Biopsychology of Yoga – 8. Sahasrara Chakra — Transcript

Namaskar. Today I will speak about Sahasrara chakra. This is the final chakra on the top of the head. With this video, there will be another video called Kundalini Shakti about the sleeping divinity in the lowermost chakra. We will complete the introductory course on biopsychology. I will be satisfied that you have got a basic idea why the practices of yoga should be done, what is the geological and psychological basis for doing those practices, science, or our chakra is the mysterious, beautiful, wonderful center. It is the subtlest here. Our evolution reaches the zenith when the mind reaches this center. The mind merges with non-attributional consciousness. The mind flows and merges into the ocean of bliss and peace and knowledge. That is the center. Sahasrara in Sanskrit means one thousand petals. You remember that the lower chakras, they were having riches or expressions, and there are 50 of those expressions—sixteen, twelve, ten, six, and four. You sum them up, it will be 50 expressions. They can be manifested externally or internally. So you multiply 50 by 2, becomes 100, and they can also flow in 10 different directions. That is a little bit mystical and difficult to understand, but the flow towards the north, south, east, west, northeast, northwest, etcetera, and also up and down. There are arts and sciences like Feng Shui of China and Vastu Shastra of India. They study how the directions affect our mind. If you adjust your house along the sides of the world, along the east-west, etc., there will be a certain impact on your mind. In China, this practice, they built according to Feng Shui science. Then they built their buildings, their dwellings. So the mind is affected by our environment. There will be a slight difference in expressions by the external energies, and those external energies, they are represented by directions. This much I can say. So 50 by 2 by 10 becomes 1000. 1000 means also many, great many. The total number of all expressions of the mind is in Sahasrara chakra. Sahasrara symbolizes the controlling point for all multiple expressions of the mind. So that is its function. We spoke previously that Ajna chakra is the king, and the Sahasrara chakra is the king of the king. One is Raja, another one is Raja Raja, the king of the king. Pineal gland is the physical expression of the Sahasrara chakra. A pituitary hypothesis is below, which is our key chakra, and a PCS is above the Sahasrara chakra. That tiny, tiny, tiny little gland secretes a very tiny amount of hormone called melatonin. It is secreted in Sahasrara chakra, also in many parts, in many tissues of our body, but mainly in the Sahasrara chakra. And that hormone, it is able to switch off and on the pineal hypothesis, and then if the hypothesis is switched off, then all the other ones will be slowly calmed down and they will be switched off, and then we enter into a very calm, introvert state of mind. Normally, we will go and sleep. That is why melatonin is known as a sleep hormone, is popularized as a sleep hormone. In meditation, something similar happens. When you meditate a certain point, you will feel that everything has become calm. Your body is no more; it has come down to a great extent. So this melatonin hormone, and there were lots of researches, and some scientists, they believe that it is the hormone of youth, the fountain of youth. I don't need to explain much here because you can just tighten Google melatonin and aging and read whatever is there on the subject. But I will say a few things. First, it is a very powerful antioxidant. It is more powerful than vitamin E, vitamin C. So it protects the self. And if there would be mono opinion, they use melatonin longer. There were experimentations with animals, and they found out that with red light, lifespan was increased by 20%. Twenty percent is a lot. So if you live 100 years, 20 years more with the regular intake of melatonin. But there is here also that generally if you inject something into the body, while you adjust, it will not secrete its own hormone. So yogis, they are not in favor of going and buying pills and tablets and taking them, but they are in favor of boosting up their own production of the hormones. Yogis of the past have spoken of the mysterious thing which is called Amrita. Amrita means elixir of immortality, and it is said that in tantric scriptures, in Sufi poetry also, the Amrita wine, and that wine is flowing from the top of the head. When you drink that wine, you become intoxicated, you become blissful. That wine you can access due to intense love towards the cosmic consciousness, due to intense longing for infinity. Anyway, I got a little bit distracted. So now the melatonin hormone decreases aging. You age slower, slower. It is also a powerful substance to relieve stress. There were also experiments with rats, porous, and they were injected with the melatonin hormone, and some rats were not injected, and they were created excitation of danger. There were some wires with electricity, so rats would, you know, run on the electricity and feel very stressful, very immediate. But those rats which were injected, they would feel that, come on, be peaceful, everything is fine. So it is found out that it relieves stress. Melatonin increases when the sun sets, with darkness. When the light enters into our eyes, it will stop. It will block the production of melatonin, and then there will be increase of the extra-visual activity of the body. We will become active. We will become, you know, dynamic. Force will predominate. And in the night, when the sun sets, the melatonin will start to secrete. And normally, people don't just go to sleep, but yogis described a special time. It is from 12 o'clock to 3 o'clock, called time of Shiva. At that time, meditation has mystical properties. When I start the meditation, somehow I liked to meditate in the night. So I would sit maybe 11 o'clock and until 12:30, I would meditate in the night. Oh, it was so beautiful. It was, and I didn't think that I need to wake up very early at that time, so I would sleep next morning, okay, longer. But in the night, I would sit. It was very beautiful limitations. Nobody is there. I was getting this feeling that only supreme consciousness and myself, and I'm entering into that mystic dimension. That was beautiful. So yogis long time ago, they described a special time for meditation. I have many friends who are now quite aged, and they're living in India, English skill, and developing country. So to put it mildly, not everywhere the ecology is great. So actually, environment is quite harsh. But these people, they are practicing yoga, been practicing meditation. They do age, but they still quite good, no, quite solid, quite strong. But what is remarkable, their mind is so useful. How when we communicate, when we are together, there is a lot of laughter, and I don't get the feeling that I'm with a person 60 years old or 70 or 80 years old. I get the feeling that I'm with a youthful person of 20 years old. So much laughter and beautiful stories, you know, nice, beautiful. I never, I never felt that someone is, you know, crippled with the age and boring, uninteresting, not anymore, eager to live, you know. I feel completely youthfulness is there. So I believe that this is the effect of the yogic practices that improve the increase, the activation of this melatonin hormone. It is found out that melatonin stimulates the immune system. It improves the function of the immune system. So anyway, you can check it out on the internet. You will find out that it is all around. Actually, it is anti-aging. It is the eternal fountain of youthfulness, this hormone. I don't actually know whether it is really Amrita or there is some other hormone in the pineal gland, but my spiritual master, my guru, has said, and then I have experienced it in my own life, in my own experience, and also I've seen it with other people who are practicing yoga and meditation. He explained that actually there is a secretion of the brain of certain hormones, but normally if the mind is thinking good sort of materialistic nature, thinking of some...

course on biopsychology I will be satisfied that you have got a basic idea why the practices of yoga should be done what is the geological and psychological basis for doing those practices science or our chakra is the mysterious

beautiful wonderful center it is the subtle most here our evolution reaches the zenith when the mind reaches this Center the mind merges with non attributional consciousness the mind flows and merges into the ocean of bliss and peace and knowledge that is the

center sahasrara in sanskrit means one thousand petals you remember that the lower chakras they were having riches or expressions and there are 50 of those expressions - sixteen twelve ten six and four you sum them up it will be 15 verse

50 expressions they can be manifested externally or internally so you multiply 50 by 2 becomes 100 and they can also flow in 10 different directions that is a little bit mystical and difficult to understand but the flow towards the

north south east west north east north west etcetera and also up and down there are arts and sciences like Feng Shui of China and last Shastra of india they study how the directions affect our mind if you adjust

your house along the sides of the world along the east-west etc there will be a certain impact on your mind in China this to practice they built according to Feng Shui science then they built their buildings their dwellings so

the mind is affected by our environment there will be a slight difference in expressions in expression by the external energies and those external energies they are represented by directions this much I can say so 50 by 2 by 10 becomes 1000 1000 means also me

very many great many the total number of all expressions of the mind is in sacral chakra sacral symbolizes the controlling point for all multiple expressions of the mind so that is its function we spoke previously that agya chakra is

the king and the sahasrara chakra is the king of the king in one is Raja another one is Raja Raja the king of the King pineal gland is the physical expression of the sahasrara chakra a Pitchess hypothesis is below which is

our key chakra and a PCS is above faster chakra that tiny tiny tiny little gland secretes very tiny amount of hormone called melatonin it is secreted in saturated chakra is also in many parts in many tissues of our body but mainly in the

Sancerre chakra and that hormone it it is able to switch off and on he projects hypothesis and then if hypothesis is switched off then all the other ones will be slowly calm down and they will be switched off and then we enter into

very calm introvert state of mind normally we will go and sleep that is why melatonin is known as a sleep hormone is popularized as a sleep hormone in meditation something similar happens when you meditate a certain point you will feel that everything has

become calm your body is no more it has come down to a great extent so this militant hormone and there were lots of researches and some scientists they believe that it is the hormone of youth the Fountain of Youth I don't need to

explain much here because you can just tighten Google melatonin and aging can read whatever is there on the subject but I will say a few things first it is a very powerful antioxidant it is more powerful than vitamin E vitamin C so it

protects the self and if there would be mono opinion they use maintained longer they were experimentations with animals and they found out that with read the light lifespan was increased by 20% 20% is a lot so if you live 100 years 20

years more with the regular intake of nothing but there is here also that generally if you inject something into the body while you adjust and will not secrete its own hormone so Yogi's they are not in favor of going

and buying pills and tablets and taking them but the in favor of boosting up their own production of the hormones Yogi's of the past have spoken of the mysterious thing which is called Amrita Amrita means erection of immortality and

it is says that in in tantric scriptures in sushi poetry also the berries wine and that vine is flowing from the top of the head when you drink that wine you become intoxicated you become blissful that wine you can access due to intense

love towards the Cosmic Consciousness - due to intense longing for infinity anyway I got little bit distracted so now the nyan hormone decreases aging you age slower slower it is also a powerful substance to relieve stress they were

also experiments with rats porous and they were injected with the new attending hormone and some grades we are not injected on some grits were and they were created excitation of danger they were some wires with electricity so rats would you know run on the

electricity and feel very stressful very immediate but those threads which were injected they would feel that come on be peaceful everything is fine so it is found out that it relieves stress Milutin increases when the Sun sets with

darkness when the light enters into our eyes it will stop it will block the production of melatonin and then there will be increase of the extra virtual activity of the body we will become active we will become you know dynamic

force will predominate and in the night when the Sun sets the militant you'll start to secrete and normally people don't just go to sleep but Yogi's described a special time it is from 12 o'clock to 3 o'clock called

time of Shiva at that time meditation has mystical properties when I start the meditation somehow I liked to meditate in the night so I would sit maybe 11 o clock and until 12:30 I would meditate in the night oh it was so beautiful it

was and I didn't think that I need to wake up very early at that time so I would sleep next morning okay longer but in the night I would sit it was very beautiful limitations nobody is there I was getting this feeling that

only supreme consciousness and myself and I'm entering into that mystic dimension that was beautiful so Yogi's long time ago they described a special time for meditation I have many friends who are now quite aged and they're living in India English skill

and developing country so to put it mildly not everywhere the ecology is great so actually environment is quite harsh but these people they in practicing yoga been practicing meditation they do age but they still quite good no quite solid quite strong

but the what is remarkable their mind is so useful how when we communicate when we are together there is a loss of laughter and I and I don't get the feeling that I'm with the personal 60 years old or 70 or 80 years old I get

the feeling that I'm with it with the youthful person of 20 years old so much laughter and beautiful stories you know nice beautiful I never I never felt that someone is you know crippled with the age and boring uninteresting not anymore

eager to leave you know I feel completely youthfulness is there so I believe that this is the effect of the yogic practices that improved the increase vacation of this military hormone it is found out that military stimulate the immune system it improves

the function of the immune system so it anyway you can check it out in the internet you will find out that it is all around actually it is anti-aging is the eternal fountain of youthfulness this hormone I don't actually know

whether it is really done Rita or there is some other hormone in the pineal gland but my spiritual master may guru has said and then I have experienced it in my own life in my own experience and also I've seen it with other people who

are practicing yoga and meditation he explained that actually there is a secretion of the brain of certain hormones but normally if the mind is thinking good sort of materialistic nature thinking of something of finite nature something limited then it creates such

an chemical environment in the brain but that hormone is immediately destroyed but if at the moment that hormone is secreted you remain in the meditation then that hormone will start to activate other glands other hormones and you will

enter into the state of bliss you see it is called an engine and the Samadhi first you will see the light within your heart beautiful light of brilliant white with a little golden color then you will see the light is everywhere and you will

see that you are merging with the ocean of bliss this is how it is described in the Tantra this state of mind and then it can happen all the sudden just you sit in meditation at that moment and

then hormone is created and you you go into that state beautiful state so all of us we crave to arise ourselves up to this level how to do that how to strain how to how to take care of your pineal

gland it is also said that in the very research that this gland is becoming like a full of scent there is a calcium and it becomes almost like a stone and then slowly it will just devolve in any

childhood is a bigger and then it will just evaporate from the brain with each and then it's like a clock in our body it first it relates the light and dark and darkness rhythms so we know when is

the day and is the night so when to sleep and when to function then there are seasonal it regulates the seasons adjustment of the body with the season seasonal clock day to day clock seasonal clock and also lifetime clock so when the time comes to

die that clock will tell us and we can adjust the clock little bit so rhythm prolong and so how to take care of that gland first of all we need to maintain a strict routine of the day if we go until

midnight and open at night burning our midnight candles then it damages the pineal gland it is not healthy it disturbs the rippings so when there is a maximum of melatonin at that time we supposed to sleep on we supposed to rest

and when the from like 9 o'clock in the evening and then up to 12 o'clock they will be increase of that hormone the hormone will be secreted so you can sleep very very efficiently but if you go beyond the time you will sleep but

you will not feel that you are getting enough sleep your brain is not resting your mind is not resting so going to sleep earlier and then waking up also earlier in the morning our guru has provided us with this instruction that

we wake up 5 o'clock in the morning and then also in the night we supposed to sit and meditate meditate utilize that time of the highest concentration of melatonin for the mystical meditation so following strict routine it helps to

maintain good health of pineal gland then it was found that hunger is increasing the militant hormone hunger and you know the practice of yoga which promotes hunger is a fasting we are doing twice a month or sometimes four times a month we are

doing fasting without food and water and that will boost up the secretion of the melatonin our guru has said he said that when you fast without water with with water you get physical benefit and when you fast without water you get physical

benefit and spiritual benefit also my experience of the fasting is that especially we supposed to do fasting and then during fasting during abstaining from food and water you do lots of spiritual practice and the next day when you eat you start to choose joy you

start to feel that bliss overwhelming you and it is very of many times people experience this that after fasting you enter into the state of bliss and I believe this is because the increased amount of melatonin hormone so fasting

is also very beneficial vegetarian food it was also found that it affects the production of melanin positively and non-vegetarian it depresses then in the meditation there is a certain actually all kinds of meditation will improve but there is one particular type of

meditation where you meditate at this point this lesson of meditation called Dhyana is the highest form of meditation very difficult to do but if you do sufficient time you will definitely go into Samadhi into the trance I practice myself I teach my friends for

a long time practicing meditation and then we share how we feel everybody feels that Piana is the greatest process you enter into the spiritual flow Keanu develops unconditional love for the supreme there is a moment you fight you fight and find fight and one moment

they will be attraction and then you don't want to anymore open your eyes and many times I see someone is sitting 30 minutes 40 minutes one hour heating in that flowing with consciousness that is saying in tantric scriptures it says the

doctrine parama brahma near vikram niranjan ohm plus milk ramadan aghanim tan my dear parakeet Cheatham intense love to formless unblemished supreme consciousness leads one with the solution of thought the solution of ego and expresses as the divine intoxication

which is called my dear sadhana spiritual aspiring time to time we become intoxicated in meditation you charge yourself with spiritual wave and then you cannot control yourself you literally feel yourself drunk sometimes a little drunk is okay sometimes that

drunkness goes beyond your control and then you behave little bit abnormal so it is good if some friends around you and they will take you home safely so that drunkness will not damage the health is rather improve health mystic poets such

as even Alfred or Rumi the legend Rumi they described state of drunkenness divine drunkness and for drunk I have forgotten the way to my home one time we were meditating we came to enjoy and we were in one mystical place which is

called Anand Onaga and with my friend Heath he likes to meditate he said Dada okay let's go in the night let's go with the meditation so we went on we sat there for maybe three hours and then then finally we stood up he

came to me close to me like like an caught me like this I said Dada you go I go with you and I was also a bit lost so and there was like 300 meter to our house so then somehow in the dark we we

walked and walk and we came next morning I asked him how are you the other yesterday was wonderful and I tell you if you are not there I couldn't get home I got lost I was drunk I was not I would

not be able to come home so that drunk drunkenness is described by the mystic mystics is the beautiful screen state of spirituality is the enjoyment of elixir of love of immortal bliss it is the work of our heart chakra on the physical

level you can also help your sahasrara chakra be okay by doing postures there is one as nicole Shashank asana it will improve memory will improve concentration and it is the reverse position where you press this chakra it will stimulate the

nerves around it will stimulate the heart chakra it is very good for the sahasrara chakra and also reverse positions such as serving Gitana shoulderstand plough posture halasana Mattia mudra shish posture these postures they will improve the functions of Safarova chakra

so to summarize how to improve one follow the strict routine wake up early go sleep early also second meditate meditate here of course when the time comes not now now immediately the basic method but the time comes when you learn

the most advanced technique of meditation which is gianna third follow vegetarian diet fourth first if the health permit without water if health doesn't permit then faster this with water it will also improve your state improve your health and then

develop the sublime love for supreme entity deduct on Parimal brahma nirakara mera naam that longing for union with supreme consciousness unblemished and formless that love will leave you some drunkness in the speak of the spiritual nature I love to be in the spiritual path because

it gives me youthfulness I never feel I am aging of course my body's aging the wrinkles are appearing but I am feeling myself a youthful personality and looking around I'm seeing just boys the youth the princess not the old and

painful people with pains and sorrows I see the people with joy and bliss I love to be amongst those people this potential we have been created the human body is the final vehicle of bliss if we tune up that body in mind it will be

remaining so it can be also tuned to be a vehicle of sorrow a tool to experience pain and sufferings so let us take this biopsychology seriously I have myself experimented with these practices and I testify that all these practices they

work very well I'm going to summarize further in this channel I am going to release a playlist which will be called 16 points or the principles of acquiring the psychic strength so those 16 points they are like instruction is towards the

liberation towards the evolution and then I advise you to watch that also winners will come up I will appreciate if you subscribe it helps channel to grow and feel good for you good for other people also and I will be very

grateful if you share sometimes somewhere this video and I will feel most happy if you discover beauty and bliss within your own individual life and with your own example you will inspire others to move along the path of

beauty to do thank you very much come let's go [Music] you