Words on the Way - Muz Murray Mantra Yoga Master

C—<strong>Words</strong> On The Way
Caitanya — see Chaitanya
Caste system — see Var~å
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Chaitanya (chai-tan-yah)
Var: Caitanya
Synon:
Sense: ‘Pure Consciousness, Cosmic Consciousness or Cosmic
Intelligence.’
Chaitanyam Åtmå (chai-tan-yam art-mah)
Var: Chaitanyam aatmaa, caitanyam atma
Synon:
Sense: ‘The Self is Consciousness:’ a quotation from the Siva
Sutras, 1,1.
Chakra (chak-rah, and not shak-rah)
Var: —akra, (chakhra)
Synon: Khor-lo —‘wheel,’ or rtsa ‘khor (Tibetan); Latifas—
‘subtle ones’ (Sufism);
Sense: ‘Wheel’— but esoterically, ‘a psychic energy vortice’
emanating from the spinal column at certain points along the
sushumn nadi or central psychic nerve situated within the
spine, which runs from the coccyx up to the crown of the head.
These whirling centres of psychic energy manifest in the
subtle body (linga
linga-sharira)
and govern both the psychic and
physical being. They relate to specific areas of the gross body
(the sthula-sharira
sharira) at seven basic points. The first, or root
chakra, emanates from the spinal column (the meru-da~∂a
da~∂a) at
the base of the spine (known as muladhara chakra). Just above
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