12/07/2026
• Rudra Musings •
ON UNITING THE ENERGY IN THE CHAKRAS, THE UNIVERSE CEASES TO EXIST
Chakra is an energy centre, an area where there is great concentration of energy. There are also channels (nadis) for allowing energy to flow in the body. There are supposed to be 72,000 channels in the body. There are three that are considered to be important. The central channel (Sushumna), which is the main one extends upwards through the spine. The other two are the Ida and the Pingala. A chakra is located at the junction or meeting point of two or more channels. There are seven important chakras. The chakras and channels are not part of the physical body; they are part of the subtle body or energy body.
There is also the dormant energy called kundalini, lying at the base of the spine. When this energy rises, it moves up the central channel and pierces each chakra. When it reaches the highest chakra, that is the Shahasrara, the individual is liberated.
On uniting the energy in the chakras, the universe ceases to exist. The universe disappears because it is not real.
When we are liberated, we awaken, and the universe in its present form ceases to exist. What we thought was the universe, we realize is none other than our Self.
Just as bubbles of water are not different from water, in the same way, all creation streaming out from the Self is not different from the Self.
Just as a cloth may be considered to be only thread; like that all creation may be considered to be only the Self.
~ taken from the book “The Shiva Sutras” by Ranjit Chaudhri ~
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