The VISHUDDHI CHAKRA governs our ability to communicate, and how we connect with ourselves, with others, and with the world around us. With a clear Vishuddi we recognise ourselves as being part and parcel of a whole – our thoughts, words and actions reflecting this. Someone with a clear Visshuddi will be a DETACHED WITNESS, watching the ebbs and flows of life with a balanced attention.
VISHUDDHI CHAKRA
The qualities of the LEFT VISHUDDHI are self-respect and self-esteem. Facing ourselves and the mistakes we make through introspection, meditation, and by using techniques to clear our chakras will open up this center and free us from guilt, lethargy and depression. A clear LEFT VISHUDDHI protects us from self-destructive behavior or detrimental relationships.
The RIGHT VISHUDDI governs our communication. Here we aquire the power to speak sweetly and respectfully. It is known as the center of diplomacy where we choose our words and take our actions using subtle and thoughtful choices filled with care and love
OBSTACLES: LEFT VISHUDDHI: guilt; immorality; lack of self respect.
RIGHT VISHUDDHI: disrespect for others; aggresive and foul speech; sarcasm.
CENTER VISHUDDHI: lack of detachment; keeping away from the collectivity; smoking. using too many electronics and handheld devices; not using our hands to create anything.
TREATMENTS: meditate with hand on the Vishuddhi; enjoy!, nothing is so important; detach yourself from reacting; bring the attention to the spirit; place both hands – palms down – on the earth; massage hands / neck.
AFFIRMATION FOR THE LEFT VISHUDDHI I AM NOT GUILTY, I RESPECT MYSELF
AFFIRMATION FOR THE RIGHT VISHUDDI MY ACTIONS ARE FRIENDLY AND RESPECTFUL
AFFIRMATIONS FOR THE CENTER VISHUDDI PLEASE MAKE ME A DETACHED WITNESS , I DO NOT DOMINATE / LET MYSELF BE DOMINATED ALLAH HU AKHBAR – GOD IS GREAT! I AM PART AND PARCEL OF THE WHOLE
SHRI MATAJI’S ADVICE ON THE VISSHUDDI CHAKRA
So then we come to this centre which we call as the Vishuddhi. These sixteen petals look after the cervical plexus. Now this is a very, very important centre and this is the centre is for communication. For example when you talk you communicate. Through your hands, you shake hands,
you touch somebody and you can communicate, even if you cannot talk, with your hands you can communicate also.
When we think we are very responsible this centre goes out. Like some people they were travelling by plane. They were from villages, they did not know what was a plane. They were told to take less luggage because it should not be a weight for the plane. So they got into the plane and put all the luggage on their heads and they said that ‘We are trying to reduce the weight of the plane’. In the same way we are also behaving,
when actually the all-pervading power which has created us, created this universe, and has brought us to this level of human beings is doing everything, but we think we are responsible – that we have to do it. But once you become a Sahaja Yogi you just do it but you don’t think that you are doing it. You just say ‘it’s happening’, and what a beautiful feeling it is. Then you don’t have blood pressures, you don’t have headaches, you don’t have tensions – no. Because we are not doing it, it’s just done and you find it’s all done.”
| PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION | CERVICAL PLEXUS (THYROID) |
| NUMBER OF PETALS/SUB-PLEXUSES, MUSICAL NOTE | 16, PA |
| ELEMENT | ETHER |
| CONTROLS | NECK, ARMS, FACE, TONGUE, MOUTH, NOSE, TEETH |
| QUALITIES | SELF-ESTEEM, SELF-RESPECT, RESPECT FOR OTHERS. ‘LETTING GO OF GUILT’, COMMUNICATION, SWEETNESS OF COMMUNICATION, DIPLOMACY, COLLECTIVITY, DETACHMENT, PURE BROTHER/SISTER RELATIONSHIP |
| COLOR/DAY/PLANET | BLUE/SATURDAY/SATURN |
HAMSA CHAKRA
TREATMENTS: GHEE (PURIFIED BUTTER): Bend head backwards and put a few drops of warm, melted ghee in your nose with a dropper and sniff it in – best at bedtime. It avoids the drying out of the mucous membranes and improves the immune system.
BREATHING EXERCISE: To improve the Hamsa Chakra, breathe in alternately through one nostril, out through the other, in through the same nostril, out through the other. Repeat several times. The focus is on the breathing and the attention is on the Sahasrara.
QUALITIES Wisdom, Discretion and CAUSES OF OBSTACLES Lack of discretion, Credulity
