TANTRIC-QUEST-Encounter-with-Absolute-Love

model of the divine out of it. But that's how to situateyourself at the center of Self and to gain access to theheart, to the incomparable void."Later, I asked her for a teaching on the chakras."Chakra means wheel. It's like a potter's wheel. If youpush on the pedal, the wheel goes, if you don't push on thepedal, it doesn't move. In other words, we don't havechakras as long as we don't make them turn.""In the West, we worry about our chakras, like our heartsor our lungs.""Really? And where do you locate this subtle body?""Around the Self, above the Self, on some other plane.There are many theories.""Nothing is elsewhere. Everything is here. Practice givesbirth to the subtle body. Practice gives birth to the chakras.To be born, they must spin. Just as there's no infant withoutsperm and egg, there are no chakras without meditationand non-duality.""On which of the chakras does one begin concentrating?""In our line, we don't concentrate on any chakra otherthan the heart. Otherwise, you risk a wild outbreak of thekundalini, which can bring on anguish, depression, ormadness. We concentrate only on the breath passing intothe heart. That's what everything depends upon. Whenthe heart is radiant, empty, and peaceful, the breath risesand makes the other chakras turn. Then alone can thekundalini be released, because the passageway is not obstructed.My master, when he watched the great efforts Imade to always meditate more, used to smile and say tome, 'Relax, Devi. One of the great secrets is that everythingis self-made.'110