’ve incorporated my Reiki practice with my yoga teaching in many respects. I use Reiki during shavasana with phenomenal results. I’ve done Chakra yoga classes, more in the Kundalini style, where we begin with the students lying down and I hold a crystal pendulum over each of their Chakras. If the crystal doesn’t move or shakes it means there is some blockage. If it moves in a circle, that Chakra is open. We then move into the Chakra Yoga practice where I designed specific asanas, some pranayam and meditations to correspond to the specific Chakras. Then at the end, I revisit the crystal pendulum and for almost all, the pendulum moves. When I have discussed the results privately with some of my students, they have shared with me that yes, they have been having trouble say with their boyfriend and their heart was heavy. But after the chakra asana and meditation portion of the class, they felt much lighter or had a clearer vision of what they needed to do. It is very cool!
Asana, pranayam and meditation have a very profound effect on the body, glands, organs and chakras. Awareness and sensitivity to the Chakras is the key.
Dear materialistic friends:) I probably can be one of you as well:)
For those minds who need logic and believe strongly only in western anatomy here is the chart of nervous plexuses (according to contemporary western anatomy).
Each plexus corresponds to nervous plexus. You can think of these plexuses as chakras. Please get familiar with the chart and let me know what you think. Some yogic concepts are allegory, and it takes time and effort to pull through the allegories.
Dera Adam and Brother Neil and Suria Deva, I wish you to be surrounded by unconditional love and by beloved people.
Omm, Shanti
I moved the quantum mechanics discussion to its own thread here in an effort to allow this thread to come back to the discussion of overactive chakras.
When a chakra opens or nadis or the sushumna ,the central nadi, you may feel rather drunk or on stimulants.
When ida & pingala nadis are nicely balanced, sushumna nadi awakens and Mother Kundalini is irresistably drawn upwards.
I have heard this called “ecstatic conductivity”.Most people’s chakras lie dormant mainly because ‘normal’ living does’nt usually allow the right conditions for them to wake up…There is really a vast store-house of energetic potential that can be tapped into.When kundalini awakens, areas of the brain that were previously dormant positively light up.A Cosmic Orgasm ,that never really ends-24/7, is possible especially if you engage in some of the sexual tantric practoces.You could say one is having sex with one’s own nervous system.Many, if not most ,need to experience it to believe it.
[QUOTE=core789;37834]When a chakra opens or nadis or the sushumna ,the central nadi, you may feel rather drunk or on stimulants.
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Many people told me that they feel like that after savasana…
So how do we know what is that have just had opened? 
Just as a contribution…To keep the chakras balanced you should initially be focusing on the kind of person you are and how you think. Interruptions by thinking inappropriately on a day to day basis do not help the chakras at all.
Being entirely pure in thought and action is, in my humble opinion, what a person should master first. you can sense this is right. It steadies the breath
Then breathing in the left nostril, holding the breath as long as poss and then out through the right nice n slowly and then breathing in through the right, holding it and out through the left nice n slowly purifies and balances the chakras but if you havent got the first part right there isnt much point.
[QUOTE=kareng;40051]Just as a contribution…To keep the chakras balanced you should initially be focusing on the kind of person you are and how you think. Interruptions by thinking inappropriately on a day to day basis do not help the chakras at all.
Being entirely pure in thought and action is, in my humble opinion, what a person should master first. you can sense this is right. It steadies the breath
Then breathing in the left nostril, holding the breath as long as poss and then out through the right nice n slowly and then breathing in through the right, holding it and out through the left nice n slowly purifies and balances the chakras but if you havent got the first part right there isnt much point.[/QUOTE]
Does thi means that whenever I feel balanced all chakras are balanced as well?
Hi City Monk…well I have to be honest with you…I have used this method but, recently, in communication with Suhas and his Master in turn, …I was told this, about [B]our [/B]inner guru, whom I sincerely have met.
…[B]Don’t you already know that it has infinite love and patience?[/B]…
And yes I do know this more than words can say on meeting him, seeing him, and continuously being with him for a significant period of time in an open Ajna state.
Since then, I thought that when I slip up or have an inappropriate thought or action, then I had to, if you like, go back to square one or balance my Chakras etc etc. I don’t/we dont
From that simple statement we have to know it knows your effort and intention, and your struggle at times and will find ways or people to help you. I can tell you those words changed me in a second in all I thought I knew xxx
I would like to add that I know the inner guru grows in size in the open Ajna state when you are thinking with a clear bright mind because I saw him do this. So I do think you should develop a kind, right mind as much as possible, but when you do slip up, correct yourself and carry on.
Here`s the test that is supposed to give some information about overactive and underactive chakras:-?.
According to it my ajna is freaking overactive.
Quiet superficial, though…
Well I had a go Sasha…All okay except for root chakra! underactive…
who knows, but its fun to have a go…!
Just needed to say I made an error in my post about Chakras and misrepresented something Suhas said’…
Chakra balance is of course, of course important. So yes, watch for imbalances.
But minor deviations in something you slip up with are forgivable and don’t require chakra balancing. Perhaps Suhas can correct me if this is in need at this point.
Sorry to mislead anyone xx
By the way…the test Sasha supplied, above is pretty good!!! check it out
Chakras belong to the astral body and hence can be addressed only from the more subtle causal body. In non-technical words, slippages in action or thoughts do not dramatically affect the chakras, unless they arise from a very vicious motive. Motives do belong to the causal plane.
So, I guess one cannot correct or balance chakras like mobilizing a twisted ankle. Such corrections can occur only through advanced pranayama and deep meditation. A pre-requisite to the ability to do any correction is ability to perceive the chakras as clearly as perceiving physical organs.
A word about the inner guru. I have seen that it has not only abundant love and patience, but its ways are very gentle and least interventioning. What we do, slip or progress, is left completely to our choice. Help is provided to learn, if we are ready, to make a better choice each time.
Thank you Suhas for this clarity I think this is a very valuable piece of information…Im sure many will benefit from knowing this.
And yes you can perceive a Chakra that is out of balance…mine is the Muladhara (root) which I have been aware of physically, and not just in perception but neglected to do anything about till now.
The other is the Anahata which I perceived as a problem and have been trying to develop more, as expressed on posts. This showed in the test as a little lower than the rest but not determined as out of balance…re; Sashas post., my efforts are working
Perceiving them, is a very interesting point
Thanks Suhas xx
My humble opinion - I think until you reach the goal of samadhi, your chakras will always be out of balance in some way, shape or form! It is energy in motion, and always flowing, once something comes right, another one will wobble… that is the way life is on the earth plane, it is dual natured… as soon as someone hurts you, your heart chakra closes up, as soon as some sexy girl comes onto you your root chakra is overactive, when you have a blissful experience in savasana your chakras open up, its so tidal… I mean who can maintain and ever really know how balanced these bloody little chakras are? its silly even trying to think about it. MOO…
Chakras over-active maybe don’t necessarily stay that way for long i would have thought unless you kept on working on them in isolation(like just your third-eye say) which of course would’nt seem to be ideal or even make much sense…Chakras not quite in balance with the rest of the energy body, in it’s totality, would seem to be more accurate an asssessment.If the nadis are blocked ,the sushumna is dormant and other chakras then it seems to me you’re not going to get much of a flow i would have thought.Do your best to balance ida & pingala with hatha yoga princiipally and then, i would have thought ,you’re off to a good start. Then you could work on individual chakra or allow sushumna to open as an effect of finding good balance in ida & pingala.
omguruom…says…I mean who can maintain and ever really know how balanced these bloody little chakras are? its silly even trying to think about it. MOO… LOL
Well I have to admit, I used to think that…
It was much later (years and years) I found out that the third eye is called the Ajna Chakra…I had been using the third eye for years without knowing any of the complexities
of chakras. On reading about the Ajna chakra I then realised , there was truth in it.
And if the Ajna Chakra is true then why should I doubt the validity of the others?
Then I noticed that I was always slightly uncomfortable and perceived a problem with the base area of my spine…(past year)…subtle… I checked this out, like a scientist might, look for the evidence…and yes, the problem is the root chakra, again, evidence of their validity. So now I am a full believer in their validity. And I fully trust that when I am perceiving a problem now, there is one.
Core789…It was working alone for 18 years with the third eye (notice I dont say Ajna chakra because I didn’t know about it during those years) that helped me find the inner guru in person. That is a good enough reason why it does make sense, isnt it?
karengji, dont get me wrong,… i believe in there validity… however i dont think so much emphasis should be placed on knowing whats happening with them exactly all the time, and how can you be so sure? I think more emphasis should be placed on your sadhana, meditation, yama, niyama etc… that way they will naturally balance themselves…
From what I understand so far…(not an expert at all) they are usually self regulatory. However if you do perceive a problem it is wise to do something about it… (I know you will agree) as I mentioned, I have noticed for a while an odd (not ill) feeling in base area of spine, found out it was root chakra, perhaps now I will do something to correct it, Im choosing deep meditation, im good at that. Perhaps I will be corrected on this.
But I totally agree that too much emphasis could be placed on the balance or imbalance of the Chakras…For years and years Ive been ultra fit without even knowing about chakras…only recent really a prob xx