Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

important thing is to feel the process mentally, and when the eyes are open, you should
not perceive anything outside.
Practice 6: Bija mantra sanchalana
The word bija means "seed", mantra means "mystic sound" and sanchalana means
"conduction". Therefore, this practice can be called "the conduction of the seed sound". It
is one of the techniques of kriya yoga, but is not normally one of the twenty kriyas that
we teach.
The practice is concerned with mentally repeating the bija mantra of each kshetram
and chakra, one after the other, whilst simultaneously moving the awareness through
each.
Psychic passages
In the following kriya, bija mantra sanchalana, as well as in a number of practices of
kriya yoga, you will be required to move your awareness through two psychic passages
called arohan and awarohan. The path of these passages is as follows :
Arohan, the ascending passage, goes from mooladhara chakra, forward to
swadhisthana kshetram in the pubic area, then follows the curve of the belly to manipura
kshetram, upward to anahata kshetram and vishuddhi kshetram in the front of the throat,
then in a straight line to bindu at the top back of the head.
There is also another pathway for the arohan psychic passage that has been taught by
tradition throughout the ages. On the ascent from mooladhara, swadhisthana kshetram
and onwards, the awareness is taken from vishuddhi kshetram to lalana chakra in the
palate, then to the nosetip, to the eyebrow center, and following the curvature of the skull
through sahasrara at the top of the head, to bindu at the back of the crown, where there is
a little whorl of hair. In this book we will refer to the arohan passage as connecting
vishuddhi kshetram directly to bindu, however, you can experiment with both passages
and use whichever one suits you best.
Awarohan is the descending passage which starts at bindu, travels forward to ajna
chakra, then down through sushumna in the spine, passing through all the chakras in turn
to finally terminate at mooladhara.
In the following practice you will have to familiarize yourself with these two psychic
passages, and this will also be useful as a preparation for the kundalini kriyas.
Bija mantras
The bija mantras for each kshetram and chakra are as follows: