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Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.31,0:00:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prior to the dawn of Western civilization\Nand written language
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.74,0:00:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,science and spirituality were not two separate\Nthings.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.94,0:00:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the teachings of the great ancient traditions
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.84,0:00:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the outer search for knowledge and certainty\Nwas balanced
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.78,0:00:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by an inner feeling of impermanence
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.87,0:00:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and intuitive understanding of the spiral\Nof change.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.12,0:00:31.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As scientific thinking became more dominant\Nand information multiplied,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.49,0:00:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fragmentation began to occur within our knowledge\Nsystems.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.00,0:00:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Increased specialization meant that fewer\Npeople
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.23,0:00:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were capable of seeing the big picture,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.95,0:00:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of feeling and intuiting the aesthetic of\Nthe system as a whole.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.43,0:00:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one was asking, "is all this thinking good\Nfor us?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.22,0:01:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ancient knowledge is here in our midst,\Nhidden in plain view.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.42,0:01:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we are too preoccupied with our thoughts\Nto recognize it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.85,0:01:10.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This forgotten wisdom is way to restore the\Nbalance
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.09,0:01:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the inner and the outer.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.54,0:01:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yin and yang.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.79,0:01:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Between the spiral of change and the stillness\Nat our core.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.16,0:01:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Greek legend, Asclepius was the son of\NApollo and the god of healing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.51,0:02:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His wisdom and skills for healing were unsurpassed
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.91,0:02:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he is said to have discovered the secret\Nto life and death itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.49,0:02:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In ancient Greece the Asclepian healing temples
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.29,0:02:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recognized the power of the primordial spiral
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.29,0:02:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is symbolized by the rod of Asclepius.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.36,0:02:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hippocrates, the father of medicine,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.15,0:02:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose oath still forms the moral
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.86,0:02:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,code of the medical profession is said to\Nhave
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.51,0:02:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,received his training at an Asclepian temple.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.95,0:02:37.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To this day, this symbol of our evolutionary\Nenergy
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.39,0:02:40.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remains as the logo of the American Medical\NAssociation
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.31,0:02:47.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other medical organizations worldwide.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.54,0:02:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Egyptian iconography, the snake and bird\Nrepresent
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.84,0:02:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the duality or polarity of human nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.08,0:03:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The snake, the downward direction, is the\Nmanifested spiral,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.03,0:03:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the evolutionary energy of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.68,0:03:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The bird is the upward direction; the upward\Ncurrent oriented
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.50,0:03:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards the sun or awakened single-pointed\Nconsciousness;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.52,0:03:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the emptiness of Akasha.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.00,0:03:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pharaohs and gods are depicted with awakened\Nenergy
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.58,0:03:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereby the Kundalini snake moves up the spine\Nand pierces
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.28,0:03:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ajna chakra" between the eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.98,0:03:52.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is referred to as the eye of Horus.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.95,0:03:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Hindu tradition the bindi is also representative\Nof the third eye;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.20,0:04:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the divine connection to spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.93,0:04:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,King Tutankhamen’s mask is a classic example
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.56,0:04:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,showing both the snake and bird motifs.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.01,0:04:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Mayan and Aztec traditions combine the\Nserpent and bird motif into one god.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.54,0:04:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quetzalcoatl or Kukulkan.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.05,0:04:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The plumed serpent god represents the awakened\Nevolutionary
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.74,0:04:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,consciousness or awakened Kundalini.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.65,0:04:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The person who awakens Quetzalcoatl within\Nthemselves
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.92,0:04:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a living manifestation of the divine.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.80,0:04:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is said that Quetzalcoatl, or serpent energy,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.39,0:04:53.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shall return at the end of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.40,0:05:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The snake and bird symbols can be found within\NChristianity as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.33,0:05:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their true meaning may be more deeply encrypted
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.63,0:05:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the meaning is the same as in other ancient\Ntraditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.31,0:05:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Christianity, the bird or dove often seen\Nabove Christ's head
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.27,0:05:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,represents Holy Spirit or Kundalini Shakti
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.58,0:05:29.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it rises to the sixth chakra and beyond.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.11,0:05:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Christian mystics called Kundalini by\Nanother name; Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.61,0:05:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In John 3:12 it says, "and as Moses lifted\Nup the serpent in the wilderness,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.33,0:05:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so must the son of man be lifted up."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.12,0:05:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus and Moses awakened their Kundalini energy,\Nbringing awakened consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.06,0:06:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the unconscious reptilian forces that drive\Nhuman craving.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.37,0:06:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus was said to have spent forty days and\Nforty nights
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.90,0:06:12.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the desert, during which time he was tempted\Nby Satan.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.55,0:06:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Similarly, the Buddha was tempted by "Mara"\Nas he sat to reach
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.47,0:06:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enlightenment under the bodhi tree, or wisdom\Ntree.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.89,0:06:30.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both Christ and Buddha had to turn away from\Nthe lure of sensory
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.75,0:06:37.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pleasures and worldly grasping.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.07,0:06:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In each story, the demon is the personification\Nof one's own attachments.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.14,0:07:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we read the Adam and Eve story in the light\Nof the Vedic and Egyptian traditions
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.41,0:07:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we find that the serpent guarding the tree\Nof life is Kundalini.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.18,0:07:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The apple represents the lure and temptation\Nof the external sensory world,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.34,0:07:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,distracting us from the knowledge of the inner\Nworld,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.20,0:07:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the tree of knowledge within.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.62,0:07:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tree is simply the network of Nadis or\Nenergy meridians within ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.53,0:07:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which literally form tree-like structures\Nthroughout the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.33,0:07:48.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our egoic quest for external gratification
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.47,0:07:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have cut ourselves off from the knowledge\Nof the inner world,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.72,0:07:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our connection to Akasha and the wisdom source.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.06,0:08:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of the world's historical myths about\Ndragons
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.76,0:08:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be read as metaphors for the inner energies
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.12,0:08:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the cultures in which they are embedded.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.56,0:08:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In China, the dragon is still a sacred symbol\Nrepresenting happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.19,0:08:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like the Egyptian pharaohs, ancient Chinese\Nemperors
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.62,0:08:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had awakened their evolutionary energies
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.82,0:08:36.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were represented by the winged snake, or dragon.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.17,0:08:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The royal totem of the Jade Emperor or Celestial\NEmperor
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.58,0:08:46.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shows a balance similar to Ida and Pingala.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.11,0:08:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The yin and yang of Taoism, awakening the\Npineal center
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.20,0:08:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in what in Taoism is called the Upper Dantien.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.83,0:09:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nature is full of different light detection
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.64,0:09:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and assimilation mechanisms.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.22,0:09:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, a sea urchin can actually see\Nwith its spiky body
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.88,0:09:19.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which acts as one big eye.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.93,0:09:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Urchins detect light striking their spines\Nand compare
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.73,0:09:29.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the beams' intensities to get a sense of their\Nsurroundings.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.94,0:09:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Green iguanas and other reptiles have a parietal\Neye
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.26,0:09:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or pineal gland on top of their heads which\Nthey use to detect
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.18,0:09:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,predators from above.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.89,0:10:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The human pineal gland is a small endocrine\Ngland
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.30,0:10:04.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that helps to regulate waking and sleeping\Npatterns.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.41,0:10:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though it is buried deep inside the head
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.95,0:10:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the pineal gland is sensitive to light.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.04,0:10:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The philosopher Descartes recognized that\Nthe pineal gland area
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.12,0:10:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the third eye was the interface between\Nconsciousness and matter.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.63,0:10:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Almost everything is symmetrical in the human\Nbody.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.34,0:10:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two eyes, two ears, two nostrils-even the\Nbrain has two sides.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.59,0:10:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there is one area of the brain that is\Nnot mirrored.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.97,0:10:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the pineal gland area and the energetic\Ncenter that surrounds it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.03,0:10:43.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On a physical level unique molecules are formed\Nnaturally
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.17,0:10:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the pineal gland such as DMT.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.76,0:10:52.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DMT also forms naturally at the moment of\Nbirth and at the moment of death,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.81,0:10:58.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,literally acting as a unique bridge between\Nthe world of the living and the dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.61,0:11:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DMT is produced naturally during states of\Ndeep meditation
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.21,0:11:09.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Samhadi, or through entheogenic means.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.99,0:11:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, Ayahuasca is used in the shamanic\Ntraditions
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.52,0:11:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in South America to remove the veil between\Nthe inner and outer worlds.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.17,0:11:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The word pineal itself has the same root as\Npine-cone
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.05,0:11:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the pineal gland exhibits a similar\Nspiral phyllotaxis pattern.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.68,0:11:36.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This pattern, also known as the flower of\Nlife pattern,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.37,0:11:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is common in ancient artwork depicting enlightened\Nor awakened beings.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.21,0:11:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the pine cone image is seen in sacred\Nartwork it represents the
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.17,0:11:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,awakened third eye; single pointed consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.73,0:11:54.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,directing the flow of evolutionary energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.67,0:11:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The pine cone represents the flowering of\Nthe higher chakras
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.59,0:12:05.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are activated as Sushumna rises to the\NAjna chakra and beyond.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.57,0:12:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Greek mythology the worshippers of Dionysus\Ncarried a thyrsus
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.28,0:12:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or giant staff wrapped with spiraling vines\Ntopped with a pine-cone.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.41,0:12:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, representing Dionysian energy or Kundalini\NShakti
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.88,0:12:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it travels up the spine to the pineal body\Nat the sixth chakra.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.13,0:12:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the heart of the Vatican you might expect\Na giant sculpture
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.75,0:12:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Jesus or Mary but instead we find a giant\Npine-cone statue
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.62,0:12:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,indicating that in Christian history there\Nmay have been knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.94,0:12:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the chakras and Kundalini but for whatever\Nreason
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.01,0:12:47.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was kept from the masses.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.63,0:12:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The official church explanation is that the\Npine-cone
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.36,0:12:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a symbol of regeneration and represents\Nnew life in Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.24,0:13:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The \Nthirteenth century philosopher and mystic,\NMeister Eckhart said,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.93,0:13:20.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The eye with which I see God and the eye\Nwith which God sees me
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.63,0:13:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is one and the same."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.56,0:13:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the King James bible Jesus said, "the light\Nof the body is the eye,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.16,0:13:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole\Nbody shall be full of light."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.24,0:13:52.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Buddha said, "the body is an eye."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.09,0:13:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a state of Samadhi one is both the seer\Nand the seen.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.56,0:14:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are the universe aware of itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.98,0:14:18.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Kundalini is activated, it stimulates\Nthe sixth chakra
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.17,0:14:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pineal center and this area starts to\Nregain some of its
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.48,0:14:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,evolutionary functions.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.91,0:14:29.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Darkness meditation has been used for thousands\Nof years
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.41,0:14:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a way to activate the sixth chakra in the\Narea of the pineal gland.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.87,0:14:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Activation of this center allows a person\Nto see their inner light.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.67,0:14:45.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether it is the proverbial yogi or shaman\Nretreating deep into a cave
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.57,0:14:51.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Taoist or Mayan initiate, or Tibetan monk,\Nall traditions incorporate
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.53,0:14:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a period of time during which one goes into\Nthe darkness.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.32,0:15:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The pineal gland is the gateway to experiencing\None's subtle energy directly.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.82,0:15:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The philosopher Nietzche said, "if you stare\Ninto the abyss long enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.03,0:15:17.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eventually you find that the abyss stares\Nback at you."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.66,0:15:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dolmens, or ancient portal tombs are among\Nthe oldest remaining structures on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.21,0:15:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most date to the Neolithic period of 3000-4000\NBC and some in Western Europe
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.23,0:15:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are seven thousand years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.98,0:15:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The dolmen was used to enter into perpetual\Nmeditation as a way
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.32,0:15:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a human to bridge the inner and outer\Nworlds.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.33,0:15:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As one continues to meditate in total darkness\Neventually
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.98,0:15:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one begins to observe inner energy or light\Nas the third eye becomes active.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.83,0:16:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The circadian rhythms which are governed by\Nthe sun and the moon channels
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.20,0:16:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no longer control the functions of the body\Nand a new rhythm is established.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.51,0:16:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The seventh chakra, for thousands of years,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.11,0:16:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been represented by the "OM" symbol.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.92,0:16:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A symbol which is constructed by Sanskrit\Nsigns representing the elements.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.46,0:16:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Kundalini rises beyond the sixth chakra\Nit begins to create an
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.34,0:16:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,energy halo.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.85,0:16:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Halos appear consistently in the religious\Npaintings of different
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.41,0:16:44.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,traditions in all different parts of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.06,0:17:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The halo, or the depiction of an energy signature,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.10,0:17:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around an awakened being, is common to virtually\Nall religions
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.45,0:17:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in all parts of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.76,0:17:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The evolutionary process of awakening the\Nchakras
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.39,0:17:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not the property of one group or one religion,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.98,0:17:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is the birthright of every human being\Non the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.77,0:18:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The crown chakra is the connection to the\Ndivine;
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.18,0:18:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that which is beyond duality.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.46,0:18:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beyond name and form.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.85,0:18:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Akhenaten was a pharaoh whose wife was Nefertiti.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.40,0:18:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is referred to as the son of the sun.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.02,0:18:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He rediscovered "Aten", or the word of God\Nwithin himself,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.32,0:18:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uniting Kundalini and consciousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.16,0:18:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Egyptian iconography, once again the awakened\Nconsciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.82,0:18:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is represented by the solar disk seen above\Nthe heads of gods
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.08,0:19:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or awakened beings.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.94,0:19:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Hindu and Yogic traditions, this halo\Nis called
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.62,0:19:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sahasrara", the thousand-petalled lotus.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.64,0:19:23.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Buddha is associated with the symbol of\Nthe lotus.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.45,0:19:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The phyllotaxis pattern IS the same pattern\Nas can be found
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.72,0:19:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a blooming lotus.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.24,0:19:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It IS the flower of life pattern.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:31.43,0:19:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The seed of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.21,0:19:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the fundamental pattern into which all\Nforms fit.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.56,0:19:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the very shape of space itself or a\Nquality inherent to Akasha.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.14,0:20:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At one time in history, the flower of life\Nsymbol was prevalent all over Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.83,0:20:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The flower of life is found guarded by lions
Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.56,0:20:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the most holy places in China and other\Nparts of Asia.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.55,0:20:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 64 hexagrams of the I Ching often surround\Nthe yinyang symbol
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.02,0:20:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is yet another way of representing the\Nflower of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.43,0:20:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within the flower of life is the geometric\Nbasis
Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.20,0:20:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for all of the platonic solids;
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.62,0:20:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,essentially every form that can exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.44,0:20:39.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ancient flower of life begins with the\Ngeometry
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.93,0:20:45.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the star of David, or upward and downward\Nfacing triangles.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.17,0:20:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or in 3D these would be tetrahedral structures.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.48,0:20:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This symbol is a yantra, a sort of program\Nthat exists within the universe;
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.54,0:21:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the machine which is generating our fractal\Nworld.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.44,0:21:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yantras have been used as tools for awakening\Nconsciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.15,0:21:05.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for thousands of years.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.87,0:21:10.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The visual form of the yantra is an external\Nrepresentation
Dialogue: 0,0:21:10.65,0:21:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of an inner process of spiritual unfolding.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.87,0:21:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the hidden music of the universe made\Nvisible,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.78,0:21:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comprised of intersecting geometrical forms\Nand interference patterns.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:39.39,0:21:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each chakra is a lotus, a yantra, a psycho-physiological\Ncenter
Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.98,0:21:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through which the world can be experienced.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:54.74,0:22:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A traditional yantra, such as can be found\Nin the Tibetan tradition,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.30,0:22:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is invested with rich layers of meaning,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.66,0:22:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes incorporating a complete cosmology\Nand world view.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.88,0:22:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The yantra is a constantly evolving pattern
Dialogue: 0,0:22:33.00,0:22:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which works through the power of repetition
Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.15,0:22:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or iteration of a cycle.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:37.83,0:22:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The power of the yantra is all but lost in\Ntoday's world
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.73,0:22:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we seek meaning only in the external\Nform
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.72,0:22:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we do no connect it to our inner energies\Nthrough intention.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:59.25,0:23:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a good reason why priests, monks\Nand yogis
Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.64,0:23:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,traditionally have been celibate.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.51,0:23:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today all but a tiny few know why they are\Npracticing celibacy
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.43,0:23:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the true purpose has become lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:11.64,0:23:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quite simply, if your energy is going into\Nproducing more sperm or eggs,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.02,0:23:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the case may be, then there is not as much\Nto fuel the rising
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.43,0:23:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Kundalini which activates the higher chakras.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:24.27,0:23:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kundalini is life energy, which is also sexual\Nenergy.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.50,0:23:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When awareness becomes less focused on animal\Nurges
Dialogue: 0,0:23:37.55,0:23:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and is put into the objects reflective of\Nthe higher chakras,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:41.80,0:23:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that energy flows up the spine into those\Nchakras.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:49.80,0:23:54.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of the tantric practices teach how to\Nmaster sexual energy
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.79,0:24:01.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it could be used for higher spiritual evolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.26,0:24:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your state of consciousness creates the right\Nconditions
Dialogue: 0,0:24:09.60,0:24:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for your energy to be able to grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:12.52,0:24:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Entering a state of consciousness takes no\Ntime.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.14,0:24:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Eckhart Tolle says, "awareness and presence\Nalways happen in the now."
Dialogue: 0,0:24:20.90,0:24:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are trying to make something happen
Dialogue: 0,0:24:23.88,0:24:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you are creating resistance to what is.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:28.24,0:24:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the removing of all resistance that\Nallows
Dialogue: 0,0:24:31.01,0:24:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,evolutionary energy to unfold.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:38.01,0:24:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the ancient Yogic tradition, yoga postures\Nwere used
Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.75,0:24:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to prepare the body for meditation.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:44.75,0:24:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hatha yoga was never intended solely as an\Nexercise regime,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:49.53,0:24:54.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as a way to link one's inner and outer\Nworlds.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.45,0:25:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Sanskrit word "hatha" means: sun "ha",\Nand moon "tha".
Dialogue: 0,0:25:01.96,0:25:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the original yoga sutra's of Patanjali
Dialogue: 0,0:25:05.23,0:25:07.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the purpose of the eight limbs of yoga
Dialogue: 0,0:25:07.23,0:25:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the same as the Buddha's eight fold path;
Dialogue: 0,0:25:10.77,0:25:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to liberate one from suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:14.76,0:25:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the polarities of the dual world are\Nin balance,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.78,0:25:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a third thing is born.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:21.11,0:25:23.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We find the mysterious Golden Key that unlocks
Dialogue: 0,0:25:23.85,0:25:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the evolutionary forces of nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:28.27,0:25:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This synthesis of the sun and moon channels\Nis our evolutionary energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.84,0:25:46.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because humans are now identified almost exclusively
Dialogue: 0,0:25:46.35,0:25:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with their thoughts and the outer world,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:49.18,0:25:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is a rare individual that achieves a balance
Dialogue: 0,0:25:51.82,0:25:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the inner and outer forces which allow\NKundalini
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.64,0:25:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to awaken naturally.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.62,0:26:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For those identified only with the illusion,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:02.72,0:26:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kundalini will always remain a metaphor,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:06.70,0:26:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an idea, rather than a direct experience
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.28,0:26:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of one's energy and consciousness.