Udana Vayu: localizare :gat si cap; centru ... - Dan Mirahorian

While inhaling during this cycle, visualize a smoky color in the left nostril. During retention,
imagine that your whole heart region is filled with the air element, drying up all the toxins and
impurities in the body.
The Second Cycle
Close the left nostril and inhale through the right nostril while mentally repeating the bija
mantra of the fire element, “ram,” sixteen times. Close both nostrils and retain the breath
while repeating “ram” sixty-four times. Then close the right nostril and slowly exhale through
the left nostril, repeating the mantra thirty-two times.
During this second cycle visualize a bright, flame-like light in the right nostril during the
inhalation. While retaining the breath, imagine this light consuming the impurities dried up
during the first cycle. During exhalation, visualize the light as emanating from the heart region
and exiting through the left nostril, taking all impurities with it.
The Third Cycle
Close the right nostril and inhale through the left while mentally repeating “vam,” the bija
mantra of nectar (also the seed mantra of water), sixteen times. After completing the
inhalation, retain the breath and concentrate on the ajña chakra, feeling the nectar showering
from this chakra in the form of all the mantras you have employed (they carry the subtle
power of the divine force), and filling your body. During retention, repeat the mantra “vam”
sixty-four times. Then exhale through the right nostril, repeating the mantra thirty-two times.
When you have finished these three cycles of pranayama, let your consciousness descend
toward the lower chakras. Remember, the kundalini shakti has swallowed all the elements,
energies, and issues associated with each of the chakras as it traveled upward. Now, as it
travels downward, those elements and energies re-emerge, purified by the kundalini shakti.
The mind is left at the ajña chakra; the space element is left at the throat; individual
consciousness and the air element return to the heart; the fire returns to the navel center;
water returns to the pelvic center; and the earth element returns to the base of the spine.
Finally, the kundalini shakti rests again at the muladhara chakra.
The Realm Beyond
The type of bhuta shuddhi practice just described comes from kundalini yoga. Its purpose is to
help you make a smooth transition from general yoga practices to more advanced disciplines.
Generally this process takes place only in the imagination, but when a competent master
bestows shaktipata (the direct transmission of spiritual energy), then the kundalini is actually
awakened and bhuta shuddhi becomes a living experience. The student who receives
shaktipata transcends all sense of solidity and weight as the kundalini rises above the
muladhara center, and at the same time such a student also attains freedom from fear of
death, insecurity, and anxiety. When the kundalini rises above the ajña chakra all thoughts
vanish, and the mind is left behind. What remains is only the awareness of pure
consciousness.
According to the scriptures, attaining a direct experience of pure consciousness takes a long
time. Shaktipata—the direct transmission from master to student—is the quickest and surest
way. However, it is better to practice bhuta shuddhi sincerely and to your fullest capacity than
to wait passively for a realized master to bestow shaktipata. Such masters are rare, and even
if an aspirant finds one, few students are prepared to receive such a high degree of initiation.
Self-effort is the force that draws divine grace and moves the guru spirit to light the spark that
may result in shaktipata.+