Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

the key. Renunciation obviously implies security and if you are secure within yourself
you don't need any external security.
Swami Satyadharma: When awakening of mooladhara takes place then there is no
such problem as insecurity.
Swami Vivekananda: Of course this is the state of consciousness of an awakened
mooladhara. A low energized mooladhara chakra generally means low vitality, emotional
insecurity, fear of the future. I also think low self-esteem is involved in this. It almost
forms the syndrome of depression, although you don't necessarily have to get the
joylessness of the low energized swadhisthana chakra. If there is low evolution and high
drive in mooladhara, then you get the ambitious person out to collect as much as he can.
He can be a multimillionaire and still accumulate stuff because he still feels insecure. The
security is a state of consciousness, not a physical reality. As mooladhara chakra starts to
evolve the person attains security, which is totally unrelated to circumstances.
You can see varying degrees of renunciation not only between sannyasins and the
community, but within the community of sannyasins as well.
Swami Satyadharma: When energies pool at mooladhara, do they stimulate or
aggravate the chakras? What is the difference between stagnation of energy and
activation of the chakra?
Swami Vivekananda: Well, I just see that the mooladhara circuit in some people is
sometimes poorly energized; the whole circuit itself has low energization. This varies
between people and varies within people, depending upon cosmic events, the position of
planets, the weather and all sorts of things, including psychological factors such as
disappointments, hurts and threats to one's security. It varies with each of us. Some
people are very much in mooladbara; hooked on the basic sexual aspect of mooladhara in
which case they are very much involved in money and possessions. If they are low
energized, they will still think about these things but they will not do anything about it.
I think you need a certain amount of energization to produce the drive that is inherent
in each chakra; the basic sexual hunting drive in swadhisthana chakra, the territorial and
dominance drive in manipura and the nurturing drive in anahata chakra. Remember, there
are two parameters, the amount of energization of each chakra and the degree of
evolution.
It seems that yoga practices balance the energy inherent within each of the chakra
circuits, and by virtue of eliminating the blockages (samskaras), evolve the quality of the
chakras at the same time. And of course, if you have the grace of the guru you are on the
express line.
Swami Satyadharma: So docs pooled energy act to block or can it be used to activate
the chakra? For example, if a person has a lot of pooled energy in mooladhara, would that