In this post, we go over the Manipura chakra and its symbolism, within the context of kundalini awakening.
What is Kundalini & the Chakras?
Kundalini and the Chakras: Kundalini is symbolized as latent energy coiled at the base of the spine in Eastern spiritual traditions. The Chakras are seven energy centers along the spine, channeling life force energy. They play a crucial role in spiritual practices, representing different levels of consciousness.
Kundalini Awakening: A Kundalini Awakening is a transformative experience where dormant Kundalini energy rises through the Chakras. It can be triggered by meditation or spontaneously. This process leads to heightened consciousness, expanded awareness, and a connection with the universal consciousness. It involves intense physical and emotional sensations, fostering personal transformation and spiritual growth.
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What is Manipura Chakra & Symbol Meaning?
Third Chakra (Manipura) – Represents fire and the “Fullness of Jewels” and is reached when you answer Kundalini’s Call To Adventure and pass through the danger of the unconscious underworld, Swadhisthana (Second Chakra)
Manipura represents fire and the sun rising. Here is where you are born into a new existence. In stories, this means you become a different being with a different name.
An example this is when Jesus receives his mission in the Spirit of God, and has His baptism in Jordan. He becomes a Christ after baptism because Christ means the anointed one. The transition to Jesus Christ means that he is twice-born.
As the “chosen one” he becomes a symbolic personality. No longer belonging to a mere family, but now belonging to the whole world—his life becoming much more important than if he were just the son of Mary and Joseph.
When you finally accept the Call to Adventure, you’re thrown into a new land—and to survive this new land, you have to be born again.
Emerging into a new world demands you to put on a new mask, a new ego, that furthers your individuation and maturity.
This ego is based on the ideal that Kundalini is guiding you towards—the God (ideal image) that you are admiring and pursuing.
Manipura is the center of identification with the ideal, divine, immortal soul. You are not just living in the moment, you are now a symbol that will exist eternally.
This means escaping from your own selfish personal existence because you stand for more than just yourself. You hold a higher meaning for your life that gives you a sense of abundance.
When you are reborn, you could say that your old world has burnt down. But although the worldly philosophy in your personal ego has changed, there is no proof that you have reached Manipura.
Where is Manipura Chakra Located?
The chakras are symbols of the levels of consciousness and they can be represented by three sections of the body:
- Muladhara and Swadhisthana (Lower Centers)
- Manipura and Anahata (Diaphragm)
- Vishuddha and Ajna (Head)
The lower centers are attributions of the primitive functions, that which is instinctive, unconscious actions and motivations, and participation mystique for timely bonding.
The diaphragm contains manipura, the emotional being who is a victim of their passions, and anahata, the heart that is the beginning of sense of self and the rational thinking soul.
Manipura is the idea of Oneness in the sense that you may look at another person and want what they have, and although you acknowledge that you are your own separate being, there’s a part of you that in some weird way, also identifies with that person.
You are both part of existence. And in that sense, you are both one of the same. A person who exists in the world and is witnessing itself through another perspective.
Manipura is interesting because nothing changes in the visible world. The only change is the introduction of psychical substances and psychical facts.
You understand psychical facts as a visceral feeling. You can step across anahata and witness the beginning of psychical experiences.
This is where our emotions our values, our thoughts and convictions are interdependent with facts that we call objects. They become interwoven with the concrete facts.
When people cross from manipura to anahata they had to learn that feelings are rational in the sense that they are based on facts.
The unconscious side of you crossing over from Manipura to Anahata is really difficult. It demands that you recognize that the psyche is self-moving. It has a life of its own. Again, you are not your mind.
The unconscious is genuine because it’s not your ego self. Your ego has an end to it.
Your consciousness is limited. The unconscious, the unconscious mind is limitless.
You are not the master of your own mind, of your own psyche, of your own house.
NOTE: You still want a healthy strong ego! This is what you use to best navigate through life within the society you have been brought into. The ego serves a purpose, and giving into the shadow completely only leads a meaningless life that lends itself to neuroticism, homicidal and suicidal tendencies.
There are spirits at play within your consciousness and they appear right at the end of your own personal tyranny.
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