Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

Swami Gaurishankar: What about disease ?
Swami Vivekananda: Statistics involved in diseases in this area also tend to relate to
the manipura and anahata areas, and the diseases of hypertension, heart problems, peptic
ulcers and all that sort of thing. I would assume all sorts of diseases of the lower
excretory and reproductive organs are associated with a malfunctioning mooladhara.
Swami Shankardevananda: Cancer?
Swami Vivekananda: Yes, of the rectum and bladder.
Swami Shankardevananda: The helplessness associated with it too?
Swami Vivekananda: I don't know if it is all cancers we are talking about now. I don't
know if they would be segmental or what. Hypertension, for instance, appears to be a
generalized condition. It is mainly related to the manipura chakra circuits. Cancer may
well be a generalized condition that is related to one of the chakras, perhaps mooladhara.
Swami Paramananda: How far can you take the relationship between the chakras and
the physical organs like the heart? If the heart is not functioning well and it affects the
anahata chakra which is love, can that also mean that there is a lack of love going through
that person and physically it comes out in anahata chakra and the heart as disease?
Swami Vivekananda: Yes, it can be in both. If a person has a need for love coming
from outside and it is not coming, and/or that person has imbalanced constructions of
love, then anahata problems can arise in the form of cardiac problems such as angina,
palpitations, etc.
Swami Paramananda: Do you think that applies to all the chakras? If you find a
particular organ not functioning in a sick person, does it mean there is a deficiency of the
qualities of the chakra related to that part of the body?
Swami Vivekananda: As a general rule, yes, but you can get other problems as well.
For instance, you can get an activation of manipura chakra, which activates the
sympathetic nervous system which produces restriction of the coronary artery.
There is interreaction between the different chakras, and this is the beauty of a well
taught yoga class - it balances all these qualities, and balance is the key to the whole
thing. Rather than trying to work on one area, which is a more specific medical style,
yoga therapy works on the whole human structure.
Swami Muktibodhananda: How do the physical organs relate to the chakras and
spiritual evolution?