Words on the Way - Muz Murray Mantra Yoga Master
Words on the Way - Muz Murray Mantra Yoga Master
Words on the Way - Muz Murray Mantra Yoga Master
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C—<str<strong>on</strong>g>Words</str<strong>on</strong>g> On The <strong>Way</strong><br />
Caitanya — see Chaitanya<br />
Caste system — see Var~å<br />
~ås<br />
Chaitanya (chai-tan-yah)<br />
Var: Caitanya<br />
Syn<strong>on</strong>:<br />
Sense: ‘Pure C<strong>on</strong>sciousness, Cosmic C<strong>on</strong>sciousness or Cosmic<br />
Intelligence.’<br />
Chaitanyam Åtmå (chai-tan-yam art-mah)<br />
Var: Chaitanyam aatmaa, caitanyam atma<br />
Syn<strong>on</strong>:<br />
Sense: ‘The Self is C<strong>on</strong>sciousness:’ a quotati<strong>on</strong> from <strong>the</strong> Siva<br />
Sutras, 1,1.<br />
Chakra (chak-rah, and not shak-rah)<br />
Var: —akra, (chakhra)<br />
Syn<strong>on</strong>: Khor-lo —‘wheel,’ or rtsa ‘khor (Tibetan); Latifas—<br />
‘subtle <strong>on</strong>es’ (Sufism);<br />
Sense: ‘Wheel’— but esoterically, ‘a psychic energy vortice’<br />
emanating from <strong>the</strong> spinal column at certain points al<strong>on</strong>g <strong>the</strong><br />
sushumn nadi or central psychic nerve situated within <strong>the</strong><br />
spine, which runs from <strong>the</strong> coccyx up to <strong>the</strong> crown of <strong>the</strong> head.<br />
These whirling centres of psychic energy manifest in <strong>the</strong><br />
subtle body (linga<br />
linga-sharira)<br />
and govern both <strong>the</strong> psychic and<br />
physical being. They relate to specific areas of <strong>the</strong> gross body<br />
(<strong>the</strong> sthula-sharira<br />
sharira) at seven basic points. The first, or root<br />
chakra, emanates from <strong>the</strong> spinal column (<strong>the</strong> meru-da~∂a<br />
da~∂a) at<br />
<strong>the</strong> base of <strong>the</strong> spine (known as muladhara chakra). Just above<br />
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