Hindu sages refer to this body of ours “house with nine doors” sometimes it is referred to as a house of ten gates. Nine gates open outward through which our energies are dissipated. The tent gate open the way to the palaced of the Lord within. The nine doors comprise our two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, the mouth and the two lower outlests. The tenth is in the center. Behind the two eyes. It is called tisra till. Shiv nectar of THIRD EYES. The Mohammedan Saints call it Nukta – I - Swaida.
The study of the inner structure of this housewill reveal that it contains tweve stories, which can be devided into two parts. The part below the ye is called “PINDA”. It contains six chakras and extend up to the eye, we have “ANDA” and “BRAHMANDA” as well as the higher region which make up the second part.
Yogis enter the body from the lowest chakra called the MUL ADHAR, and stop at the eye center which they consider the last and the highest region.
The saints teach us to start from the EYE CENTER which is the headquarters of the mind and the soul in the walking state, the saints show us how to rise from the point up to the Sat Lok the fifth region above eyes. They save their disciples the drudgery of going down and then treading the tedious, long, dreary and perilous mas of the khat chakras kanwal center or Plexuses.
1. The FIRST CHAKRA, called MUL ADHAR is at the rectum. Its Lord of ruling deity is Ganesh, the God with the elephant head he is the Lor of all RIDHIS and SIDHIS. Those desirous of attaining this stage concentrate their attention at the center and repeat “Kilyang, Kilyang” ten million times, on reaching this stage the practitioner become the master of many Sidhi Shaktis (miraculous and super natural power). This will power become so strong that if he orders a fast running train to stop it cannot move an inch further. This center has four petals. Its color is reddish. Prithvi (earth) is the dominant element (tattwa) here. It is the reflection of the FOUR PETTALED lotus behind the eye center in the upper part. It is teh subject to change and dissolution at the time of our death, when the current of our death, begin to widhdraw from the body, this is the first center to be affected. When the soul leaves the eye center, we are dead to word but fully conscious with. Our ideal is to attain eternal liberation to be one with the Immortal, everlasting Lord of Lords, who is wihhout beginning and without beggining and without end and whose abode neither PRALAYA nor maha pralaya can reach.
2. The Swad Asthan Chakra is the genital center. This lotus six petals. Its colors is whitish black, water is the chief tattwa her and “onkar” is the word. Brahma (This should not be confused with Brahm, the presiding deity at Trikuti. Which is the SPIRITUAL REGION and is in Brahmand, avove the eye center) and Savitri are the rulling deities of this center their function is to mould physical bodies for the material world, in the same manner as potter moulds eathenware. This chakra is the reflection of the six pettaled lotus in ANDA.
3. The Mani Purak is the third chakra and it is located at the navel ganglion. This kanwal or lotus has eight petals. Vishnu and Lakshimi are the presiding deities. They are the nourishers and look after the maintenance of the body. Fire is the active tattwa and its color is light red. “Hiryang” is the recitation of this place.
4. The Hirday Chakra, the fourth center has, twelve petal and located at the heart center. It is the store house of the “Pranas”, the vital energy. In the breath shiva resides here with his consort, Parbati. Their duty is the dissolution of life. Air is the rulling tattwa her and blue is the color of this center. The recitation at this place is “Sohung”.
5. The Kanth Chakra, which is a sexteen pettaled lotus is the fifth center and is located at the throat. The presiding deity is Ashtangi(the goddess with eight arms) the mother of the three lower gods, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, who derive their power from her. She is known by many other name such as Shakti, Durga etc. Darkish Blue is the color here and Akash (ether) is the tattwa “Shiriyang” is the name repeated at the center.
6. Do Dal Kanwal (two petalled lotus) is the sixth center, between the two eyes. It is called “Shiv Netar”. “Tisra Til” or “Third Eye”. This is headquarters of our soul and mind during the walking state. From this point the current of the soul have come down and spread throughout. Our whole body in every cell and hair. This is as far as the Khat Chakras, can take the soul. Pranayam cannot take one beyond this stage for the reason that the “Pranas” the energies in the breath which form the vehicle use for ascent merge in the Chita Kash(sky within at this stage)
Near the sacral plexus and associated with the funtion of reproduction is the “NADI” the royal vien called “KUNDALINI”, which lies COILED LIKE A SERPENT. This is the root of all nadis, from, it twenty – four smaller nadis spring forth, which support the body. Out of these ten carry the pranas to different parts of the body. Among these Ida, Pingla and Sushmana are the major radis, which control the breath they reach only as far as the shiv Netar, the tisra til, near the eye. Thr progress of those who follow Pranayam (the practice of rhythmic breathing), stop place their origin no pwer can carry one further that its origin from here some realize their limitation and take the help of the three canals or streams of the gunas and manage to reach sanans dal kanwal. This is the first chakra of brahmand, whence the way of the saints begins.
