Oh this world!!! A beautiful paradise. There is so much to enjoy, enchanting plant world, intoxicating smells of flowers, breathtaking sway of breeze, cool tingling touch of water, carefree world of animals and twittering music of birds. There is no dearth of happiness in this world..
Then why are our souls so restless, unhappy and burdened? Why is life such drudgery, never ending chain of ordeals? We need to stop and look at this, WHY? Understand the cause and effect of these miseries in this haven of paradise. We need to understand the disharmony of mind, body and soul.
We will start with understanding the body. This body is the temple in which three inseparable friends live together, use it as shelter, a mode of transport, and a tool to enjoy all the pleasures of this world, which they cannot enjoy on their own. These three beautiful friends are EGO, SOUL and SPIRIT.
Among the three friends living the Soul or the conscience or the memory chip is the memory bank of all our chain of life cycles experiences. This is the intelligence which tells us how to learn more and evolve more. What kind of life’s experience we need to evolve in any particular field we choose. This is the loving friend which tells us which parents to choose. If we want to experience a lot of love and indulgence we choose parents who can give us that. If we want to learn the lesson of tolerance we choose nasty parents. All the circumstances in life are also chosen by our conscience. They are not dumped on us by others. We choose them to learn a particular lesson which can only be learnt in this world with the help of this body. Just like if you want to become a doctor you need to go to a medical college and learn everything they can teach us. We cannot become a doctor from an arts college.
The other friend who is constantly protecting us from final destruction is Spirit the divine energy from whom we have come as a speck and need to go back to him after learning all these lessons.
The third friend is our ego which can associate only with the physical world. It can only see with our eyes, smell with our nose and so on……This has no memory bank of previous lives and no evolved goals. It can only associate with our immediate surroundings. It does not understand the significance of the circumstances. It only feels physical pains and pleasures. Does not understand the cause and effect. It has superficial reasoning and contributes all the success as its own achievements and all the pains as injustice done by the spirit or the god. It has very lopsided rationality.
But we still need to understand the role of the Ego, without whom we cannot feel the pains and pleasures. Unless all the three sisters live in harmony life is not a success. Now let us come back to the body the home of these three sisters
The physical body is a mysterious industry with every machine working with precision to the rhythm, harmony and love for each other. They are all interdependent. The energy we use to run these machines in the body is drawn from this paradise in the form of food love and cosmic energy.
1. The body consists of physical body known as Annamaya Shareeram in Sanskrit. Physical body organs need food and water from this .earth for physical energy. The masters governing the physical body are the little endocrine glands, giving commands to the organs to function in harmony. All the endocrine glands are interdependent and they need cosmic energy which they draw from the chakras in the ethereal body
2. The second layer is the ethereal body or Aura we call it life force or Pranamaya Shareeram in Sanskrit. The Pranamaya Shareeram extends up to eight inches from the Annamaya Shareeram. Life force draws energy from cosmos through energy points or junctions known as chakras meaning energy wheels. When ethereal body leaves the physical body it is known as death.
3. The third body extends up to eight feet from the physical body. This layer of body is known as mental body or Manomaya Shareeram in Sanskrit. We see something in the Manomaya Shareeram and we give it a thought through our language skills. And store it in our memory bank.
These three bodies are the main source of our existence.
1. In the physical body the endocrine glands starting from the top of the head is pineal gland which gives command to all the glands, and this gland draws the cosmic energy from Crown chakra or (Sahaswara chakra in Sanskrit) on the top of our head, the color associated with it is purple or golden. This chakra connects us to the universe and makes us feel the oneness with the universe. When this chakra is out of harmony we are afraid of life and death, we feel lonely and lost.
2. The second endocrine gland is Pituitary gland in the center of our head and it governs all the other endocrine glands in the body. This gland draws cosmic energy from third eye chakra the color associated with it is indigo blue. (Ajna chakra in Sanskrit) this is the center of our intuitive awareness and our intelligence. We see things with clairvoyance. This connects us with central nervous system When this chakra is out of balance, we feel depressed,
3. The third endocrine gland is thyroid in the center of our neck .this gland takes care of our metabolism and our immune system. It draws the cosmic energy from the throat chakra (Vishudha in Sanskrit meaning pure) chakra along the spinal chord, the color associated with it is pale blue. This is connected with hearing this is the center for our expression. We are confident of the truth that we speak. When out of balance our expressions are suppressed, or we use angry abusive language. Our throat and lungs get infected.
4. The fourth gland is Thymus, situated in the center of the rib cage. This gland balances our mind body. It draws its energy from the heart chakra (Anahata in Sanskrit meaning openness) the color associated with it is emerald green. This is the center of our never-ending love it is connected with touch. When blocked Love stops flowing out and flowing in, because of jealousy, hatred, anger, obsessions and lust for money, women and power. When blocked we develop heart ailments.
5. The fifth center is pancreas, spleen liver gallbladder and stomach. This center draws cosmic energy from solar plexus (monhipura chakra in Sanskrit meaning jewels) the color associated with it is yellow .This is the center of our personal powers. We digest our life and food from here. We store all our thoughts, memories and emotions here. When blocked by negative emotions and memories we develop acidity ulcers and digestive problems. This is connected with sight. This center is above the naval.
6. The sixth center is uterus and ovaries for women and gonads for men. This is the center of creative powers in us, we are proud of our sexuality, ying and yang intertwined in each one of us. This draws its cosmic energy from sacral chakra (swadhishtan chakra in Sanskrit meaning self evolution) the color associated with it is orange and the sensory organ is taste. This center when out of harmony and gets blocked by fear and stress we are not centered. And our lower digestive track gets affected.
7. The seventh center is the last vertebrae of our spinal chord just behind the anus, gland connected to it is adrenal,. This center connects us to the mother earth. Takes care of food water shelter, we feel well grounded. This chakra draws cosmic energy from root chakra (Mooladhra in Sanskrit) the color associated with it is red and the sensory organ is smell.
When out of harmony we get overpowered with fear and anger. We withdraw from physical reality, feel victimized and become selfish.
When all these chakras are well energized and balanced, the body lives in harmony.
If we did not make mistakes we would be God if we were gods we would be in heaven and all we really need to do is just change a little bit of our thought pattern. Love our selves and respect ourselves, because if we do not love ourselves and respect our selves how can we expect others to do so. We are likely to make mistakes in the process of learning. We have the intelligence to understand the mistake and make amends and forgive ourselves. Let go anger, jealousy, hatred, obsession, lust, fear and greed .Our hearts can take in endless oceans of love, there is no shortage, no boundaries. We become one with the universe. And we go beyond pains and miseries.
