Kundalini.Tantra.by.Satyananda.Saraswati

visarga) towards the sun (manipura chakra) should be reversed and sent back to the
higher centers." What will happen then? Hatha Yoga Pradipika continues: "When you
are able to reverse the flow of amrit or nectar, it will not be consumed by the sun. It will
be assimilated by your pure body."
When your body has been purified by hatha yoga, pranayama and a pure diet, this
nectar is assimilated by the body, and as a result of this, you experience a high mental
state. When the nectar returns to its source in the higher centers of the brain, and is not
consumed by the sun, you begin to feel a sort of calmness and quietness. Even if your
mind was distracted, confused, wandering and vacillating a few moments before,
suddenly all these activities come to an end and you feel total brightness. Your eyes are
open, you can hear sounds and see everything around you, but the mind does not move. It
appears as if time, space and object have ceased and the whole universe has stopped
functioning.
The main hypothesis or contention here, is that you can influence the structures of the
body; you can create a change in the energy forces. And by creating a change in the
physical secretions, by altering the chemical proportions and the energy proportions in
the body, you can create an effect on the mind which you may call shanti, dharana,
dhyana or samadhi. This means that even when your mind is totally undisciplined and
you cannot handle it for a second, if you are able to create the correct proportion of
secretions in the different areas of the body/mind, then the higher state can be achieved.
You know what happens if you take a dose of ganja (marijuana)? Take a few puffs
and see what happens to your mind. It slows down and the brain waves change from theta
to beta, from alpha to delta. Suddenly you feel calm and quiet. What happened to your
mind? You didn't fight with it. I'm not advocating the use of ganja, I'm just giving you a
very gross example of how kriya yoga works on your mind. By infusing ganja or some
hallucinogenic drug, the chemical properties of the gross body change. The heart slows
down, the breathing rate changes, the brain waves alter and the mind becomes calm and
still. Is it not possible to arrive at the same point through kriya yoga? Yes; this is exactly
what is accomplished through kriya yoga.
The various practices of kriya yoga, particularly vipareeta karani mudra, amrit pan,
khechari mudra, moola bandha, maha mudra, maha bheda mudra, etc. regulate the
nervous system. They harmonize the pranic forces in the body and equalize the quantity
and effects of the positive and negative ions. More than that, they help you to attain a
state of peace and tranquility without beating, kicking and abusing the mind. All this is a
result of having induced the flow of certain unused and natural chemicals of the body.
Amrit is one of those chemicals and through a practice known as khechari mudra, it can
be made to flow.
Khechari mudra
Khechari mudra is a simple but very important technique which is utilized in most of
the kriya yoga practices. It involves folding the tongue back and placing it against the