Passages from Kundalini

Kundalini yoga is the yoga of prana. Prana is the life-energy or life-principle of the universe. There are three principal channels through which this life-energy flows. These channels are ida, pingala and sushumna. In Sanskrit these channels are called nadis. Ida, pingala and sushumna are inside our subtle physical body, not inside the gross physical. Ida carries the current of life-energy in the left side of the body. Pingala carries the current in the right side of the body. Sushumna carries the current in the middle of the spinal column. Sushumna is the most important of the three nadis. It receives a ceaseless stream of life-energy from the Universal Consciousness. There is an inner connection between ida and pingala and the zodiac and planets. Ida has a special connection with the moon and the planet Mercury; hence its main quality is coolness and mildness. Pingala is connected with the sun and Mars; hence its quality is powerful and dynamic heat.

The Universal Consciousness embodies universal music. From each chakra, where the life-energy from the Universal Consciousness gathers, a musical note is produced. From sahasrara the tone of shadja or sa is produced. In Western music, you call this 'do'. From ajna, rishava or ri, what we call 're', is produced. From vishuddha, gandhara or ga, what you call 'mi' is produced. From anahata, madhyama or ma, what you call 'fa' is produced. From manipura, panchama or pa, what you call 'so', is produced. From svadhisthana, dhaivata or dha, what you call 'la' is produced.  From muladhara, nishada or ni, what you call 'ti' is produced. There are seven world's corresponding to the seven chakras........

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