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Ans. Manipur Chakra, so called in Hatha-Yoga, is
known as Tejas Kendra (the Centre of Bio-Electricity) in Preksha Dhyana. The physiological term for it is 'adrenal glands'. It is located in the region around the navel. It is said to be the centre which produces vital power. According to the physiologists, the adrenal glands are responsible for the transmission of energy. In certain special situations, these glands make typical secretions which result in an unthought-of increase in power. Meditation on Tejas Kendra, the Centre of BioElectricity, develops the vital power. From the point of view of sadhana, this centre is the principle source of making available abundant bio-electricity. Bio- electricity is the energy which a sadhak needs most. A man without energy is incapable of doing advanced exercises in the field of sadhana, nor can he succeed in them. Ordinarily, bio-electricity is to be found in the whole of the body, still there are certain principal centres, among which the rear part of the navel is important. Energy develops through meditation on this portion and this energy could be utilized in awakening the remaining psychic centres.
Q. The psychic centres which you have discussed so - far, are all located above the navel. some people think that only these centres above the navel are good for meditation, that meditation on the lower centres is fraught with risk. Is it so? What psychic centres are found below the navel? Should one meditate upon them or not?
Ans. The psychic centres are mainly connected with
- our spinal cord and some other typical parts of the body. All the psychic centres in the body have not yet been discovered. The physiologists know about these even less. All the same it is correct that the centres situated above the navel are pure and clean. Normally, prolonged
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