Svadhishtana - balancing it out

The Sex Chakra is situated at the base of the genital organ with six vermilion petals. In the pericarp is the water element, stainless and luminously white, in the shape of a crescent half moon with the bija mantra Vam. Vishnu is the deity of the second chakra.

The second chakra is called the sexual chakra because sexual energy is believed to originate here. However, it is more than just a sex chakra, it is also the seat of creativity. Sexual energy relates to energy exchanges between two or more people.

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When the second chakra is off-balanced, a person could appear listless. A blocked second chakra can inhibit the expression of emotion and your interest in sexuality. Conversely, an excessively stimulated second chakra can cause emotions to rule your being and create a state of confusion and disatisfaction.

The second chakra also represents our relationship with nature and all the plants and creatures thereof.

The musical note for the second chakra is D and the mantra is "vam." Chanting this mantra in the key of D can assist in accessing the second chakra.

The color for this chakra is orange, and orange is the color of emotion.

The second chakra presides over our vital, sensual body and governs sexuality, emotions, instincts, food, and general communication of the body with the consciousness that lives within.

The sense of taste is associated with the second chakra.

The astrological sign of Cancer is associated with the second chakra.

The second chakra houses emotional consciousness, animal instincts, and tribal consciousness. This chakra represents the mammalian portion of our brain. It is also responsible for sexual health and healthy sexual organs. Vital, active and healthy sexual experience enhances our personality by encouraging a radiant and magnetic expression of self.

When the second chakra is clear and/or balanced, we feel secure within ourselves and feel the connection with family, friends, and the entire planet. We also feel at home within our bodies and are able to communicate with our inner self. A balanced second chakra facilitates trust in our instincts and our gut feelings. Also, our sex life is expressed naturally and in balance and we eat healthy foods in the correct amounts for our body's needs.

When the second chakra is unclear or off-balance, we feel impotent or possibly "over" sexed. Enjoyment of sex may be diminished (with an out of balance second chakra) or we might use sex as a way to avoid emotions. We may feel alienated from others and even uncomfortable within our home. Fear and anger can result and that can makes us feel anxious and/or depressed. 

The Swadisthana, or Sex Chakra, is located at the sacrum and is also called the sacral chakra.
It is located in the pelvic area between the pubis and navel.
Its name means "abode of the vital force" or "dwelling place of the self."

Mudra with palette

The palette needs to be persisted upon.

Chakras in the causal and material body

Kundalini chakras in yoga can be practiced in different ways. The word Chakras is taken from the Sanskrit language which means wheel or vortex and refers to the seven energy centers. Our consciousness and energy system is to be developed out this energy. The function of these energy centers is to regulate the flow of energy through our energy system. The effect of these chakras is reflected in our decisions that are responded to the condition in our daily lives. We can open and close these chakras whenever we decide to think or feel differently.
Chakras Are Aspect of Consciousness

The chakras are aspects of consciousness and they are not physical at all. They further interact with the physical system of our body through the nervous system and the endocrine system. All the seven chakras are related to the seven endocrine glands and also to the plexus which are known as a group of nerves. Each charka is really associated with each part of the body. Different functions are controlled by these plexus which related to these chakras.
Perceptions are Experienced

All our perceptions and senses can be experienced by us through these Chakras. They not only touch physical parts of our body, but also the parts of our consciousness. Tension felt in our consciousness can be felt in the chakras that are related to the part of our consciousness. The nerves of the plexus can detect the tension in the chakras. It is transmitted to those parts of our body which are controlled by that plexus. Continued tension which is felt by our body creates a symptom on the physical level.
Reflection of Idea

The symptom which is felt in our body simply speaks a language which is reflected into an idea. The symptom is communicated to us through our body that is felt in our consciousness. The chakras are not materially real but are understood in real senses.

Kundalini actually reaches each chakra which further opens the flower. As soon as we leave for higher chakra, the lotus closes its petals. Kundalini is really powerful but dormant source of energy.  Kundalini chakra is a mysterious and orthodox source of energy.

Resting place of primal energy is called Mooladhara chakra. Yoga awakes the sleeping Kundalini through self-purification which leads up to chakra where pure energy is united with sacred consciousness. Powerful energy remains dormant in various chakras. Every chakra is like a gate to enter the parts of our brain to get some extraordinary power by meditation and concentration on different chakras.

Rnanubandha

Rnanubandha

In each life, we have mother, father, brothers, sisters, spouse, children and so on. We are born in a family as a result of undischarged debts of past lives. Constantly we are creating accounts, debiting and crediting. We are creating Karmic debts with all those with whom we interact. The Karmic debts ( rna ) lead to bondage or attachment ( bandha ). These Karmic attachments pull us into the wheel of existence again and again. Rnanubandha (the bond that results from Karmic debts) is at the root of repeated lives.

Two people meet for reasons very specific than we can easily imagine or fathom. The only way to sense the true purpose of relationships are subtle coincidences that are hidden at almost every corner. We feel a sense of trust and attraction for an individual without reason.
Sometimes, things happens for no apparent reason. Only the wise ones can feel the vibrations of Rna's play.
The reason why the ignorant ones cannot see through the play is that most of the other relations are actually Maya's usual play. The worldly ones fall into this trap just through biological and societal needs. Parents first, wife next, kids, grandkids, and the show goes on. Each stage entraps the helpless soul, until it is too late and life ends and we move on to the next life.

Karma leads to rna and rna leads to Karma . It works both ways. If you have given something to somebody in some life, the memory is stored in your causal body. That person will be your debtor in this birth. If you have taken in the past, it will be taken from you in some birth. If you have given in the past it will come back to you later. The causal body stores the memory of all of one's rnanubandhas of countless births. Till all the karma stored in the causal body is burnt away or exhausted, there is no liberation from rebirth. Human life is nothing but a memory of rnanubandha , the story of the countless karmas that we make, and live through. Every relationship reflects some rnanubandha . The people with whom we have very strong rnanubandha become our parents, spouse, children and co-borns in this life. In most relationships it is our rna that ensures a complementary fit, just like a lock and key.

The citta (unconscious mind) holds these emotional memories or subliminal impressions that drive one to act or seek. They are more like vague impressions rather than clear memories. The memory of Karmic debts may be sweet or bitter. Sweet memories of karmic debts lead to a 'happy' relationship and bitter memories to an 'unhappy' relationship. In reality most of the karmic debts are mixed, a mixture of sweet and bitter memories. That is why most relationships are of a mixed nature. I will try to explain briefly two kinds of relationships that are most significant: parent/child and love/marriage relationships.

One who has taken a lot in some life has to give in the present life. In such a case, one of the
m will always be giving (money, love, care, etc.) and the other receiving.

Lingam raw

Tantra lingam

Tantra Kundalini

According to Tantra, the human being is a miniature universe. All that is found in the cosmos can be found within each individual, and the same principles that apply to the universe apply in the case of the individual being.

In human beings, Shakti, the feminine aspect is called Kundalini. This potential energy is said to rest at the base of the spinal cord. The object of the Tantric practice of Kundalini-yoga is to awaken this cosmic energy and make it ascend through the psychic centres, the chakras, that lie along the axis of the spine as consciousness potentials. She will then unite above the crown of the head with Shiva the pure consciousness. This union is the aim of Kundalini-yoga: a resolution of duality into unity again, a fusion with the Absolute. By this union the adept attains liberation while living which is considered in Indian life to be the highest experience: an union of the individual with the universe.

In Tantrism the state of ultimate bliss is a transcendence of dualities male-female, energy-consciousness, Shiva-Shakti.

Chakra ascendence

This diagram illustrates the ascending conciousness through the chakras to the Sahasrara to the Vishuddha and beyond.

Yantra kundalini

At the center of the yantra is the goddess Kundalini coiled around a linga within a downward pointing yoni triangle. This rests on the two intersecting triangles placed over two intersecting squares, which represents the union of Kundalini Shakti with her Shiva. On the eight lotus petals are the six chakras, the Sahasrara and the yantra of Shiva and Shakti in union. 
  “We call this freed Kundalini by a special name: the Kula Kundalini. Like every Sanskrit word, the word kula has many different meanings. Its most important meaning here is ‘Supreme Consciousness of the Universe.’ It also refers to ‘form,’ because the job of the Kundalini Shakti, the Supreme Consciousness, is to finitize, to give form and limits. 

“In the astral sense kula means ‘family.’ The Kula Kundalini, the Kundalini once she uncoiled and straightened out along the Six Chakras, takes the form of the Goddess Who is meant to be worshipped by the family into which you have been born. Kundalini is by herself formless and pure, but when She moves through the body She must be qualified, possessed of attributes, so She takes the form of one of the Great Goddesses and guides you. The particular form She takes is determined by your ancestry. Then you realize why you were born into a particular family, which allows you to understand your karmic debts, which in turn gives you knowledge of your past births.

Enlightenment

Enlightenment in a secular context often means the "full comprehension of a situation", but in spiritual terms the word alludes to a spiritual revelation or deep insight into the meaning and purpose of all things, communication with or understanding of the mind of God, profound spiritual understanding or a fundamentally changed consciousness whereby everything is perceived as a unity.
Some scientists believe that during meditative states leading up to the subjective experience of enlightenment there are actual physical changes in the brain.

According to Mandukya Upanishad, "enlightenment is a state of freedom from the ignorance that causes suffering. There is no necessity to attain mere belief in God, but it is necessary to have profound knowledge of the truth which lies behind the concept of the word God. The idea is not to know God as a different being but to know one's own real self and its essential nature, which is the self of all. The preachings of religion make a person dependent on priests,temples, idols, blind faith and dogma and dependence on these is a habit of the lower mind. Such crutches may be useful at a certain stage for some people, but they do not lead one to ultimate truth. A dependent mind is not free, and without freedom, enlightenment is impossible. Religious dogmas are full of beliefs and myths that do not satisfy the human intellect and that bind believers to a narrow view of life and human potential. Such preachings instill more fear than love in the hearts of masses" reference: enlightenment without god.

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