I have been listening to the great truths of Ishavasya Upanishad by a living master, Paramahamsa Nithyananda (fondly known as Swamiji) since Janunary 2015. This morning I just had an epiphany after having been contemplating, internalising and debating about some of the subtler truths about Eesha, Pure Consciousness!
What are Upanishads?
Do you know that there are four giant powers sitting inside you?
As man is born out of divine energy – Shakti, he possesses four great powers. The four spiritual principles – Integrity, Authenticity, Responsibility and Enriching – which are the four Vedas, caturveda to experience surrender to the Cosmos and to have the power to simply manifest the reality of your choice. These four powers are great energies and if we know how to handle them properly and consciously, they can shower us with everything we want in life. However, if we don’t know how to handle them properly, they will continue to impact our lives in negative ways. The unfortunate thing is many people do not use these four powers consciously with a clear intention.
These four powers are closely related to the four major dimensions of our life – our words, our thinking, our emotions and our living. When we awaken our peak possibility in each of these four dimensions, it becomes a great power and support in our life.
Do you know that there are seven chakras in our body?
Chakras are the whirling energy centers in our subtle body. The word ‘Chakra’ in Sanskrit literally translates as ‘wheel’ or ‘disk’. Chakras are visualized as spinning wheels or flowers with different numbers of petals. Chakras are located in our subtle body. The three main subtle energy channels of our body (nadis) are the Ida (left nadi), Pingala (right nadi) and Sushumna (central nadi) channels, which run along the spinal column. They correspond roughly to the sympathetic, parasympathetic, and central nervous systems. The nadis (energy pathways) run in a curved path, criss-crossing one another several times. At the seven points of intersection along the spine, they form strong energy hubs known as chakras.