Subtle Body Reconfigured
Meditationtime Forum Post
Date: Posted 5 years before Nov 29, 2017
MiBeloved 5 years ago
During breath infusion this morning I worked on changing the old configuration of the breath energy passage. Look at this diagram which shows the old configuration which should be mastered by the student by a diligent daily practice at least once per day for some years:
In this diagram the air is compressed into the lungs after it enters through the nostril while doing bhastrika pranayama rapid breathing in various postures. Then the air being compressed goes down to the navel region. There it is compressed further and is forced through the navel chakra. It is then pushed to the groin area where it mixes with the energy from the sex organ chakra which is in the front part of the body. Up to this point none of this has anything to do with the spinal chakras, except that the sex organ chakra for instance is an expression from the sex chakra on the spine.
After passing through the sex organ chakra, the energy gets a sufficient charge. It arcs across to the base chakra. At this point the energy enters the sushumna spinal passage. If it is a high enough charge it will begin to rise through the spine, either to rise just part way or to go through the spine, through the neck and enter the head.
This is the preliminary process which must be mastered.
The flaw in this process however is that it does not take into account the limbs of the subtle body. These limbs especially the thighs, legs and feet are also part of the psyche. After one has done what must be done with the kundalini system in relation to the spine or sushumna central passage, then one must turn and deal with the other parts which were neglected.
Look at this second diagram:
In this diagram the infused energy is not concerned with the navel. It is not concerned with the sexual organ chakra. It is not concerned with the base chakra. It is not concerned with the sushumna nadi central passage.
From the nostril the energy goes to the inner thigh and then to the knees. There is no polarity linkage at the sex organ chakra, no flashing of energy there. This is a clean non-polarized system, which goes through the thighs into the knees. There is a slight curve inwards of the energy at the inner thighs. This is because this is the design of the system but while in the preliminary practice, this curve is steeper and the two energies arch at the sex organ chakra, here there is no arching because of the absence of a lust charge.
unlimitedsun 5 years ago
In this diagram the air is compressed into the lungs after it enters through the nostril while doing bhastrika pranayama rapid breathing in various postures. Then the air being compressed goes down to the navel region. There it is compressed further and is forced through the navel chakra. It is then pushed to the groin area where it mixes with the energy from the sex organ chakra which is in the front part of the body.
Yogiraja,
Kindly expand on this aspect:
While one is doing bhastrika pranayama rapid breathing, one is breathing at an accelerated rate. The different steps of compression are also to be performed at the same time while rapid breathing is going on? Or when one assumes a posture and decides to solicit the energy to rise applying the locks and methodically compresses in stages as described?
Dandavat
MiBeloved 5 years ago
Overtime, the mastery of the various aspects is attained so that one can do some of them spontaneously and focus on other. In the beginning just to keep the breathing going is enough to concentrate from but over time that gets to be a second nature thing which happens without one having to put much attention to it.
So phase after phase, as one advances, one will be able to focus on the infusion, on the infused energy, on compressing or directing the infused energy.
Just keep practicing and over time the expertise will develop.
unlimitedsun 5 years ago
I am familiar enough with the primary route of the life force energy to grasp the diagrams explaining aspects of it.
I look forward to more understanding of the descending flow of the energy!
I will work more on the primarily route for I am far from synchronizing, rapid breathing, locks and arousal.
The diagram of the descending flow above is mysterious, I don't get it. But I would like to get a better idea of it, perhaps more details can help me.
The specific aspect of by-passing the sex chakra is not intuitive, it is likely to be very much dependent on subtle pressure as from will. How to send prana from the upper region to lower, going through the basin and pass over the sex chakra?
MiBeloved 5 years ago
Constant practice will in time wash out the natural route through the sex organ chakra system.
