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THE SEVEN CHAKRAS

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                                      KUNDALINI AWAKENING                                                                           👀                      KUNDALINI IN SANSKRIT MEANS 'COILED' LIKE A SNAKE. IT IS A DORMANT SPIRITUAL ENERGY THAT LIES AT THE BASE OF SPINE IN EVERY HUMAN BEING. IT IS DESCRIBED AS A COILED SERPANT WITHIN IS WAITING TO BE AWAKENED. IT IS AWAKENED FOR UNION WITH GOD. KUNDALINI AWAKEING RESULTS IN DEEP MEDITATION, BLISS AND ENLIGHTENMENT.                      THERE ARE SEVERAL NADIS IN THE BODY. THEY ARE CHANNELS THROUGH WHICH THE PSYCHIC ENERGY FLOW. THEY CAN'T BE SEEN AND THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC REASON OF THEIR EXISTENCE. THEY ARE NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH NERVES, VEINS AND ARTERIES DISTRIBUTED OVER THE HUMAN BODY. THERE ARE THREE IMPORTANT NADIS I.E. SUSHUMNA, PINGALA AND IDA.  SUSUMNA RUNS IN THE SPINE OR ALONG THE SPINE THROUGH SEVEN CHAKRAS - MULADHARA AT BASE AND SAHASRARA AT THE CROWN OF THE HEAD. PINGALA ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF SPINE HAS SUN LI

WHAT IS KARMA ?

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                                                                            KARMA YOGA                   KARMA IS A SANSKRIT WORD MEANING ACTION OR TO WORK. EATING, SLEEPING, WALKING, THINKING AND READING ARE ACTIONS. BAL GANGADHAR TILAK IN GITA RAHASYA SAYS, "NO MAN IS FREE FROM ACTION AND THAT ACTION SHOULD NEVER BE GIVEN UP". EVERY ACTION IS SPIRITUAL, IF IT IS DONE WITHOUT ANY SELFISHNESS IN DOING A TASK THEN IT IS ONLY "ACTION" AND NOT "KARMA YOGA".                   UNSELFISH ACTIONS CLEAN THE MIND. ACCORDING TO PARAMAHAMSA HARIHARANANDA, "KARMA YOGA MEANS THE PRACTICE OF DETACHMENT IN ALL ACTIONS. UNSELFISHNESS PRODUCES DETACHMENT AND INDIFFERENCE TO THE RESULT OF ACTIONS". WHEN ONE DOES ALL THE KARMAS ASSIGNED TO ONESELF WITHOUT ANYTHING IN RETURN LIKE NAME, FAME, SATISFACTION OR MONETARY GAINS THEN ONE BECOMES KARMA YOGI.  A KARMA YOGI DOES ONE'S DUTY PROPERLY, ACCEPTS DESTINY AND DOES SELFLESS SOCIAL SERVICE IGNORING PERSONAL DESIR

CONCENTRATION POWER

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                                                 HOW TO CONCENTRATE                                       IN PRESENT                                                                            ❤                       WHEN MIND IS AGITATED BECAUSE OF ANGER OR FEAR THEN BREATHING BECOMES SHORTER, SHALLOWER, FAST AND IRREGULAR. WHEN MIND IS RELAXED AND CALM THEN ONE BREATHES SLOWLY. MIND AND BREATHING ARE INTERRELATED. IF ONE IS CONTROLLED THEN IT WILL CONTROL THE OTHER AUTOMATICALLY.                     EVERYBODY HAS CONCENTRATION POWER BUT ITS RANGE MAY VARY. ONE SHOULD STRENGTHEN MIND'S CAPACITY BY VARIOUS WAYS. A NEWCOMER IN THE FIELD OF MEDITATION MUST PRACTISE CONCENTRATION EXERCISES TO FOCUS THE SCATTERED RAYS OF MIND ON A SINGLE POINT WHICH LEADS TO SELF REALISATION. THERE ARE VARIOUS EXERCISES USING DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES LIKE POWER OF SOUND. VISUAL IMAE OF DEITY OR SYMBOL. BUT THEY ALL HAVE ONE AIM, TO CONCENTRATE THE MIND.