Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

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Chapter 6
Neurophysiology of the Chakras
The chakras can be interpreted from many points of view, for example, the physical,
psychological, behavioral, psychic, symbolic, mythical, religious, scientific, evolutionary,
spiritual and more. They have both a microcosmic aspect within the human framework
and, at the same time, a macrocosmic aspect which totally encompasses our perception
and experience of life. At whatever level we examine them, they represent a hierarchical,
interlocking and interdependent series of mandalas which, when superimposed on one
another, make up a total picture of the human personality.
Each of us stands at a certain point along the line of evolution that ascends the chakras
and this will determine how we see the world. Someone who lives at swadhisthana sees
the world in terms of gratification of his desires, for example, at manipura in terms of
gratification of power instincts, at anahata in terms of compassion and love for all
humanity. The degree of evolution of the chakras depends to a great extent on the activity
within our nervous system and our state of consciousness. Someone at a lower level
cannot understand someone at a higher level whereas the person at a higher level has
been at the lower level before, has a wider range of experience, and more importantly, he