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Ayurvedic Massage is one of the most effective techniques used alongside ancient Ayurveda natural treatments. It is a combination of native Hindu and Indian Buddhist traditions. Wise Indian healers believed that the massage treatment as well as the use of specific essential oils should be carefully tailored for each person depending on their dosha (body type). This means you will receive a unique combination of ancient Ayurvedic Massage techniques ideal for your individual body and health condition.</div>
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The Ayurvedic Standard Oil Massage is a rather rough body massage given by the hands,<br />
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An Ayurvedic Massage is an incredible technique for treating pain as well as curing the body from the inside. During the massage session the therapist focuses on pressing the specific points that are believed to correspond to different inner organs. Therefore, the stimulation of those points brings a positive effect on the health of the body’s inner organs.</div>
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An Ayurvedic Massage incorporates the use of different essential oils selected to suit your individual dosha. Aroma oils nourish your skin making it softer and smoother; while the amazing scent helps you to relax and forget about your worries.</div>
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Do you want to experience the healing effect of Indian herbal oils combined with a rejuvenating massage treatment? Why not try an Ayurvedic Traditional Indian Oil Massage that incorporates the use of special herbal oils suited to your individual health condition and skin type?</div>
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Before the massage starts, the therapists will apply a generous amount of blended rejuvenating herbal oils to your back, arms and hands. The oils will treat a variety of health conditions, and once applied to your skin, they will supply it with essential nutrients, making it softer and smoother.</div>
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The combination of herbal oils can actually refresh and cool-off the skin, eliminate inflammation and any irritations. They are also particularly helpful in curing a range of different skin problems including both rashes and acne.</div>
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Ayurvedic Traditional Indian Oil Massage is aimed at bringing harmony and balance to your<br />
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We have, hidden within our own deeper awareness, wonderful Gods and Goddesses in embryo who have but one intention: to bring the sacred and hi quality life back into our lives. Tantra expands horizons about masculine Self and feminine World into a living experience of the eternal time with infinite space.</div>
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The sexual symbolism of Tantra, like the subject of sexuality in general, has always engaged the human mind. The modern mind seems to be obsessed with it as well. Many people into Tantra, as well as most of the scholars who write on it, seem unable to move beyond the physical suggestions of these symbols to their spiritual indications. This has kept the study and practice of Tantric Yoga at a superficial level in which its deeper cosmic and creative energies remain latent.<br />
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There is an inclination to reduce the Shiva linga and Shakti yoni, the two main Tantric symbols of ascending and descending forces - which are often represented by upright conical stones for the Shiva linga and ring stones or basis for the Shakti yoni - to merely the male and female sex organs, which is but one of their representations, and their erotic glorification. There is the tradition of Tantric sexuality of mithuna which uses sacred sex as part of Yoga practice. But it is not the only practice of Tantric Yoga and when done is integrated into a much larger array of practices.<br />
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It would be wrong to look at the linga and the yoni only in human sexual terms, just as it would be to see the Deities of Shiva and Shakti as only symbols of sexuality. Sexuality, no doubt, is the strongest of our biological and psychological urges. Yet sexuality reflects greater and higher forces, of which it is a manifestation.<br />
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The polarity of forces that we discover in sexuality is mirrored in the great dualities of nature from electricity and magnetism, to the forces of fire and water, the sun and the moon, and the forms of the mountain and the valley. It is this universal duality and polarity that is the basis of Tantric Yoga, working with it, and through it returning to the pure unity behind it. Sexuality is an important force that we must understand in the process, whether we choose to express it in a human relationship or renounce it for a more solitary path of practice.<br />
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The Shiva linga is often portrayed in an upright conical form much like the male sexual organ. Indeed, some Shiva lingas are quite phallic in their appearance, but there are many other types of lingas which are not. The linga is the symbol of the universal power, the cosmic masculine force or the Shiva principle. It has many forms in nature.<br />
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In the Sanskrit language, the word linga refers to a ‘chief mark’ or ‘characteristic’ of something. As a term, it is not per se a synonym for the male sexual organ, as some would believe. Linga indicates what is outstanding and determinative. In this regard, the male sexual organ can be said to be the distinguishing characteristic or linga of a man at a physical level, but linga in other contexts can have quite a different meaning.<br />
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In Yoga philosophy, the term linga refers to the subtle body, which is the dominant principle in our nature over the physical body. The Shiva linga is also the subtle body and can indicate the upper region from the heart to the head. The linga is a place where energy is held, generated and sustained.<br />
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The problem is that the modern mind, particularly since Freud, often tries to use sex as the main means of interpreting life, extending even to art and spirituality, which we try to understand according to sexual symbolism or the sex life of the persons involved! This ‘sexual reductionism’ misses the deeper and broader sensitivities and inspirations that people have.<br />
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Clearly sexuality is there for most everyone, but real spirituality and genuine creativity are not! Some scholars have gone so far as to try to reduce Hindu Devatas, Gods and Goddesses to sexual symbols, as if a figure like Ganesha, with his head cut off by his father, was nothing more than another manifestation of the Oedipal complex, missing his deeper yogic implications altogether. Of course, such psychological studies have been done on Christianity and Judaism as well. Freud, himself a Jew, tried to reduce Moses to the Oedipal complex, starting off this trend. Such studies do not help us understand what the spiritual path is all about, but get us further caught in our biological impulses as the primary factors of life. Naturally, such efforts to turn a religion into a sexual neurosis is not appreciated by Hindus any more than by Christians and Jews!<br />
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The Shiva linga represents the ascending energy of consciousness and life in nature. We see this in such forms as the mountain, the thunder cloud, the tree, and the upright human being. Many lingas like that at Kedarnath - the most important Shiva site in the Himalayas - are rocks in the shape of small mountains. Many other lingas are associated with light, the lingas of the Sun, the Moon and Fire. There are the twelve famous Jyotirlingas or light forms of Shiva at twelve special temples throughout India.<br />
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The state of Tamil Nadu has special Shiva linga forms for the five elements with lingas of earth, water, fire, air and ether at special temples in the region. In this regard, each element has its Shiva linga or determinative force. The famous hill of Arunachala, where the great enlightened sage Ramana Maharshi stayed, is said to be the fire linga of lord Shiva.<br />
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Other Shiva lingas are associated with gold or crystal, the light powers in the metal kingdom. The Shiva linga is often described in terms of light, crystal or transparency. Shiva himself is said to be pure light or light in its primal undifferentiated state, Prakasha matra.<br />
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The Shiva linga is connected to the upward pointed triangle, which is also the symbol of fire. The linga is present in the male sexual organ both in plants and in animals. But we should not ignore its other forms in recognizing that. The worship of the linga is connected more generally to a worship of pillars, obelisks, standing stones and pyramids. Tantric linga worship is connected to Vedic pillar worship (the Vedic stambha, skambha, dharuna), which has parallels throughout the ancient world and in indigenous cultures in general who can still perceive the spiritual powers behind the formations of nature.<br />
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The Shiva linga is often a pillar of light. In special Vedic fire rituals, the fire could be made to rise in the shape of a pillar which could also then take the shape of a man! In fact, the term Dharma originally refers to what upholds things and can be symbolized by a pillar. The Shiva linga is the universal pillar of Dharma. The pillar is also an inner symbol indicating the erect spine and concentrated mind.<br />
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In terms of our human nature, there are several lingas or characteristic marks. The force of Prana is the linga or pillar force upholding the physical body according to the currents that emanate from it. This is the inner ‘Prana Linga’. Our deeper intelligence or Buddhi provides us the power of insight to discern higher realities, the ‘Buddhi Linga’. The Atman or higher Self is the ultimate linga or determinative force of our nature that remains steady and elevated (transcendent) throughout all of our life experience, the ‘Atma Linga’.<br />
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The linga and the yoni always go together, first of all on the level of opposites, as the upward and downward pointed triangles. The linga with the yoni below it, the standing stone and the ring base, show the union of male and female energies, not just in sexuality, but also as electro-magnetic forces.<br />
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In addition, the linga in its movement creates a yoni, just as a point in its movement can create a circle. We can see this in the circular movement of the stars, planets and nebulae, as well as many other diverse phenomena in the world of nature. The central luminary is the linga and its field of revolution is the yoni. The planets form a yoni or circle as they revolve around the Sun as the linga, of the solar system, its central principle or axis. Yet the Sun itself is revolving around other stars and creating a yoni or circle of its own.<br />
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Stonehenge, and other similar sacred sites that have standing stones formed into great circles, show the union of the linga and the yoni, the cosmic male and female or Shiva-Shakti principles. The linga and the yoni are also united in the chakra or the wheel, with the linga as the axis and the yoni as the circumference. The Hindu usage of chakras in ritual and in art also reflects these two powers. Each chakra of the subtle body shows the union of the Shiva and Shakti energies operative at its particular level of manifestation.<br />
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The Shiva energy is the upward current running through the spine or Sushumna and the Shakti energy is the horizontal current through which it travels, forming the various lotuses of the chakras. Together they form a spiral of forces. Both forces are necessary to create this dynamic motion.<br />
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The experience of the Shiva linga in Yogic meditation is an experience of a pillar of light, energy, peace and eternity, expanding the mind, opening the inner eye and bringing deep peace and steadiness to the heart. From it radiate waves, currents, circles and whirlpools of Shakti spreading this grace, love and wisdom to all. To concentrate our awareness in the linga is one of the best ways of meditation, calming the mind and putting us in touch with our inner Being and Witness beyond all the agitation and sorrow of the world.<br />
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In Ayurvedic healing, the creation of the Prana linga or concentration of Prana at a subtle level is what allows deep healing and rejuvenation to occur. In Vedic astrology, the Shiva linga represents the power of light behind the Sun, Moon, planets and stars. In Vastu Shastra, the Shiva linga is used to stabilize the spiritual and vital energy in a house, as a conduit of cosmic forces.<br />
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To understand the ultimate secrets of life we must be able to look at the primal powers of existence, including the needs for sex and food, according to their broader connections and universal implications. Human sexuality is only one of the many manifestations of the cosmic forces of duality, of a greater Divine sexuality as it were, which transcends all creaturely existence.<br />
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We must learn to see the cosmic energy behind human sexuality rather than try to reduce spiritual polarities to our own physical and emotional inclinations. This is another aspect of Yoga in which we must look beyond human psychology to the universal consciousness.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197133286225136697.post-5936226719215112572013-10-15T05:00:00.000+04:002013-10-15T05:10:41.661+04:00Tantra<br />
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"If you wait for your natural soul mate to meet with you, it will be just like waiting for lightning with which to read your Bible. And you will not be able to read much either. For a moment it is there, and by the time you have opened the Bible it is gone.</div>
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"Hence, Tantra was created. Tantra is a scientific approach. Tantra is alchemy; it can transform your centers, it can transform the other's centers, it can create a rhythm and harmony between you and your beloved. That is the beauty of Tantra. It is like bringing electricity into your house. Then you can turn it on and off whenever you want. And you can have a thousand and one uses of it; it can cool your room, it can heat your room. Then it is a miracle. These seven centers in you are nothing but centers of body electricity. So, when I am talking about lightning, don't think of it only as a symbol – I mean it literally.<br />
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“In your body, there exists a subtle current of electricity, very subtle. But the subtler it is, the deeper it goes. It is not very visible. Scientists say that all the electricity that is in your body, if put together, can be used to light a five-candle bulb. It is not much. Quantitatively it is not much, quantitatively the atom is not much, but qualitatively… If it explodes, it has tremendous energy in it.<br />
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“These seven centers, these seven chakras Yoga and Tantra have talked about down the ages, are nothing but five knots in your body electric current. They can be changed; they can be rearranged. They can be given a new shape, form. Two lovers can be transformed so deeply that all their seven centers can start meeting.<br />
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“Tantra is the science of transforming ordinary lovers into soul mates. And that is the grandeur of Tantra. It can transform the whole earth; it can transform each couple into soul mates.”<br />
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Osho, <a href="http://www.osho.com/library/online-library-visionaries-desai-masses-022c554d-af8.aspx" style="color: #015782; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em>Philosophia Perennis,</em></a> Vol. 1, Talk # 8 <a href="http://www.darlingsite.info/" target="_blank">More info http://www.darlingsite.info</a></div>
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<br /><a href="http://www.messagefrommasters.com/Life_of_Masters/Osho/Osho.htm" style="color: #015782;"><b>Osho</b> </a>: Your sex act and the tantric sex act are basically different. Your sex act is to relieve; it is just like sneezing out a good sneeze. The energy is thrown out and you are unburdened. It is destructive, it is not creative. It is good -- therapeutic. It helps you to be relaxed, but nothing more. The tantric sex act is basically, diametrically opposite and different. It is not to relieve, it is not to throw energy out. It is to remain in the act without ejaculation, without throwing energy out; to remain in the act merged -- just at the beginning part of the act, not the end part.<br /><br />This changes the quality; the complete quality is different then. Try to understand two things. There are two types of climaxes, two types of orgasm. One type of orgasm is known. You reach to a peak of excitement, then you cannot go further: the end has come. The excitement reaches to a point where it becomes non-voluntary. The<br />energy jumps into you and goes out. You are relieved of it, unburdened. The load is thrown; you can relax and sleep. You are using it like a tranquilizer.<br /><br />It is a natural tranquilizer: a good sleep will follow -- if your mind is not burdened by religion. Otherwise even the tranquilizer is destroyed. If your mind is not burdened by religion, only then can sex be a tranquilizing thing. If you feel guilt, even your sleep will be disturbed. You will feel depression, you will start condemning yourself and you will begin to take oaths that now you won't indulge anymore. Then your sleep will become a nightmare afterwards.<br /><br />If you are a natural being not too much burdened by religion and morality, only then can sex be used as a tranquilizer. This is one type of orgasm -- coming to the peak of excitement. Tantra is centered on another type of orgasm. If we call the first kind a peak orgasm, you can call the tantric orgasm a valley orgasm. In it you are not coming to the peak of excitement, but to the very deepest valley of relaxation. Excitement has to be used for both in the beginning. That is why I say that in the beginning both are the same, but the ends are totally different.<br /><br />Excitement has to be used for both: either you are going toward the peak of excitement or to the valley of relaxation. For the first, excitement has to be intense -- more and more intense. You have to grow in it; you have to help it to grow towards the peak. In the second, excitement is just a beginning. And once the man has entered, both lover and beloved can relax. No movement is needed. They can relax in a loving embrace.<br /><br />When the man feels or the woman feels that the erection is going to be lost, only then is a little movement and excitement required. But then again relax. You can prolong this deep embrace for hours with no ejaculation, and then both can fall into deep sleep together. This -- THIS -- is a valley orgasm. Both are relaxed, and they meet as two relaxed beings. In the ordinary sexual orgasm you meet as two excited beings -- tense, full of excitement, trying to unburden yourselves. The ordinary sexual orgasm looks like madness; the tantric orgasm is a deep, relaxing meditation.<br /><br />You may not be aware of it, but this is a fact of biology, of bio-energy, that man and woman are opposite forces. Negative-positive, yin-yang, or whatsoever you call them, they are challenging to each other. And when they both meet in a deep relaxation, they revitalize each other. They both revitalize each other, they both become generators, they both feel livelier, they both become radiant with new energy, and nothing is lost. Just by meeting with the opposite pole energy is renewed.</div>
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The tantric love act can be done as much as you like. The ordinary sex act cannot be done as much as you like because you are losing energy in it, and your body will have to wait to regain it. And when you regain it, you will only lose it again. This looks absurd. The whole life is spent in gaining and losing, regaining and losing: it is just like an obsession. The second thing to be remembered: you may or may not have observed that when you look at animals you can never see them enjoying sex. In intercourse, they are not enjoying themselves.<br /><br />Look at baboons, monkeys, dogs or any kind of animals. In their sex act you cannot see that they are feeling blissful or enjoying it -- you cannot! It seems to be just a mechanical act, a natural force pushing them towards it. If you have seen monkeys in intercourse, after the intercourse they will separate. Look at their faces: there is no ecstasy in them, it is as if nothing has happened. When the energy forces itself, when the energy is too much, they throw it. The ordinary sex act is just like this, but moralists have been saying quite the contrary.<br /><br />They say, "Do not indulge, do not `enjoy'." They say, "This is as animals do." This is wrong! Animals never enjoy; only man can enjoy. And the deeper you can enjoy, the higher is the kind of humanity that is born. And if your sex act can become meditative, ecstatic, the highest is touched. But remember tantra: it is a valley orgasm, it is not a peak experience. It is a valley experience!<br /><br />In the West, Abraham Maslow has made this term "peak experience" very famous. You go into excitement towards the peak, and then you fall. That is why, after every sex act, you feel a fall. And it is natural: you are falling from a peak. You will never feel that after a tantric sex experience. Then you are not falling. You cannot fall any further because you have been in the valley. Rather, you are rising.<br /><br />When you come back after a tantric sex act, you have risen, not fallen. You feel filled with energy, more vital, more alive, radiant. And that ecstasy will last for hours, even for days. It depends on how deeply you were in it. If you move into it, sooner or later you will realize that ejaculation is wastage of energy. No need of it -- unless you need children. And with a tantric sex experience, you will feel a deep relaxation the whole day.<br /><br />One tantric sex experience, and even for days you will feel relaxed -- at ease, at home, non-violent, nonangry, non-depressed. And this type of person is never a danger to others. If he can, he will help others to be happy. If he cannot, at least he will not make anyone unhappy. Only tantra can create a new man, and this man who can know timelessness, egolessness and deep non-duality with existence will grow.</div>
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And this is <i>The</i> <i>Song of</i> <i>Mahamudra</i>. It is beautiful that Tilopa has called it a song. You can sing it, but you cannot say it; you can dance it, but you cannot say it. It is such a deep phenomenon that singing may convey a tiny, small part of it – not what you sing, but the way you sing it.</div>
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Many mystics have simply danced after their ultimate experience; they could not do anything else. They were saying something through their whole being and body all together: body, mind, soul, and everything involved in it. They were dancing; those dances were not ordinary dances. In fact, all dancing was born because of these mystics; it was a way to relate the ecstasy, the happiness, the bliss. Something of the unknown has penetrated into the known, something of the beyond has come to the earth – what else can you do? You can dance it; you can sing it. This is a song of Mahamudra.</div>
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Who will sing it? Tilopa is no more. The orgasmic feeling itself is singing. It is not a song of Tilopa; Tilopa is no more. The experience itself is vibrating and singing. Hence <i>The</i> <i>Song of</i> <i>Mahamudra</i>: the song of ecstasy, ecstasy itself singing it. Tilopa has nothing to do; Tilopa is not there at all, Tilopa has melted. When the seeker is lost, only then is the goal achieved. Only when the experiencer is no longer there, is the experience there. Seek and you will miss it, because through your seeking, the seeker will be strengthened. Don’t seek and you will find it. The very seeking, the very effort, becomes a barrier, because the more you seek, the more the ego, the seeker, is strengthened. Do not seek!</div>
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This is the deepest message of this whole <i>Song of Mahamudra</i>: do not seek, just remain as you are, don’t go anywhere else. Nobody ever reaches truth; nobody can because you don’t know the address. Where will you go? Where will you find truth? There is no map, there is no way, and there is nobody to say where it is. No, nobody ever reaches truth. It is always the reverse: truth comes to you. Whenever you are ready, it knocks at your door; it seeks you whenever you are ready. And the readiness is nothing but receptivity. When you are completely receptive, and there is no ego, you become a hollow temple with nobody in it.</div>
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Tilopa says in the song, become like a hollow bamboo: nothing inside. And suddenly, the moment you are a hollow bamboo, the divine lips are on you, the hollow bamboo becomes a flute and the song starts – this is <i>The</i> <i>Song of</i> <i>Mahamudra</i>. Tilopa has become a hollow bamboo, the divine has come and the song has started. It is not Tilopa’s song; it is the song of the ultimate experience itself.</div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Westerners usually equate tantra with sex.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">In India, tantra usually means magic and spells.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">In reality, tantra is far more than either.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">I know you like nice, neat, precise definitions, but true tantra is so vast that it’s impossible to define exactly what it is, or to catalog all tantric practices.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">But, I’ll give you a loose definition in an attempt to order the file that your well-educated mind is busy creating and labeling “tantra”.</span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Tantra is a set of practices that leads you to an experience of pure awareness, or Enlightenment.</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Practices?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">What practices?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><strong>Tantric Practices or Tools</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Basically, each tantric teacher creates his own set of practices that suit him, his times and his students while borrowing heavily from other teachers and religions like Buddhism and Hinduism.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">This has been going on for centuries in different religions. Thousands of practices have evolved, making tantra complex beyond our ability to describe or learn all of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">There are seven basic tools used in tantric practices.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Yoga</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Mudras</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Mantras</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Yantras</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Initiations</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Deities</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Yagyar</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><strong>Tantra Yoga</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Yoga itself is vast. It includes the asanas of Hatha Yoga, the breath exercises of Pranayama, the science of moving energy with your mind in Raja Yoga and far more. Practicing Yoga cleanses you, strengthens you and instills mental and physical discipline.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><strong>Mudras in Tantra</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Mudras are hand, eye and body positions that cause energy to move through specific paths in your body. They also activate specific energy centers. For instance, the heart mudra activates your heart center. Love flows easily.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Mantras are a sound, a word or a phrase that evokes a level of consciousness or a specific energy. The most well known mantra is Om, but mantras can be pages and pages in length.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><strong>Tantric Yantras</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Yantras are diagrams or plans, usually using complex geometric patterns, that draw your attention in and focus it, then transport your mind into a state of consciousness. This is often called “sacred geometry” in the West.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><strong>Tantric Mandalas</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Mandalas are paintings that are usually done in colored sand on a hard surface or in paint on cloth. They are used extensively in Tibetan Buddhism to evoke deep states of consciousness after the mandala has been empowered by a lama.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><strong>Initiations into Tantra </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Initiations are given by tantric adepts. Yogis, Swamis, Gurus and Tibetan lamas are good sources of initiations. Initiations have the ability to instantly transport you into the deepest states –including Enlightenment. Their success is dependent on the intent and ability of the giver and on the ability of the receiver to realize what has been given.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Deities are used to meditate on, to visualize becoming and to draw energy and guidance from. Siva is currently popular in India, but many other deities are also used. Tibetans often use the Bodhisattvas Tara and Avalokateshwara or one of the Buddhas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><strong>Yagyar and Tantra</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">On one level, yagyar refers to rituals –to the rites and ceremonies preformed by practitioners. On a much deeper, more profound level, yagyar means bringing sacred action into every aspect of life. Whatever you do, do it in full awareness. All thought and action becomes sacred. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Where tantra really gets interesting, and extremely powerful, is when you start combining the different tools above into a practice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">For example, while engaged in sacred sex, you could be:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">In a Yoga asana</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Using pranayama to synchronize your breath with your partner</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Using your mind to circulate sexual energy through both of you</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Holding a mudra hand or eye position</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Visualizing yourselves as Deities</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Chanting a mantra mentally</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Performing on a yantra</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Completely aware of everything all as it happens</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; line-height: 1.4;">Many lamas marry to be able to practice the sacred sex that transports them into elevated states of consciousness. Their practice combines many elements of tantra.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Making use of tantric practices is one of the fastest paths to realization. Buddhists call it Vajrayana Buddhism and have practiced tantra for centuries. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">However, the vast majority of tantric practice is done sans sex.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">White tantra is a good example of how a man and woman can do tantra together without ever touching physically.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">A white tantra exercise is below. You can add or subtract elements for different effects. At some point while you’re doing it, the exercise will take over, developing its own life, transporting you to where it wants to take you.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Dress completely in white, sit on a white cloth and wear white on your head.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Sit facing your partner. You can use an asana if desired.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Use a mudra if desired.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Use pranayama to synchronize your breathing if desired.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Chant a mantra if desired.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">You can close your eyes or gaze deeply into your partner’s eyes.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Use your mind to visualize energy circulating through your bodies. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">The energy moves in a circle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Visualize (imagine) the energy moving up the woman’s spine, out of the top of her head, and down into the man and on into the Earth to cool it before bringing it up into the woman again for another circle. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Coordinate the energy movement with your breathing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">On the in breath, energy comes up through the woman.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">On the out breath, the energy flows down through the man. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">The use of tantric magic spells is so widespread throughout Indian villages that many Indians equate tantra with magic. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Villagers use to tantra to get money, marry well, cure snakebite, control weather, grow crops, seek protection or revenge or for anything else the tantric adept is paid to do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">There is a particular spell that my wife Remedia and I have cleaned off many women –both tourists and locals. You should be aware of it if you’re a woman travelling to India.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">The spell is usually passed from a man to a woman through a handshake. It’s extremely powerful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">This black magic spell makes the woman feel exceptionally beautiful and sexy –like a sex Goddess. She wants sex immediately. She will give everything she has to the man –her money, jewelry, body and anything else demanded.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Older foreign women are vulnerable targets because:</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">They are unsuspectingly naïve</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">They are susceptible to feeling desired, young and sexually alive again</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">They usually have money</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">They can be manipulated into taking the man home with them out of India</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Women we’ve helped report being very confused by acting against their will without understanding why they are doing something they know they don’t want to do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Tantra can be abused by harming others and infringing on free will. Please be discerning in your examination of your tantric teachers. Also, be cautious about your own tantric practice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">When using tantric practices, your thoughts become extremely powerful because they are powered by the prana you’re generating. What you think manifests quickly. Keep your thoughts pure and your motives humble.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">You may have already been using one or more of the components of tantra in your own practice. Now that you’re more aware of what they are, you’ll start seeing them everywhere. More info: <a href="http://www.darlingsite.info/" target="_blank">http://www.darlingsite.info</a></span></div>
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The first <strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1c1c1c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">chakra</strong> is a receptive, feminine, Yin polarity. This is shown physically by the way the woman’s genitalia are mainly inside her body, and receptive to the male, Yang, outward-going organ.</div>
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The third <strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1c1c1c; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">chakra</strong> is a receptive, Yin polarity.</div>
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The fourth chakra is a positive pole. A woman is powerfully centered in this chakra. It is here that the goddess resides and where she feels truly a woman. Massaging her breasts with loving and worshipping hands will awaken the goddess. Her love that emanates from this chakra will be so intoxicating that the man will fall in tune with it and relax into divine peace.</div>
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The fifth chakra is a receptive, Yin polarity.</div>
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The sixth chakra is a positive pole. Here the woman is in tune with the mysteries of existence. In Tantra the woman is considered as the initiatress, because she channels and transmits this spiritual quality to the man. Together they may then expand into the seventh chakra. Both souls melt as one, the highest potential of sex.</div>
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The seventh chakra is beyond polarity. It is both Yin and Yang, and open to the supreme unity of male and female qualities.</div>
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Source: “Divine Sexuality – The joy of Tantra” by Mahasatvaa Ma Ananda Sarita – Findhorn Press</div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.714285714;">If you have been reading energy healing books, then you’ve come across words such as ‘prana’, ‘tantra’, ‘chakra’ and ‘aura’. This got you wondering what the author meant. These are vocabularies used in close connection to spiritual healing.</span></h1>
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Are All Spiritual Healings the Same?</div>
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In Pranic healing, a Hindu system of spiritual healing, the word Chakra is used to mean an energy centre. ‘Aura’ is also used in Pranic healing making reference to that non-physical body that carries energy. The aura has seven layers related to the emotional, mental, physical and spiritual aspects of life. There are 6 colours related to aura but there might be some that are more represented.</div>
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Green- achiever</div>
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Blue- peacemaker</div>
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White- eccentric</div>
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Red- advocate</div>
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Orange- social person</div>
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Violet- telepathist</div>
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Tantra is another term related to practice of spirituality and sex. It also is an alternative way of contact healing. It originates from the word ‘tan’ meaning to expand or spread. The primary theme in the writings on spirituality and sex is the issue of connectedness. Its main attention is shifted on sex and spirituality because they presume that the relationship between woman and man hits spiritual levels during orgasm.</div>
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Reiki was discovered in Japan unlike Tantric and Pranic healings which were first discovered in Hindu. It is younger in comparison to Tantric and Pranic healings as it was in the early 1900’s that the methodology came into existence. Reiki represents the universe’s energy that came into existence due to high levels of intelligence. They give lessons regarding how to heal emotional, mental and physical diseases. Usui Reiki originated in 1922 by a Western Buddhist named Mikao Usui who discovered that by putting the hands upon the human body in a very certain manner will let the heat and energy in the hands to get over the palms and consequently cures the ailment.</div>
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Medicine and tool free, Usui Reiki basically applies the effectiveness of looking, blowing, tapping, and touching to calm and relax the human body. By gently massaging, stroking and blowing around the hurting area for a couple moments energy is passed thru leaving the person feeling a state of equilibrium that allows the human body to self recover.</div>
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You may have no specific ache but are only feeling the tensions and pressures of daily life reaching to you. Usui Reiki can help with that as well. If you are exhausted and overworked Usui Reiki healing replenishes your power and rebalances and renews your own body and soul and may even be executed at home daily for when you wish that additional boost. You can use it to cure and relax yourself, all your family members, your pals as well as your beloved domestic pets since it accelerates and fortifies your own muscles and brain and can heal anything from a broken heart to chronic disease, tension, depression or possibly a dull ache or discomfort.</div>
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The above mentioned methods of healing share many things in common but they offer different types of energy used to heal. Tantra, Reiki and Pranic heal sexual energy, universal energy and life energy respectively.</div>
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The three energy healing methodologies are somehow similar because they heal emotional, spiritual and physical sicknesses. They also deal with the relation between living and nonliving things. Another similarity is that the concept of mind, spirit and body connection is present in all the three systems.</div>
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Many people, mostly after being encouraged by friends are turning to these systems because;</div>
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It worked where medication failed</div>
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For some reasons the medicine field hasn’t been successful to cure some illnesses.. However, there are many other options for those patients who have not been treated in the hospitals. For instance, there are many faith healers and witch doctors that are willing to help such victims.</div>
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Folks have the impression that modern drugs are isolating.</div>
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The fact that modern medicine only treats the sickness will make the patient feel isolated. Efforts by the hospitals to change this perception haven’t been successful. In spiritual healing the patients feel that all of their needs are looked after as it deals with spirituality and energy.</div>
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It is safe</div>
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Unlike medical treatments where there are many procedures, spiritual healing is natural. As a result many people prefer this system.</div>
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Energy healing relieves stress</div>
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Meditation is usually an element of spiritual healing. Actually there is no equipment needed to relieve stress. This makes it easy for the students. More info: http://www.darlingsite.info</div>
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As we know, Reiki is one form of energy work. Since its purpose is to balance the energy flow in and in some cases around the body, it may be able to help weight loss.</div>
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Reiki can stabilize your appetite and make you more aware of your body's nutritional needs. It can help you to make healthier choices and also to remove unhealthy cravings.</div>
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After only several sessions of Reiki you might completely change the way you feed your body. It can help with the will-power too.</div>
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Reiki can help tune the organs up so that they better process the food. It can help take the stress out of making the needed changes.</div>
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To lose weight you will have to adopt a healthier more active lifestyle, there is no way around that. But Reiki can be a wonderful support for you while you do what you need to do. Yoga works well with Reiki, so you might want to implement it into your regime.</div>
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Generally, the more acute your eating problems are, the more difference you will notice. Whether your weight problems have a physical or a psychological basis, Reiki will always help a person move towards health.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197133286225136697.post-54029276517640364042013-07-10T00:51:00.000+04:002013-08-02T04:46:16.478+04:00Tantra and Sacred Space<div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The concept of "sacred space" is a recurring theme in both Tantra and Sacred Sexuality, and some investigation can reveal that it represents several significant areas of these paths. In reflecting upon sacred space for self, partners, and groups I realized that it could be presented as a four-way matrix: Inner vs. outer and energy vs. consciousness. In this article we will look at inner energy, inner consciousness, outer energy, and outer consciousness in terms of creating and maintaining sacred space.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbzn3oZGdHX2xD6vAuIZ9l3dDELd3xLOsL_NH8WPeT00ZWIRYW1YeB-AJ73gN0jnynG00slnETJt_mqMqhISASkr2PD8CUbzE-TGWEiSloIEe7ZZ1Nxl6Cgz0j0qb9BdtvFD_tXffFn_D3/s1600/raeume-mitte.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbzn3oZGdHX2xD6vAuIZ9l3dDELd3xLOsL_NH8WPeT00ZWIRYW1YeB-AJ73gN0jnynG00slnETJt_mqMqhISASkr2PD8CUbzE-TGWEiSloIEe7ZZ1Nxl6Cgz0j0qb9BdtvFD_tXffFn_D3/s1600/raeume-mitte.jpg" /></a>It could also be said that sacred space is a necessary component for creating and sustaining intimacy - intimacy with self, others, and life in general - because it provides the container for maintaining focus and allowing one to be present and, therefore, capable of intimacy. This concept of creating sacred space in order to enhance and support intimacy is often unfamiliar to Westerners who generally are both outwardly oriented in order to get their needs met, and at the same time conditioned to be distractible and unfocused. The idea of internal sacred space can be particularly foreign to those whose minds are constantly busy strategizing how to deal with the demands of this culture and whose bodies are chronically tense. The media, and in particular the use of "sound bites", rapidly changing images on TV commercials, etc., have exacerbated this conditioning. Stress is rampant in modern urban life, and stress-related illnesses are predominant among medical complaints. Entering into sacred space is exactly the opposite of stressful life.<br />
There is both an inner and an outer sacred space, probably similar to some degree to what most people have experienced as inner calm vs. inner turmoil, or as outer calm vs. turmoil. Ancient Sacred Tantric teachings have much to say about how to skillfully navigate both the inner and outer territory and how to cultivate desirable inner and outer states of sacred space. Inner sacred space will be the primary discussion of this article, because it has always been the fundamental emphasis of authentic Tantra. Within the cultivation of inner focus is the other spectrum of sacred space - energy vs. consciousness; thus it is important to address the presence of energy within sacred space, and compare it to the presence and influence of consciousness.<br />
Inner sacred space could be seen as the art and practice of creating inner sacred ambiance and spaciousness. The ancient Tantric yogis and lamas realized that among the most reliable and available resources for accomplishing that can be found in the body, and that the body can be used any time, anywhere, as both a feedback instrument and an instrument for shifting state. Thus most of the practices for creating inner sacred space included yogic ways of working with the body and the breath. The body was seen as consisting of both physical and energetic components, and that as one strengthened the physical and increased the circulation and quality of energy, the inner atmosphere shifted. The Tantra Kriya yogic approach to creating inner sacred space emphasizes the development of a consistent "container" for holding, building, and focusing energy, as opposed to letting energy leak out and disperse. The yogis discovered and practiced techniques for closing off the body's orifices and psychic/energy escape points/openings; in conjunction with focused breathing, specific "bandas" (locks) are held closed to suppress leakage so that energy can build and transform inside. As the energy builds, the frequency of the energy can be increased, and higher vibrational energy is more conducive to experiencing higher consciousness.<br />
Within the container energy is circulated via the meridians, energy channels, and chakras, and worked with to enhance relaxation and flow and to minimize and release tension. Some psychic schools call this intentional circulation and modulation of energy "running the energy". As energy is circulated through the meridians and the chakras, its nature and character changes, and inner sacred space is created. The chakras are influenced by the circulating energy and awareness, and in return affect the quality of the energy and the inner awareness. Each chakra contributes its unique influence, such as compassion, love, and joy from the heart chakra.<br />
The primary focus of most "energy meditations" is either the chakra system or the central channel (the shushumna) that runs through the chakras from the base of the spine up to the crown at the top of the head. Gradual expansion of the capacity of the shushumna is an important aspect of authentic Tantric practices and is a key to cultivating inner sacred space. The central channel is so vital to Tantric practice because it connects and unites Shiva/heaven with Shakti/earth, and the expansion and strengthening of this channel provides the sacred inner temple for Shiva and Shakti to flow, meet, and integrate. Regular practice of the central channel and chakra energy meditations will help an aspiring tantrica learn to contain energy and consciousness, circulate them, transform them, and cultivate sacred space. Also with regular practice of energy circulation the energy and the awareness become more refined, and it is this refinement of energy that develops the perpetuation and stabilization of inner sacred space as seen in the master yogis and lamas.<br />
Breathing practices have long been used to shift state and can be a powerful contribution to creating inner sacred space. Deep abdominal breathing, especially, vitalizes and energizes the belly and the thorax and all organs and energy channels within. Yogic breathing practices, called pranayama, can lead to diaphragmatic release and the opening of expanded, natural, flowing breathing. This results in deeply relaxing releases of tension and energy blockage, both in the chest and belly and in the body in general. Inner sacred space is further enhanced by the relaxation of the body that yogic and Tantric breathing offers. For example, Vijaya breath contains and builds energy and awareness while stimulating the throat chakra. In addition, specific sounds are used in toning practices to vibrate the body and all the chakras.<br />
Furthermore, the chanting of a mantra not only offers this vibrating effect, it also includes the prayer and teaching within the mantra, which if practiced with reverence and focus, will contribute to inner sacred space. These sounds, tones, mantras, and breathing practices all assist in purifying toxicity within the body temple, and thus contribute to the purity and sanctity of the inner sacred space. Modern urban life with its distractions, separation, and pollution requires that we regularly cleanse out our inner temple and purify the space.<br />
The Sufis say that the center of our inner temple, our inner sacred space, is the heart chakra. Thus many prayer like hand movements ("mudras") are practiced with hands over the center of the chest, such as the Namaste' prayer pose. Like the Tantric paths they also emphasize the other necessary component of creating inner sacred space, which is the purification and quieting of the mind, the cortex and neo-cortex.<br />
Only when the mind is quiet can there be sacred space, and conversely, a mind filled with incessant worry, sadness, and blame will create toxicity in our inner temple and disallow authentic sacred space. The beauty of the Tantric energy meditations is that in order to contain and circulate energy the mind must focus steadily on awareness of the energy, and in doing so it will become quiet. So not only does the energy become refined, but also the mind silences and inner sacred space emerges.<br />
It is because of this that I place considerable emphasis on learning the energy meditations in the workshops I teach - they provide the foundation for personal as well as shared inner sacred space - the sharing of true, sacred intimacy. And in that spacious sacred space one is able to fully feel and embrace the excitement, arousal, and sensory pleasure of the Tantric sexual practices. Inner sacred space is the prelude to deep, energized relaxation, and to shifting from agenda to going with the spontaneous flow, shifting from orgasm performance to expanded orgasmic states wherein one feels divinely guided and fully connected with self, partner, and life. Sacred space helps us with letting go of agendas and surrendering into the Great Mystery of life. As almost an afterthought I will make some mention of what most people familiar with Sacred Sexuality and Kama Sutra think of when sacred space is mentioned - the outer temple.<br />
Certainly creating outer atmosphere and ambiance can help tantricas shift state, and thus is not to be overlooked. Creating a temple-like ambiance and sharing rituals in sacred space is a powerful support for couples and groups wishing to share Tantric and Kama Sutra practices. In the workshops we call it "temple duty"! The loving, artistic use of candle light, incense, flowing and erotic music, erotic art, spiritual art, bells, etc. can assist in shifting state. I find all of these very helpful in the workshops, and like most Tantra and Sacred Sexuality teachers I have gathered sacred art and special music for the workshops. I even created a CD of heart-centered music ("Opening to Love") for nurturing rituals and intimacy. Creating beautiful external sacred space and ritual is an ancient tradition that still serves us.<br />
Lastly, there is one more level of creating external sacred space that deserves mention: it has to do with how we treat each other. If we interact with respect, setting and honoring boundaries, offering sensitivity, listening, caring, honoring, equality, communication, and loving positive thought to each other, we will definitely enhance the sacredness of the space between us and the space we share. Methods for these important interactions are taught in many workshops and books, and I encourage everyone to become masters of loving communication and interaction. And beyond the sharing of partners there is the role of community support wherein loving group energy creates what Osho Rajneesh called "the Buddha field" - a sacred space in which healing and transformation naturally takes place in accelerated ways. We witness this every time in the workshops, sacred circle (Sufi) dances, and rituals - so powerful and so precious!<br />
In closing I encourage you, the reader, to increase your attention of inner and outer sacred space, finding ways that are meaningful to you to cultivate and expand your inner temple and the temples around you. And have fun doing it!<br />
Peace and blessings,<br />Robert</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Always begin by establishing a state of harmony, <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ba01d0b3-4a31-41db-be6b-6392517a5cdc" id="e6364acb-e0ea-4941-9489-0366bd473f6b"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c310b477-e0fc-4c8e-ace8-64240c5433ee" id="334592e1-fbd2-4b45-956c-12a50ab4138b">interiorizing</gs></gs> and aspiration towards everything that is uplifting and divine. Sit down comfortably, with the spine straight, close the eyes and hold the hands in a prayer position, in the central chest area, near the heart. The bases of the thumbs are gently but firmly pressing the chest. This posture calms down the mind, by momentarily suspending certain energy flows that run through the body and because of the pressure on the subtle flow of the mind (one of the <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="966232f8-56d6-495a-8837-b01cd8c312d7" id="64791fb5-51b9-4be9-af68-4ab0656d9752"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="fe601f66-3953-4824-8253-749e0fa68e6d" id="8f01b202-0476-4f4c-8ddd-1efe4d86c587">Nadis</gs></gs> that influence directly the mental state), which passes through the central chest area. Together with your beloved consecrate all the fruits of the exercises to be performed to God the Father, to Shiva or <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7ef15ce8-2b5d-4628-9f72-479b2a1ccd38" id="4c6b6c2a-00ca-4d5c-961a-4f791e89a791"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="7ef15ce8-2b5d-4628-9f72-479b2a1ccd38" id="4c6b6c2a-00ca-4d5c-961a-4f791e89a791"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2104098c-cc1b-493c-93dd-c1a2b2a5cf84" id="3c77ac5d-0158-4a88-8394-8e371e8169af"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d603c461-2921-44b3-9e2c-f1ffa57bf6eb" id="dc8ac387-4e00-4ae4-9e6f-d9e0a00c6534">to</gs></gs></gs></gs> a Great Cosmic Power.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Focus inside, going deep within, aiming to perceive the reflection of our Divine Self in our being, which is for us a true inner teacher, which we now ask to guide us. Aim to enter <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ef00fd68-2375-4dce-8f61-4caecd935627" id="fc5c0f3b-44a4-4822-83ef-bdd732e3316e"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d8de05b7-f81f-421d-868d-26414c0322f0" id="75f6bbf9-8432-422b-9b3d-fee0b2cca121"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="575c6add-be9c-4e69-a809-5f55845e66a0" id="75dc2d51-266e-4625-b823-10fb7a6ed0b8">in</gs></gs></gs> resonance with this source of spiritual intuitions. (If we can feel our soul close enough to our spiritual guide, then we will ask him to subtly guide us spiritually, to inspire and protect us). We maintain this attitude for 2-3 minutes, until we feel tuned in to this <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="75cca4d0-f3ef-4b3b-a92f-0aa36c2f3220" id="96c9a8aa-68f3-4ecb-89fb-be6a1fb01e21"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="9821bdb3-f863-4d21-b910-7eb098516934" id="6d395271-e4a4-4e37-b788-63dbf4c1bbbf"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c28364bb-680d-4ac2-adb1-87bbc1612c2c" id="ab53ba26-867a-4a0d-827c-62dcf9df66b8">energetic</gs></gs></gs> source.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then, become aware of the consciousness over the entire being. Imagine we are penetrated and surrounded by a subtle bio-energetic field, and then aim to feel how the energy of the loved being <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ff585f2e-b602-4861-bcf5-a8416d94c1ba" id="a00aac57-2b7d-4b24-b48b-7285971c5d9c"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2ef7fa34-f04a-4eee-a310-ffbf621f0063" id="b2864988-aabf-4159-a1bc-1714fc7ef026">interflows</gs></gs> with ours through luminous <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ff585f2e-b602-4861-bcf5-a8416d94c1ba" id="57331bc5-bdb0-4849-8289-77a5e577ff37"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="ce006b5a-ef33-42ff-8cdb-1766c0555d0f" id="2468e10a-8e4b-4bcf-8e2f-4d349db63701"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2ef7fa34-f04a-4eee-a310-ffbf621f0063" id="9a3ba34f-e65d-48aa-a0d2-b0271bdbb4fc">flows</gs></gs></gs> within our being. Deepening the state, feel how the two fields fully harmonize each other, so that the flows of subtle energy run freely from one to another. We may start only after becoming clearly aware of all these steps.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Finally, it is indicated to repeat the procedure presented above, but backwards. Close the eyes and then focus to re-absorb the energies, allowing the appearance of a very thin, but firm “veil” rising between us and our beloved. This distance must be seen as being full of love, or better said as a refinement of the subtle connection between us, which now tends to be felt not only at the bio-energetic <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="3b1c4983-aaec-4956-9a84-7e213504dfe2" id="db724bd5-236e-4d60-bb6c-c172731d5c15"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="0502fb04-0ef3-4aa3-8d18-e9dd721d85c2" id="a750f3bd-8ad6-4d68-8a25-c7435c97e4f5"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4ef85494-5e30-407c-95e3-6ecf269d2035" id="1cc602e1-8028-47bc-8213-7c6b93e09cf1">level but</gs></gs></gs> especially at the psychic, mental and spiritual level, and not like a heavy metal barrier. At the most profound level, in reality we are ONE, but at other levels individuality <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b9521b78-939e-40e8-a7c1-871180ecb31b" id="56b9afdd-5b0f-4474-b13b-487023f7bb62"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="79b6e72d-c575-4b2d-8e55-3c4672a13b02" id="9cc365e9-8eca-4a22-aa61-db22d6d5ed51"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="91e087a2-99e7-4b76-b38e-d31c026540c2" id="127349e9-e506-4c30-94a0-f7fcd2b78124">has</gs></gs></gs> a decisive importance, which must be respected; thus, the process of opening and closing the energy fields is essential.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At the end of the long term meditative exercises, it is recommended to raise the hands upwards and to breathe a few times profoundly. Only after finishing this set of complete breathing can we come out of the meditation posture we had been in so far. If the meditation lasted for a longer period of time, we can massage each other <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="66de1ed3-2245-40bf-83bc-be0e3c3bb4a2" id="d960e2b7-d823-45af-8141-cc77663a8757"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4b2b5ee1-dbbb-45ca-b408-abb4b27f5c3b" id="98c1b5f7-ff34-48a4-8639-195ce5f83a43"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="38d56d6a-4670-4aae-b546-55f97359246b" id="52e4edb3-b878-4107-8a0d-48f78d335527">feet</gs></gs></gs>, full of love. (In this <gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="40df82f2-3455-42c0-af16-8f4a50a7946e" id="38ad4344-a906-49ad-a304-4db9234a2da7"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2e8cf561-2bae-4287-b022-4df684a7451a" id="9750ee14-b8fa-471d-a32f-107abfd0aa35"><gs class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="57ed79c6-9c42-45ab-8743-e3ee758ef40f" id="d023e443-55dd-4c16-be03-4cdb7c08dac2">massage</gs></gs></gs>, we can even put as much pressure on the legs as possible, thus stimulating blood circulation and energy). Then we can also massage each other’s back. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Kundalini is a dormant energy within most people. In Hindu mythology, Kundalini is a serpent goddess who lies asleep at the base of the spine, coiled three and a half times around the first chakra.Her name is Kundalini Shakti, and she represents the unfolding of the divine Shakti energy, the energizing potential of life itself, a living goddess who enlivens all things.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Circumstances that stimulate Kundalini awakening are many and varied, but are usually triggered by such things as extended periods of meditation, yoga, fasting, stress, trauma, psychedelic drugs, or near death experiences.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Kundalini is a condensed, primal force, similar to the potential energy found in water. When released, it creates a vertical connection between the chakras by opening the subtle channels known as <i>nadi</i>, most specifically, the central channel that moves up the spine called <i>sushumna</i>. If we put water through a small hose at very high pressure, the end of the hose will undulate like a snake. Similarly, the intense energy of Kundalini undulates in the body as it rises through the chakras.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Kundalini can also be seen as a result of the chakras connecting to each other.Theoretically, as the chakras enlarge, the spinning of one can enchance the spinning of the one above or below it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Kundalini is basically a healing force, but its effects can sometimes be quite unpleasant. Such effects may last for minutes, days, months, or even years.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">If you find yourself dealing with uncomfortable Kundalini awakening symptoms, you should:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">1) <i>Purify the body</i>. Abstain from recreational drugs, tobacco, alcohol, and caffein, prescription drugs. Avoid food additives, high sugars, or greasy foods. Eat well, especially protein which is generally grounding. Get massage and vigorous exercise.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">2) <i>Reduce stress</i>. If you are in for a major spiritual transformation, make time for the necessary changes in your life. You may need to devote more time to your spirituality or health.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">4) <i>Educate yourself</i>. Read about Kundalini, Kundalini awakening,Yoga and learn about Chakras.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">5) <i>Treat underlying psychological issues</i>. As Kundalini brings up unresolved issues, this is the best time to deal with them. It will make the ride smoother.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">6) <i>Examine your spiritual practices</i>. If you have not been practicing meditation, yoga or some spiritual practice, it may be time to begin. You might need to stop meditating for a while if it increases unpleasant Kundalini awakening symptoms. See what increases or decreases the unpleasant effects.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">7) <i>Practice grounding</i>. Kundalini is most difficult when the energy is moving upward without enough energy moving downward to balance. Investigate the possibility of the first chakra issues that need to be resolved in order to give a firmer base.Practice grounding exercise daily.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Kundalini energy is released also during orgasm through the second chakra, as the body attempts to create a child. During life-threatening situations, the kundalini energy is also often released. This is how people suddenly have the superhuman strength to save themselves or a loved-one. Most of us have heard about the grandmother who had to lift a car to save her grandchild. Her kundalini was released, giving her the power to do what she needed to do. Long ago, some yogis discovered that the kundalini can be used to move very quickly into higher states of consciousness. By meditating on the chakras, the kundalini is activated and begins to rise.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The kundalini is coiled up like a very tight spring, and when released there is sometimes an explosion of power. Properly directed, the kundalini will travel up a tube in the energy body that lies close to the spine. Without proper direction, the release of kundalini can be very uncomfortable and possibly damaging. (This is why it is very important to study kundalini yoga with an experienced guide.)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">On it's way up, the kundalini both cleans and strengthens the energy body and chakras. You may feel a warm sensation moving up your back. If your head feels like it's burning, you may be pushing too hard, too fast--be sure to consult with your teacher.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: small;">You could think of kundalini yoga as a way of tapping into a natural storage of power that we all have to fuel your practice. Like the gasoline you put in your car, kundalini by itself is relatively harmless but when combined with will power, it can become volatile if not handled with respect.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197133286225136697.post-46606365930345790062013-02-10T02:50:00.001+04:002013-02-10T02:50:08.818+04:00Tantric meditation<br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To begin sit on a cushion in your special place facing a small table - Light a candle and burn some incense if that feels right. Place some fresh flowers on your meditation table. Have an uplifting book at your side to read from briefly, to help you unwind before you begin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Light of Love Enlighten my heart Encircle my being in Your radiance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Warm my soul with the flame of Truth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Light of Love In Your radiance May I remember all are One</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To begin the silent portion of your meditation close your eyes and begin breathing evenly, such as counts 1, 2, breathe in; counts 3, 4 breathe out; counts 1, 2, breathe in and continue for a full minute.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Continue breathing evenly but let go of the counting. This is time to think of ways you are connected to others in your life. Include family, friends, co-workers and others. Think about how your actions affect each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Plan one way to improve your relationships. An example is practicing kindness in interactions with each person that you come into contact with during the day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now spend a minute mentally making affirmations for harmony and peace for all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Personal peace promotes world peace."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I choose to be peaceful."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Harmony is my choice."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy feelings that arise of being connected with all as an integral part of the big world family. That is the radiant state of tantra.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To finish your meditation stand and stretch, rejuvenated! Namaste!</span></div>
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That is not meditation.<br /><br />If somebody has insulted you, feel thankful to him that he has given you an opportunity to feel a deep wound. He has opened a wound in you. The wound may be created by many many insults that you have suffered in your whole life; he may not be the cause of all the suffering, but he has triggered a process.<br /><br />Just close your room, sit silently, with no anger for the person but with total awareness of the feeling that is arising in you -- the hurt feeling that you have been rejected, that you have been insulted. And then you will be surprised that not only is this man there: all the men and all the women and all the people that have ever insulted you will start moving in your memory.<br /><br />You will start not only remembering them, you will start reliving them. You will be going into a kind of primal. Feel the hurt, feel the pain, don't avoid it. That's why in many therapies the patient is told not to take any drugs before the therapy begins, for the simple reason that drugs are a way to escape from your inner misery. They don't allow you to see your wounds, they repress them. They don't allow you to go into your suffering and unless you go into your suffering, you cannot be released from the imprisonment of it.<br /><br />It is perfectly scientific to drop all drugs before going into therapy -- if possible even drugs like coffee, tea, smoking, because these are all ways to escape. Have you watched? Whenever you feel nervous you immediately start smoking. It is a way to avoid nervousness; you become occupied with smoking. Really it is a regression. Smoking makes you again feel like a child -- unworried, non-responsible -- because smoking is nothing but a symbolic breast. The hot smoke going in simply takes you back to the days when you were feeding on the mother's breast and the warm milk was going in: the nipple has now become the cigarette. The cigarette is a symbolic nipple. Through regression you avoid the responsibilities and the pains of being adult. And that's what goes on through many many drugs.<br /><br />Modern man is drugged as never before, because Modern man is living in great suffering. Without drugs it will be impossible to live in so much suffering. Those drugs create a barrier; they keep you drugged they don't allow you enough sensitivity to know your pain. The first thing to do is close your doors and stop any kind of occupation - looking at the TV, listening to the radio, reading a book.<br /><br />Stop all occupation, because that too is a subtle drug. Just be silent, utterly alone. Don't even pray, because that again is a drug, you are becoming occupied, you start talking to God, you start praying, you escape from yourself. Atisha is saying: Just be yourself. Whatsoever the pain of it and whatsoever the suffering of it, let it be so. First experience it in its total intensity. It will be difficult, it will be heart-rending: you may start crying like a child, you may start rolling on the ground in deep pain, your body may go through contortions. You may suddenly become aware that the pain is not only in the heart, it is all over the body -- that it is aching all over, that it is painful all over, that your whole body is nothing but pain. If you can experience it -- this is of tremendous importance -- then start absorbing it.<br /><br />Don't throw it away. It is such a valuable energy, don't throw it away. Absorb it, drink it, accept it, welcome it, feel grateful to it. And say to yourself "This time I'm not going to avoid it, this time I'm not going to reject it, this time I'm not going to throw it away. This time I will drink it and receive it like a guest. This time I will digest it." It may take a few days for you to be able to digest it, but the day it happens, you have stumbled upon a door which will take you really far far away.<br /><br />A new journey has started in your life, you are moving into a new kind of being -- because immediately, the moment you accept the pain with no rejection anywhere, its energy and its quality changes. It is no longer pain. In fact one is simply surprised, one cannot believe it, it is so incredible. One cannot believe that suffering can be transformed into ecstasy, that pain can become joy. Whenever anything is total it turns into its opposite.<br /><br />This is a great secret to be remembered. Whenever something is total it changes into its opposite, because there is no way to go any further; the cul-de-sac has arrived. Watch an old clock with a pendulum. It goes on and on: the pendulum goes to the left, to the extreme left, and then there is a point beyond which it cannot go, then it starts moving towards the right. Opposites are complementaries. If you can suffer your suffering in totality, in great intensity, you will be surprised...you will not be able to believe it when it happens for the first time, that your own suffering absorbed willingly, welcomingly, becomes a great blessing. The same energy that becomes hate becomes love, the same energy that becomes pain becomes pleasure, the same energy that becomes suffering becomes bliss."<br /><br />Osho, from The Book of Wisdom, Chapter 5<br />For more Osho excerpts go to the OSHO INTERNATIONAL website: <a href="http://www.osho.com/" target="_blank">http://www.osho.com</a></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197133286225136697.post-26949478040326599972012-12-18T04:12:00.000+04:002012-12-22T02:17:24.783+04:00Celebrities Who Practice Tantra<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Let’s be honest, part of the appeal of celebrities is that they’re hot and we like to think about them doin’ it. Especially for long periods of time. That’s what makes the ancient marathon lovemaking technique known as <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tantric sex</strong>particularly interesting when celebrities are involved.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Heather Graham first came to stardom playing a porn star, an image she has strived nobly to maintain ever since. OK, so maybe not with that TV show that literally got canceled after one episode, but by and large, she’s been a sexpot, and thus makes the world a better place, every day.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">While playing yet another porn star in a movie called “The Guru,” Graham learned about Tantra and, in her own words, hasn’t looked back. “The idea is that you let the whole thing build very slowly until finally you merge with your partner. It works for me.” We’re pretty sure it works for whoever is lucky enough to merge with Heather Graham, too.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Sting</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I couldn’t go much further without mentioning one of Tantra’s most famous practitioners, Sting. Well, he might be. It’s kind of up in the air. Kind of like Sting’s wife, if he is actually doing Tantra. The story about Sting having eight-hour marathon Tantra sessions with his wife is, apparently, a joke by fellow rocker Bob Geldof, who is quite possibly the best friend ever to spread a joke like that around. We wish we had friends claiming we did eight-hour sex marathons. It’d make dating a lot easier.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Sting himself has, beyond admitting Geldof was just making a joke, been remarkably coy on the subject. Possibly to spare his children any embarassment, although you’ve got to wonder what kind of person walks up to somebody and says “Hey, I heard your dad can have sex for eight hours. Is that true?” Isn’t that really the kind of the thing you hope somebody’s kid <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">doesn’t</em> know?<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Puff Daddy</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Hey, speaking of Sting, the guy who forced himself on “Every Breath You Take” like a drunk on a stripper is apparently into Tantra as well. Maybe he’s just following Sting’s lead on <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">everything.</em></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Yeah, we know, the last thing you want to think about is this guy, in any way, shape or form, let alone his sex life, but unfortunately, Puff Daddy has a Twitter, which he overshares on, as he tweeted an attempt at a thirty-six hour Tantra marathon…and kept tweeting during it. Somehow, we’re pretty sure if you can tweet during a marathon sex session, you are doing it very, very wrong.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Scarlett Johansson</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: #ff6600; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.edrugstore.md/articles/features/celebrity-tantric-sex/attachment/scarlett-johansson" style="border: 0px; color: #3b557a; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"></a></span></span></strong>Hey, remember when Josh Hartnett was supposed to be the next big leading man, because, er…well…we’re not sure. We just know that he was supposed to be. Instead he became one of those character actors you recognize and who seems to be in everything.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Oh, and he’s had Tantric sex with Scarlett Johannsen. Apparently, Hartnett was given a book on it for his birthday and tried it out with her. Johannsen hasn’t mentioned anything about it since, but we’re going to assume that we live in a world where somebody is having lengthy sex sessions with Scarlet Johansson, because otherwise, there is no justice in this world.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Tom Hanks</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; color: #ff6600; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.edrugstore.md/articles/features/celebrity-tantric-sex/attachment/tom-hanks2" style="border: 0px; color: #3b557a; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline;"></a></span></span></strong>Look, I had a lot of options for this one, but there’s no picture that makes the mental image of Tom Hanks engaging in Tantric sex go away. Believe us, we tried. We tried everything in the medicine AND liquor cabinets. It just made the image more vivid.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Thankfully, the evidence we have of this is fairly limited, just one statement from his wife, Rita Wilson, about Tantric sex making a happy marriage. But that’s really all we need. Let’s just focus on Heather Graham and Scarlett Johansson, OK?</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197133286225136697.post-71464283147500568802012-12-16T09:23:00.001+04:002012-12-19T03:56:18.478+04:00Relationships are beautifull<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Relationship is a mirror. Wherever you are related with a person – a wife, a husband, a friend, a lover, an enemy – a mirror is there. The wife mirrors the husband. You can see yourself there, and if you see an ugly husband, don’t try to leave your wife – the ugliness is in you. Drop that ugliness!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But stupid and cowardly people always escape and renounce; brave and wise people always live in relationship, and use it as a mirror. Living with someone is a constant mirroring around you. Every moment the other reveals you, exposes you. The closer the relationship, the clearer is the mirror; the more distant the relationship, the mirror is not so clear.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197133286225136697.post-13634701111890743402012-12-16T07:44:00.001+04:002012-12-22T02:17:09.629+04:00Tantra Yoga - Pleasure & Desire<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPuNB5QEWg0Xp_k_l4KyGVMT3EOF2-63sLZjp3RsSllbIqmRANAxatAFyEPgRQZZj99dLvwUDDzM0cnUg91_SBH-2x2Y-zZHT-9PnvfWJlOiWh1ml6GdNQYNBYIBWJQxAKG-knfsxvgF-/s1600/72995_116584908506761_330233918_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPuNB5QEWg0Xp_k_l4KyGVMT3EOF2-63sLZjp3RsSllbIqmRANAxatAFyEPgRQZZj99dLvwUDDzM0cnUg91_SBH-2x2Y-zZHT-9PnvfWJlOiWh1ml6GdNQYNBYIBWJQxAKG-knfsxvgF-/s320/72995_116584908506761_330233918_n.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tantra is primarily concerned with inner, mystical experiences, contrary to popular notions that it is the Yoga of Sex or a form of couples' therapy. In Tantra, all mundane activities are opportunities to experience the divine, especially when they are approached with consciousness and intention. While Tantra is a deeply personal path in this sense, the inner journey should generate the awareness that everything is connected; in fact, the word Tantra is often translated as web or weaving, implying a weaving together with all that is. Moments of strong desire and intense pleasure are opportunities to experience this sense of connection directly. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">In Tantric cosmology, the entire universe vibrates with pleasure and desire; Tantrics understand the ever-unfolding process of creation in explicitly sexual terms - the attraction and union of male and female polarities, "Shiva" and "Shakti" in the Hindu Tantric tradition. Thus, in Tantra, the experience of pleasure on a microcosmic, individual level, evokes the universal process. At peak moments of pleasure, the practitioner has an opportunity to experience merger, a state of union (or Yoga) with all that is. </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">This attitude toward pleasure is made explicit in the Vijnanabhairava Tantra, an 8th Century C.E. Kashmir Shaivite text and one of the most important Tantric scriptures: "On the occasion of great delight being obtained. . . one should meditate on the delight itself and become absorbed in it, then his mind will become identified with it." Other verses emphasize that desire pervades the universe and that a person can attain an understanding of the ultimate reality by contemplating desire itself, rather than the object of that desire. </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">American culture in particular is permeated by an extraordinary ambivalence about pleasure and desire. Desire drives marketing and consumerism with the idea that pleasure can be found in the next purchase; of course, the pleasure is fleeting. As it recedes, it is replaced by desire for another item in a never-ending cycle. Sexuality is one of the main lubricants that keep this wheel in motion. We are conditioned to believe that we will be healthier, happier, more beautiful, that we will attract that gorgeous man or woman in the ad, if we just make the right purchases. While this observation is not new, it is important and too easily forgotten, given the pervasiveness of consumerist messages. </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">At the same time, our society, largely but not exclusively due to the influence of Christianity, tends to view the body and its pleasures as suspect, at best, and evil, at worst. Eastern religious traditions have their own sexual taboos and pleasure denying attitudes, albeit without a punitive, judgmental deity or the belief in eternal damnation. There seems to be a correlation between the rise of institutional religion and the denial of the body, and this makes sense. If the natural activities of daily life are defined in negative terms, people begin to view themselves as flawed or worse; this makes them more willing to surrender their autonomy and obey the demands of an institutionalized system - religious, social, political, military or economic. </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Our Puritan heritage still has a profound impact on our social mores. The Puritans saw wealth as a sign of God's favor and believed that any form of non-marital sexual activity or desire was a pathway to damnation, since Satan could exploit the body to steal the soul. The marketing of sex notwithstanding, America remains a sex-negative, anhedonic (pleasure-challenged) culture that values work and material "success" above all else. While many European societies are more accepting of pleasure, the legacy of 2000 years of messages that negate or seek to control sexuality and enjoyment is difficult to escape. </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Where is the possibility of freedom? We are all caught between the conflicting messages of hedonism as a marketing tool and the omnipresent cultural theme that tells us enjoyment leads to damnation. Some may overreact and convince themselves that self-indulgence is a form of resistance, but they often remain caught in the cycle. Others may capitulate and snuff out their desires in any one of a myriad of ways. </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Tantra provides several ways out of this apparent dilemma. By bringing awareness to desire and pleasure, by making a study of what truly makes us feel the vibration of life within us and around us, we can begin to function with more autonomy. We may never totally free ourselves from the cultural constructs that shape us, but if we bring awareness to our actions, recognize those constructs as nothing more than that and commit ourselves to exploring desire and pleasure, deliberately and consciously, we can begin to find ways to get off the wheel. </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">In practical terms, this means developing new ways of approaching desire and pleasure. Desire is a powerful force that can motivate and inspire. Suppressing it entails suppressing our fundamental humanity, and most people pay a heavy price for doing this. The problem is not with desire itself but with attachment to outcomes, so as a first step, it is important to cultivate an attitude of non-attachment. To paraphrase the Vijnanabhairava Tantra, we should not focus on the object of desire. Instead, we must bring our awareness to the desire itself and recognize it as an energy that is both within and all around us. Armed with this understanding, it is possible to become a little freer, whether or not we pursue a particular object of our desire. </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Next, it is important to recognize the sacredness of desire (including sexual desire). Bhagavan Das taught us that when you feel an erotic charge, you can gaze upon the person who awakens it and view that person with reverence and awe, while mentally repeating a mantra of gratitude and praise, such as Om Namah Shivayah (Praise Shiva) or Jai Ma (Praise the Goddess), or whatever form of praise feels appropriate. </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The conscious pursuit of pleasure as a spiritual path requires awareness. People generally understand pleasure either in purely instinctual terms or as it is culturally constructed. Few of us give much thought to what truly brings us pleasure, both erotically and in more general terms. By discovering and cultivating the true sources of your own pleasure, you can begin to free yourself from limiting ideas and conditioned responses. The simplest way to begin this exploration is to make a list of the things that give you pleasure and then to examine the items on the list, identifying the qualities of each one and looking for patterns, connections and themes. </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Once you have developed an understanding of what we call your Pleasure Palette, you can begin to cultivate a sense of reverence in the context of pleasure. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with seeking pleasure for its own sake, but the experience of pleasure is much richer when it is both understood and fully appreciated. This is true for any experience, from eating ice cream to feeling the breeze on the skin. In the context of sexuality, the awareness of what brings you to the peak of ecstasy can be translated into reverence for your partner and for the experience itself. </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The erotic spark exists wherever pleasure and desire are found. It arises as a reminder that everything is divine. Recognizing this and cultivating reverence can transform you; people will feel it and reciprocate, energetically. The benefits will come back to you and multiply, leaving you more open to others, more creative, more confident and sexy, and less constricted by mental boundaries, whatever their origin. </span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197133286225136697.post-31430222693672002652012-06-19T04:12:00.001+04:002012-06-19T04:12:50.733+04:00About Dakini and Dakas.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4V5i6nM6aOlComedB66MPnn4eDRr92gITxBVIBpuafOTWzcsrMwVscDvdFarKA9sUY6chmgXjZwFf0s6BQG2ZofTC9hRy0Z7YkIAtoW2a7PMFCv9U7oDSJVCC4qAwBBQPYe0d6F_rbKt/s1600/dakini.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij4V5i6nM6aOlComedB66MPnn4eDRr92gITxBVIBpuafOTWzcsrMwVscDvdFarKA9sUY6chmgXjZwFf0s6BQG2ZofTC9hRy0Z7YkIAtoW2a7PMFCv9U7oDSJVCC4qAwBBQPYe0d6F_rbKt/s200/dakini.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A Dakini, the kind in human form, is roughly equivalent to the Muse of Western stories. She inspires the male, taking him to the full expression of himself in the world.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The student has obstacles to the expression of his Highest Self. Releasing these pretty much always involves revisiting the trauma that originally set the resistance in place. This is catharsis, the intense and complete experiencing of emotion that has long been contained, resisted, bottled up.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is why many stories of Muses and other forms of Dakini picture them as willful, capricious, massively egoic, vengeful … in a word: trouble. They use the full range of manipulative tools and shock tactics that wives and other women have. Deliberately.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">An in-school joke: What's the difference between the Goddess and a Dakini?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Answer: You can negotiate with the Goddess.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">From more modern times, legend has it that once upon a time, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary" style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Timothy Leary</a> met <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Manson" style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Crazy Charlie</a> and had just one conversation with him. It went like this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Charlie to Tim: <em>Because the women have all the power.</em></span></div>
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There is a lotof truth contained in that brief conversation.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A Dakini is a woman. Women are powerful trouble. Sorry female beloveds, but this really is true from the male perspective. The male beloveds know what I mean. So what's the difference between any<strong>woman = trouble</strong> and <strong>Dakinis = trouble</strong>?</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjojDkAHfMa4YihxcvIlrLhlJGK9ekI_jCTFsd4XqoG0E5GYUncHulUYogSpQ-lN7GH2HFeIuAEysvu0Eal4vq__bWSs9ol1FZcfsCog8TxzWngZvSWBtm1uuyWKbY91QjWvT3AhxzwrPSs/s1600/dakini1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjojDkAHfMa4YihxcvIlrLhlJGK9ekI_jCTFsd4XqoG0E5GYUncHulUYogSpQ-lN7GH2HFeIuAEysvu0Eal4vq__bWSs9ol1FZcfsCog8TxzWngZvSWBtm1uuyWKbY91QjWvT3AhxzwrPSs/s200/dakini1.jpg" width="160" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Most women use their power, <span class="style1" style="color: #993300; font-weight: bold;">unconsciously</span>, with <span class="style1" style="color: #993300; font-weight: bold;">unconscious motivation and objectives</span>. The manifestations of her power, the effect it has in the world around her is sometimes noticed, but remains mysterious to her. She likely has a nagging feeling that she's missing something, and is often a good source of income for cold-readers, fortune tellers, psychics and psychologists. They have a deep usually completely unconscious fear of anything in life not fitting how TV tells them things "should be". Collectively their power is immense, even though, individually, privately, they may have disagreements with the cultural way, they accept it's how things are done.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Somewhat more aware are women who use their power <span class="style1" style="color: #993300; font-weight: bold;">unconsciously</span>, with <span class="style1" style="color: #993300; font-weight: bold;">unconscious motivation </span>but for <span class="style3" style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">conscious objectives</span> These are the women-warriors. Attila the Hens. Maggie Thatcher, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc" style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">St. Jean d' arc</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boadicea" style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Boudica</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poolan_Devi" style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Poolan Devi</a> Condoleeza Rice and less obviously Jane Fonda and Oprah. They have a cause, a battle to fight, and they often do so magnificently. They feel compelled, driven to their battles but are not in touch with the source of their motivation or aware of their real enemy. With just this degree of awareness, however, some of them really manage to rock the world!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">More aware still are the modern <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetaera" style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hetaeras</a> who use their power still <span class="style1" style="color: #993300; font-weight: bold;">unconsciously</span>, but with <span class="style3" style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">conscious motivation</span> for <span class="style3" style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">conscious objectives</span>. Women who don't accept cultural restrictions. They either cover up carefully like Glen Close in Dangerous Liaisons (at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/6304696515?ie=UTF8&tag=tantraschoolc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=6304696515" style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">amazon</a> or <a href="http://etrader.kalahari.net/referral.asp?linkid=5&partnerid=7163&sku=220845" style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">kalahari</a>), circumventing the strictures of the Women's Union, or ignoring the hatred of their less evolved sisters, they pay the cultural taboos less than lip service. They often have influence in the arts and politics. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lola_Montez" style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Lola Montez</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lili_St._Cyr" style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Lilly St. Cyr</a>, Marilyn Monroe, Madonna. Appreciated, even worshipped (often in secrecy) by men as the closest representatives of the Goddess they know.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Spiritually evolved, and <span class="style3" style="color: #006600; font-weight: bold;">greatly aware</span>, a Dakini has one purpose – your spiritual advancement, from wherever you are to wherever you can go. She is operating consciously with Love and all the leverage that affords her, to pry apart defences, smash ego and put Truth where it can't be ignored – that you might wake up to your purpose, your flowering. She's an emissary of Life, tempting you to really Living, to experiencing the real fruits of your existence.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A Dakini can be loved, adored, worshipped… that's essential… but she can never be owned. No artist, no poet could expect his Muse to be permanently available, or in any way exclusive, to him. They do what they do, live as they live so that they may serve existence in this way. Any restriction on their freedom, their flowering, is a restriction on their usefulness to existence. Another way to express this is to say that they are already married – to The Divine.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Dakas in this school, in sessions, work strictly to the directions of a Dakini when a female student (or another Dakini, or prospective Dakini) of theirs can benefit from something that particular Daka is practiced in. Very sensitive work indeed, and not often required. No, we're not hiring, please, guys, we're not even reading your applications anymore. Stoppit!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Dakinis and Dakas are those who know, at their deepest level, that this is their calling, their vocation. The commitment required is not "great" or "huge", it's total. Every aspect of being is involved. To work effectively with Tantra, an impeccable mind, a healthy body, an open heart and a significant degree of spiritual awareness are required.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So, for Dakinis, diet, exercise, meditation and some form of energy work are important. Dakinis work on themselves, their bodies and minds using Yoga, Tai-Chi, and practicing various arts along with lots of silent sitting meditation.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Buddha's injunction to practice "right livelihood" is also important. Being involved in a business that profits from or causes damage to the earth is not compatible with tantric practice. Neither is being involved with any enterprise that derogates the Goddess, or any aspect of the Divine Feminine. These are not "rules", they are simply facts. Keeping the heart open and loving is essential to working with sacred sexuality. The heart can't be open when you're doing that which offends it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The judgments of the surrounding culture also have to be faced. Many people focus on the sexual aspects of the work and reckon that "Dakini" is synonymous with "whore". Mainstream religions have done an effective job of convincing people that sex is inherently sinful, and this judgment has infected even non-semitic religions.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So a Tantrika, Dakini or Daka, has to face the same cultural judgment as a sex worker. She has to make a living from her teaching work, or supplement it with something compatible with her ethics/aesthetics. Maintaining her body, mind and spirit is a full time job, whether she has one client a month, or a dozen. Her lovers (outside of her healing work) are limited to those who have transcended jealousy, or willingly take on that journey. It really is a miracle that there are people in the world that are willing and able to do this work. It's not surprising that they are rare. Appreciate them.</span></blockquote>
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<b><br /></b></blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197133286225136697.post-51059125531049413242012-04-25T03:35:00.001+04:002012-04-25T04:08:37.413+04:00Benefits of Tantra<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5kVTYTWVCHhCTP-i07_YCrx3JHHFCOOc5uHmt8vf2JyZ9jcX4XjDucvK9rY1MVGTkLT0NyL0q1zGJPTDybXOwZTQjvdXbCnKBb8o8VZM01Nps8jokvryUNjsLealbkPaCW-BoWVIy1dM2/s1600/247532_103756303050062_100002470780281_27234_1292500_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5kVTYTWVCHhCTP-i07_YCrx3JHHFCOOc5uHmt8vf2JyZ9jcX4XjDucvK9rY1MVGTkLT0NyL0q1zGJPTDybXOwZTQjvdXbCnKBb8o8VZM01Nps8jokvryUNjsLealbkPaCW-BoWVIy1dM2/s1600/247532_103756303050062_100002470780281_27234_1292500_n.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Benefits of Tantra - By Robert Frey, MA </span> </strong></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Having taught a blend of traditional and modern Western Tantra for nearly twenty years, I am well aware of the many benefits available to its students and practitioners. From my experience and perspective it is much more than a non-essential luxury item. In response to common curiosity about Tantra, here then is an overview of some of its most notable benefits.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">* Tantra, the ancient sacred approach to sexuality, has much to offer modern men and women. Tantric teachings are both a spiritual approach to sexuality and a sexual/sensual approach to spirituality. As such we can learn to use our natural sexual energy to enliven and heighten our spiritual awareness. Also Tantra offers a well-developed spiritual orientation to sexuality that is based on respect, honoring, openness, and love.</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">* Tantra offers easy, effective, reliable methods for meditating, quieting the mind, and reaching positive states of consciousness. These methods often work well for Westerners who either haven't been able to learn to meditate or who are beginners. Tantric meditations utilizing breathing, undulation, and energy awareness, especially when coupled with sensual or sexual arousal, have been measured to consistently produce alpha and theta brain wave shifts more significantly and rapidly than any other traditional or non-technological technique. In short, Tantra is a great way to learn to meditate!<br />* Substantial healing of most sexual problems is a common side benefit of practicing Tantra. Relief and often complete resolution can happen for men who prematurely ejaculate as well as for those who would simply like to last longer. Further relief is offered men who have suffered from performance anxiety as Tantra serves to de-emphasize the goal orientation of performance sex. Men who practice sufficiently enough to learn to have and enjoy full-body non-ejaculatory orgasms are nearly always very pleased and satisfied. Tantra is also excellent for the health of the prostate gland, and at least one study seems to indicate that regular practice of certain techniques helps to prevent prostate cancer.<br />* Women who are "pre-orgasmic" or who haven't been able to orgasm often become multi-orgasmic through Tantra. Some-times PMS symptoms or menstrual cramps are alleviated or completely disappear when a woman diligently practices Tantric energy work, alone and/or with a partner.<br />* Couples who have been in relationship or marriage for many years and have lost the sexual "spark" often regain it through Tantra.<br />* Tantra offers a marvelous and satisfying resolution to the age-old dilemma of "Should I have sex (even though it doesn't feel right for me) to keep this person's love and interest, or should I say 'No' and risk losing the connection and the romance?" With Tantra many other enjoyable, intimate options are possible, creating and sustaining plenty of sensual pleasure, heart connecting, and shared, turned on, blissful states -- all without penetration if so desired.<br />* Practicing Tantra is wonderful for developing self-love, confidence, and trust in oneself, both sexually and in a more total sense. Learning to know and command how energy and awareness move through one's body can be both delightful and very empowering. Likewise becoming familiar with one's own unique sexuality and sensual personality creates an ease and acceptance of self, as does having a repertoire of skills for love-making. One of the most common healings I see in the workshops is the way Tantra can free people from sexual guilt and shame, allowing them to embrace and confidently love and enjoy their natural passion and sensuality.<br />* The techniques of Tantra teach lovers to guide their sexual energy from their heart, to meet in heart-centered, honoring ways. The methods also train the powerful sexual passion energy to generalize from the genitals, moving up to open the heart, the mind, and the spiritual centers. Tantricas learn to move into states of consciousness together where they can see the presence of the divine One life force in each other, and thus merge into ego-free states of unconditional love for extended moments.<br />* The practices also allow trained practitioners to make love and explore shared bliss states for hours at a time. It's not unusual for a Tantric love making session to last two to four hours, or even more. And the experience is usually both relaxing, invigorating, and mutually satisfying. In fact women are generally much more satisfied with Tantric love-making than with typical Western sex (usually over all too soon!).<br />I've seen many back problems diminish or disappear, and if nothing else this is certainly one of the most pleasurable of all aerobic exercises!<br />* As a footnote, almost everyone agrees that they learned Tantra best by beginning with one or preferably several workshops before turning to one or more of the many excellent books on this inspiring topic.<br />So if any of the above areas interest you I encourage you to continue to investigate Tantra in whatever form you can find it and allow yourself to benefit as other Tantricas in many cultures have for centuries. If I can serve you, feel free to contact me. Perhaps this article about "the basics" will also be useful to share with curious, interested friends, or perhaps it will serve to remind you to dive deeper into your own Tantric practices and discover your own rewards and ecstasy. May your life be filled with passion, and may you be guided by your heart and soul!<br />© 1998, Robert Frey <a href="http://www.darlingsite.info/" target="_blank">http://www.darlingsite.info</a><br /> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197133286225136697.post-29730508666201535522012-01-24T05:09:00.000+04:002012-01-24T05:34:21.184+04:00BOLE: As the Day You Were Born - Being Naked<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/edqNIDFVjcg?fs=1" width="459"></iframe><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">YOU are more beautiful as you may imagine. I LOVE YOU Beloved~</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"> Namaste!</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197133286225136697.post-65192051391961217922011-12-16T07:16:00.000+04:002015-08-01T23:31:59.411+03:00More about Chakras.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sanscrit name:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Muladhara (root)</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Symbol:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> A circle surrounded by four lotus petals, with a square inside it.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Central issue:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Survival, stability, acceptance, self-preservation, deep-rootedness, perception, grounding, fear and safety</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sound or mantra:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> "Lam"</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Body:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The physical body</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Orientation to self:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Self-preservation</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Goals:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Stability, grounding, physical health, prosperity, trust</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rights:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> To be here, to have</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Developmental stage:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Womb to 12 months</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Identity:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Physical identity</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Level of relationship:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Tribal</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Demon:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Fear</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Element:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Earth</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hormonal glands:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Sexual and adrenal</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Organs:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Immune system, base of spine, legs, bones and bone marrow, feet, rectum, physical body support</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Excessive:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Sluggish, lazy, tired, monotony, obesity, overeating, hoarding, materialism, greed, Fear of </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ficient:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Fearful, anxious, restless, lack of discipline, underweight, financial difficulty Chronic disorganization</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Balanced:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Good health, vitality, well grounded, sense of trust in the world, feeling safe and secure, stability, prosperity, ability to relax</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Physical Dysfunctions:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Frequent illness, disorders of the bowel, large intestine, bones, teeth, problems with legs, feet , base of spine(chronic lower back pain, sciatica); eating disorders; depression; immune-related disorders; skin problems; lack of energy;</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Addictions:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Food, gambling, shopping, work</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Traumas and Abuses:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Birth trauma, abandonment, physical neglect, poor physical bonding with the mother, malnourishment, feeding difficulty, major illnes or surgery, physical abuse, inherited traumas (eg. war, poverty, etc.)</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Spiritual challenge:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> How well we manage our physical world;</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">HEALING STRATEGY:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Physical activity, lots of touch, massage, reconnect with the body, grounding, Hatha yoga, look at earliest childhood relationship to mother, reclaim your right to be here;</span></span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">AFFIRMATIONS:</span></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">It is safe to me to be here.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">The earth supports me and meets my needs.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I love my body and trust its wisdom.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I am interested in abundance.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I am here and I am real.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I trust my Higher Self fulfills all my needs. My life is full of prosperity.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sanscrit name:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Svadhisthana (sweetness)</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Location:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Lower abdomen</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Symbol:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> A circle surrounded by five or six lotus petals.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Central issue:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Sexuality, emotions, financial, creativity,</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">codes of honour and ethics</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Color:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Orange</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Essential Oils:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Rosemary, juniper, sandalwood, jasmine, rose, ylang-ylang</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Crystals and Stones:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Amber, Citrine, Topaz, Moonstone, Fire Agate, Orange Spinel, Fire Opal;</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Stars and Astrological Signs:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Moon, Planets Venus and Pluto, and the signs of Libra, Cancer, and Scorpio;</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sound or mantra:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Vam</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sense:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Touch and taste</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Body:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Ethereal body</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Orientation to self:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Self-gratification</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Goals:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Pleasure, healthy sexuality, feeling</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rights:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> To feel, to want</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Developmental stage:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> 6 to 24 months</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Identity:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Emotional identity</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Level of relationship:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> One-on-one</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Demon:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Guilt</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Element:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Water</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hormonal gland:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Pancreas</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Organs:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Sexual organs, large intestine, lower vertebrae, pelvis, the kidneys, appendix, bladder, prostate, hip area, the lymphatic system, all the body fluids;</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Excessive:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Sexual, pleasure addiction; excessively sensitive and strong emotions; invasion of others, seductive manipulation; obsessive attachment; emotional dependency.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Deficient:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Poor social skills; frigidity, fear of sex, lack of desire, passion, excitement, denial of pleasure; fear of change; rigidity in attitudes</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Balanced:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Graceful movements; emotional intelligence; ability to experience pleasure; nurture of self and others; ability to change; healthy boundaries</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Physical Dysfunctions:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Sexual dysfunctions; ob/gyn. problems; Dysfunctions of reproductive organs, spleen, urinary system; loss of appetite for food, sex, life; chronic lower back pain, sciatica;</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Addictions:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Alcohol, sex, heroin</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Traumas and Abuses:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Sexual, emotional abuse, neglect, rejection, emotional manipulation, physical abuse, alcoholic families, denial of child's feelings, inherited (untreated incest, sexual issues)</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Spiritual challenges:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Negative one-to-one control patterns need to be confronted</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">HEALING STRATEGY: </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Movement therapy, emotional release, inner childe work, boundary work, assign healthy pleasures, develop sensate intelligence</span></span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">AFFIRMATIONS:</span></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I accept and acknowledge my sexuality. My physical health is strong and pure.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I deserve pleasure in my life.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I absorb information from my feelings.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Life is pleasurable.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I move easily and effortlessly.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sanscrit name:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Manipura ( lustrous gem )</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Location:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Solar plexus, below the diaphragm</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Symbol:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> A circle surrounded by ten lotus petals, and inside it a triangle</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Central issue:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Power, self-esteem, self-image, energy, will, responsibility</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Color:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Yellow</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Essential Oils:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Juniper, lavender, bergamot, rosemary</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Crystals and Stones:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Citrine, amber, tiger's eye, peridot,, yellow tourmaline, yellow topaz</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Stars and Astrological Signs:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Sun, the planets Mercury, Jupiter, Mars and the signs of Leo, Sagittarius and Virgo</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sound or mantra:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Ram</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sense:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Sight</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Body:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The astral body</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Orientation to self:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Self definition</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Goals:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Vitality, purpose, strength of will, vitality, spontaneity</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rights:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> To act and be an individual</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Developmental stage:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> 18 months to 4 years</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Identity:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Ego identity</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Level of relationship:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Basic relationship with inner self</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Demon:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Shame</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Element:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Fire</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hormonal glands:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The pancreas and the adrenal</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Organs:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The respiratory system and diaphragm, the digestive system, stomach, liver, gallbladder, kidney, pancreas, adrenal glands, spleen, the small intestine, the lower back, the sympathetic nervous system</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Excessive:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Overly aggressive, dominating, controlling, blaming, arrogance, manipulative, power hungry, stubbornness, hyperactivity, excessively ambitious and competitive</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Deficient:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Low energy, weak will, poor self-esteem, passive, sluggish, fearful, poor self-discipline, emotionally and physically cold, victim mentality, blaming of others, unreliable, poor digestion</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Balanced:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Feeling of tranquillity and inner harmony, self-acceptance, respect for the nature and emotions of others, feeling of unity with the rest of humanity, responsible, reliable, confidence, spontaneity, sens of humour, able to meet challenges</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Physical Dysfunctions:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Arthritis, digestive disorders, ulcers, colon and intestinal problems, anorexia or bulimia, pancreatitis, diabetes, gallstone, allergies, problems with the stomach and liver</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Addictions:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Amphetamines, cocaine, caffeine, work, anger</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Traumas and abuses:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Shaming, authoritarianism, physical abuse, fear of punishment, dangerous environment, age inappropriate responsibilities, inherited shame from parents</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Spiritual challenges:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Maturation of the ego</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">HEALING STRATEGY:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Risk taking, grounding, emotional contact, deep relaxation, stress control, vigorous exercise, sit-ups, psychotherapy (release or contain anger, build ego strength, work on shame issues, strengthen will)</span></span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">AFFIRMATIONS:</span></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I can do whatever I will to do.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I honour the power within me. I accomplish tasks easily and effortlessly.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">In a smooth and healthy way, I release all unresolved emotions. I claim my personal power.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">FOURTH OR THE HEART CHAKRA</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sanscrit name:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Anahatra (unstruck)</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Location:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Chest, hart, cardiac plexus</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Symbol:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> A circle surrounded by 12 lotus petals, and inside it a six-pointed star</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Central issues:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Love, unconditional love, self-love, forgiveness, relationships, intimacy, devotion, depression and loneliness</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Color:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Green and pink</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Essential Oils:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Sandalwood, rose, cedarwood</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Crystals and Stones:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Rose quartz, emerald, jade, aventurine, malachite, rhodonite</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Stars and Astrological Signs:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Planets Venus, Saturn, Sun and the signs Libra, Leo and Sagittarius</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sound or mantra:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Yam</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sense:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Touch</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Body:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The feeling body</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Orientation to self:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Self-acceptance</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Goals:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Stability, trust, physical health, prosperity, grounding</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rights:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> To love and be loved</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Developmental stage:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> 4 to 7 years</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Identity</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Social identity</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Level of relationship</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Loving relationships with significant others, with oneself and with all life</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Demon:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Grief </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Element:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Air</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hormonal glands:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The thymus gland</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Organs:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Hearth and circulatory system, lungs, bronchial tubes, shoulders and arms, diaphragm, thymus gland, the immune system, the skin, the upper back</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Excessive:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Demanding, jealousy, co-dependency, poor boundaries, overly sacrificing, possessive</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Deficient:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Antisocial, withdrawn, cold, shy, critical, judgmental, intolerant, loneliness, depression, fear of intimacy and relationships, lack of empathy, narcissism, bitter</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Balanced:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Compassionate, loving, self-loving, empathetic, peaceful, balanced, good immune system</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Physical Dysfunctions:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Disorders of the heart, lungs, thymus, breast, arms, asthma, allergy, circulation problems, immune system deficiency, tension between shoulder blades</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Addictions:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Tobacco (smoking), sugar, love, marijuana</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Traumas and Addictions:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> rejection, abandonment, loss, shaming, constant criticism, abuses to lower chakras, unacknowledged grief, divorce, death, conditional love, loveless environment, sexual and physical abuse, betrayal</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Spiritual challenges:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> To learn compassion, the value of forgiveness, unconditional love</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">HEALING STRATEGY:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Self-discovery, codependency work, forgiveness, inner child work, work with arms, reaching out, taking in, breathing exercise</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I freely and easily give and receive love. Totally forgive others and myself for all past errors and judgements.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I am worthy of love.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I am loving to myself and others.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">There is an infinite supply of love.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I live in balance with others.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">FIFTH OR THROAT CHAKRA</span></span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sanscrit name:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Vissudha (purification)</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Location:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Throat</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Symbol:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> A circle surrounded by 16 lotus petals, and inside it a circle, or a circle containing a triangle</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Central issue:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Communication, self-expression, self-discipline, speaking one's truth</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Color:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Blue, light blue, turquoise</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Essential Oils:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Lavender, patchouli</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Crystals and Stones:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Lapis lazuli, aquamarine, sodalite, turquoise, sapphire, blue lace agate, blue tourmaline, blue quartz</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Stars and Astrological Signs:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Planets Venus, Mercury, Uranus and Mars and the signs of Taurus, Gemini and Aquarius</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sound or mantra:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Ham</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sense:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Hearing</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Body:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The mental body</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Orientation to self:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Self-expression</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Goals:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Clear communication, creativity</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rights:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> To speak and to hear the truth</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Developmental stage:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> 7 to 12 years</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Identity:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Creative identity</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Level of relationship:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Relationship with our personal truths</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Demon:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Lies</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Element:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Ether - Akasa</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hormonal glands:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The thyroid and parathyroid gland</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Organs:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Throat, thyroid and parathyroid glands, the neck, vocal cords and organs, mouth, teeth and gums, jaw, ears, muscles</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Excessive:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Too much talking, talking as a defence, inability to listen, gossiping, interruptions, over-extended, stuttering</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Deficient:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Fear of speaking, small, weak voice, difficulty putting feelings into words, shyness, tone deaf, poor rhythm</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Balanced:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Good listener, resonant voice, good sense of timing and rhythm, clear communication, lives creatively</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Traumas and Abuses:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Lies, secrets, verbal abuse, constant yelling, excessive criticism (blocks creativity), authoritarian parents, alcoholic, chemical dependent family</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Spiritual challenges:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> To recognize that your strength of will is measured not by how well you exert your will over others, but how well you control yourself. Conscious self-control and discipline means living according to the truth that every thought you have is either a potential act of grace or a potential weapon. Right thought leads to right speech leads to right acting.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">HEALING STRATEGY:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Learn communication skills, letter writing, inner child communication, practice silence (excessive), story telling, singing, chanting, toning, release voice, loosen neck and shoulders</span></span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">AFFIRMATIONS:</span></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I easily and gracefully express my deepest feelings and emotions.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I hear and speak the truth.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I express myself with clear intent.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Creativity flows in and through me.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">My voice is necessary.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sanscrit name:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Ajna (to perceive)</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Location:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The centre of the forehead, brow</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Symbol:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> A circle surrounded on each side by two large lotus petals ( or a lotus with 96 petals ), and inside it a triangle</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Central issue:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Intuition, imagination, ability to see one's life clearly, use of the mind/intellect</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Color: </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Indigo</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Essential Oils:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Geranium, lavender, rosemary, spearmint</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Crystals and Stones:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Amethyst, azurite, fluorite, lapidolite</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Stars and Astrological Signs:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The planets Jupiter, Uranus, Mercury, Neptune and signs Sagittarius, Aquarius, Pisces</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sound or mantra:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Ham-ksham</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sense:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Intuition (the sixth sense)</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Body:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The high mental body</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Orientation to self:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Self-reflection</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Goals:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Psychic perception, imagination, clear seeing, accurate interpretation</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rights:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> To see</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Developmental stage:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Adolescence</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Identity:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Archetypal identity</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Level of relationship:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Our relationship to knowledge, wisdom and vision</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Demon:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Illusion</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Element:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Light</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hormonal glands:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The pituitary and the pineal gland</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Organs:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The brain, nervous system, eyes, ears, nose, sinuses, face, the pineal and pituitary gland</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Excessive:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Hallucination, nightmares, obsessions, delusions, difficulty concentrating, headaches</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Deficient:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Poor vision and memory, insensitivity, lack of imagination, difficulty visualizing, difficulty seeing the future, can't remember dreams, denial</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Balanced:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Intuitive, perceptive, imaginative, good memory, able to visualize, able to think symbolically, able to remember dreams</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Physical Dysfunctions:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Headaches, eye and ear disease, nose and sinus problems, facial nerve problems, nightmares, brain tumour, stroke, neurological disturbances, seizures, full spinal difficulty, learning disabilities</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Addictions:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Hallucinogens, marijuana</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Traumas and Abuses:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Frightening environment (war, violence), what you see does not go with what you are told, invalidation of intuition and psychic occurrences</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Spiritual challenges:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Pride and the ability to make judgements. The spiritual lessons relate to insight and intuition, to seeing beyond the visible.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">HEALING STRATEGY:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Meditation, visual stimulation, create visual art, coloring and drawing, working with memory, dream work, hypnosis, guided visualization, past life regression therapy</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I see all things in clarity.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I am open to the wisdom within.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sanscrit name:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Sahasrara (thousand-fold)</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Location:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The crown of the skull</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Symbol:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> A lotus with thousand petals</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Central issue:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Awareness, spiritual search for meaning, issues of karma and grace, grace bank account, spiritual awakening, divine discontent</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Color:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Purple, white, gold, silver</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Essential Oils:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Jasmine, frankincense</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Crystals and Stones:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Diamond, clear quartz, moldavite, selenite, pyrite</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Stars and Astrological Signs:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The planets Saturn and Neptune, the signs Capricorn and Pisces</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sound or mantra:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Om</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Body:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The soul, the karmic, causal body</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Orientation to self:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Self-knowledge</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Goals:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Wisdom, knowledge, spiritual connection, consciousness</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rights:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> To know</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Developmental stage:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Throughout life</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Identity:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Universal identity</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Level of relationship:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Relationship to our life's true purpose, relationship between the ego and the higher self, relationship to God and spirit</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Demon:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Attachment</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Element:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Thought</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Excessive:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Over-intellectualization, spiritual addiction, confusion, dissociation from body</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Deficient:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Spiritual cynicism, learning difficulties, rigid belief systems, apathy, materialism, greed, domination of others</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Balanced:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Sense of spiritual connection, open-minded, wisdom and mastery, broad understanding, intelligent, thoughtful, aware, ability to perceive, analyse and assimilate information</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Physical Dysfunctions:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Energetic disorders, mystical depression, coma, migraines, brain tumours, amnesia, chronic exhaustion not linked to physical disorder, sensitivity to light, sound and other environmental factors</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Spiritual challenges:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Hope and faith, spiritual conscience. Spiritual quests and questions of your life: For what purpose was I born? What is truth? What is the deeper meaning of life? Can I find that? Failure to hear and respond to these questions can lead to anxiety and depression.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">HEALING STRATEGY:</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Reestablish physical, emotional, spirit connection, spiritual discipline, meditation, examine belief systems, goal setting</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In the pantheon of <a href="http://sivasakti.com/glossary/tantra.html" style="color: #df0029; text-decoration: none;">Tantric</a> deities, Kali is mentioned as the first of the 10 Great Cosmic Powers because, in some way, she is the one that starts the motion of the "Wheel of Universal Time". She is the primal impulse in the phenomenal existence and becoming. On the other hand, at the end of cosmic cycle of manifestation, the time (or Kala, in sanskrit) "devours" all the worlds of all the three planes of Creation, namely the physical universe, the astral (or subtle) universe and the causal universe. The Great Cosmic Power Kali, "devours" in the end even time itself (Kala), hence She is considered the primordial cause of creation and dissolution of manifestation. The famous tantric text Nirvanatantra associates Kali with the supreme <a href="http://sivasakti.com/glossary/brahman.html" style="color: #df0029; text-decoration: none;">Brahman</a>, representing both absolute Existence and Consciousness in manifestation. This association lead to the adoration of the Great Cosmic Power Kali both in a metaphysical aspect (with no attributes) and concrete aspect (with functions and particularities).<br />
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The Yantra of Kali</a><br />
</span></span></center><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In conformity with the tantric spiritual tradition, the whole Manifestation springs from the Infinite Consciousness and beatific union of <a href="http://sivasakti.com/glossary/shiva.html" style="color: #df0029; text-decoration: none;">Shiva</a> with<a href="http://sivasakti.com/glossary/shakti.html" style="color: #df0029; text-decoration: none;">Shakti</a>. The creation function is performed by the aspect of Shakti known as Brahmani, the maintaining or continuity of creation is realized by Shakti Vaishnavi. Both the creation and the maintenance aspects imply also the function of "distruction" or "death" of any form of Manifestation, function performed by Rudrani Shakti. In particular, Brahmani, Vaishnavi and Rudrani Shakti are nothing else than the feminine aspects of the great gods that form the Hindu trinity of creation : <a href="http://sivasakti.com/glossary/brahma.html" style="color: #df0029; text-decoration: none;">Brahma</a>, Vishnu and Rudra (or Shiva).<b>Her darkness dissolves everything.</b><br />
The simultaneous existence of these three processes in Manifestation evidently explains the tantric affirmation that the act of Creation was not unique and does not belong only to a certain moment in the past and also, the act of Destruction is not unique, and does not belong solely to a certain moment in the future, but they appear in every moment of time as flashes succeeding each other so rapidly that they create the illusion of continuity and reality. The state of divine ecstasy (<a href="http://sivasakti.com/glossary/samadhi.html" style="color: #df0029; text-decoration: none;">samadhi</a>) appears grace to an intense and perseverant spiritual practice, which implies the dissolving of the mental and corporeal consciousness into the supreme consciousness of Paramashiva (God, Holy Father), which transcends all duality.<br />
Kali is described in Kalitantra as a goddess having the skin complexion of a dark cloud, before the storm. She dances above the inert body of Shiva, the couple symbolizing the two aspects of Reality : Shiva - the static,<a href="http://sivasakti.com/glossary/transcendence.html" style="color: #df0029; text-decoration: none;">transcendent</a> aspect belonging to Consciousness and Kali - the immanent aspect of Consciousness. In this iconographic representation Shiva is white because he signifies the Divine Light without support (prakasha). He is inert like a corpse (shava) because in the absence of movement and action, the Consciousness is pure, homogenous and compact. On the other hand, the dance of the Great Cosmic Power Kali signifies by excellence the dynamic, active aspect of Divine Consciousness in Manifestation and the dark color of her skin indicate that in the processes of Creation, Kali is the one that "dissolves" everything thus being associated to darkness and void.<br />
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The Great Cosmic Power Kali</center>In another perspective Kali is the creator of worlds from the ashes of the purifying fire of Divine Consciousness, a consciousness that burned all the impurities, residues and imperfections of the forms of manifestation. Thus the action of Kali is oriented towards spiritual evolution, inducing sometimes dramatic impulses towards the spiritual perfection of human beings. In each and every situation Kali employs a divine spiritual discernment. Those who successfully pass all her tests are spiritual heroes (vira) and have the grace of the Great Goddess Kali on their side.<br />
In the beginning, before the first creative impulse is manifested by God's will, the Divine Energy (Shakti) is in a state of potentiality, perfectly united with Shiva in his transcendent aspect. This state is designated by the texts of spirituality as sat-chit-<a href="http://sivasakti.com/glossary/ananda.html" style="color: #df0029; text-decoration: none;">ananda</a> (Pure Existene, Pure Consciousness, Supreme Bliss).<br />
<b>She is the time beyond time</b><br />
It is the Supreme Shakti that assumes the responsibility of Creation. Here sovereignty is often mentioned by naming her Adi-<a href="http://sivasakti.com/glossary/maha.html" style="color: #df0029; text-decoration: none;">maha</a>-vidya, the first of the Great Cosmic Powers, but this must not lead us to the idea of an hierarchy between the Cosmic Powers. Kali is represented sometimes sitting on a golden throne sustained by five bodies (like the body of Shiva), surrounded by trees made of precious stones. At her feet there is a golden sand beach washed by the Ocean of Immortality.<br />
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The Great Cosmic Power Kali</center>Kali is also called Adya-shakti, in her quality of primordial creative power. Because she is correlated with the process of Creation, she is also named Maha-<a href="http://sivasakti.com/glossary/maya.html" style="color: #df0029; text-decoration: none;">maya</a> (The Power of Universal Illusion). The fact that she is represented naked signifies the transcending of all limitation by identification with the unlimited Power of Divine Consciousness.<br />
The action of Kali in Manifestation is related to the destruction and purification functions of time (Kala). This aspect is signified by the human skull the Great Goddess holds in one of her hands. Kali herself is beyond time, but she is using time to dissolve the Creation back into the Primordial Consciousness (God). This is the reason why she is also called Mahakali. On the other hand, she will offer to her advanced devotees bhukti - the experience of happiness and fulfillment in this world and <a href="http://sivasakti.com/glossary/mukti.html" style="color: #df0029; text-decoration: none;">mukti</a> - the divine ecstasy of the Transcendent Reality.<br />
<b>She will destroy your ego so that you can be reborn</b><br />
One of the most important aspects of Kali is that of Goddess Durga, the conqueror of the demon Mahishasura. This demon represents in the Hindu tradition the incarnation of all forces of Darkness. In the <a href="http://sivasakti.com/glossary/vedanta.html" style="color: #df0029; text-decoration: none;">Vedanta</a>philosophy there is the concept of Divine Incarnation (avatara). An avatara comes on Earth to lead the humanity towards a profound spiritual transformation. Rama, Krisha, etc. were considered avatars of the Lord of the Universe (<a href="http://sivasakti.com/glossary/ishvara.html" style="color: #df0029; text-decoration: none;">Ishvara</a>, or Vishnu, the male aspect of Divinity), but for those to adore God in his aspect of Divine, protective and all-powerful Mother, the Great Goddess Durga represents the only feminine avatar that destroys evil in all its demoniac and satanic aspects. Thus, the Hindu mythology says the invincible Goddess was victorious in the battle with the demons and their great king Mahishashura, saving the Gods from captivity and restoring the order in Manifestation. The profound signification of this myth is that in the human being there are benefic and malefic energies and forces (symbolized here by the Gods and respectively the Demons) fighting a fierce battle for supremacy. The Goddess Durga, a personification of the Great Cosmic Power Kali, bestows grace and divine help to those that invoke her with intensity, so their spiritual forces would develop and suppress the negative influences of their psychic and mental. Durga, the Divine Light, destroys and burns in the terrible fire of here pure consciousness any malefic force or residue of ignorance.<br />
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Durga</center><b>Her force awakens <a href="http://sivasakti.com/glossary/kundalini.html" style="color: #df0029; text-decoration: none;">Kundalini</a></b><br />
The Kali <a href="http://sivasakti.com/glossary/sadhana.html" style="color: #df0029; text-decoration: none;">Sadhana</a> implies the spiritual effort of purification of the subtle force centers (<a href="http://sivasakti.com/glossary/chakras.html" style="color: #df0029; text-decoration: none;">chakras</a>) and the ascension of the Divine Energy Kundalini, which lies dormant at the base of the spine, in <a href="http://sivasakti.com/glossary/muladhara.html" style="color: #df0029; text-decoration: none;">Muladhara</a> <a href="http://sivasakti.com/glossary/chakra.html" style="color: #df0029; text-decoration: none;">Chakra</a>. The ascension of Kundalini Shakti represents one of the most important aspects of Kali. This process is directly correlated to the practice of sexual<a href="http://sivasakti.com/glossary/continence.html" style="color: #df0029; text-decoration: none;">continence</a>, with <a href="http://sivasakti.com/glossary/transfiguration.html" style="color: #df0029; text-decoration: none;">transfiguration</a>, in accordance with the tantic principles.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197133286225136697.post-31746371716503114812011-09-25T05:34:00.000+04:002011-09-25T06:22:17.973+04:00How to sublimate sexyal energy?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCX6GALTk3dQES8kLeqOEwFB22rYhCU0AiV7S4hjMNVAb4Lp44FzPMcIb3ckiVhHPffdOw4oHTqZ_cy9rHmps386NI5EM2Vscv71zk4uH1Vy_KYwB9NVGnUCiAAsSqHP1g3xWcRjpNfPra/s1600/255743_103756253050067_100002470780281_27230_5278657_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCX6GALTk3dQES8kLeqOEwFB22rYhCU0AiV7S4hjMNVAb4Lp44FzPMcIb3ckiVhHPffdOw4oHTqZ_cy9rHmps386NI5EM2Vscv71zk4uH1Vy_KYwB9NVGnUCiAAsSqHP1g3xWcRjpNfPra/s320/255743_103756253050067_100002470780281_27230_5278657_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><em>To sublimate is to make something "sublime", to refine an energy by augmenting its vibration so the frequency rises. The lowest frequencies are in Muladhara chakra and the energies become more refined until we reach Sahasrara, the crown center at the top of the head. (See the category about Chakras). </em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;">To give some examples: Sexual energy can be refined to mental energy which is practical if you are studying for an exam. The sexual energy can also be sublimated to the heart level (Anahata Chakra) where it will manifest as a feeling of love, or it can be sublimated to the level of Vishuddha Chakra where it can manifest as artistic inspiration.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;">In the case of many people the energy has a tendency to run downwards and will be felt as states of lazyness, tiredness and missing inspiration. The descending energy stream must be turned around so that the energy (SHAKTI) reaches the top of the head, Sahasrara, where it can unify with the consciousness (SHIVA) and create the highest state of bliss.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><strong>How does one sublimate and transmutate?</strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;">Transmutation happens automatically by practising sexual continence. The sexual secretions are reabsorbed into the body and transformed into energy. This energy will stay at the level of Svadistana Chakra (at the level of the sexual organs) and can begin to stagnate. One can feel this as a tense feeling in the area and emotionally we feel irritable and frustrated. Pre menstrual tension is an example of energy collecting at the level of Svadhistana Chakra before the onset of menstruation. The solution to this physical and psychic tension is to circulate the energies through sublimation. This can be done through the practice of yoga postions (called asanas) on each of the 7 chakras.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;">Another way to sublimate is through mental concentration. When we need to sublimate, either during or after the lovemaking, the energy is visualised as a wave of warmth that rises up to the level of Ajna chakra in the middle of the forehead. It can be felt as shivers running up the spine. The power of focus is a very powerful way of moving energy. Wherever you focus during lovemaking will send the energy in the direction of that focus. If you focus on Anahata Chakra the sexual energy will be lead to the level of the heart and you will feel an intense state of love.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;">Yet another way of rising the energy is by taking herbs as is prescribed in the Indian science of Ayur Veda. Herbs are best taken by placing them under the toungue for prolonged periods so that your structure will enter into a process of resonance with the beneficial resonances of the herbs.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;">Meditation sitting in the lotus is also a powerful means of sublimating the energy. The folding of the legs will lock the legs and make the spine very straight giving a very strong sublimation.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;">If everything else fails, jogging or taking a long walk can also help as it distributes the energies to Muladhara and Manipura Chakra, but it is not as elevated as the other forms of sublimation as they more directly channel the energies to the higher chakras (Anahata, vishuddha, Ajna and Sahasrara).</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197133286225136697.post-23808411473137263182011-08-31T05:29:00.000+04:002011-08-31T05:29:33.664+04:00What is Chakra Tantra Reiki massage?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Yws4SA8LVXUsJV7AfYZsA6Zx1XpFimlVMUZj8iECOcZHgfnwXe_IHOzBa6j-LV3xf1TucjCJLlyqnccFgDZr2tG7ZOX1v1v1U9t9VqqA9hD0PqGdAJlsf9K9spqTXY54LCXSR4262UE4/s1600/260415_221303031223918_118630164824539_780425_4719957_n+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Yws4SA8LVXUsJV7AfYZsA6Zx1XpFimlVMUZj8iECOcZHgfnwXe_IHOzBa6j-LV3xf1TucjCJLlyqnccFgDZr2tG7ZOX1v1v1U9t9VqqA9hD0PqGdAJlsf9K9spqTXY54LCXSR4262UE4/s1600/260415_221303031223918_118630164824539_780425_4719957_n+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a>Chakra Tantra Reiki is a form of spiritual healing which specifically balances the female and male energies within the chakras and awakens the Kundalini energy to set free the strength and force running through our main shushuma (energy channel) which through the crown chakra unites humans to the universal creative and expanding force. Chakra Tantra Reiki is especially effective for the balancing of the male and female energies within us and helps us in discovering our animus/anima aspects as the psychologist Jung would define it, and to integrate these two energies and aspects of our personality. In Hindu philosophy these two polar forces are represented and reigned over by the deities Shiva and Shakti and are represented as the melting of yoni and lignam which metaphorically stand for procreativity through the joining of the heavenly male energies and the earthly female energies.<br />
Chakra Tantra Reiki is the combination of chakra balancing through the integration of the polar energies and life force within us as well as the awakening of our creating force through the work on our main energy channel and will increase our ability to manifest our wishes through the concentration and wilful direction of our creating energies. This is a form of spiritual healing which can be combined perfectly with psychotherapy as an additional “body work” therapy to sustain the process going on in the psyche and soul and to remove blockages associated with female/male imbalance problems and father/mother issues. It is also helpful in re-invigorating our creative sexual energies and alleviating back pains due to energy blockages as well as improving fertility and personal power. Chakra Tantra Reiki combines energy healing with visualisation exercises and aroma oil massage and thereby is very effective in the removing of energy blockages and releasing of deeply held believe and behaviour patterns associated with our existence as woman or man on this earthly plane. Another important change resulting from Tantra Chakra Reiki is that the positive aspects of each facet of our personality will accentuate, which will bring about a perfect balance between the best aspects of male and female energies so that for instance your ability to express yourself emotionally will be balanced with your ability to be rational and logical and do not take things personal. As you discover your animus/anima side on a deeper level you will experience an improvement in the personal relationship you have with your friends and partner of the other gender. Furthermore, Chakra Tantra Reiki can release deep-seated childhood disillusionments and thereby free up the withheld energy associated with these events and bring about a steady and deep healing of childhood wounds. After the practicing and the attunement to Chakra Tantra Reiki most people report feeling grounded, experiencing an increase in libido and an improvement in their intimate relationships with their partners, a personal balance and an improvement in their social interactions and personal achievement in life. Furthermore, they feel more invigorated and energised and have more thrive to take on challenges and make new experiences and also it greatly helps them in developing personal power to manifest their wishes. Last but not least Chakra Tantra Reiki works particularly well for people who suffer from back pains and lack chi (energy stored in kidneys as based on Chinese medicine) also called prana in Hindu.<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">Chakra Tantra Reiki is a balanced approach to healing mind, body and soul by releasing energy patterns from all 3 levels through the use of massage, guided visualisation meditation and energy work reaching our deepest level.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8197133286225136697.post-82772921327417714562011-08-10T02:23:00.000+04:002013-08-02T04:31:54.033+04:00The Meaning of Namaste<div style="text-align: center;">
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