Spiritual Nutrition: Six Foundations for Spiritual Life and the Awakening of Kundalini

By Gabriel Cousens, M.D.

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What Happens When the Kundalini is Fully Open and One Becomes Liberated?

• Each Enlightened Being is an individual expression of the Divine that manifests differently in each moment as the Absolute plays through the individual soul. Because of individual karmas we are drawn to different expressions of Liberated Ones. There is no one expression of Enlightenment.
• The Six Foundations are the roadway that help destroy the dream of one's individual existence separate from the breath Oneness of the universe. From this roadway, footpaths branch off, walked by the Liberated Ones. Yet all Enlightened Ones have one shared function: to help people wake up and stay awake.
• In Liberation, all the common rules of the world of duality seem ridiculous. Yet at the same time, even though they seem ridiculous, we must uphold the rules of the world in order to keep order and maintain social harmony. This is the main way that people who first enter into the Beingness of Liberation may slip into a hole called "the ego of Liberation" and create imbalance because they experience themselves as being beyond the rules of unawakened life.

What are the Chakras?

• The chakras are subtle energy centers.
• On the physical plane, the chakras are connected to the endocrine system and nervous system. Vortexes are created that pull the cosmic energy into the chakras and then into and energizing the endocrine and nervous system plexuses.
• When the chakras are balanced as a total system, the total cosmic energetic flow into the human system is maximized.
• The charkas have been described throughout history by Sufism, Christianity, Kabbalists, western clairvoyants, and yogic traditions.
• Each chakra has a specific energetic nature that relates to color, sound, and geometric shape.

Location and Meaning of the Chakras

• The first chakra is at the base of the spine in the perineal area, and is associated with survival.
• The second chakra is located between the pubic bone and the umbilicus, and is associated with sexuality.
• The third is located between the umbilicus and the solar plexus region, and is associated with instinct and awareness.
• The fourth is in the midline at the heart level, and is about love.  
• The fifth is at the thyroid (throat) level, and is associated with communication.
• The sixth is between the eyes at the brow, and is associated with intuition.
• The seventh is like a skullcap on the vertex of the skull, and is associated with spirituality and faith.
• It is also generally accepted that there is an eighth transpersonal chakra above the head.  

 

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