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OPENING OF GRANTHIS IN YOGA

Granthis are the psychic knots or blocks in our personality where the energy & consciousness interact & manifest in a particular way.According to the yogic tradition,there are three granthis: 1.) Brahma Granthi. 2.) Vishnu Granthi & 3.) Rudra Granthi.

Brahma Granthi:- is the first psychic knot.It is supposed to be the lowest knot covering the area of mooladhara & swadhisthana chakras.It is also known as perineal knot.

Vishnu Granthi:- is the second knot, which covers the area between manipura, anahata & vishuddhi chakras.It is also known as the navel knot.

Rudra Granthi:- is the third knot, covering the areas of Ajna & Sahasrara chakras.It is also known as forehead knot.These three knots prevent the free flow of prana along chakras & prevent the arising of kundalini.

ALL THE THREE GODS TAKES THE TEST OF THE SADHAKA BEFORE THEY GIVE THE WAY FORWARD.

KNOT OF BRAHMA :-

Brahma granthi is the knot of Brahma which is the manifest force of life & creation.Its relation to the world in which we live or according to Tantra, the world of yonis or different life forms, Brahma granthi controls the energies of mooladhara & swadhisthana.It is linked with the urge to procreate & with deep, instinctive knowledge, awareness & desires of sex.It is known as blockage of Brahma because it holds our consciousness at the level which is related to the desires of the physical dimensions like sensuality, sex, procreation & the instinctive urge to survive which cannot be transcend. Once this blockage is removed from the realm of consciousness & energy,instincts of the deep rootedness & energy are released. The kundalini or primal energy is thus able to rise beyond mooldhra & swadhisthan without bogged down by the attractions to which our consciousness is hooked.

Lord Brahma Gives the way.

KNOT OF VISHNU:-

Vishnu Granthi is the area where he personality & the body are sustained.Manipura sustains the physical body is a practical way.The food we consume is converted into energy & distributed through the body.the process of converting matter into energy, a form which can be used for maintenance & growth of the body, is a function of manipura.

In the same way, anahata sustains the mental structure in the form of emotions which are intense expressions of subtle energy.The raw, unrefined & unadulterated energy can manifest as anger, hatred, jealousy & so on. this energy is the force which sustains the manomaya kosha or mental body & the pranamaya kosha & the pranamaya kosha or pranic body.Vishuddhi, the all pervading space energy, sustains the Vijnanamaya kosha or psychic body & the anandamaya kosha or spiritual body.So the sustaining aspect of all our human dimensions is governed by these three chakras which vitalize, feed, nurture & balance the subtle bodies.this is the function of the Vishnu granthi.Once the Vishnu granthi blockage is removed we begin to draw energy to sustain ourselves from the universe & not From the localized centers of body like lungs.the energies of the body become harmonious with the energies of the cosmos.The interaction between the individual personality & the cosmos begins to happen naturally & spontaneously.

Lord Vishnu Gives the way.

KNOT OF RUDRA:-

Rudra granthi or the knot of rudra governs ajna & sahasrara chakras & represents the transformation of an existing form, idea or concept into the universal aspect.here there is a breaking away of the old, the ego awareness, the "I" Awareness, the mental awareness, the physical awareness & an evolving of the sixth sense or the eye of intuition, as the third eye of Lord Shiva.

The sixth sense & beyond is the state where the omniscient nature of consciousness is experienced, where the past, present & future become known.With that omniscient awareness in hand we move on to Sahasrara, where the final merger of the individual soul or atman with the universal,cosmic soul, takes place.

UNTYING THE KNOTS:-

In this practice these psychic knots which hamper the awakening of prana & kundalini & which limit the boundaries of our consciousness are systematically united. The symbolic representation of these psychic knots is represented by 1.) Dhumra Lingam 2.) Bana Lingam. 3.) Itakhya Lingam.

By performing certain rotations of the breath, the prana & the mantra around these symbols, the three psychic knots which have their archetypal representation at the deeper levels of our consciousness are systematically rooted & removed.

AWAKENING SUSHUMNA

When the sushumana starts vibrating with the help of concentration on the prana,the breath & the mantra going up & down,there is an awakening in the higher realms of consciousness.then the inner or psychic sounds which are called nada are produced.With in the stillness of the inner dimension one begins to hear the sound of the bell.conch,flute,drums,celestial music,roar of the sea,lightning & thunder.not one but several sounds may be heard.Other inner experiences also take place on new & different dimensions which denote that karmas & samskaras are being eliminated, worked out symbolically.

When the awakening of suhumna takes place with the help of shakti, the elimination of karma takes place symbolically.this results in the arising of inner sounds & fantastic experiences.You hear music & see colors, animals, symbols etc.At times you may feel that the horizon is receding further & further from you or that your body is expanding as if it is being pumped with air to bursting point.

These & many more meaningful, meaningless,relevant,irrelevant, strange & ordinary experiences takes place.all of them arise from your deeper consciousness.they all belong to you.you have acquired them in this life or inherited them from your own parents along with your DNA molecules.

Ajapa dharna is the basis for kundalini yoga.With this practice the real dharana or concentration begins.When ajapa dharana is perfected & fully realized, the mind becomes totally one-pointed.In this way,dhayana or spontaneous meditation, blossoms forth.