On Life and Liberation

Author(s): Mukesh Chhajer
Publisher: Mukesh Chhajer

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On Life and Liberation
body has the appropriate structure of a vertical spine. But getting human birth is not enough. In an ordinary human being, the kundalini shakti is in dormant state residing in the Mooladhar chakra. To start the spiritual journey of a jiva to attain the Moksha, the kundalini has to be awakened and then raised through all the six charkas to awaken them before reaching the sahastrahar at the top, i.e., siddhaloka. Therefore, a jiva has to be first born in an Arya khanda, i.e., bring its attention to Mooladhar, before it can begin the journey. The journey cannot begin from any other chakra (i.e., khanda) because unless the kundalini passes through each of the chakras, they remain dormant. In their dormant state, these charkas are associated with the negative aspects and lead a jiva to worldly enjoyments of their characteristic qualities as described earlier. Under these negative influences, a jiva's mind is too scattered (i.e., tangentially oriented) to lead to liberation. Therefore, until and unless one has some control over these negative tendencies they keep the jiva engrossed in the material world and, thus, the jiva is a Mleccha (unspiritual and barbaric). This process of purification can take many life times; however, once started the process can be picked up in successive human births from where it was left off. Similarly, the two rivers in each continent that nourish the land of six khanda are just the two nadis, ida and pingala in human body. As long as the breath flows through these two nadis, the negative tendencies of the six centers are nourished and the jiva is trapped in the worldly affairs.
Furthermore, it is stated that a Chakravarti is one who controls all these khanda. Let's keep in mind here that to be able to control and to conquer are two different things. To be able to control is to have enough strength to keep in check any disturbances though disturbances may arise from time-to-time. To conquer is to completely remove all the root causes of disturbances. A chakravarti is one who is able to control all
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