Sri Chakra navaavarana

    The universe is replicated itself in three levels, rather, the blueprint of creation is the same for the universe (macrocosm), the jiva (living beings), and the jivaanu (microcosm). Every atom, every cell, every molecule has all the creative power, knowledge, technology, ability to transform, develop and annihilate! The Sri Chakra is the symbolic or geometric presentation of the universe in totality. It holds all the three macro, meso and the micro level of creation. It starts with nada, bindu, trikona representing the triads of chit, jnyan and kriya shakti, sat, chit and ananda, srushti, sthiti and laya, sattva, tamas and rajas, etc. Shiva prakasha and shakti vimarsha together create the universe of the sun, moon, earth, all living beings, days and nights called nityas, the forces operating on the jivas like sense attractions (akarshini), the forces (shakti) that guard (dik-paala) the creation of several lokas (vyahruti), and sustain it, and all that. The supreme Lord (mahat) only enters into creation as the core of the substance (anoraniyan) as Consciousness and operates!

  The same structure is repeated in the jiva as well as every cell in its body like the nerves and neurons, blood cells, brain cells, skin cells, bone cells, etc. The powers vested within are astounding! There are 25000 protein cell covered cells, each with amino acids, nucleic acid RNA and DNA (ribose and deoxyribose nucleic acids), proteins, enzymes,vitamins, harmones, chromosomes, genes, and what not? Further, a microscopic entity like a zooplankton, protozoa, spermatozoa, a cell or any such thing contains knowledge that is found in all the books of the world libraries! What a creation?

  But the question remains. What is the purpose? The entire purpose is to see for itself and realize this truth. This is put in a simple phrase: "The consciousness is conscious of its self"- Shiva. If the jiva is conscious of the world as an other different from itself it is shive, prakruti or vimarsha. The entire world (jagat /prapancha), the jiva and Ishvara is unity consciousness, samyak-prajnya. Any person who is established in self aware of both Ishvara and the prakruti or prapancha is a jnyani, at the same time is said to be a knower- jnyata. He holds jnyana, jnyeya and jnyata - all the three within himself. Thus jnyan or consciousness only exists in different forms at different levels.

   This oneness can be attained from chakra dhyana. The sadhaka will be merged in dhyan of Sri Chakra and feel oneness with the param padam, sadakhya. The technique of meditation on Sri chakra will be given in the next.