Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

The potential of vishuddhi
Vishuddhi is the center responsible for receiving thought vibrations from other
people's minds. This actually occurs through a minor center which is closely connected
with vishuddhi. It acts somewhat like a transistor radio tuning into a radio station,
allowing the yogi to tune into the thoughts and feelings of people both close by and far
away. The thought waves of others are also experienced elsewhere in the body, in other
centers such as manipura, but the actual reception center of thought waves and
transmissions is vishuddhi. From vishuddhi they are relayed to the centers in the brain
associated with the other chakrass and in this way they enter into the individual
awareness.
Associated with vishuddhi is a particular nerve channel known as kurma nadi, the
tortoise nadi. When it is awakened, the practitioner is able to completely overcome the
desire and necessity for food and drink. This capability has been demonstrated by many
yogis in the past.
Vishuddhi is actually the legendary 'fountain of youth'. It is said that when kundalini
is in vishuddhi one enjoys eternal youth. When it awakens by the practices of hatha yoga,
kundalini yoga or tantra, then a spontaneous physical rejuvenation begins to take place.
There is a point in life, usually in the second or third decade, when the rate of
degeneration of the cells of the body surpasses the rate of regeneration. It is from that
point that decay, old age, disease and death come to man. In certain disease states such as
some forms of leukemia, the degenerative and destructive forces develop even more
rapidly. The rejuvenation effected by vishuddhi chakra on the tissues, organs and systems
of the body is in contradistinction to this ongoing ageing process, which is man's normal
condition.
The powers attained through awakening vishuddhi include imperishability, full
knowledge of the scriptures and also the knowledge of the past, present and future. The
sense of hearing becomes very sharp, but through the mind and not the ears. One
frequently experiences shoonyata, the void, and he overcomes all fear and attachment. He
is then able to work freely in the world without being attached to the fruits of his actions.
Chapter 9
Bindu Visarga
Bindu, the source of creation, is beyond the realm of all conventional experience and
therefore, even in the tantric texts, there is very little written about it. It is the storehouse
of all the karmas of man from his previous life. Not only are these karmas in the form of
vasanas, they are also in the form of memories.
The word bindu means 'drop or point'. It is more correctly termed bindu visarga,
which literally means 'falling of the drop'. Bindu is represented by the crescent moon and