Part 1.3 - Cakra Dharana

Daharakasa means "deep hole". Three are different books that describe daharakasa or the deep space that resides beyond cidakasa and hrdayakasa. Daharakasa is not really a physical space. There is a text that describes daharakasa as a hole in the lower part of the body, which always means deep or bottom. Each school of yoga follows different methods, but most schools agree that daharakasa psychic awareness and intellectual abilities develop. Therefore, to get this opportunity, attention is paid to the visualization of the cakras. In this cakra dharana practice, all the chakras are seen in one color: red. They are surrounded by a golden halo that represents the purity and power of each chakra. Visualization is also associated with bija mantras. Knowing the connection between each cakra using mantras is an important part of the practice. We also have two new places, nasikagra and bindu. Bindu is the lower cakra and nasikagra is the muladhara switch. Just as the light above is turned on by a switch on the wall, similarly, the muladhara is turned on by a switch on the tip of the nose. When people start doing dharana, they often face one difficulty. They try to focus on one point over and over again, but their mind 230

wanders. They took him back again, and he ran away again. They go on like this, alternating between concentration and undisciplined states, but they do not reach dharana because they are constantly struggling with the mind. Yoga approaches the problem of dharana from a different perspective. He says that the state of dharana arises from awakening susumna nadi. Susumna is the channel of spiritual energy that runs through the spine. It has its source in the muladhara, the first psychic center at the level of the perineum, rising directly from all the other psychic centers in the sahasrara, above the head. Susumna is the most powerful force in man. It is immaterial, completely transcendent and formless. It is a symbol of heavenly existence, commonly called nadi sleep. Once the susumna is awake, you don't need to try to concentrate. It becomes a process in itself.