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The concept of chakra features in tantric and yogic traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism. Chakra are believed to be centers of the body from which a person can collect energy. They are connected to major organs or glands that govern other body parts. Its name derives from the Sanskrit word for "wheel" or "turning" (cakraṃ चक्रं [ˈtʃəkrə̃], pronounced [ˈtʃəkrə] in Hindi; Pali: cakka चक्क, Oriya: ଚକ୍ର,Malayalam: ചക്രം, Thai: จักระ, Telugu: చక్రo, Tamil: சக்கரம், Kannada: ಚಕ್ರ, Chinese: 輪/轮, pinyin: lún, Standard Tibetan: འཁོར་ལོ་,Wylie: 'khor lo).
Chakras correspond to vital points in the physical body but are generally understood as being part of the "subtle body" which cannot be found through autopsy. While breath channels (nāḍis) of yogic practices had already been discussed in the classical Upanishads, it was not until the eighth-century Buddhist Hevajra Tantra and Caryāgiti, that hierarchies of chakras were introduced.[1][2]
Texts and teachings present different numbers of chakras. Also different physical structures are considered chakras. David Gordon White thus emphasizes:
"In fact, there is no "standard" system of the cakras. Every school, sometimes every teacher within each school, has had their own cakra system."[3]
We are highly complex beings and are so much more than the physical body we care for. Within us is the integration of our physical anatomy, organs, systems and glands that work in conjunction with spiritual anatomy what actually brings our life force and the way we act and react to the world into being. Our spiritual anatomy works as an overlay, director, and liaison to our physical apparatus we call the physical body, the mental body, and the emotional body. Our thoughts, emotions, and our brains operating system are all a collective part of the whole, and our spirit and soul is the conductor of our total well-being. Those with heightened conscious awareness can tune into the spiritual anatomy of an individual to help dissolve an imbalance and resolve a natural state of harmony and well-being over every aspect of life and living. Note: While this is not a total list of our spiritual anatomy, this is a list that Rainbow Institute teaches about and works with on a regular basis.
Astral projection (or astral travel) is an interpretation of out-of-body experience (OBE) that assumes the existence of an "astral body" separate from the physical body and capable of traveling outside it.[1] Astral projection or travel denotes the astral body leaving thephysical body to travel in the astral plane.
The idea of astral travel is rooted in common worldwide religious accounts of the afterlife[2] in which the consciousness' or soul's journey or "ascent" is described in such terms as "an...out-of body experience, wherein the spiritual traveller leaves the physical body and travels in his/her subtle body (or dreambody or astral body) into ‘higher’ realms."[3] It is therefore associated with near death experiences and is also frequently reported as spontaneously experienced in association with sleep and dreams, illness,[4] surgical operations, drug experiences, sleep paralysis and forms of meditation.[5]
It is sometimes attempted out of curiosity,[6] or may be believed to be necessary to, or the result of, some forms of spiritual practice.[7] It may involve "travel to higher realms" called astral planes but is commonly used to describe any sensation of being "out of the body"[8] in the everyday world, even seeing one's body from outside or above. It may be reported in the form of an apparitional experience, a supposed encounter with a doppelgänger, some living person also seen somewhere else at the same time.[9]
Through the 1960s and 70s, surveys reported percentages ranging from 8 percent to as many as 50 percent (in certain groups) of respondents who state they had such an experience.[10] The subjective nature of the experience permits explanations that do not rely on the existence of an "astral" body and plane.[8] There is little beyond anecdotal evidence to support the idea that people can actually "leave the body".[11]
Originally posted by onlyoumaykno
reply to post by Ophiuchus 13
Please do look up- I do not want to give direct links, your search will reveal the answers you seek.
Originally posted by onlyoumaykno
The distortion of facts lies within the present day version of the bible (due to literalists' in positions of power in the past)- the ancient info is still available as the message has been passed through the various Osirus -Dionysus, Jesus type avatars of previous ages and civilizations- all molded to their time and place enabling a subjective means of delivering an objective message. (If that wasn't clear earlier).
Originally posted by onlyoumaykno
I also fall into the Ophiuchus category since the 'revised' calendar (12/12)- now this I do not understand.. Yet looking into the sign now, as a 'man serpent bearer', 'grasping a serpent'.. Wow- I can clearly see esoteric symbols pertaining to my (and possibly your (and others') journey). Triumphant man, raises serpent and becomes anew, rising from animals through half man Sagittarius into a new dimension. A new sign for new possibilities.. ( and the snake is the key)
Again- my (learned) opinion..
More Love.
Originally posted by BIHOTZ
wow, information overload.....much good stuff here.
OP, great thread,
well, you have some old and new age stuff here. I think it is all related so I won't nitpick.
Originally posted by BIHOTZ
I will speak to enlightenment.
Some back ground info: I have had a long journey since I was a kid. I was a strange one. When I was in grade school, I would sit and astral travel. I didn't know what it was called then, or if it is what everybody now calls OBE. I used to chase fire people, I called them aliens, explore the innards of my mind (ether) for treasures, and the galaxy in general. I was open about it all, and got my ass kicked many times for being a "damn weirdo". I was a little strange. I would sit after taking tests /assignments or what not, and listen to my choice of music, played in full in my head. Like an MP3 player. I would do allot of "strange stuff. Vibrate with the universe, send subliminal messages to classmates telepathically, ect.
Originally posted by BIHOTZ
I didn't have much support for my interests, and really am dumbfounded as to how I generated an interest in the occult. My family has no background to support it. With the exception of my elder sister, who is Mrs. New age hippie, I had no one. She was not really there though, our age difference didn't let us really bond until I was in HS and a little before. My mom was really into angels and we would watch unsolved mysteries religiously every night together. She loved spirit science. Bless her soul. We didnt talk about it though.
Originally posted by BIHOTZ
SO, I have always had these urges, this insatiable curiosity to put form and definition to the things I have always believed. I think we all have that to an extent, but since I didn't really talk, I was the silent ninja type, I had to do most things on my own. When I got into HS, I took a left turn and tried to get laid, have fun, make friends, and just TRY to be normal. I had in the last years of grade school rebelled and fought off all my bullies. It made me a little harder and wiser. Lacking brothers of any age and living in a house hold of holistic women, grandmothers included, I was a little off.
Originally posted by BIHOTZ
Then around my junior year, I began making circles of friends I would spend time with that were not like my regular friends. My best friends I had good old fashioned fun with, Parties, camping, shooting stuff, fighting, goofing off, girls, ect.
With my "other" friends, I formed a Covent, Led it, was into Wicca, white magic, occult practices, kabala, ect.
I got really turned off from it though since a cult mentality formed. I withdrew since they freaked me out. One of the girls moms was REALLY into the new age stuff, and latched onto me since I coordinated all the events our group would do. I would check charts for alignments, festivals I thought we should observe, ect. It was really interesting to me, and I liked having like minded people to celebrate and learn with.
They just lost touch with reality and gave it their 110%, and got "this" close to cult status. It was a learning experience for me, being the head of my group. Had I been isolated in that world, lacking normal people to see life with, I could have made a cult....that scared the crap out of me. I was really turned off, and stopped everything one summer. They were devastated, but another freak popped up from the group to take over and just made everyone uncomfortable, so they all disbanded. I was glad.
Originally posted by BIHOTZ
So jump to the present, and I am married with a kid. Not 30 yet, but almost there. I have never fully stopped "practicing". The thing is I never did anything. Everything I did was always internal and personal. I would research stuff for the others, but I saw it as a personal journey, something I went blue in the face trying to explain, but never succeeded in doing. They never got it.
Originally posted by BIHOTZ
I do not feel enlightened. I never bought into that false promise. I know nothing. I end where I start. I even named our group Alpha Omega to convey this thought, amongst others. You can't teach it though.
Originally posted by BIHOTZ
I recently made a thread trying to see if others feel the way I do about joining groups. I don't like to. There I was explained something that makes much sense. You have to be ready to learn, not just willing. We all want to learn more, just not always for the right reasons, so that will dictate your readiness.
Originally posted by BIHOTZ
It is not a hunt for all things secret, but rather a hunt for a true you.
I think the Angels and their chariots will do a large part of opening the eyes here Chrisfishenstein and after that the GOD energy will be able to flow better due to the many blocked closed minds being scrubbed and washed of ignorance and doubt and made receptive to energy that has always been here but many of the daily distractions tend to block or distract many form sensing and receiving it.
Existence from when you were just formless star material and experienced some types of energy exposures (from maybe star explosion/black hole cycling/processing/photon belt exposure/ high energy sonic/waves, that eventually guided the many minute star dust, nebula materials or you into new planets/stars habitats and then bodies or 3d vessels/environment suits to better experience this new realm of existence that went from cruising at high speed star material to becoming beings living on planets ect. and then becoming more conscious and aware of ourselves and then seeking other Creator creations who may be conscious and aware as well who are also existing in various forms or dimensions.
(RE)al = waht is real or a reality is basicly deffined by what the physical mind can perceive and what the Ego can feel from it! The combination of those are computed as "REAL". Oddly enough the same thing happens during dreams! WTF?
There has awlays only been one single allembrassing thruth that is precise and not based on views/perception/level of understanding. Then there are several religions trying to find that thruth or maskarade as the thruth for other reasons.
Originally posted by fight back
i suppose somebody said that! but here goes anyway!
The new age religion is labelled as such because, just like any religions, it use well known beleifs and appropriate it, then distort it!
Originally posted by fight back
in this case NEW AGE appropriate Spirituality!
spirituality is not something you worship or parasite your mind with! Spirit-u-(re)al-ity.
Originally posted by fight back
let me explain my understanding of it!
Spirit = Your EGO. (i do not beleive we are shards of a greater being, instead i beleive we are SEEDS of an experianced being) ( the word Greater is subject to interpretration of weakness on our behalf, or subordinate, as refering to lower class or sub beings.) Your alter Ego would be your physical mind!
Originally posted by fight back
@ (i do not beleive we are shards of a greater being, instead i beleive we are SEEDS of an experianced being) ( the word Greater is subject to interpretration of weakness on our behalf, or subordinate, as refering to lower class or sub beings.) Your alter Ego would be your physical mind!
Originally posted by AthlonSavage
Heres my questions to you. Is existance and experiences one and the same thing?
Originally posted by AthlonSavage
I define experiences as human thought, feelings, information perceived by the 5 senses.
If not the same thing where is the delineation between the two??
[color=gold] see above post
and how is the boundary defined??
[color=gold] experience to 1 is something also related to your higher self or soul/spirit/internal energy as well which may possess information/data from past phases of existence data it gained from experiences beyond here or the human flesh experience. The boundary 1 cannot see were they come close enough to make a boundary for they are 2 quite different parts of reality.
Experience is related to things learned during existence. Existence is partially a compiled form of experiences combined with recognizing that you are a Creator creation that has been made to experience the phases of life and death within existence to better or refine your soul/spirit/internal energy that may ascend and exist elsewhere.
and can we be aware of it??,
[color=gold] I think yes you can be aware of your experiences within the phases of life and death within existence, so yes.
and can it be measured?
[color=gold] I think experience can be measured based off of how a creator creation interacts with others and carries itself. A creation that has experienced deception will be alert to it when encounters it. Just as a soul that has not had much experience may not recognize deception at all. So yes it can be measured based off of evaluations of the actions of the creation
What is or are the tools of measurement ??
[color=gold] see above post
Originally posted by Brown Bear
Wow, a very impressive academic effort. I'm not sure it's worth the effort but I'm curious about where you think you go from here?
Originally posted by Brown Bear
Somewhat emphasizes that for many the Path to Enlightenment begins with Knowledge but eventually ends with an understanding of the "impossibility of Knowledge" and finally finishes (this phase) with an understanding of the expression that One is "too much in the mind."
Originally posted by Brown Bear
Can you state your point(s) and question(s) in a clear manner so us simple folk can understand? And please don't drown me with words. Please keep it simple.