Transmutation of Self

TransmutationofSelf or The subtle bodies as they relate to the physical

ByD‐‐‐‐‐‐‐

PresentedtoProfessorP‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ OnMarch16th,2010

IntroductIon

Thoughthemajori Thoughthemajorityofthegene tyofthegeneralpopulace ralpopulacearestillasun arestillasunawareofthe awareoftheinner inner workingsoftheirnervousand workingsoftheirnervousandendocrine endocrinesystemsasthey systemsastheyareoftheir areoftheirchakrasand chakrasand nadis,thepercentageof nadis,thepercentageofthosewhodokn thosewhodoknowhasgrowne owhasgrownexponentially xponentiallysincerecent sincerecent times.Andthoughthisknowled times.Andthoughthisknowledgewaskep gewaskeptobscuredfrom tobscuredfromtheunprepa theunpreparedmasses, redmasses, therehavealwaysbeen therehavealwaysbeenaselectfew aselectfewwhoknewju whoknewjusthowthesubtle sthowthesubtleplanesrelat planesrelatedto edto thephysical,andhowthesub thephysical,andhowthesubtlebodiesfoun tlebodiesfoundmaterialisa dmaterialisationthroughourca tionthroughourcarnal rnal vessels.Thesesages,mystics,an vessels.Thesesages,mystics,andphilosophersu dphilosophersunderstoodthe nderstoodtherolesofthe rolesofthe endocrineglandswhichour endocrineglandswhichourcultureisonlyjust cultureisonlyjustbeginningto beginningtorediscovertod rediscovertoday,and ay,and theyhadgreatermastery theyhadgreatermasteryovertheirn overtheirnervoussystemtha ervoussystemthanwehave nwehaveyetfathomed. yetfathomed. Inthisshortessaywew Inthisshortessaywewillexplorethe illexplorethepopularisation popularisationofthisknowled ofthisknowledge,the ge,the streamsofteachingsthatkep streamsofteachingsthatkeptitflowing,itsi titflowing,itsintroductionand ntroductionanddisseminati disseminationintothe onintothe westernworld,andultimate westernworld,andultimatelythebrea lythebreakthroughsthatare kthroughsthatarere‐occurringi re‐occurringinour nour moderndayandwhat moderndayandwhatthismeansforh thismeansforhumanconsciousness.W umanconsciousness.Wewillprese ewillpresentan ntan introductiontothegeneralsub introductiontothegeneralsubjectandp jectandproceedtooutlin roceedtooutlineitsmajorp eitsmajorproponentsand roponentsand theirthoughtsonthetopic. C h ak r as & N a dI s

Firstletusbrieflyde Firstletusbrieflydefinetheword finethewordschakra&n schakra&nadi;chakra adi;chakrasaregene saregenerally rally recognisedasswirlingvortice recognisedasswirlingvorticesofvitalforce sofvitalforcepresentinth presentinthesubtlebodie esubtlebodies.Chakras s.Chakras areinterfacesthroughwhichw areinterfacesthroughwhichweperceive eperceiveourrespective ourrespectiverealities,as realities,aswellasnotes wellasnotes ontheinstrumentthatisourb ontheinstrumentthatisourbody.Justasourne ody.Justasournervoussystem,through rvoussystem,throughafferentan afferentand d

efferentpathways,isourwa efferentpathways,isourwayofsensinga yofsensingandintera ndinteractingwithourwor ctingwithourworld,soitiswith ld,soitiswith thesubtlebodies.Theyar thesubtlebodies.Theyarealsoknown ealsoknowntotransmuteen totransmuteenergiesfromone ergiesfromoneformto formto anotherandto“transduce anotherandto“transduceuniversallife universallifeenergyin energyintohumanene tohumanenergy.”(Katra,1 rgy.”(Katra,1999) 999) DonaldDeGracia,inhisBeyondthePhysical ,reiteratestheideatha ,reiteratestheideathatthesevortices tthesevortices aretransducers,sothatjust“ aretransducers,sothatjust“asalightbulb asalightbulbconvertselectri convertselectricalenergyi calenergyintolight ntolight energy,thenlikewise,the energy,thenlikewise,thechakrasconver chakrasconvertnonphysicale tnonphysicalenergiesinto nergiesintodifferent different nonphysicalenergytypes,a nonphysicalenergytypes,andprobab ndprobablyconvertnonp lyconvertnonphysicalenergy hysicalenergyintophysical intophysical energy.”Chakrascanb energy.”Chakrascanbelikened elikenedtoportalsthroughw toportalsthroughwhichspirituale hichspiritualenergiesare nergiesare stepped‐downintophysica stepped‐downintophysicality,andthus lity,andthusendocrinegla endocrineglandscanbe ndscanbeseenasthe seenasthe crystallisationsofthesevortices.A crystallisationsofthesevortices.Anyhormonein nyhormoneinthebodyha thebodyhasitsownparti sitsownparticular cular vibrationduetoitsmolecular vibrationduetoitsmolecularcomposition,and composition,andthoughtherese thoughtheresearchhasyetto archhasyettobe be conducted,itcouldbepostulate conducted,itcouldbepostulatedthatthese dthattheseparticularvib particularvibrationsreflect rationsreflectthoseof thoseof theirrespectivechakras.M theirrespectivechakras.Motoyamasummed otoyamasummeditupwelli itupwellinsayingthat nsayingthatchakrascanb chakrascanbe e seenas“intermediari seenas“intermediariesbetween esbetweenthebodyan thebodyandthemind dthemindofeachdime ofeachdimension.Further, nsion.Further, thechakrasacttointegrate thechakrasacttointegratetheinterre theinterrelationshipbetw lationshipbetweenthethre eenthethreebodiesa ebodiesand nd mindsinaholisticmanner.“ Inthesamewaytha Inthesamewaythatourlymph&b tourlymph&bloodrunthroughour loodrunthroughourbodyinriv bodyinrivulets, ulets, permeatingusthroughand permeatingusthroughandthrough,sodoourna through,sodoournadis,streamsof dis,streamsofvitalforce vitalforce synonymouswiththeTaoistmerid synonymouswiththeTaoistmeridians,coursethrou ians,coursethroughourethericb ghourethericbodyincomple odyincomplex x webs,flowingandsepara webs,flowingandseparatingintointri tingintointricatedesigns. catedesigns.Thephysicalsy Thephysicalsystems stems beautifullyreflecttheseschema beautifullyreflecttheseschemataintomate taintomateriality,followingth riality,followingthesameorgan esameorganizing izing principle.AliceBailey principle.AliceBaileystatesthatthe statesthattheseconduitsofen seconduitsofenergy“are ergy“areinrealitythe inrealitythe actuatingpowerofthener actuatingpowerofthenervoussystem.”M voussystem.”Manyculturesre anyculturesrecognizedthese cognizedtheseenergetic energetic

pathways,includingtheAz pathways,includingtheAztecsandInca tecsandIncas.Ayurvedicte s.Ayurvedictextsenumerate xtsenumerate14prin 14principal cipal nadisbuttraditionalChin nadisbuttraditionalChinesemedicine esemedicinestatesthatthe statesthatthereare1 reare12majorones, 2majorones,and and seventy‐twothousandnadis seventy‐twothousandnadisarerecogniz arerecognizedinthe edintheTantras.Thre Tantras.Threeinparti einparticularare cularare centralinthissystem,theseb centralinthissystem,thesebeingthesushumn eingthesushumna,pingala,a a,pingala,andida.T ndida.Thelattertwo helattertwo coildownwardsaroundthe coildownwardsaroundthepriorlikeM priorlikeMercury’scaduce ercury’scaduceustomeetsushumn ustomeetsushumnainthe ainthe muladharavortexattheb muladharavortexatthebaseofthespi aseofthespine. ne. A w ar e n es s ’

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Westernesotericismha Westernesotericismhaslongbeena slongbeenawareofthe wareoftheinterconnected interconnectednessofthe nessofthe chakras&nadiswiththee chakras&nadiswiththeendocrinegla ndocrineglandsandne ndsandnervoussystem,butr rvoussystem,butrareweret arewerethe he authorswhowouldaddressthis authorswhowouldaddressthismorethancursoril morethancursorily.Yetifthise y.Yetifthisessayisbein ssayisbeing g writtentoday,inanEurop writtentoday,inanEuropeanlanguag eanlanguage,itisbecause e,itisbecauseofthestalwa ofthestalwarteffortsof rteffortsof occidentalmysticsinbringing occidentalmysticsinbringingtheseunder theseunderstandingstothe standingstotheirhomelands. irhomelands.SirJohn SirJohn Woodroffe,usingthepen‐na Woodroffe,usingthepen‐nameArthurAv meArthurAvalon,wasar alon,wasarenownpione enownpioneerinbringi erinbringing ng thisknowledgetothosewhowould thisknowledgetothosewhowouldfurtherdisse furtherdisseminateit.Chie minateit.Chiefamongstthese famongstthese weretheTheosophists,who,with weretheTheosophists,who,withanewlyren anewlyrenttearinthe ttearintheveilbetwe veilbetweenthe enthe mysteriesandtheprofan mysteriesandtheprofane,tooktheopp e,tooktheopportunitytoinform ortunitytoinformthepeople thepeopleabouttheir abouttheir truenature.Themostcited truenature.Themostcitedsourceinthisa sourceinthisareaisC.W.Le reaisC.W.Leadbeater, adbeater,whodetailed whodetailedthe the linkbetweenthechakra linkbetweenthechakrasandtheir sandtheirrespectiven respectivenerveplexuse erveplexuses.Butwherea s.Butwhereas s Leadbeatersawthecha Leadbeatersawthechakrasascorrela krasascorrelatingwiththe tingwiththenervoussystem,D nervoussystem,DionFortune ionFortune ontheotherhandasserted ontheotherhandassertedthattheywe thattheyweremoreinti remoreintimatelytied matelytiedtotheendocrin totheendocrine e system,sayingthat“thelink system,sayingthat“thelinkbetweenmi betweenmindandma ndandmatteristobe tteristobesoughtprimarily soughtprimarilyin in theendocrinesystemofductle theendocrinesystemofductlessglandsand ssglandsandonlyseconda onlysecondarilyintheb rilyinthebrainand rainand

centralnervoussystem.”Although centralnervoussystem.”Althoughshestatesthat shestatesthat“itisgener “itisgenerallyagreed allyagreedthatthe thatthe chakras[…]arenotsituated chakras[…]arenotsituatedinsidethe insidetheorganswithwhi organswithwhichtheyarea chtheyareassociated,butin ssociated,butin theauricenvelopeatspot theauricenvelopeatspotsroughlyapproxi sroughlyapproximatingthere matingthereto.”Likewise to.”Likewise,Israel ,Israel Regardieinsistedthat Regardieinsistedthatthechakrasw thechakraswereinnow ereinnowayphysicalbut ayphysicalbutwererathe wereratherspiritual rspiritual innature,“thoughtherema innature,“thoughtheremaybeglandu ybeglandularparalleli larparallelisms,”perhaps sms,”perhapsinthesame inthesameway way that“theplanetPlutodoe that“theplanetPlutodoesnotmakethin snotmakethingsdieand gsdieandbereborn bereborn,butisavorte ,butisavortexofthe xofthe kindofenergythatprod kindofenergythatproducesdeath,re ucesdeath,regeneration, generation,andnewli andnewlife.”(Pursel,1 fe.”(Pursel,1996) 996) Actually,manyoccultistsassumethat Actually,manyoccultistsassumethat“itmustnotbe “itmustnotbesupposedtha supposedthatthechakras tthechakras respondtophysicalinvestiga respondtophysicalinvestigation,anymore tion,anymorethanthemin thanthemindcanbe dcanbediscoveredb discoveredby y brainsurgery.Thechakras brainsurgery.Thechakrasexistasrea existasrealitiesinextra litiesinextra‐physicaldim ‐physicaldimensions.”(Gr ensions.”(Grant, ant, 1973)Butwewillsee 1973)Butwewillseeshortlythatthisis shortlythatthisisanerroneous anerroneousclaim. claim. Syst ems

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Sincethewidespre Sincethewidespreadcommunicati adcommunicationinthewe oninthewestaboutthechak staboutthechakrasandthe rasandtheir ir respectiveendocrinegla respectiveendocrineglands,thesehav nds,thesehavefoundtheir efoundtheirwayintonum wayintonumerous erous correspondencetables.Ma correspondencetables.Manynowperce nynowperceivethemtocorr ivethemtocorrespondtocer espondtocertainsephiroth, tainsephiroth, certainpreciousstones,certai certainpreciousstones,certainrunes,certa nrunes,certainplanetar inplanetaryspheres,an yspheres,andsoon.But dsoon.But certainlytherelationbetweenthechakrasandtheendocrineglandsandnerve plexusesmustbemorethana plexusesmustbemorethanametaphorica metaphoricalparallel.A lparallel.AliceBailey liceBaileyexplainsthat explainsthat“the “the humanbodyis,inthelasta humanbodyis,inthelastanalysis,anag nalysis,anaggregateofen gregateofenergyunits.In ergyunits.Inthevitalbod thevitalbody y (thusconditioningtheendocrin (thusconditioningtheendocrineandlymp eandlymphaticsystems)a haticsystems)arecertainfoca recertainfocalpoints lpoints throughwhichenergypoursinto throughwhichenergypoursintothephysicalbod thephysicalbody,producinga y,producinganimpression nimpressionanda anda stimulationupontheatomsofthe stimulationupontheatomsofthebodyand bodyandthushavingap thushavingapowerfuleffect owerfuleffectuponthe uponthe entirenervoussystemwhichit entirenervoussystemwhichitunderliesin underliesinallparts.The allparts.Thevitalorethe vitalorethericbodyisthe ricbodyisthe

subtlecounterpartofthephysi subtlecounterpartofthephysicalbodyini calbodyinitsnervousstructure tsnervousstructureandthee andtheenergy nergy centersconditionandcontrol centersconditionandcontroltheglandular theglandularsystem.”Ma system.”MaxHeindelma xHeindelmakesasimila kesasimilar r statement,sayingthat“the statement,sayingthat“thetwolowerether twolowerethersdoinfactcon sdoinfactconstitutea“vita stitutea“vital”or“life” l”or“life” bodywhichactsasamatrix, bodywhichactsasamatrix,intermsofa intermsofanetworkorme networkormeshworkofforce,in shworkofforce,intowhich towhich theatomsofthebodyarecolle theatomsofthebodyarecollectedina ctedinalivingpattern livingpatternororganism.It ororganism.Itistaughtthat istaughtthat thebloodandductless(end thebloodandductless(endocrine)gland ocrine)glandsareina sareinaspecialsense specialsensethehighestp thehighestproduct roduct ofthevitalbody.”Before ofthevitalbody.”Beforethishestatestha thishestatesthat“thegene t“thegenesandchromosome sandchromosomesare sare deposited byforcesworkingintheLi byforcesworkingintheLifeEther.”An feEther.”AnnieBesan nieBesantalsosupportsthis talsosupportsthisidea idea

whenshewrites:“Letusse whenshewrites:“Letusseehowthebui ehowthebuildingofthen ldingofthenervoussystem,by ervoussystem,byvibratory vibratory impulsesfromtheastral,begin impulsesfromtheastral,beginsandiscar sandiscarriedon.We riedon.Wefindaminu findaminutegroupofne tegroupofnerve rve cellsandtinyprocessesconne cellsandtinyprocessesconnectingthem.This ctingthem.Thisisformedby isformedbytheactionofa theactionofacentre centre whichhaspreviouslyappea whichhaspreviouslyappearedinthe redintheastralbody‐ astralbody‐anaggrega anaggregationofastralm tionofastralmatter atter arrangedtoformacentre arrangedtoformacentreforreceivin forreceivingandresp gandrespondingtoimp ondingtoimpulsesfromoutside ulsesfromoutside. . Fromthatastralcentrevibr Fromthatastralcentrevibrationspassint ationspassintotheethericb otheethericbody,causinglittle ody,causinglittleetheric etheric whirlpoolswhichdrawintothemse whirlpoolswhichdrawintothemselvesparticle lvesparticlesofdenserp sofdenserphysicalmatter, hysicalmatter,forming forming atlastanervecell,and atlastanervecell,andgroupsofner groupsofnervecells.”She vecells.”Shethenproceed thenproceedstodescribe stodescribehow how thisprocessprogressestoproduce thisprocessprogressestoproducethevitalorga thevitalorgans.Leadbe ns.Leadbeatereven atereventriestodefin triestodefine e theatomiccompositionofsubtlee theatomiccompositionofsubtleenergy,inan nergy,inanattempttoe attempttoexplainitsvib xplainitsvibration ration which,givencertainconfluence which,givencertainconfluences,wouldresultin s,wouldresultincertainma certainmagneticfields gneticfieldsandvital andvital fluids.Elsewheretheseare fluids.Elsewheretheseareknownassee knownasseed‐atoms,withd d‐atoms,withdifferenttyp ifferenttypesforevery esforevery chakra,eachcontaininga chakra,eachcontainingakarmic&dha karmic&dharmicblueprint rmicblueprintforlife.Soit forlife.Soitismadeclea ismadeclearby rby theseauthorsthatthecorrespond theseauthorsthatthecorrespondencesbetwe encesbetweenthesubtle enthesubtlebodiesand bodiesandtheglands theglands andplexusesarenotme andplexusesarenotmereanalogies, reanalogies,butthattheya butthattheyareascontinua reascontinuationsofone tionsofone

another,followingthesameorga another,followingthesameorganizingpri nizingprincipleasthe ncipleasthecourseofinvolution courseofinvolutionbrings brings themintothisplaneofexistence. Withtheseadeptsha Withtheseadeptshavingbroughtust vingbroughtusthisinformationa hisinformationaboutacentury boutacenturyago,much ago,much hassincebeenextrapolatedtherefrom,andmanyparallelshavebeendrawn betweenthesubtlebodie betweenthesubtlebodiesandthep sandthephysical.Thelate hysical.ThelateSwamiSatya SwamiSatyanandaSara nandaSaraswati swati broughtforthmanycleveride broughtforthmanycleverideasconcerning asconcerningtheinterrela theinterrelatednessofthe tednessofthesubtle subtle bodiesandthephysical.F bodiesandthephysical.Forexample,he orexample,henotedthat notedthatthedifferen thedifferentlevelsofthe tlevelsofthebrain brain couldbelikenedtothegr couldbelikenedtothegradationsofthe adationsofthechakras.The chakras.Thebrainstem,w brainstem,whichcontrols hichcontrols ourprimalinstinctsand“ ourprimalinstinctsand“containstheba containsthebasicneuralma sicneuralmachineryforself chineryforself‐preservation ‐preservation andreproduction”and andreproduction”and“generalb “generalbiologicalmainte iologicalmaintenance”(Sca nance”(Scarabino&Salvoli rabino&Salvolini, ni, 2005)correlatestothea 2005)correlatestotheattributesofthe ttributesofthefirsttwochakra firsttwochakras,muladharaa s,muladharaand nd swadhistana.Heproceede swadhistana.Heproceededtocompare dtocomparethecharacteri thecharacteristicsofthemid‐ sticsofthemid‐brainwithth brainwiththe e middlechakras,andthe middlechakras,andtheneo‐cortexan neo‐cortexandespecially despeciallythefrontallobe thefrontallobeswiththetop swiththetop chakras.Anotherpropone chakras.Anotherproponentoftheconne ntoftheconnectionbetween ctionbetweenchakrasand chakrasandthebrain thebrainis is ToddMurphy,whohaspushed ToddMurphy,whohaspushedhisstudyofn hisstudyofneurologyintothe eurologyintotherealmofspiri realmofspirituality. tuality. Hepostulatesthateachchakra Hepostulatesthateachchakracorrespondst correspondstoastructurein oastructureinthebrain,d thebrain,depending epending onitsfunction.Forexample,he onitsfunction.Forexample,heassociatesthe associatesthethroatchakraw throatchakrawiththeleft iththeleft hippocampus,whichhelpsustothin hippocampus,whichhelpsustothinkofanda kofandassemblewords ssemblewordsintomeaningf intomeaningful ul phrases. Myriadsofotherexa Myriadsofotherexamplesofpar mplesofparallelismareto allelismaretobefoundbe befoundbetweenthetw tweenthetwo o systems.Forexamplethead systems.Forexampletheadrenalgland renalglands,whicharesai s,whicharesaidtoberela dtoberelatedtotheroot tedtotheroot chakramuladharawhichgove chakramuladharawhichgovernsoverpri rnsoverprimalinstinct,survi malinstinct,survival,andtrib val,andtribe‐mentality, e‐mentality, canforinstancemakeone canforinstancemakeonefeelcourage feelcourageousbytheirhorm ousbytheirhormonalsecretions onalsecretionsof of

stereoids,whichareverymu stereoids,whichareverymuchinlinewit chinlinewiththischakra’sp hthischakra’sproperties.The roperties.Thepineal pineal gland,justasitscorrelated gland,justasitscorrelatedcrownchakra,i crownchakra,issaidtobe ssaidtobethebridgef thebridgeforcommunion orcommunion betweenthesoulandthe betweenthesoulandthehumanself.For humanself.ForDescartesitw Descartesitwastheseatof astheseatofthesouland thesouland foryogisitisthewindowofB foryogisitisthewindowofBrahma.Wheth rahma.Whetherajna,the erajna,thethirdeyech thirdeyechakra, akra, correspondswiththepinea correspondswiththepinealorpituitary lorpituitaryglandhasbe glandhasbeenofsomede enofsomedebate.Man bate.Many y authoritiesonthesubjectsay authoritiesonthesubjectsaythatitistheon thatitistheone,whereasm e,whereasmanyotherssay anyotherssaythatitis thatitis theother,butthegeneralcon theother,butthegeneralconsensushasbee sensushasbeenthatthep nthatthepituitaryperta ituitarypertainstothethird instothethird eye,andthatthepine eye,andthatthepinealpertains alpertainstothecrown.It tothecrown.Itisunderstand isunderstandablethaton ablethatonewould ewould assumethatthepinealcorre assumethatthepinealcorrelateswiththe lateswiththethirdeye,se thirdeye,seeingastohow eingastohowithasmany ithasmany photoreceptorpigmentcells,just photoreceptorpigmentcells,justliketheeye liketheeyesdo,andi sdo,andinstudiesofan nstudiesofanimal imal dissection,itwasfoundthatthe dissection,itwasfoundthatthepinealgla pinealglandwasstillv ndwasstillveryactivea eryactiveandusedas ndusedas normallyasourtwoeyes. PaulF.Case,amongstm PaulF.Case,amongstmanyothers,asse anyothers,assertsthatthepit rtsthatthepituitarygland uitaryglandisthephysical isthephysical centeroftelepathy,justast centeroftelepathy,justasthethirdeye hethirdeyewouldbe.A wouldbe.Asweknow,the sweknow,thepituitarygla pituitarygland nd isoftenconsideredtobe isoftenconsideredtobethemastergla themasterglandsinceitd ndsinceitdeterminesth eterminestheactionsofma eactionsofmanyof nyof theotherendocrineorgans, theotherendocrineorgans,andlikewi andlikewisemanype semanypeopleconsider opleconsiderajnatobe ajnatobethe the masterchakra,sinceitmay masterchakra,sinceitmaybefromthen befromthencethatwep cethatweprojectourperson rojectourpersonalholographic alholographic reality.ChoaKokSui,inhisbo reality.ChoaKokSui,inhisbookonpranic okonpranichealing,saystha healing,saysthat“energiz t“energizingthischakra ingthischakra willcausetheotherchakrasto willcausetheotherchakrastolightinacer lightinacertainsequence tainsequence,”andthat ,”andthatotherchakras otherchakras canbereachedthroughthe canbereachedthroughtheajnavortex ajnavortex. . InitiatesofYogahave InitiatesofYogahavelongknown longknownhowtousetheen howtousetheendocrineglan docrineglandstomanifest dstomanifest occultpowers,&thoughthiswaskep occultpowers,&though thiswaskeptsomewhatsecre tsomewhatsecret,theseide t,theseideashavebee ashavebeen n mademorevulgarinrece mademorevulgarinrecenttimesbyt nttimesbythelikesofLa helikesofLazaris,whosugge zaris,whosuggestsexercises stsexercises

whereendocrineglands whereendocrineglandsarevoluntari arevoluntarilystimulatedb lystimulatedbyvisualization yvisualizationandwillsot andwillsothat hat theysecretecertainsubstan theysecretecertainsubstances.Infact,ma ces.Infact,manyauthorsmen nyauthorsmentiontheinter tiontheinterrelatedness relatedness ofextrasensorycapacitieswi ofextrasensorycapacitieswithcertainen thcertainendocrineglan docrineglands.Manysimi ds.Manysimilaritiesexist laritiesexist betweenthecellsinthee betweenthecellsintheendocrinegla ndocrineglandsandthe ndsandthecellsintheor cellsintheorgansofthespe gansofthespecial cial senses.Forexample,inea senses.Forexample,ineasternesoterici sternesotericismthesiddhi smthesiddhiofclairaudien ofclairaudienceislinked ceislinkedto to thedevelopmentofthethroa thedevelopmentofthethroatchakra,an tchakra,andwesternsci dwesternsciencehasfound encehasfoundthattherea thatthereare re cellsinthethyroidglandw cellsinthethyroidglandwhicharesimila hicharesimilartotheaudito rtotheauditorycellsofthecochle rycellsofthecochleawith awith theirsensoryvilliinacolloid theirsensoryvilliinacolloidalliquid. alliquid. Formanyaspirants, Formanyaspirants,thepathlead thepathleadsthemtodev sthemtodevelopthehea eloptheheartchakrawhich rtchakrawhichthen then helpsthemredirectit’spow helpsthemredirectit’spowerfulenergi erfulenergiesthroughkeym esthroughkeymeridiansin eridiansintothehigher tothehigher centers.Likewise,weknow centers.Likewise,weknowthatthevagu thatthevagusnerve,compose snerve,composedalmostentir dalmostentirelyof elyof afferentnervefibers,e afferentnervefibers,extendsfromthe xtendsfromthevisceratothe visceratothemedullaoblon medullaoblongata.Inthe gata.Inthe occultscience,thevagusnerve occultscience,thevagusnerve“connectstheb “connectsthebraininthe raininthehearttothehe hearttotheheartinthe artinthe brain.”(Luxamore,2001) Thereisanevid Thereisanevidentcorrelation entcorrelationbetweenthe betweenthenervoussystem nervoussystemrunningthrough runningthroughour our bodyandthesystemofna bodyandthesystemofnadis,ormeridi dis,ormeridians,thatdoli ans,thatdolikewise.Forin kewise.Forinstance,bothform stance,bothform acentralcolumnrunningalon acentralcolumnrunningalongthespine gthespinefromwhichnerv fromwhichnervesandna esandnadisgrowoutlike disgrowoutlike rootsandbranchesofatre rootsandbranchesofatree.Wecanf e.Wecanfindanexa indanexampleofthesa mpleofthesamenessofthe menessofthenerves nerves andnadisinlookingat andnadisinlookingatanimage animageofthetrajectory ofthetrajectoryofthesciaticn ofthesciaticnervedownt ervedowntheleg heleg andfindingthatitisstri andfindingthatitisstrikinglysimilar kinglysimilartothespleen tothespleenmeridian meridianinChinesem inChinesemedicine edicine whichrunsdowntothesoleofthe whichrunsdowntothesoleofthefoot.Thoughthe foot.Thoughthesemaynotbe semaynotbeidentical,th identical,they ey clearlyfollowthesamepatte clearlyfollowthesamepattern.Onasma rn.Onasmallerscale,scien llerscale,scientistsinRussiah tistsinRussiahave ave determinedbymeasuri determinedbymeasuringisotopesint ngisotopesinthebodythat hebodythatvitalforcecourses vitalforcecoursesinminuscule inminuscule

rivuletsthroughcollagenfibrils.In rivuletsthroughcollagenfibrils.Inacourseonstre acourseonstrengtheningone ngtheningone’svitalene ’svitalenergy, rgy, SPC‐USAgivesexerciseswhi SPC‐USAgivesexerciseswhichtheyclaimw chtheyclaimwillimprovethe illimprovetheconductivityofon conductivityofone’s e’s meridiansbytheprocessof meridiansbytheprocessofquicklyrubbin quicklyrubbingalongmajor galongmajornervouschanne nervouschannels.These ls.These aresimilartoexercisesofQ aresimilartoexercisesofQiGongmassage iGongmassage,whichareb ,whicharebasedonthe asedonthesameprincip sameprinciple. le. Dr.DonGlasseysumsup Dr.DonGlasseysumsupthethoughtsofman thethoughtsofmanyinsaying yinsayingthatmeridia thatmeridians“canbe ns“canbe likenedtotheflowofelectr likenedtotheflowofelectricityconducted icityconductedtoandfromthe toandfromthecellsofthebod cellsofthebodyoverthe yoverthe TheNerve,MeridianandChakraSystemsand kraSystemsand nervoussystem.”Inanart nervoussystem.”Inanarticleentitled icleentitledTheNerve,MeridianandCha theCSFConnection,helikensthenervoussystemt helikensthenervoussystemtoriversand oriversandstreamswhere streamswhereasthe asthe

meridiansaretheunde meridiansaretheundergroundsprin rgroundspringsthatgiveth gsthatgivethemlife. emlife. Themystic‐scientistItzha Themystic‐scientistItzhakBentovha kBentovhasstatedinh sstatedinhisworksthatthe isworksthatthebodyhaske bodyhaskey y oscillatorsinsideofit,notablyi oscillatorsinsideofit,notablyintheheart,ci ntheheart,circulatorysystema rculatorysystemandcerebro‐ ndcerebro‐spinal spinal fluidamongstothers,whichgene fluidamongstothers,whichgeneratemagne ratemagneticfieldsthate ticfieldsthatexchangewith xchangewithand and connectustotheAll‐That‐Is.Fr connectustotheAll‐That‐Is.Fromhisideas omhisideasitcanimagin itcanimaginedthatthe edthatthemeridian meridian systemisincorrelationwitha systemisincorrelationwithallbodilyfluids, llbodilyfluids,andthatna andthatnadisflowalongw disflowalongwiththe iththe cerebro‐spinalfluid,thelym cerebro‐spinalfluid,thelymph,andthe ph,andtheblood. blood.  N e w f r on t I er s

Inthiswaxingage Inthiswaxingageofinformationw ofinformationwherewhatha herewhathadpreviouslyb dpreviouslybeensepar eenseparate ate culturesarepoolingtheirid culturesarepoolingtheirideas&buildin eas&buildingononeanot gononeanother’sresearch her’sresearchmuchmore muchmore thanhadbeenfeasible thanhadbeenfeasibleuntilrecently untilrecently,wearecomi ,wearecomingcollectivelyun ngcollectivelyuntogreatera togreaterand nd greaterrealizationsandunderstandingsasapeople. HiroshiMotoyama,whofound HiroshiMotoyama,whofoundedtheid edtheideasheprop easheproposesbycontributi osesbycontributionsfrom onsfrom

manycultures,broughttheaccep manycultures,broughttheacceptation&unde tation&understandingofth rstandingofthesubtlebodie esubtlebodiesinto sinto partsofsocietythatwouldhave partsofsocietythatwouldhavescoffedatthe scoffedattheideabe ideabefore.Throughhis fore.Throughhiserudite erudite works&innovativescientific works&innovativescientificresearch,ther research,therisingwaveof isingwaveofthoseinthek thoseintheknowagain nowagain increasedexponentially. increasedexponentially.Heusedde Heuseddevicessuchashis vicessuchashischakrainstrum chakrainstrumentandhis entandhis ApparatusforMeasuring ApparatusforMeasuringtheFunctionalC theFunctionalConditionsofMe onditionsofMeridiansan ridiansandtheir dtheir CorrespondingInternalOrg CorrespondingInternalOrgans(AMI)tod ans(AMI)todetectelectri etectelectric,magnetic,and c,magnetic,andoptical optical stimuliandthusprovedtoa stimuliandthusprovedtoadisbelievin disbelievingscientificcommun gscientificcommunitythatene itythatenergycouldbe rgycouldbe controlled,collectedandcrea controlled,collectedandcreated*bywill‐ ted*bywill‐power.(*Unde power.(*Understandingtha rstandingthat‘created’ t‘created’ doesn’tmeanexnihilo.)O doesn’tmeanexnihilo.)Oneoftheman neofthemanyfascinating yfascinatingthingshefound thingshefoundwasthat“the wasthat“the functionalrangeoftheautono functionalrangeoftheautonomicnerves,the micnerves,therangeofdy rangeofdynamicbalan namicbalancebetween cebetweenthe the sympatheticandparasymp sympatheticandparasympatheticsystems,i atheticsystems,isalmostabnorma salmostabnormallywiderin llywiderinyogisthan yogisthan inordinarypersons.“H inordinarypersons.“Hepostulatedt epostulatedthatthefeatsp hatthefeatsperformedb erformedbyyogis,suchas yyogis,suchas controlofinvoluntarymuscles,were controlofinvoluntarymuscles,were“supportforthe “supportfortheexistenceof existenceofthechakrasi thechakrasin n thattheactivationanda thattheactivationandawakeningof wakeningofthechakrasm thechakrasmayhaveled ayhaveledtoactivation toactivationofthe ofthe autonomicnervesandthe autonomicnervesandtheorgansthatare organsthataresupposedlycon supposedlyconnectedwith nectedwiththechakras.” thechakras.” ItmightbeofinterestthatM ItmightbeofinterestthatMaxHeinde axHeindelstatedthat lstatedthatthehumanhea thehumanheartwas rtwas evolutionarilyonitswayofbe evolutionarilyonitswayofbecomingasvolunta comingasvoluntarilycontrolled rilycontrolledasthelungs. asthelungs. Itmustbenotedthat,thoughM Itmustbenotedthat,thoughMotoyamahasstud otoyamahasstudiedmuchofwha iedmuchofwhatthereistok tthereistoknow now aboutthebodies,hedoesn aboutthebodies,hedoesnotsaythatthe otsaythatthedifferentvor differentvorticesareconn ticesareconnectedto ectedto specificendocrineglands, specificendocrineglands,butratherhe butratherhesupposesthate supposesthatentiresystemsm ntiresystemsmeshwiththe eshwiththe chakras,suchasthecirculatorysyste chakras,suchasthecirculatorysystemwiththehea mwiththeheartchakra,&t rtchakra,&therespiratory herespiratory systemwiththethroatchakra.

ConclusIon

Undoubtedly,Western Undoubtedly,Westernscienceisste scienceissteadilybecomin adilybecomingmoreconsciousoft gmoreconsciousofthetruths hetruths ofwhichthemysticshavelongbe ofwhichthemysticshavelongbeenspeaki enspeaking.Soontheycould ng.Soontheycouldhavethein havetheinstruments struments toclearlymeasurethefield toclearlymeasurethefieldsofthesubtleb softhesubtlebodiesand odiesanddiscoveraple discoveraplethoraof thoraof correspondencesbetween correspondencesbetweentheirprevi theirpreviousunderstand ousunderstandingofthebod ingofthebodyandthe yandthe spiritualtruthsoftheancients. spiritualtruthsoftheancients.Perhaps,with Perhaps,withgreaterund greaterunderstanding erstandingofthe ofthe organizingprinciplethat organizingprinciplethatdesignsus,we designsus,wewillfindgre willfindgreateralignm ateralignmentwithahi entwithahigher gher willandcometotherealiz willandcometotherealizationthatwe ationthatweareperfe areperfectlyplayingour ctlyplayingourroleinthis roleinthis theatricalshow.Thoughthatmay theatricalshow.Thoughthatmayseemtosayth seemtosaythatweare atwearebutpuppetsa butpuppetsattachedto ttachedto stringsofsubtleenergy,these stringsofsubtleenergy,thesestringsared stringsaredirectedby irectedbynoneothertha noneotherthanourtrue nourtrue essentialself.Thispotentd essentialself.Thispotentdawningrea awningrealizationofour lizationofourbodies’rea bodies’realcapacitiesa lcapacitiesand nd workingsisonethatgrantsgr workingsisonethatgrantsgreatpower,b eatpower,butitisnota utitisnotapowerthatwi powerthatwillbeusedfor llbeusedfor destructionbecauseanytrue destructionbecauseanytrueknowledge knowledgeofselfleads ofselfleadstoanundersta toanunderstandingof ndingof onenessandLove.Inthe onenessandLove.InthewordsofMotoya wordsofMotoyama,itiscerta ma,itiscertainthatfurther inthatfurtherresearchinto researchinto thisfield“willleadtocon thisfield“willleadtoconsiderablecha siderablechangeinourv ngeinourviewsofmatter, iewsofmatter,ofmindand ofmindandbody, body, ofhumanbeings,andofthe ofhumanbeings,andoftheworlditself.” worlditself.”

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