Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

eat as quickly as possible. This implies that there is an increased neuronal activity within
that circuit.
People talk about energy within those circuits, and they are certain it is an energy.
They say these circuits are energized because when they start getting activated, you can
feel throbbing, shaking, etc. But is it energy like electricity running through a wire, or is
it in actual fact only a message like the electricity running through a telephone wire? The
mere fact that a person shakes can mean that it is a message that is being transmitted to
the muscles and the muscles do all the shaking.
I tend to prefer the physiological point of view which says that it is neuronal activity;
that is, the nerves and circuits conduct impulses and the muscles create the shaking and
energy.
Swami Shankardevananda: But there is energy even in neuronal activity.
Swami Vwekananda: Well, there is, but the energy is produced secondarily to the
neuronal activity. The primary object of the circuit is to convey an impulse. The message
is carried and it uses energy as a carrier in the same way as a telephone uses energy. You
would not get a telephone wire and try to light a 1OO watt bulb, because there is just not
enough energy there. Telephone wires run only on about 2 volts; it is not primarily an
energy transmission, but primarily a message transmission; the energy is a secondary
issue and comes from another source.
Some people, by their nature, have some of these circuits much more activated and
"energized" than others. There are some people who are very much more into the whole
manipura thing. They eat a lot and have big muscles; they are all manipura chakra. You
get anahata people who are very paternal and loving and always sensing other people's
feelings, everywhere they go. The same applies to the other chakras.
Chakra types can be easily seen at a party where there are a whole lot of people
around and you do not know anybody. Then you will see the person who's very much
into feelings will start picking up all over the place who is kind and who is not kind. That
is what he perceives in the environment. He is predominantly an anahata type. A person
who's into the intellectual trip will listen to all the conversations going on and if there is a
good intellectual tone, he will fit into that circle. If a group is talking about football or
something like that, he will go straight past. He will be the vishuddhi/ajna type. Then you
will get the manipura chap who will notice first of all who's in the power scene and he
will start associating with that. If there is no obvious power position, it usually develops
towards the end of the night. Sometimes you will go into a place and say "that is it". It is
a special chair and a special place. Now if you are on a power trip you go and sit there.
The emotional person, when he perceives the scene, is perceiving the feelings around
the place, the swadhisthana chap will be seeing other things such as food, sexual
encounters, etc. Each one of us has a preference in these things, and that preference
seems to be to be driven by energization or activation of those particular circuits which