Ten Sephiroth & Seven Chakras

 Darcy John Bouchard, Bouchard, li Exŏu īle - The Ten Ten Sephiroth Sephiroth & the Twelve Twelve Chakras Chakras and Sevenfold Nature Nature of Iself 

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 Darcy John Bouchard, Bouchard, li Exŏu īle - The Ten Ten Sephiroth Sephiroth & the Twelve Twelve Chakras Chakras and Sevenfold Nature Nature of Iself 

The Tree of Life The Ten Ten Sephiroth & the Twelve Twelve Chakras and Sevenfold Nature of Iself 

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 Darcy John Bouchard, Bouchard, li Exŏu īle - The Ten Ten Sephiroth Sephiroth & the Twelve Twelve Chakras Chakras and Sevenfold Nature Nature of Iself 

The Tree of Life The Ten Sephiroth and the Twelve Chakras and Sevenfold Nature of Iself 

Table Table of CONTENTS

Part One The Ten Sephiroth

)n Introduction to the Ten Sephiroth %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%% * The Neative +eils +eils of istence %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%% * The .. Channels %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% / The Sephiroth %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%% 10 The Crown of Creation %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%% 10 The Three Intellectual Intellectual owers %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 10 2a3ath, the 4idden Sephirah %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 10 The )5yss %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%% 10 The 4iher #otive owers %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 10 ) Synopsis of the +eil of aroketh %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%% 11 The 6ower #otive owers %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%% 11 hieh-Shekinah %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%% 11 ) Note on the 4e5rew )lpha5et %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%% 11 The 7our 8orlds 8orlds %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%% 1. The +eil +eil of aroketh %%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%% 1' The 2weller on the Threshold %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%% 1( 6iftin the +eil of aroketh9 The Nature of the 2weller %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%% 1: Part Two Two The Twelve Chakras

The Seven Chakras %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%% 1: ranic nery %%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%% 1;  īs %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 1? The Chakras of @atter %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%% 1? @uladhara Chakra ABase9 esod  & The Foundational Cha'ra %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%% 1? Swadhisthana Chakra ASacral9 4od-NetDach - The (exual And )rocreative Center  %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%  %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%% 1/ @anipura Chakra ANavel or Solar leus9 Tiphareth - The (eat * )ower  %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%  %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 1/ The Connection Between @atter and Spirit %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 1/ )nahata Chakra A4eart9 "evurah-4esed %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%% 1/ The Chakras of Spirit %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%% .0 +ishuddhi Chakra AThroat9 2a3ath -  Awa'enin#  Awa'enin# to the *$$osites %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%% .0 Bindu +isara +isara %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% .0 The Bindu 7luid %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%% .0 )Ena Chakra AThird ye!9 Binah-Choch#ah %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%% .1 Sahasrara Chakra ACrown!9 In  Eastern $hiloso$hies A'asha is deined as ether that contains material  and s$iritual ener#y1 ener#y1

Infor#ation is stored in two pools, one in for# and one invisi5le, withi withinn 5oth 5oth our physical physical 5ody and our soul-lev soul-level el chakras chakras%% @ore @ore specific specifically ally,, transcendi transcendin n ti#e ti#e and space, space, e#otional e#otional infor#at infor#ation ion is stored within 5oth, our etheric heart and our physical heart% @ore-so, there are #ultiple chakras that link us to hiher levels of  the conscio consciousn usness ess%% There There are three chakra chakrass a5o a5ove ve our heads heads the causa causal, l, soul soul and stell stellar ar atewa atewayy - all open up to the hiher  hiher  di#ensions% The soul or  sky  sky star !hakra  floats a5out a foot a5ove our  head% To locate the  Stellar .ate(ay !hakra , stretch your ar#s up a5ove your head% I#aine a funnel funnel of liht with the lower lower openin Eust a5ove your finertips% This is the 5ase of the stellar stellar ateway% ateway%  Net, place the heel of your hand at the top of your head with the finers pointin upward% The 5otto# of the soul star !hakra  would 5e touchin your finertips%  Now, place the heel of o f your hand at the center of the crown of your  head with the finers restin on the curvature of your head, pointin toward your 5ack% The area where your your finers rest is the area where the center of the !ausal !hakra is located% located% The causal causal chakra chakra is the center that accepts the dosaes of liht which the upper two chakras deliver, and it assists in hiher activations of the crown, 5row, and throat chakras% The as!endin) heart !hakra   and sa!red heart !hakra  house the essence of 0niversal Copassion and 0niversal Love% They create a triad via an etheric link with the heart chakra% In the center of the 5ody 5etween the physical heart and throat,  5ehind the thy#us land, land, is your  as!ending  as!ending heart % In the center of the 5ody, slihtly 5ehind and slihtly 5elow the  physical heart, is your sa!red heart % This so#eti#es so#eti#es is perceived perceived as an etheric cha#5er attached to the heart% ) holoraphic holoraphic proEection proEection of the link 5etween 5etween these three three centers centers is held in the su5tle enery enery field% This holora# is known known as the etheri! purpose is to facilitat facilitatee co##unicat co##unication ion via the lanuae of  heart % Its purpose liht 5etween our personality, our soul, the niversal 4eart, and the niversal @ind% ) wonderful wonderful 5lendin of eneries takes place within the etheric heart, the 5lendin of true 2ivine 6ove and Co#passion with the enery fro# the lower centers and especially the 5ase chakra% To su##ariDe9 su##ariDe9 6et3s 6et3s think a5out it% If the 5ase chakra is where we store our funda#ental 5eliefs, and the etheric heart 5lends these everchanin 5eliefs with niversal 6ove and Co#passion, what are we creatin 8hen love and co#passion 5lend, a frebuency frebuency is for#ed that eneriDes our lower centers%%% and our funda#ental 5eliefs 5ein to awaken awaken to a profound knowin knowin that we can and we are creatin peace within our own 5ein, and ulti#ately the world%

(u%$ersonal Cha'ras

The arth Star is keeper of kar#a, holds all previous incarnation #e#ories, and is our access point to )ncestral wisdo# and inspiration Ai%e% Ai%e% the collective collective consciousnes consciousnesss of hu#anity hu#anity% % It is 5elieved 5elieved to coordinate the roundin cord! for one3s liht-5ody that leads to the center of the earth and when functionin properly in coordination with the first chakra Athe #uladhara chakra allows one to 5e rounded and centered Ai%e%, function effectively on the physical plane% The five subpersonal !hakras  are nu#5ered fro# the nearest one to the 5ody, a few inches 5elow the feet, to the fifth one, two ar#s lenths  5elow the feet9 feet9

There is a chakra - the naval !hakra  - Eust 5elow the navel, 5etween our sacral sacral and solar pleus chakras% chakras% But, the #ost i#portan i#portantt other  chakra is the earth star !hakra , which is a%out  1:   1: c#% or 1. inches under our feet%%% and this anchors our etheric soul 5ody! into the livin #ultidi#e #ultidi#ensiona nsionall spirit spirit of @other @other arth% The earth star is where we

 5n!arnation &oint Chakra Aa few inches 5elow the feet -

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 5n!arnator Chakra Chakra Aa5out (0 c# 5elow the

feet - connection

interact interaction ion of the life within within the for#%%% the su5stance su5stance%%% %%% the flesh flesh #aterial which produces consciousness%!

to ancestry, tri5e, clan%  Subpersonal 1eadership 1eadership Chakra  A5elow the feet at an ar#3s lenth H Ania, in contact with the fe#ale archetype%  Earth Centering Centering Chakra A5elow the feet at an ar#3s lenth -

The The antahkarana is a 5ride 5etween   personality soul   and spirit  that connects the lower #ind with the hiher #ind A#ind of the soul thus, it is a state of awareness! connectin the conscious #ind and  personality to the Soul 1eality Lotus  an and also  th the a)na Soul,  Ai%e% the I )# that I )# resence% resence% They onad, and the Ata or Iself  Ai%e% also connect us to our true fa#ily of liht in the hiher consciousness  planes, 5y which an individual is a5le to realiDe their soul3s profound love and and wisdo#% wisdo#% In this this way the the antahkarana is a communication conduit % It #akes #akes possi5le the realiDation realiDation of empathy and trans!ends all rational thought pro!esses  within the lower-self Apersonality% The antahkara antahkarana na ives ives inspirati inspirational onal insiht into thins thins that the  personality cannot fatho# on its own% )s such, it is the #ediu# used  5y the soul to co##unicate its love and purpose into the hu#an #ind% 4owever, 4owever, this rainbo( bridge Acollo:uial term or the antah'arana does not eist naturally naturally within the hu#an psyche% psyche% Instead, it #ust 5e conceived, desined, and constructed over ti#e%%% which is only #ade  possi5le throuh various spiritual disciplines% This is a conscious  process and only occurs in staes%

links to the archaic earth enery% enery%  Earth Star Chakra Chakra A5elow the feet

at two ar#s3 lenths echane and relationship to the arth oddess% Sutrata

There There are two #aEor energy !hanneling stru!tures or "threads# threads# which which connect connect the " pure spirit # of the onad Ai%e% the hiher self of  the soul, throuh the soul, with the #an or wo#an wo#an in incarnation% $ne is the sutrata ( the "silver thread of life# life # - which is anchored within the heart % The enery trans#itted trans#itted 5y the sutrat#a is that very very enery which which enlivens and ani#ates ani#ates all the ato#s ato#s of the physical physical 5ody% 5ody% It oriinates within the @onad and is reflected throuh the soul, 5ein transfied within the etheric heart centre at the riht-hand side of the  5ody% Thus, it is reflected throuh the  physi!al heart   and into the bloodstream , which, as you 'now, is the purifyin strea# which carries the energy of life   to every part part of the the 5ody% 5ody% 8hile 8hile the lifeblood  is  pu#ped correctly throuh the 5ody and is kept free of poisons, the  physical 5ody displays all its a5ility and accuracy of #ove#ent and epression epression%% So, too, the connectin connectin 5ody 5ody,, the astral-e# astral-e#otion otional al 5ody and the #ental 5ody are all  dependent   dependent on the Sutrat#a life thread for  their eistence and correct function% There is another thread, called, indeed , the )ntahkarana% )ntahkarana% This thread in anchored in the centre of the head, h ead, and throuh these two threads the threefold epression - @onad, soul and physical-plane #an or wo#an live live their their lives% lives% These These two threads threads infor# infor# all of these these and, in a downward downw ard flow, flow, 5ride the aps 5etween, 5etween, first, first, @onad and soul, and secondly 5etween soul and its reflection, the #an or wo#an on the  physical plane% ventually, a third thread is 5uilt 5y the livin person throuh the interacti interaction on of soul energy, and and eventually, monadi! energy , throuh the physical apparatus9 the "thread of !reativity !reativity %# These three threads wound wou nd toet toether her produc producee the 5ride 5ride 5etwe 5etween en the three level levelss of  eistence%

There are three funda#ental parts Asu5structures to the antahkarana to 5e noted - each are used 5y the soul to influence a person3s life in a  particular way% way% They are A as ollows9 The !ie Thread 

This strand of the antahkarana etends fro# the soul Aand even  5eyond the soul to the personality% personality% It anchors itself in the heart  !hakra , and is responsi5le for the downflow of the life force into the  physical 5ody%! 5ody%! It is the spiritual enery that ives ani#ation to the #any 5ioloica 5ioloicall syste#s that sustain sustain the outer physical physical for#% The  5eatin of the heart and the luns are ulti#ately ulti#ately overned 5y this su5tle su5tle force force co#in co#in fro# fro# the soul via  the life thread% thread% "iven "iven its essentia essentiall natu nature re,, this this thread thread can can 5e cons consid ider ered ed pri# pri#ar aryy% It is the only only su5structure of the antahkarana that is not in need of construction, for it naturally eists as a function of physical life and survival%

Antahkarana ( The 1ainbow / rid)e to the Sa!red

The Consciousness Thread 

8hether we are talkin a5out the soul of a hu#an 5ein, that of a nation, or the soul of hu#anity as a whole - that which is sacred is also eternal% ach individual is really threefold9

This thread etends etends fro# the soul to the #ind #ind of the personality% personality% It enters enters throuh the !ro(n !hakra and is seated within the 5rain cavity in the reion of the  pineal gland % Throuh it, an individual individual 5eins to reister the wisdo# of the soul! as it su5tly shapes thouhts within the #ind% nlike the life life thread, this this su5structure of the antahkarana antahkarana does not eist eist natura naturally lly%% Instea Instead, d, it #ust 5e 5uilt 5uilt throu throuhh #edit #editati ative ve  practice, selfless selfless service 5eyond our own needs 5y #akin an altruistic contri5ution toward others, and the develop#ent of the a5stract #ind as a5stract thouht #akes it possi5le to see the 5roader Aand wiser truths underlyin outer events - hence, deeper principles overnin life and circu#st circu#stance ance are seen anew, and with with intuitiona intuitionall insiht insiht into spiritual understandin not realiDed 5efore% 8hen the first tenuous strands of this thread are in place, it indicates that an individual has stepped onto the Path of 1eturn - 5y which the consciousness of (hat is and (hat might be  #radually 5eco#es known to the evolvin individual, who# can now spiritually develop Ai%e% realiDin deeper-and-deeper deeper-and-deeper eperiences eperiences of awareness% In other words, as you seek, as you aspire, you create 5efore you%

The onad, or  /ivine Spark of .od , or or Universal Spiritual   on the soul plane 'lame, which reflects the i#personal Iself  on as the individualiDed hu#an soul or eo% The soul , a#ain, reflectin itself on the dense physical plane as #an or wo#an in incarnation - the process 5y which spirit involves itself in its polar opposite Ai%e% su5stance% 8hen 8h en the the spirit aspect ct and and the  flesh material   co#e spirit of life aspe toether, a third consciousness! aspect is 5orn% The descent fro# @onad to soul and fro# soul to personality has to  5e re-enacted in reverse reverse order% The threefold man - physical, astral and #ental - has to find his way 5ack 5y a process of at-one-#ent,! first with the soul and then, throuh the spiritual triad - the reflection of the @onad - with the @onad itself9 the threefold #onadic Bein% The return Eourney, or the process 5y which that return Eourney is #ade, is throuh the creation, radual evolve#ent, and 5uildin of the thread of consciousne consciousness%! ss%! It is the result of the antahkarana - the thread

The Creative Thread 

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ssentially, the !reative impulses of the soul  travel alon this thread% It eventually seats itself in the throat !enter , which is the chakra that facilitates facilitates creative thouht and epression% This thread 5eins to for# after the consciousness consciousness thread has 5een partially 5uilt% 4owever, its its utiliDation A5y the soul is tenuous until the procreative passions of the lower-self have 5een 5een ta#ed% This suests that #uch of the creative creative enery of the sa!ral !hakra has 5een lifted to the throat throat center% 8hen the soul is a5le a5le to utiliD utiliDee this this thread thread,, it inspires inspires the #ind #ind with with innovative ideas that have the power to uplift%

our self created challenes and eplorations% In short, our soul petal develop#ent is our spiritual evolution% The Soul 1eality Lotus is continually workin to develop and refine the personalit personalityy structures structures it uses in incarnatio incarnation% n% This This is a #any#anylifeti#es endeavor, endeavor, often lastin throuh hundreds of e#5odi#ents% e#5odi#ents% )t so#e point wherein the Soul Feality 6otus has attained sufficient infusion within the personality structures, the a)na Soul, onad or   also starts infusin the Soul Feality 6otus to a reater deree and Iself  also therefore the personality structures, as well % lti#ately, lti#ately, at so#e point in the soul3 soul3ss Eourney Eourney the Soul Soul Fealit Fealityy 6otus 6otus will will dissol dissolve ve into into  Aor I )# that I )# resence will 5e in direct "Oneness# and the Iself  Aor incarnation within hu#an for#%

Soul 1eality Lotus

The !hali!e receives only spiritual spiritual eneries, eneries, hiher  hiher  !hali!e of our soul  receives bualit bua lities ies and insihts insihts of wisdo# wisdo#%% It has a spirit spiritual ual filter filter which which disreards disreards any neative neative or 5ase eneries, eneries, so nothin nothin is contained 5ut spiritual eneries eneries of love, wisdo#, and and 5eauty% This is then carried on throuh lifeti#es%%% each lifeti#e 5ein an opportunity to further receive and add to these spiritual eneries% Now, it is possi5le to receive al#ost nothin in a lifeti#e, if one is not sufficiently awake to love, wisdo# and 5eauty, or if one is si#ply enrossed in 5ase or neative eneries%  Base energies are Eust physical and personal pleasure desires and eneries% Base eneries are not always always dysfunctional or har#ful, as are neative eneriesZ thouh they very often detract one3s consciousness fro# soul eperience and fro# hiher eperiences eperiences of 5eauty% 5eauty% But the  5ase eneries are not spiritually 5ad,3 they are #erely a lower enery than real love, 5eauty, insihts, and spiritually inspired creativity% Spiritual Spiritually ly #otivate #otivatedd actions actions and creativi creativity ty,, rather rather than 5ase or  neative #otivated, #ake positive eneries for our soul chalice%

 An Awa'enin# Awa'enin# o 2umanity

The antahkarana, and its relationship to the sacred, can 5e ea#ined in the contet of hu#anity hu#anity as a whole% 7ro# the esoteric perspective, hu#ani hu#anity ty is con consid sidere eredd a sinle sinle livin livin entity entity%% Just Just like like with with an individual, hu#anity has a personality and a soul, and even a 5uddin antahkarana% 8hen we consider hu#anity3s hu#anity3s buest for the sacred we are are really really talkin talkin a5o a5out ut its stru strule le to reali realiDe De its hiher hiher potent potential ial%% "radually hu#anity is awakenin to this potential, thouh it does so throu throuhh crisis crisis and conflic conflict% t% $ur species species is co#in co#in to realiD realiDee the interconnectedness of all all thins% "iven the sufferin we we are witnessin in our world today, it #ay 5e difficult to fatho# that hu#anity is awakenin to its own sacredness% It is buick 5eco#e increasinly i#portant for each of us to focus daily on our personal evolution and re#e#5er our purpose of bein) as powerful effect on well as our /ivine !reative po(er % 8e each have a powerful the reality that we live in - and as we evolve we are 5eco#in #oreand-#ore aware of our epansive epansive and li#itless li#itless nature% $ur 5odies are radually and continually interatin higher-fre"uen!y light rays , and as this happe happens ns our our soul-level !hakras are a(akening % This This is a necessary process as we are 5einnin to reconiDe that  we   we are each truly are powerful 2ivine 5eins, created not si#ply in the i#ae of  "od 5ut also 5lessed with ifts of the creative power of 2ivine 6ove and 2ivine @ind% )s it is, a new spiritual awakenin is occurrin in hu#an culture, an awaken awakenin in 5rouht 5rouht a5o a5out ut 5y a critic critical al #ass #ass of indivi individua duals ls who eperience their lives as a spiritual unfoldin, a Eourney in which we are led forward 5y #ysterious coincidences% coincidences% The search for the sacred sacred is a soEourn unlike any other% Thouh it #ay #anifest in #any eternal eternal ways, it is funda#entally an inner Eourney leadin to the discovery of  the soul deep within% within% et, et, there is a ap in consciousnes consciousnesss which  prevents us fro# accurately sensin the uidance and wisdo# of the soul% "radually an individual 5eins to construct a 5ride to span this ap% This 5ride is called called antahkarana, and when it is fully developed, developed, enlih enlihten ten#en #entt is then sure% sure% ven ven so, when an indivi individua duall furthe further  r  develops develops hisher hisher inner 5ride, hu#anity hu#anity3s 3s antahkara antahkarana na is likewise likewise enhanced% as the part contri5utes to the evolution evolution of the whole% Such is the law of eistence%

$ur soul lotus is another aspect of our soul, like a 5losso#in lotus flower - each petal o which contains a particular aspect or buality of  the 2ivine Self that was realiDed and contained 5y the eneries needed to develop develop and epand epand our lotus petals % This This lotus lotus then  carries on throuh throuh lifeti#e lifeti#ess as our soul,! its petals 5ein the #ain bualities bualities of  our soul, and each of these petal-bualities 5ein further developed and epanded like a radiant 5ody of liht within the cos#ic universe radiatin the eneries of spiritual consciousness, love, and the will-toood%! But there are also eneries of peace, har#ony, 5eauty, devotion, scientific and analytical thinkin, and the will to 5e creative, as well as #any other spiritual energies or "ualities , which can 5e accu#ulated and containe containedd within within our chalice% chalice% The floweri flowerin n of our lotus soul   5ein the spiritual epression we ive to the world of unactualiDed  potential% The reat reat functi functiona onalit lityy in all of this is that that these these a!!umulated  spiritual energies  are not lost throuh lifeti#es of the soul3s Eourney% These spiritual eneries, as accu#ulated fro# past lives and also fro# our present life, are then carried on to our i#ained net livesZ where we #ay have further opportunities to increase the eneries in our  chalice% Thouh there is no uarantee uarantee or pre-planned pre-planned destiny that  we  we will accu#ulate #uch of anythin spiritual in our plausi5le! net life,  5ecause it depends on how receptive we are and how #uch spiritual effort we #ade in appreciatin this life (e are no( experien!ing % ach petal of our twelve(petal lotus is a develop#ent of one of the t(elve spiritual "ualities or essen!es, which are co#5inations of the the three rays% These These peta petals ls develo developp 5y the  four elements and the receive vedd fro# fro# our Solar Lo)os, nutrients nutrients of spiritual spiritual energies energies as recei which radiates the universal eneries of 7ree 8ill to ower, 6ove and 6iht, and co#5inations co#5inations of these% these% et et also necessary to our soul petal develop#ent are the hiher eneries we develop 5y our own self-efforts in each lifeti#e - particularly 5y the eneries created 5y our sa!rifi!e our in!rease of !ons!iousness in life , and our  of personality (ill , our relation to others and nature% nature% $ur soul petals petals are deepening love  in relation also developed, in #eneral , 5y our life eperiences, #ost especially 5y

The Akashi! 1e!ords

! is one Akasha ASanskrit #eanin  $rimary su%stance ! or aether ! of the cos#ic principles and is an eneretic  plasmi! matter , creative in its physic physical al nature, nature, i##uta i##uta5le 5le in its hiher hiher principl principles% es% It is the buintessen buintessence ce of all possi5le for#s of enery enery,, #aterial #aterial,, psychic, psychic, or  spiritualZ and contains within itself the er#s of universal creation, which sprout forth under the i#pulse of the 2ivine Spirit - a collection of mysti!al kno(ledge  that is encoded Universal lore in the aether Ai%e% on a non-phys non-physica icall plane of eist eistenc ence% e% The The Akashi! 1e!ords, or  memory of nature , are understood to have eisted since 5efore the .:

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 5einnin of Creation - and all pheno#enal eperience Ae%%, hu#an, ani#al, ani#al, plant, #ineral, #ineral, etc% as well as  transcendental knowlede is encoded therein the li5rary of all events and responses concernin all #eta-enhanced realities% The Akashi! 1e!ords , or " Book of 1ife 1ife ,# a di#ension of vi5rational records which can 5e ebuated to the universe3s super-co#puter syste#% It is this syste# that acts as the central storehouse of all infor#ation for  every individual who has ever ever lived upon the earth% @ore than Eust a reservoir of events, the )kashic Fecords contain every deed, word, feelin, thouht, and intent that has ever occurred at any ti#e in the history history of the world% world% @uch #ore than si#ply si#ply a #e#ory storehouse, storehouse, however , these )kashic Fecords are interactive in that they have a tre#endous tre#endous influence influence upon our everyday lives, our relationshi relationships, ps, our  feelins and 5elief syste#s, and the potential realities we draw toward us%

Part Three The Sevenfold Nature of Iself 

The hu#an 5ein consists of Seven rinciples, divided into a 4iher  Triad and a 6ower 6ower Guaternary% These seven principles or seven seven parts of  our nature are the divine part, the spiritual part, the intellectual part, the  passional part, the vital part, the astral part, and the physical part% The first three of these co#prise the 4iher Triad and they last forever, while the lower four last Eust for one lifeti#e and are new in each lifeti#e that we have% The Seven rinciples - alon with that of -ara and 1ein!arnation - are of the ut#ost i#portance to hu#anity% +he Spiritual +riad 

pon ti#e and space is written the thouhts, the deeds, the activities of an entity - as in relationships to its environs, its hereditar hereditaryy influenc influenceZ eZ as directed directed - or Eud#ent Eud#ent drawn drawn 5y or  accordin to what what the entity3s ideal is% 4ence, as it has 5een oft called, the record is "od3s 5ook of re#e#5ranceZ and each entity, each soul - as the activities of a sinle day of an entity in the #aterial world - either #akes sa#e ood or 5ad or indifferent, dependin dependin upon the entity3s entity3s applicat application ion of self towards that which is the ideal #anner for the use of ti#e, opportunity opportunity and the epr epres essi sion on of that that for for whic whichh each each soul soul ente enters rs a #ate #ateri rial al #anifestation% #anifestation% The interpretation interpretation then as drawn here is with with the desire and hope that, in openin this for the entity, the eperience #ay 5e one of helpfulness and hopefulness% dar Cayce, Feadin 1;:0-1

 Atma & The (eventh (eventh Divine )art   A +adiation o the A%solute Ata Aalso written atman A)t#a ,  आतम ,  आतमन, #eanin essence, %reath,  soul  is our essential nature and the hiher#ost part of our 

 5ein and supre#e part of our spiritual 5ein% It is pure ternal Spirit% It is the 4iher Self, the 2ivine Self, the Feal Self or True Self of the hu#an 5ein and it is literally one-and-the-sa#e in essence and identity as the Infi Infini nite te Supr Supre# e#ee Self Self%% This This is in accor accorda danc ncee with with the the funda#ental teachin of  0induismZ that our self Aas the at#an is the Supre#e Self% )t#an literally literally #eans #eans Iself%! It is the only one of the seven principles to which the unbualified ter# Self! #ay 5e applied% It is not an individual thin% There is no such thin as #y at#an! or  your at#an%! The ternal Spirit is neither yours nor #ine and is not the separate separate individual individual possessio possessionn of anyon anyone% e% There There is neither neither #y at#an! nor your at#an! 5ut only the at#an, the one universal self of  all% It is here that all is truly one% Thus, althouh there are are #any souls, there there is only one )t#an, )t#an, Ai%e% one Spirit Spirit,, one Self, Self, one Supre#e Supre#e lti#ate Feality9  Just as one and the same sun shines over every%ody

The )kashic Fecords contain the entire history of every soul since the dawn of Creation% Creation% These These records records connect each each one of us to one another% another% They contai containn the sti#ulus sti#ulus for every every ar!hetypal symbol  or  which has ever deeply deeply touche touchedd patter patterns ns of hu#an hu#an mythi! mythi! story story which  5ehavior and eperience% They have 5een the inspiration for drea#s and invention% invention% They draw draw us toward or repel us fro# one another% another% They #old and shape levels levels of hu#an conscious consciousness% ness% They are a  portion of 2ivine @ind% They are the un5iased Eude and Eury that atte#pt to uide, educate, and transfor# every individual to 5eco#e the very 5est that she or he can 5e% They e#5ody an ever-chanin ever-chanin fluid array of possi5le futures that are called into potential as we hu#ans interact and learn fro# the data that has already 5een accu#ulated% The )kashic )kashic Fecords are always always chanin and epandin% epandin% )s our  souls evolve over ti#e, so do our )kashic Fecords adEust to reflect our   personal rowth and are in a continual state of refine#ent as we alin with our perfection and #anifest that perfection in our earthly lives% Therefore, we can look at the )kashic Fecords as an inter#ediary 5ody of all past, present, and future possi5ility, pro5a5ility, and eventuality% Throuh Throuh the# we can derive understandin understandin and direction direction as we open up within ourselves on our Eourney to 5eco#in our opti#al selves in the physical world% 8e are all part of a perfect cos#ic plan where everyone3s life has a  purpose% ou ou are a 5ein of infinite worth and each one of us is a #icro-cos#os with all of the infor#ation and enery needed to recreate the entire universe% In order to fully realiDe this, you #ust e#5race true true freedo# and allow yourself to 5eco#e your own person%  Now @ark9 ach person is held to account account after life and confronted3 with their personal )kashic record of what they have or have not done in life in a kar#ic sense% The idea is co#para5le to the Bi5lical " Book  o r not the dead d ead are ad#itted of 1ife,# which is consulted to see whether or to heaven when each individual3s riht to unendin life co#es up for  adEudication%

on this earth, so one and the same s$irit shines over and illumines every soul %

The olden key to understandin the universal oneness of divine allness! allness! and non-duality non-duality is contained contained within within the )t#an% )t#an% I a# the )t#an% ou ou are the )t#an% )t#an% The )t#an )t#an is the who and what which which we really are% It is our essential essential nature, nature, our True True Self, the the all-in-all%! all-in-all%! In fact, it is the one-and-only reality% reality% ea, ea, this 4iher Self never does anythin%%% nor is anythin ever done to the Iself%%% as there is nothin for Iness to do, ecept  sim$ly to 5e,! and Iness 5e,! for I )# that I )#% Since Since the at#an at#an is litera literally lly 2ivini 2ivinity ty Iself, Iself, we should should alway alwayss re#e#5er that it never incarnates or reincarnates, nor is it ever affected  5y our kar#a or even 5y anythin whatsoever% whatsoever% It Eust si#ply is as I )# that I )#%!  Buddhi & The (ixth ($iritual ($iritual )art  The "ehicle o )ure niversal ($irit  /uddhi is

the second hihest principle of #an3s constitution and is referred to as the Spiritual Soul! or er#anent 8itness,! the vehicle throuh which at#a Athe hihest principle radiates its its liht% There is nothin individual a5out the 5uddhi principle% )s with at#a, we cannot talk in ter#s ter#s of #y 5uddhi! 5uddhi! or your 5uddhi%! Contrary Contrary to popular  opinion, the eneral eoteric definition 5uddhi is not the faculty or  bualit bua lityy of intuit intuition ion and has nothin nothin to do with with the principl principlee of  discri#i discri#inati nation on Aas in wise discri#in discri#inativ ativee intelli intellience ence and hihest hihest intellection% intellection% It has nothin to do with anythin ecept ecept servin as the vehicle for at#a, the the Self%! )s the at#a is an an entirely universal and .;

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undifferentiated 2ivine rinciple and not personal or individual in any way whatsoever, Eust the sa#e is true of the 5uddhi% The 5uddhi serves as a vehicle for the direct radiation of the liht of  the at#an and that toether, in conEunction with each other, they are buick 5eco#e a monad % The "onad#  A#eanin ultimate unit ! or   $rimary unit ! ! is a ter# used to descri5e the conEunction of the two hihest principles of the hu#an constitution constitution H at#a and 5uddhi% There is nothin hiher than at#a, the hiher#ost and supre#e part of our  spiritual 5ein% Because at#a is literally literally 2ivinity Iself, Iself, it has to have a vehicle throuh which to radiate radiate its liht to the individual individual soul% Buddhi is this vehicle and so the two in conEunction with each other are called the #onad% $ur individuality 5eins with the fifth principle - manas - which is the #ind principle, the thinker, the hu#an soul, the reincarnatin eo, the true I a# inso#uch as I a# that I think I a#! of our 5ein% 5 ein%

Spirituality and sensuality sensuality can never and will never #i% @anas, as the hu#an soul, stands riht in the #iddle 5etween the two and #ust #ake a choice 5etween 5etween the#% $ur pri#ary 5attleround in life life is that of the the #ind - which is the 5ride 5etwit our livin, 5reathin, copulatin flesh-5ody and our eternal epression of Iness - the transpersonal soul which identifies Iself within the #ortifyin flesh-eperience% +he 1o(er uaternary

 7ama & The Fourth )assional )assional )art  The (eat o Animal Desires Desires and )assions

,  कम , -aa ASanskrit  कम 

which literally #eans  desire,! is the desire  principle of the hu#an 5ein when in physical incarnation, usually interpreted to reference love, in particular seual love or seual desire Ai%e% lust!% ra, the   ?a, e#anc    =    =s>ra kar#ic cycle of death, re5irth and trans#iration of the soul9 She is ultimately the pri#ordial pri#ordial cos#ic cos#ic enery enery representi representin n the dyna#ic forces that are thouht to #ove throuh the entire universe - and it is this orm o 7ali that is worshi$$ed %y many $eo$le around the world, as she is stron#ly associated with %eauty and $ros$erity in such orms as !a'shmi, the 2indu #oddess o wealth, ortune and $ros$erity % But

In the teachins of +heosophy, the manas prin!iple  is often called the "ego%# This is usin the ter# eo! eo! in its true and literal literal sense%%% #eanin the true Iself! of our 5ein% / It is the the manasi! entity , the individual hu#an soul, which sets the causes in #otion in each lifeti#e - throuh every thouht, word, and action - which have to have their  correspondin kar#ic effects effects in this and su5sebuent lifeti#es% It is the #aker and the experien!er experien!er of karma % It has a dual nature - that of 4iher @anas and 6ower @anas% 8hen the #ind and consciousness are lifted, raised, and elevated towards hiher thins, spiritual thins, a5stract thins, intellectual thins, thins of oodness, truth, purity, love, co#passion, and 5eauty, it is then functionin as the 4iher @anas and risin ever closer towards the divine shinin liht of 5uddhi, the spiritual soul % 8hen the #ind #ind and consciousn consciousness ess are instead instead allowed to sink downwards towards the lower, separative, separative, selfish, and sensual thins of life, it is 6ower @anas, attachin itself to the principle of ka#a, the animal soul % @anas cannot o in 5oth directions directions at once% It can only either o up or dow down%% n%%%% up toward towardss spirit spiritual uality ity or dow downn toward towardss sensua sensuali lity ty%% /

she is also the spirit of ivin%%% and it is throuh ivin that one 5eins to 5rin an end to Eust the outer seekin of the senses - and one 5eins to #anifest the hiher for# of ka#a Apara% In hu#an 5ody