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The
Ajna Chakra.
A DESCRIPTION FROM:
THE KUNDALINI YOGA SYSTEM OF SHAKTISM.
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Image
and Description.
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The word Ajna
means "command", in the sense of the Guru's command (spiritual guidance).
The Tantric Ajna or Brow chakra has two petals, is associated with
the tattwa of Manas or Mind (not to be confused with the Manas-Chakra),
which is beyond even the most subtle elements (although still part
of embodied existence).
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It is
said to be white in colour. More recently in Western occult and
New Age thought the Ajna chakra has been identified with the "third eye"
(eye of psychic vision), and other such concepts not found in the original
Tantrika system.
The
Ajna Chakra.
The
Ajna chakra showing the two petals, the itara-linga
(the upraised conical object in the triangle), and the Pranava or Aum.
Deities
within the Ajna Chakra.
The
Ajna chakra
with Hakini shakti in the center.
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Table
for Ajna Chakra 6.
Terminology |
Tantric |
ajna, ajita-patra, ajna-pura,
ajna-puri, ajnamhuja, ajnapankaja, jnana-padma, dwidala,
dwidalambuja, dwidala-kamala, dwipatra, bhru-saroruha, triweni-kamala,
netra-padma, netra-patra, bhru-mandala, bhru-madhya,
bhru-madhyaga-padma, bhru-madhya-chakra, bhru-mula, shiva-padma |
Vedic (late
Upanishads) |
ajna, bhru
chakra, bhruyugamadhyabila, baindawa-sthana, dwidala |
Puranic |
ajna, dwidala,
trirasna |
Position |
externally,
eyebrow-region |
Petals |
number |
two |
colour |
white, lightning-like |
Matrika-letters |
on petals |
two in number:
Hang Kshang, arranged from right to left |
colour |
white, golden,
variegated, shining |
In
the pericarp |
power Hakini |
Concentration
form of Hakini |
Hakini is
moon-white, white, a mixture of white-black-red, dark-blue, or red
in colour; she has one, two, three, four, five or six laces; six
faces of red colour; three-eyed; six-armed, holding a book, a skull,
a drum, and a rudraksha rosary, and making the gestures of granting
boons and of dispelling fear; holding a rudraksha rosary, a drum,
a skull, a book, and a bow, and showing the mudra; holding a skull,
a spear, and a shield, and making the gestures of granting boons
and of dispelling fear; two-armed; clad in red raiment with the
white upper garment; seated on a white lotus |
In
the pericarp above Hakini |
a triangle |
Within
the triangle |
Itara-linga |
colour |
moon-white,
golden, red |
Above
Itara-linga |
a triangle
pranava (Ong) [=AUM] in the triangle |
colour |
moon-white |
Above pranawa-bindu |
subtle manas
(manas 2) (in bindu pitha) |
Above
Manas 2 |
nada (manas
chakra) |
colour |
shining white |
The Ajna
System
Further
Associations.
Although Tantra
often refers to the Ajna Chakra as being located in the brow region,
the implication is that this is its external manifestation, whereas
the actual position is in the middle of the brain behind the brows.
I differ from this conventional explanation in positing a front (descending)
and an internal "Ajna" centre, as well as the back-of-the-head (ascending)
centre.
In Taoism, this
primary chakra in the centre of the brain is variously referred to
as the Square Inch [Secret of the Golden Flower, p.25], the
Heavenly Heart [Ibid], the Crystal Palace [Mantak Chia, Awaken
Healing Light, pp.222-223], the Upper Tan Tien, the Original Cavity
of the Spirit (Yuan Shen Shih) or the Ancestral Cavity (Tsu
Ch'iao) [Taoist Yoga - Alchemy & Immortality, pp.5,
9, etc]. As with the other mid-line chakras, the Ajna is not
a Chi-energy chakra, part of the ch'i circuit or microcosmic orbit,
but a subtle consciousness centre, located along the laser line or
Sushumni nadi that extends from the Perineal (the lower or
yin polarity) to the Crown (the upper or yang polarity). It
constitutes the central focus point or governing centre of the other
head chakras.
The Brow Chakra
corresponds to the eleventh or 772.0 Bode position. There is
no planet known in this orbital, although the 20th century alchemist
Frater Albertus locates "Adonis" here [The Seven Rays of the QBL,
p.40]. The reason why he puts such a "personal" myth-symbol
in such a position (past Pluto, the Underworld), is not stated.
His association of Adonis with Pisces, and transferrence of Neptune
from Pisces to Taurus [Ibid, p.45], seems to be very difficult
to go along with.
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