Awakening of the Chakras Opens Up Undreamed Potential in Our Being

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If we run a small current
through a wire to a light bulb,

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but below the capacity of the
bulb, it will light up, although

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it may flicker.
If we increase the current, the

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light bulb brightens and the
illumination becomes constant.

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If we put too much current
through the bulb, we may start a

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fire or burst the bulb.
This image provides us a way to

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appreciate the opening of the
chakras.

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For most people, there is a
limited opening of certain

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chakras, and with that limited
opening, the certain flow of

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energy vibrating at the
frequency range at which that

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particular chakra operates
occurs and carries out the work

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that is possible from that
particular energy center.

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It may be physical energy, vital
energy, emotional energy, mental

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energy, or spiritual energy.
Several reflections result from

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this which form the basis for
considerable review as one takes

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up the yoga practice.
First, what are the

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possibilities if a particular
chakra, which had only a trickle

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of energy flowing through it,
were able to open fully and

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express the utmost capacity of
the vibrational range to which

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it is tuned?
2nd What are the possibilities

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if chakras formerly closed are
able to open, thereby exposing

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the individual to new
vibrational ranges not part of

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his former active being?
Third, is it possible to

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optimize the energy flow through
the chakras in such a way that

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they become mutually supportive
and harmonize rather than

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conflict with each other in
their various expressions?

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4th can an increase of energy
through a particular chakra

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without corresponding balancing
create problems for the

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individual?
And 5th does the capacity of the

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chakras increase or decrease
through the various stages of

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life?
Certain chakras are focused on

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the operation of the systems of
the physical body.

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Others develop the vital force
of the being.

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There is a chakra that governs
emotional expression as well as

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one that governs the capacity
for expression and

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communication.
Another one governs the

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development of willpower, and
yet another unifies the being

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with the divine force beyond the
limits of the individual.

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Ego personality, Sriorbindo
notes quote something there is

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in US where something has to be
developed, Perhaps a central and

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still a cult part of our being,
containing forces whose powers

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in our actual and present make
up are only a fraction of what

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could be.
But if they became complete and

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dominant, would be truly able to
bring about, with the help of

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the light and force of the soul
and the Super mental truth

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consciousness, the necessary
physical transformation and its

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consequences.
This might be found in the

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system of chakras revealed by
tantric knowledge and accepted

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in the systems of Yoga.
Conscious centers and sources of

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all the dynamic powers of our
being, organizing their action

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through the plexuses and
arranged in an ascending series

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from the lowest physical to the
highest mind center and

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spiritual center called the 1000
pedaled Lotus, where ascending

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nature, the serpent power of the
Tantrics, meets the Brahman and

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is liberated into the Divine
Being.

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These centers are closed or half
closed within us and have to be

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opened before their full
potentiality can be manifested

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in our physical nature.
But once they are opened and

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completely active, no limit can
easily be set to the development

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of their potencies and the total
transformation to be possible.

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End Quote Reference Sri
Aurobindo and the Mother Powers

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within, Chapter 8, Yoga Shakti,
pages 81 to 82.