LIBERATION FROM ALL MISERIES
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THE TYPES OF NADIS
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ALL THREE OF THE MAJOR NADIS ORIGINATE AT THE BASE OF THE SPINE AND TRAVEL UPWARD. THE SUSHUMNA NADI IS CENTRALLY LOCATED AND TRAVELS ALONG THE SPINAL CANAL. AT THE LEVEL OF THE LARYNX IT DIVIDED INTO AN ANTERIOR AND A POSTERIOR POSTION, BOTH OF WHICH TERMINATE IN THE BRAHMARANDRA (CAVITY OF BRAHMA) WHICH CORRESPONDS TO THE VENTICULAR CAVITY IN THE PHYSICAL BODY. THE IDA AND PINGALA NADIS ALSO TRAVEL UPWARD ALONG THE SPINAL COLUMN, BUT THEY CRISSCROSS EACH OTHER AND THE SUSHUMNA BEFORE TERMINATING IN THE LEFT AND RIGHT NOSTRILS, RESPECTIVELY.
THE JUNCTIONS WHERE THE IDA, PINGALA, SUSHUMNA NADIS MEET ALONG THE SPINAL COLUMN ARE CALLED CHAKRAS (WHEELS). JUST AS THE SPOKES OF A WHEEL RADIATE OUTWARD FROM A CENTRAL HUB, SO DO THE OTHER NADIS RADIATE OUTWARD FROM THE CHAKRAS TO OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY. THERE ARE SEVEN PRINCIPLE CHAKRAS, THE MULADHARA CHAKRA AT THE BASE OF THE SPINE AT THE LEVEL OF THE PELVIC PLEXUS IN THE PHYSICAL BODY, THE SVADHISHTHANA CHAKRA AT THE LEVEL OF THE HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS, THE MANIPURA CHAKRA AT THE LEVEL OF THE SOLAR PLEXUS, THE VISHUDDHA CHAKRA AT THE LEVEL OF THE PHARANGEAL PLEXUS, THE AJNA CHAKRA AT THE LEVEL OF THE NASOCILIARY PLEXUS, AND THE SAHASRARA CHAKRA AT THE TOP OF THE HEAD. THE ANTERIOR PORTION OF THE SUSHUMNA PASSES THROUGH THE AJNA CHAKRA, AND THE POSTERIOR PORTION PASSESS BEHIND THE SKULL, THE TWO PORTIONS UNITING IN THE BRAHMARANDRA.
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YOGA ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY ARE CLEAR AND ACCURATE TO THOSE WHO SYSTEMATICALLY STUDY AND PRACTICE THE SCIENCE OF YOGA, AND THEY FIND THAT IT REVEALS MORE ABOUT THE INTERNAL FUNCTIONINGS OF THE HUMAN BODY THAN ANY MODERN SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT OR EXPLANATION. IT IS TRUE, HOWEVER, THAT THE ANCIENT DESCRIPTIONS OF NADIS AND CHAKRAS BEAR A REMARKABLE RESEMBLANCE TO MODERN ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF NERVES AND PLEXUSES, RESPECTIVELY. SOME SCIENTISTS HAVE TRIED TO ESTABLISH A CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE TWO SYSTEMS, BUT THE ASSUPTION BEHIND SUCH AN ATTEMPT IS THAT THE NERVES AND PLEXUSES BELONG TO THE PHYSICAL BODY WHILE THE NADIS AND CHAKRAS BELONG TO WHAT IS KNOW IN YOGA SCIENCE AS THE SUKSHMA SHARIRA (SUBTLE BODY). IN OTHER WORDS, THEY ARE THE SUBTLE COUNTERPARTS OF THE NERVES AND PLEXUSES, RESPECTIVELY. THE CURRENTS OF PRANA FLOWING THROUGH THESE NADIS ARE THE SUBTLE COUNTERPARTS OF THE NERVE IMPULSES. THE YOGIS DID NOT DISSECT THE PHYSICAL BODY IN ORDER TO LEARN ABOUT ITS SUBTLE CROSSCURRENTS - DISSECTING THE PHYSICAL BODY TO LOOK FOR SUBTLE ENERGIES WOULD BE FUTILE. THEY DISCOVERED THE NETWORK OF NADIS AND CHAKRAS BY MAPPING THE FLOW OF PRANA THROUGH THIS NETWORK, AND THEY DEVELOPED THIS MAPPING ABILITY THROUGH INTROSPECTIVE EXPERIMENTATION.
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THE PHYSICAL BODY S BUILT AROUND THE SUBTLE FRAMEWORK OF THE NADIS AND IS SUSTAINED BY THE FLOW OF PRANIC ENERGY THROUGH THIS NETWORK. IN THE AVERAGE INDIVIDUAL, THE DYNAMIC AND CREATIVE ASPECT OF PRANA IS ONLY AN INFINITESIMAL FRACTION OF THE TOTAL ENERGY OF PRANA, THE MAJOR PART OF IT REMAINING IN A POTENTIAL, OR SEED, STATE. YOGA MANUALS REFER TO THIS LATENT, STORED ENERGY AS KUNDALINI. WHICH IS SYMBOLICALLY REPRESENTED AS A SLEEPING SERPENT COILED IN THE MULADHARA CHAKRA AT THE BASE OF THE SPINE. FURTHER, IN THE AVERAGE INDIVIDUAL, PRANA FLOWS THROUGH IDA AND PINGALA, BUT NOT THROUGH SUSHUMNA, THIS NADIS ORDINARILY BEING BLOCKED AT THE BASE OF THE SPINAL COLUMN.
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THE TECHNIQUE OF PRANAYAMA ARE AIMED AT DEVITALIZING IDA AND PINGALA AND AT THE SAME TIME OPENING UP SUSHUMNA, THUS ALLOWIG THE PRANA TO FLOW THROUGH THIS MIDDLE CHANNEL. THE YOGI THEN EXPERIENCES GREAT JOY AND IS FREED FROM THE BONDAGE OF TIME, SPACE, AND CAUSATION. THEN, HAVING OPENED UP THE SUSHUMNA NADI, THE YOGI ROUSES THE SLEEPING SERPENT AT THE MULADHARA CHAKRA AND GUIDES THIS TREMENDOUS ENERG UPWARD ALONG SUSHUMNA, PIERCING THE SIX CHAKRAS, TO THE SEVENTH CHAKRA, CALLED THE SAHASRA WHICH IS REPRESENTED AS A THOUSAND-PETALED LOTUS AT THE CROWN OF THE HEAD. THIS AROUSAL AND ASCENT OF THE LATENT KUNDALINI ENERGY AND ITS MERGING IN THE SAHASRA IS SYNONYMOUS WITH THE UNION OF SHAKTI (COSMIC POTENCY) WITH SHIVA (COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS). WITH THIS UNION THE YOGI ACHIVES LIBERATION FROM ALL MISERIES AND BONDAGE. HE THUS MERGES HIS INDIVIDUAL SOUL, ATMAN, WITH THE COSMIC SOUL, BRAHMAN.
