Wednesday, March 10, 2021

What humanity knew all the while - the chakras!

 There is a way of saying how we say things without actually saying them explicitly. And that phrase is "Words betray the fact" or "In common lingo"

The 7 chakras in the Yogic system are understood to generate different emotions. We may not be knowing about the chakras in the detail that Gurudevas explained, but we always referred to the various emotions to these specific points across different cultures and languages. Here I detail a few of them. Please do add on more if you know of them! Colors depicted here are the colors that are attributed to these various chakras

Muladhara Chakra: The base of spine or the sacrum is the location of the first centre called the Muladhara Chakra. When the Muladhara Chakra is activated, what happens? One experiences enthusiasm in life. When it is dormant, then one experiences dullness and inertia. One does not feel interested in anything. This is the first Chakra. - In Common Lingo- "Shake your booty!" an expression used to ramp up enthusiasm, specially at partiesπŸ˜†

Swadishthana Chakra: The same energy moves upwards to the second Chakra which is located behind the genitals and it manifests as procreation or creation – meaning in the form of any creative activity or as sex drive. - In Common Lingo No prizes for guessing.😁

Manipur Chakra: The same energy moves upwards to the navel region and manifests in four forms or feelings. What are they? They are jealousy, generosity, joy, and greed - In Common Lingo "Belly full of laughter" depicting joy. In Kannada we speak of jealousy as "Hotte Kicchu" which means a wringing sensation in the stomach! πŸ˜ŠπŸ˜‚

Anahata Chakra:The heart is associated with three emotions: Love, fear and hatred. - In Common Lingo "Striking fear into the hearts of the enemy" or "I love you from the bottom of my heart" or "I hate him from the bottom of my heart"πŸ’—

Vishuddhi Chakra: When the same energy moves to the throat Chakra, what is the sensation you experience? You feel gratefulness, and you have a sensation in the throat region when you experience grief. - In Common Lingo "My throat is choked with gratitude/grief"😒

Ajna Chakra: When the consciousness moves to the centre of the forehead, it manifests as anger, awareness or alertness. - In Common Lingo - "Where are you looking? Pay attention". Most of the times whenever we are in a deeply attentive state, we are looking straight at the object of attention with the stress being felt clearly between the eyebrows. 😠

Sahasrara Chakra: When the Consciousness moves to the top of the head, then one experiences only bliss.πŸ˜‡ In Common Lingo - "I am on top of the world"