Monday 24 April 2017

18. Six Ganglia in Human Body



DISCOURSES ON
RADHASOAMI FAITH

BY
MAHARAJ SAHAB
Pandit Brahm Sankar Misra, M.A.


18. SIX GANGLIA IN HUMAN BODY

            31. Besides, the three main factors referred to in the preceding Article, which represent three grand divisions, as it were, of the microcosm, six sub-divisions are further observable in the physical frame :-
            (1) The ganglion at the rectum - It performs the function of ejecting effete matter.
            (2) The ganglion at the organ of reproduction - Its main function is that of reproduction, that is to say, the formation of the seed which will eventually develop into the physical frame.
            (3) The nervous centre at the navel - It regulates digestion and furnishes physical material for the whole frame.
            (4) The ganglion known as the solar plexus which is situated at the lower end of the sternum - It regulates the economy of the entire human frame and is the region of feeling. Cases are not unknown where the collapse of the action of the heart and the cessation of the pulse did not affect the functions of this centre. The feelings and the sensory and the motor actions continued in such cases for some time, although the action of the heart had stopped. A shock to this centre resulting in a cessation of its functions would, however, lead to a complete collapse of the physical frame and of its subjective functions.
            (5) The ganglion at the throat - It regulates subtle respiration.
            (6) The ganglion situated midway between the two eyes, three-quarters to one inch inwards from the root of the nose - It is the seat of the spirit.

            32. The functions of the four lower ganglia are more or less manifest, those of the other two can only be verified and realized by the performance of the spiritual experimentations and methods prescribed later on in this book. In the course of performance of these experimentations, the various stages of spiritual withdrawal preceding and attending the phenomenon of death are gradually undergone in a fully conscious condition, and the experiences gained during such training furnish ample practical tests of the accuracy of our statement. If, hereafter, some scientific methods be discovered, by means of which the lifeless and the living portions of the body of a dying person could be distinguished, the application of such a test to what we said above would corroborate our statement and would perhaps be more satisfactory from a scientific point of view.

11 comments:

  1. Spiritual practices as ordained in Radhasoami Faith when performed correctly under a living and an able Master make us realise the functions of the ganglion at the throat and one situated between the two eyes. Pre death conditions occur. That is why Radhasoami Faith is dying while living

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  2. Understanding the Chakra is one of the most effective means for accessing the various levels of Consciousness available to you.

    The chakras are spinning vortexes of subtle energy located along the spine from the base to the crown. (David Pond)

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  3. Life is energy, and chakras are about energy. The universal life force circulates through us and brings us the experience of life. The chakras are the storehouses and transmitters of the universal energy, and each of the chakras represent distinct frequencies within the universal. The chakras interact with the electromagnetic energy field and transform this into the energy that sustains our lives. (David Pond)

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  4. The chakras are the conduits through which the universal energy flows. Our personal sense of this is that it moves from the earth through the lower chakras to the upper chakras, but it is not linear - it is cyclic and runs both ways. (David Pond)

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  5. Imagine the chakras as seven floors of a building. When you are on the bottom floor and looking out the window, the view is significantly different from the view through each of the other floors. With each successive elevation, one's view becomes successively more expensive. The ideal is to have clean windows at each of the floors so the view can be clearest. Beliefs can cloud the windows, and you have to be ready to challenge your existing beliefs to clean them. (David Pond)

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  6. In the above comment 'expensive' should be read as 'expansive'. Inconvenience deeply regretted.

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  7. If the Yogi concentrates on Ajna Chakra, the lower chakras are automatically opened and conquered. ,(Swami Shivanand)

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  8. In Radhasoami Faith the spiritual practices start from the Ajna chakra.

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  9. Yes, of course. That's why Surat Shabd Yog is considered as one of the most superior type of Yoga.

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  10. Everyone has chakras and all of them function. The chakras are often associated with the endocrine gland system. Although located along the spine and positioned just in front of it, the chakras are decidedly not physical. (David Pond)

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  11. I also feel that chakras are not anatomical entity. They are functional entity. For example, if the ganglia (Chakra) believed to be seat of soul is removed surgically, the person may not die.

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