Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

Swami Vivekananda: Consider hysterectomy. Let us assume the wrong woman is
wheeled into the operating theater and she has a hysterectomy. This will then cut off the
end organ for a lot of nerve fibers and the atrophy will run up the nerves and eliminate
the brain centers involved in that. That is an example of a deficiency in the organ
producing changes in the centers involved, the circuit. Does that make it any more
difficult for her to realize higher aspects of swadhisthana chakra?
Swami Shankardevananda: Depends how much of the centers is lost. If she just loses
the uterus and not the ovaries, for example, all the hormonal secretions will be
maintained. Anyway, after the age of forty most women have a natural hysterectomy.
Swami Vivekananda: Yes, but they don't lose the nerve endings. When the uterus is
removed, because the nerve endings are useless, they atrophy. Does this affect the
associated chakras?
Swami Nischalananda: Swamiji says it does not make any difference if there is a
vasectomy, because it is only the physical body. I think, as regards swadhisthana for
example, that if they are already on the spiritual path and have developed some psychic
awareness, then that operation would definitely not affect them much, if at all. If they had
no background of yogic practice, then probably the destruction of that organ would
slightly hamper progress, because initially you depend upon those organs to stimulate
something, especially in the practices of hatha and kriya yoga. If you follow the path of
bhakti or gyana yoga, of course, it makes no difference.
Swami Shankardevananda: If you lose one center or two centers physically I think it
does not hinder you because a lot of other centers are left. There are tons of potential left
within the brain.
Swami Vivekananda: To sum up, we function on physical, emotional, mental, psychic
and spiritual levels. The chakras span all these levels. The purpose of yoga and tantra is
to stimulate the chakras at all these levels. Then, and only then, can we become healthy
human beings.
MENTAL PROBLEMS
Swami Sambuddhananda: What is the cause of depression?
Swami Vivekananda: I think low activation of the swadhisthana circuit is the prime
cause of depression.
Swami Shankardevananda: I thought it was due to low activation in mooladhara.
Swami Vivekananda: Well, the qualities in both these chakras are very close.
Swami Shankardevananda: So what is the difference between mooladhara and
swadhisthana?