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Jnana Yoga has to do with achieving
wisdom through the path of self-analysis. It leads us
to understand the emotional aspect of our being and
its ruling effect on our mind.
As a practice, it is an application of many different
relaxation techniques, along with introspective methods
for studying the emotional motives for our actions and
reactions in the social world. The technique of pratyahara,
for example, is like a withdrawal from the outer world
of distractions to refocus the awareness on the workings
of the mind itself; studying how it is led around by
the senses and desires; this becomes an in depth study
of the psychology of mind. The philosophical principles
of Samkhya are then realized followed by the application
of yoga technique for changing that situation around
until consciousness leads and directs the mind.
Jnana yoga opens up the 2nd Chakra: Swadhistana.
The water element. That which is fluid in your physical
being and flowing through your mind. In the water molecule
you have the atoms of hydrogen and oxygen joining together
to form a unique substance. What holds these atoms together
is a force that is much weaker than the power of the
first chakra, yet most of the materials of this world
are held together by it.
The fluid aspect of this element is what makes organic
life possible in that nothing could move at all without
this fluid aspect.
There is also an element of instability to be found
here, since everything is changeable. In nature we find
the material components are continually re-arranging
in the process of creation.
The glands connected to this energy are the adrenal
glands, while the organs are the kidneys. Other parts
related are the bladder and the whole lymphatic system.
One of the other major organs ruled by this power is
the liver, though it is also influenced by the third
chakra, many of the liver's functions are in the re-arrangement
of atoms into different molecular patterns. In this
organ amino acids are arranged into vitamins, or combined
into various proteins.
Tasting is the sense involved, and the desire to taste..
Orange is the color of its energy in the world of sight
and if you can feel it directly it has a strong emotional
and even sexual flavor to it.
Psychologically it has everything to do with relations.
Just as the water molecule is the coming together of
two particles, in the social world is the coming together
of two people. That attraction you feel for another
person when it is emotionally exciting is the feeling
of this energy. At its strongest point this energy is
perceived when building up to a sexual orgasm.
Mentally you need to realize how many of your thoughts
come from other people. Even the language you speak
came from people who raised you. Much of what you learned
came through teachers. Add to this the emotional side
of all our relations and it makes quite a large realm
of the mind that is governed by the energy of the second
chakra. All the thoughts you have about or in relation
to others come under this domain.
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