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Prior to the dawn of Western civilization
and written language
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science and spirituality were not two separate
things.
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In the teachings of the great ancient traditions
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the outer search for knowledge and certainty
was balanced
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by an inner feeling of impermanence
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and intuitive understanding of the spiral
of change.
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As scientific thinking became more dominant
and information multiplied,
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fragmentation began to occur within our knowledge
systems.
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Increased specialization meant that fewer
people
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were capable of seeing the big picture,
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of feeling and intuiting the aesthetic of
the system as a whole.
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No one was asking, "is all this thinking good
for us?"
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The ancient knowledge is here in our midst,
hidden in plain view.
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But we are too preoccupied with our thoughts
to recognize it.
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This forgotten wisdom is way to restore the
balance
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between the inner and the outer.
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Yin and yang.
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Between the spiral of change and the stillness
at our core.
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In Greek legend, Asclepius was the son of
Apollo and the god of healing.
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His wisdom and skills for healing were unsurpassed
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and he is said to have discovered the secret
to life and death itself.
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In ancient Greece the Asclepian healing temples
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recognized the power of the primordial spiral
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Which is symbolized by the rod of Asclepius.
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Hippocrates, the father of medicine,
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whose oath still forms the moral
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code of the medical profession is said to
have
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received his training at an Asclepian temple.
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To this day, this symbol of our evolutionary
energy
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remains as the logo of the American Medical
Association
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and other medical organizations worldwide.
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In Egyptian iconography, the snake and bird
represent
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the duality or polarity of human nature.
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The snake, the downward direction, is the
manifested spiral,
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the evolutionary energy of the world.
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The bird is the upward direction; the upward
current oriented
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towards the sun or awakened single-pointed
consciousness;
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the emptiness of Akasha.
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Pharaohs and gods are depicted with awakened
energy
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whereby the Kundalini snake moves up the spine
and pierces
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"Ajna chakra" between the eyes.
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This is referred to as the eye of Horus.
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In the Hindu tradition the bindi is also representative
of the third eye;
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the divine connection to spirit.
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King Tutankhamen’s mask is a classic example
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showing both the snake and bird motifs.
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The Mayan and Aztec traditions combine the
serpent and bird motif into one god.
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Quetzalcoatl or Kukulkan.
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The plumed serpent god represents the awakened
evolutionary
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consciousness or awakened Kundalini.
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The person who awakens Quetzalcoatl within
themselves
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is a living manifestation of the divine.
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It is said that Quetzalcoatl, or serpent energy,
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shall return at the end of time.
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The snake and bird symbols can be found within
Christianity as well.
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Their true meaning may be more deeply encrypted
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but the meaning is the same as in other ancient
traditions.
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In Christianity, the bird or dove often seen
above Christ's head
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represents Holy Spirit or Kundalini Shakti
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as it rises to the sixth chakra and beyond.
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The Christian mystics called Kundalini by
another name; Holy Spirit.
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In John 3:12 it says, "and as Moses lifted
up the serpent in the wilderness,
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so must the son of man be lifted up."
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Jesus and Moses awakened their Kundalini energy,
bringing awakened consciousness
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to the unconscious reptilian forces that drive
human craving.
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Jesus was said to have spent forty days and
forty nights
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in the desert, during which time he was tempted
by Satan.
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Similarly, the Buddha was tempted by "Mara"
as he sat to reach
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enlightenment under the bodhi tree, or wisdom
tree.
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Both Christ and Buddha had to turn away from
the lure of sensory
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pleasures and worldly grasping.
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In each story, the demon is the personification
of one's own attachments.
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If we read the Adam and Eve story in the light
of the Vedic and Egyptian traditions
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we find that the serpent guarding the tree
of life is Kundalini.
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The apple represents the lure and temptation
of the external sensory world,
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distracting us from the knowledge of the inner
world,
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the tree of knowledge within.
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The tree is simply the network of Nadis or
energy meridians within ourselves,
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which literally form tree-like structures
throughout the body.
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In our egoic quest for external gratification
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we have cut ourselves off from the knowledge
of the inner world,
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our connection to Akasha and the wisdom source.
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Many of the world's historical myths about
dragons
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can be read as metaphors for the inner energies
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of the cultures in which they are embedded.
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In China, the dragon is still a sacred symbol
representing happiness.
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Like the Egyptian pharaohs, ancient Chinese
emperors
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who had awakened their evolutionary energies
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were represented by the winged snake, or dragon.
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The royal totem of the Jade Emperor or Celestial
Emperor
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shows a balance similar to Ida and Pingala.
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The yin and yang of Taoism, awakening the
pineal center
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or in what in Taoism is called the Upper Dantien.
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Nature is full of different light detection
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and assimilation mechanisms.
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For example, a sea urchin can actually see
with its spiky body
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which acts as one big eye.
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Urchins detect light striking their spines
and compare
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the beams' intensities to get a sense of their
surroundings.
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Green iguanas and other reptiles have a parietal
eye
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or pineal gland on top of their heads which
they use to detect
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predators from above.
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The human pineal gland is a small endocrine
gland
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that helps to regulate waking and sleeping
patterns.
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Even though it is buried deep inside the head
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the pineal gland is sensitive to light.
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The philosopher Descartes recognized that
the pineal gland area
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or the third eye was the interface between
consciousness and matter.
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Almost everything is symmetrical in the human
body.
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Two eyes, two ears, two nostrils-even the
brain has two sides.
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But there is one area of the brain that is
not mirrored.
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This is the pineal gland area and the energetic
center that surrounds it.
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On a physical level unique molecules are formed
naturally
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by the pineal gland such as DMT.
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DMT also forms naturally at the moment of
birth and at the moment of death,
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literally acting as a unique bridge between
the world of the living and the dead.
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DMT is produced naturally during states of
deep meditation
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and Samhadi, or through entheogenic means.
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For example, Ayahuasca is used in the shamanic
traditions
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in South America to remove the veil between
the inner and outer worlds.
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The word pineal itself has the same root as
pine-cone
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because the pineal gland exhibits a similar
spiral phyllotaxis pattern.
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This pattern, also known as the flower of
life pattern,
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is common in ancient artwork depicting enlightened
or awakened beings.
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When the pine cone image is seen in sacred
artwork it represents the
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awakened third eye; single pointed consciousness
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directing the flow of evolutionary energy.
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The pine cone represents the flowering of
the higher chakras
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which are activated as Sushumna rises to the
Ajna chakra and beyond.
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In Greek mythology the worshippers of Dionysus
carried a thyrsus
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or giant staff wrapped with spiraling vines
topped with a pine-cone.
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Again, representing Dionysian energy or Kundalini
Shakti
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as it travels up the spine to the pineal body
at the sixth chakra.
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In the heart of the Vatican you might expect
a giant sculpture
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of Jesus or Mary but instead we find a giant
pine-cone statue
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indicating that in Christian history there
may have been knowledge
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of the chakras and Kundalini but for whatever
reason
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it was kept from the masses.
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The official church explanation is that the
pine-cone
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is a symbol of regeneration and represents
new life in Christ.
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The
thirteenth century philosopher and mystic,
Meister Eckhart said,
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"The eye with which I see God and the eye
with which God sees me
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is one and the same."
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In the King James bible Jesus said, "the light
of the body is the eye,
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if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole
body shall be full of light."
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The Buddha said, "the body is an eye."
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In a state of Samadhi one is both the seer
and the seen.
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We are the universe aware of itself.
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When Kundalini is activated, it stimulates
the sixth chakra
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and pineal center and this area starts to
regain some of its
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evolutionary functions.
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Darkness meditation has been used for thousands
of years
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as a way to activate the sixth chakra in the
area of the pineal gland.
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Activation of this center allows a person
to see their inner light.
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Whether it is the proverbial yogi or shaman
retreating deep into a cave
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or Taoist or Mayan initiate, or Tibetan monk,
all traditions incorporate
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a period of time during which one goes into
the darkness.
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The pineal gland is the gateway to experiencing
one's subtle energy directly.
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The philosopher Nietzche said, "if you stare
into the abyss long enough,
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eventually you find that the abyss stares
back at you."
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Dolmens, or ancient portal tombs are among
the oldest remaining structures on Earth.
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Most date to the Neolithic period of 3000-4000
BC and some in Western Europe
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are seven thousand years old.
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The dolmen was used to enter into perpetual
meditation as a way
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for a human to bridge the inner and outer
worlds.
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As one continues to meditate in total darkness
eventually
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one begins to observe inner energy or light
as the third eye becomes active.
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The circadian rhythms which are governed by
the sun and the moon channels
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no longer control the functions of the body
and a new rhythm is established.
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The seventh chakra, for thousands of years,
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has been represented by the "OM" symbol.
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A symbol which is constructed by Sanskrit
signs representing the elements.
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When Kundalini rises beyond the sixth chakra
it begins to create an
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energy halo.
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Halos appear consistently in the religious
paintings of different
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traditions in all different parts of the world.
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The halo, or the depiction of an energy signature,
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around an awakened being, is common to virtually
all religions
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in all parts of the world.
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The evolutionary process of awakening the
chakras
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is not the property of one group or one religion,
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it is the birthright of every human being
on the planet.
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The crown chakra is the connection to the
divine;
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that which is beyond duality.
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Beyond name and form.
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Akhenaten was a pharaoh whose wife was Nefertiti.
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He is referred to as the son of the sun.
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He rediscovered "Aten", or the word of God
within himself,
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uniting Kundalini and consciousness.
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In Egyptian iconography, once again the awakened
consciousness
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is represented by the solar disk seen above
the heads of gods
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or awakened beings.
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In the Hindu and Yogic traditions, this halo
is called
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"Sahasrara", the thousand-petalled lotus.
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The Buddha is associated with the symbol of
the lotus.
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The phyllotaxis pattern IS the same pattern
as can be found
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in a blooming lotus.
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It IS the flower of life pattern.
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The seed of life.
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It is the fundamental pattern into which all
forms fit.
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It is the very shape of space itself or a
quality inherent to Akasha.
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At one time in history, the flower of life
symbol was prevalent all over Earth.
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The flower of life is found guarded by lions
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at the most holy places in China and other
parts of Asia.
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The 64 hexagrams of the I Ching often surround
the yinyang symbol
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which is yet another way of representing the
flower of life.
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Within the flower of life is the geometric
basis
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for all of the platonic solids;
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essentially every form that can exist.
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The ancient flower of life begins with the
geometry
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of the star of David, or upward and downward
facing triangles.
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Or in 3D these would be tetrahedral structures.
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This symbol is a yantra, a sort of program
that exists within the universe;
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the machine which is generating our fractal
world.
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Yantras have been used as tools for awakening
consciousness
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for thousands of years.
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The visual form of the yantra is an external
representation
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of an inner process of spiritual unfolding.
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It is the hidden music of the universe made
visible,
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comprised of intersecting geometrical forms
and interference patterns.
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Each chakra is a lotus, a yantra, a psycho-physiological
center
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through which the world can be experienced.
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A traditional yantra, such as can be found
in the Tibetan tradition,
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is invested with rich layers of meaning,
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sometimes incorporating a complete cosmology
and world view.
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The yantra is a constantly evolving pattern
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which works through the power of repetition
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or iteration of a cycle.
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The power of the yantra is all but lost in
today's world
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because we seek meaning only in the external
form
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and we do no connect it to our inner energies
through intention.
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There is a good reason why priests, monks
and yogis
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traditionally have been celibate.
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Today all but a tiny few know why they are
practicing celibacy
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because the true purpose has become lost.
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Quite simply, if your energy is going into
producing more sperm or eggs,
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as the case may be, then there is not as much
to fuel the rising
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of Kundalini which activates the higher chakras.
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Kundalini is life energy, which is also sexual
energy.
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When awareness becomes less focused on animal
urges
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and is put into the objects reflective of
the higher chakras,
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that energy flows up the spine into those
chakras.
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Many of the tantric practices teach how to
master sexual energy
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so it could be used for higher spiritual evolution.
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Your state of consciousness creates the right
conditions
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for your energy to be able to grow.
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Entering a state of consciousness takes no
time.
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As Eckhart Tolle says, "awareness and presence
always happen in the now."
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If you are trying to make something happen
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then you are creating resistance to what is.
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It is the removing of all resistance that
allows
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evolutionary energy to unfold.
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In the ancient Yogic tradition, yoga postures
were used
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to prepare the body for meditation.
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Hatha yoga was never intended solely as an
exercise regime,
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but as a way to link one's inner and outer
worlds.
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The Sanskrit word "hatha" means: sun "ha",
and moon "tha".
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In the original yoga sutra's of Patanjali
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the purpose of the eight limbs of yoga
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are the same as the Buddha's eight fold path;
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to liberate one from suffering.
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When the polarities of the dual world are
in balance,
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a third thing is born.
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We find the mysterious Golden Key that unlocks
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the evolutionary forces of nature.
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This synthesis of the sun and moon channels
is our evolutionary energy.
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Because humans are now identified almost exclusively
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with their thoughts and the outer world,
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it is a rare individual that achieves a balance
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of the inner and outer forces which allow
Kundalini
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to awaken naturally.
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For those identified only with the illusion,
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Kundalini will always remain a metaphor,
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an idea, rather than a direct experience
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of one's energy and consciousness.