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Two centers
There are two centers in the body: the gyan kendra or the center of wisdom and the kam kendra or the center of passion. Both of them are opposites. The center of passion weighs down the consciousness. The center of wisdom raises the level of the consciousness. One is upward moving and the other is downward moving. The up and down movement of the consciousness is in opposition to each other. Life rests on these two movements.
The language of science
In science these two centers are referred to as glands. One is the pineal-pituitary gland and the other the gonads. The pineal and the pituitary are centers that promote wisdom. Gonads promote passions. Our consciousness depends on the functioning of the pineal and the pituitary. When the secretions of the pineal and pituitary reach the gonads then passions are inflamed. But when these secretions change, then the action of the hypothalamus changes and there begins the growth of wisdom.
Both the opposing themes are built into our
Acharya Mahaprajna
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