THE SEVEN CENTERS & THEIR ATTRIBUTES IN KRIYA YOGA
Length of Duration of
Rays Sense † & Quality Breath (in Experience Ascending Descending
Center (Chakra)* Sanskrit Meaning*** Position (Petals) Element (Tattwa)* ‡ Function Sphere** Path of Breath inches) †† Sound Sight ‡‡ Taste (in minutes) Syllable Syllable
bliss-ether medium of pure blass; white color; the energy &
thousand-fold
Cerebral (Sahasrara) top of cerebrum 1000 (samashti or seat of cosmic satyaloka light of a thousand billion
[fig. infinite]
hiranyagarbha) ‡ consciousness § crushed suns
between the
cosmic mirror; seat of
Spiritual Eye (Kutastha) eyebrows; opposite sattva guna baw
Christ consciousness §
pole of ajna
medium of thoughts &
super-ether white star within blue
Medullar (Ajna) command [of the guru] medulla oblongata 2 life force; seat of tapoloka om tā
(buddhi) ‡ sphere with gold halo
superconsciousness §
through the nostrils
medium of sounds & smoke color checkered extremely
Cervical (Visuddha) [jiva is made] pure base of neck 16 ether (akash) sound; mouth janaloka without any force rushing waters 4 gaw ba
electrons with specks of lights bitter
whatsoever
air (marut or touch; rajas through the sides of blue color; palpitating blue
Dorsal (Anahata) sound without striking opposite the heart 12 vitality swarloka up to 20 bell or gong sour 8 bhaw sū
prana; vayu §§) guna; penis the nostrils sphere
sight; tamas through the upper blood-red color; blood-red
Lumbar (Manipura) [lustrous like] a gem opposite the navel 10 fire (tejas) inner life energy maharloka up to 10 harp bitter 12 mō dā
guna; anus part of the nostrils triangle
param lingam [sva]; 2 inches above taste; tamas through the base of white color; white half-
Sacral (Swadhishthana) 6 water (ap; jala §§) circulation bhuvarloka about 10 flute mildly bitter 16 naw ba
own abode [of Sakti] muladhara guna; hands the nostrils moon
through the exact
earth (kshiti or smell; tamas yellow colors; yellow
Coccygeal (Muladhara) root support base of spine 4 gross flesh bhuloka middle of the nasal about 30 bumblebee sweet juice 20 om yaw
prithivi) guna; feet quadrangle
passages
Sources (other than the SRF Lessons):
* Sanskrit terms from The Holy Science, 1:11 & 4:9, & Man's Eternal Quest, 1st edition (1975), p. 472. ** See The Holy Science , 1:13, 3:27-32, 4:9-12. *** The Serpent Power , pp. 115-26.
† From Man's Eternal Quest , p. 264. †† Measured from the lungs to the point outside the body where a breath ends.
‡ See Mejda , 1st edition (1980), p. 297. Organs of action (in italics) from The Serpent Power , p. 142. ‡‡ In the kutastha.
§ From Man's Eternal Quest , p. 17 n. §§ Nityananda, Kriya Yoga Vijnan , p. 40.
