{"id":170,"date":"2007-02-04T22:54:32","date_gmt":"2007-02-04T11:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/2007\/02\/04\/the-agnya-chakra\/"},"modified":"2007-02-04T22:54:32","modified_gmt":"2007-02-04T11:54:32","slug":"the-agnya-chakra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/2007\/02\/04\/the-agnya-chakra\/","title":{"rendered":"The Agnya Chakra"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The energy centres or chakras, which are placed along the spine, are at the core of our subtle, spiritual being.\u00a0And the sixth of these chakras, the Agnya, is situated in the middle of the brain.\u00a0It is the gateway to the seventh and last energy centre, the Sahasrara Chakra.\u00a0It is the penultimate step on the journey to our self-realisation, our yoga, our union with Divinity.<\/p>\n

It is the Kundalini, the life force within each one of us, rising from its coils in the sacrum bone at the base of the spine, rising up through each of the energy centres and eventually piercing through the fontanelle bone at the top of the head, that brings about our enlightenment, our moksha, our self-realisation.\u00a0 And to our great good fortune, Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, the founder of Sahaja Yoga, has devised a very simple way for us to take this wonderful leap forward in our evolution, this realization of the self, this manifestation of the spirit, this ability to feel the very essence of our being on our central nervous system.\u00a0It is through self-realisation that we gain sweet meditation, health, well-being, peace and joy – our oneness with the spirit.<\/p>\n

The Agnya Chakra is situated at the crossing of the optic thalamus (the pineal and pituitary glands).\u00a0It influences, and is influenced by, what we see, what we hear, what we think.<\/p>\n

The day of the week that the Agnya chakra is associated with is Sunday, its colour is white, its planet is the sun, its element is light, its gemstone is diamond,\u00a0 its place on the hand \u2013 where we can feel if the Agnya energy centre is clear – is the ring finger, and the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ is directly related to the opening up of this chakra.<\/p>\n

Like all the other chakras, the Agnya has a right, a left and a central aspect.\u00a0 Planning, over-organising, dominating others, can take us further and further into the tensions, anger, even violence, of the right.\u00a0Memories, conditioning, over-emotionalism, lack of self-confidence can take us further into the depression, insecurity, pain and fear of the left. Self-realisation, meditation and the resulting development of our balance, detachment and knowledge can bring us into the joys of the centre.<\/p>\n

The right channel, the channel of action, with its potential for out-looking and on-going demands and activity, eventually ends up in the brain area as the ego \u2013 a balloon of out-turning self-centredness.\u00a0And the left channel, the channel of desire, with its potential for insecurity, fear and self-harm, eventually ends up in the brain area as the superego \u2013 a balloon of in-turning self-centredness.<\/p>\n

To gain our self-realisation the Kundalini must thread its way between these balloons of ego and superego. It must draw them back into the centre and establish a balance so that it can rise and take the last step to the Crown chakra, the Sahasrara,\u00a0to attain\u00a0yoga,\u00a0 the union with Divinity.<\/p>\n

Thoughts come from either the left side or the right side \u2013 they are concerned with the past or the future.\u00a0 That\u2019s all thoughts are.\u00a0 So, the more we think, the more we are dragged out of the centre into what-has-been or what-is-to-come.\u00a0 A hundred years ago western societies tended to be\u00a0oriented towards\u00a0the left.\u00a0Conditioning ruled attitudes, patriotism was basic to politics, everyone tended to know, and defend, their particular place in the social scheme of things.\u00a0Nowadays, however, the pressures are very much from the right.\u00a0We are encouraged to get out and buy.\u00a0Everybody must purchase things to sustain the nation\u2019s wealth.\u00a0We must plan for the future.\u00a0Newspapers want us to think about things, opinionate.<\/p>\n

Often our thinking pattern itself moves from right to left, even back again.\u00a0We remember something from the left, move into the right to plan some action to change the situation, then move back into the left to worry about it.<\/p>\n

With this thinking pattern there is a tiny gap between each thought and the next, a quiet split-of-a-second thoughtlessness –\u00a0 not of the past, not of the future, but of the here and now.\u00a0And it is in this silence between thoughts that the spirit speaks to us.\u00a0 This is where creativity is at its most vital and revealing.\u00a0This is where peace and joy exist.<\/p>\n

Through meditation we can lengthen this split-of-a-second thoughtlessness into an ever-present now, and through this meditation, gain the balance of knowledge, perception, detachment, love.<\/p>\n

How?\u00a0How do we clear the distractions of left and right out of our Agnya and gain this valuable meditative state?\u00a0Well, we can light a candle and place it on something so that it is behind the head during meditation.\u00a0This helps to burn away the mental garbage.\u00a0We also have\u00a0– as Shri Mataji has told us – a very useful mantra: the Lord\u2019s Prayer.<\/p>\n

Our Father,
\nWho art in Heaven,
\nHallowed be Thy name.
\nThy kingdom come,
\nThy will be done
\nOn earth as it is in Heaven.
\nGive us this day our daily bread
\nAnd forgive us our trespasses
\nAs we forgive those who trespass against us,
\nAnd lead us not into temptation
\nBut deliver us from evil.
\nFor Thine is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory
\nFor ever and ever.
\nAmen.<\/em><\/p>\n

Among the most important sections of this prayer is,\u00a0 \u201cThy kingdom come, Thy will be done.\u201d If we say that, from the depths of our being, we have to humble down and\u00a0see ourselves as we are, a part of God\u2019s creation.\u00a0Another very important section is, \u201cwe forgive those who trespass against us.\u201d Forgiveness clears away all the resentment, jealousy and hate that can so harm us.\u00a0Forgiveness is another very valuable means of clearing out the Agnya Chakra.<\/p>\n

So, saying the Lord\u2019s Prayer helps us to gain the humility and the freedom from obsessions which allows us to clear the “gunk” out of the Agnya Chakra and open ourselves up to the spirit.<\/p>\n

So, by using the light of a candle, by saying the mantra of the Lord\u2019s Prayer and by forgiving, we can gain compassion and love, which are the main qualities of the Agnya Chakra.\u00a0From the balance of the centre, we can draw appropriate action and dynamism from the right side, and memory and emotion from the left, allowing the Kundalini to flow freely and grant us oneness with the spirit.<\/p>\n

Brian Bell<\/p>\n

(Illustration: en.wikipedia.org)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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