Correction -- in previous post, the Ahamkara (solar plexus) should be between Wisdom-Vijnanamaya kosha (heart) and the Manamaya kosha (navel), as below. And please note, placing these koshas at specific chakras is from Purusha's point of view only -- each kosha surrounds the entire body...
--- In [email protected], "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Akasha, > > To tackle your questions on the traditional koshas or sheaths, we > could maybe align the koshas with the chakras etc. as follows: > > > (Purusha -- Crown chakra -- absolute; subtlest spirit) > > Self = "Atman" = Brow chakra & unmanifest Avyakta (middle spirit) > > Bliss = Anandamaya kosha = Throat chakra & Mahat-atman (dense spirit) > > Wisdom = Vijnanamaya kosha = Heart chakra & buddhi (intuition; subtle > soul) (Ahamkara, or causal body, & solar angel -- solar plexus; middle soul)> > Mental = Manamaya kosha = Navel chakra & manas (lower mind; dense soul) > > > Energy = Pranamaya kosha = Sex chakra & indriyas (sense organs; subtle > physical) > > Physical = Annamaya kosha = Base chakra & karmendriyas (organs of > action; middle physical) > > (Prakriti -- Mother Divine; divine matter; Feet chakra; dense physical) > > As mentioned in earlier posts, from their "footprints" we can trace > the gradual descent of Purusha (Pu.) and ascent of Prakriti (Pr.) > through these various dimensions -- brow (Pu.) & base (Pr.) in C.C., > throat (Pu.) & sex (Pr.) in G.C., heart (Pu.) & navel (Pr.) in U.C., > whereupon they meet at the Ahamkara. Continuing on, they overlap, > rendering the Ahamkara obsolete in B.C. as Prakriti rises into the > heart and Purusha descends into the navel. K.C. arises as Pr. ascends > into throat and Pu. descends into sex. S.C. follows when Pr. ascends > to the brow and Pu. descends into base. > > There is a bit of synchronicity here: the three "extra" sheaths I > placed in parentheses -- Purusha, Ahamkara, and Prakriti -- are not > precisely sheaths; they partake of an essentially divine nature. > (While the other 6 pair off to form the 12 -- adityas, disciples, > zodiac signs, etc., these three remain single.) We can see Purusha, > Prakriti and Ahamkara as a Trinity -- traditionally, Purusha as > Father, Prakriti as Mother, and Ahamkara as Christ, the child- mediator > or divine human between Father-Heaven (Purusha; absolute) and Mother- > Earth (Prakriti; relative). As MMY seems to have hinted in his latest > poster, these may appear as three suns -- one at the crown, one at the > feet, and one at the bottom of the heart, or solar plexus. It can be > interesting to visualize these three suns and then to gradually see > them merge at one's center, the ahamkara, whereupon they flood the > universe with light. > > LLL, > > R. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
