OPENING OF GRANTHIS IN YOGA
Granthis are the psychic knots or blocks in our personality where the energy
& consciousness interact & manifest in a particular way.According to the yogic tradition,there are three granthis:
1.) Brahma Granthi. 2.) Vishnu Granthi & 3.) Rudra Granthi.
Brahma Granthi:- is the first psychic knot.It is supposed to be the lowest knot
covering the area of mooladhara & swadhisthana chakras.It is also known as perineal knot.
Vishnu Granthi:- is the second knot, which covers the area between manipura,
anahata & vishuddhi chakras.It is also known as the navel knot.
Rudra Granthi:- is the third knot, covering the areas of Ajna & Sahasrara
chakras.It is also known as forehead knot.These three knots prevent the free flow of prana along chakras & prevent the
arising of kundalini.
ALL THE THREE GODS TAKES THE TEST OF THE SADHAKA BEFORE THEY GIVE THE WAY FORWARD.
KNOT OF BRAHMA :-
Brahma granthi is the knot of Brahma which is the manifest force of life &
creation.Its relation to the world in which we live or according to Tantra, the world of yonis or different life forms, Brahma
granthi controls the energies of mooladhara & swadhisthana.It is linked with the urge to procreate & with deep, instinctive
knowledge, awareness & desires of sex.It is known as blockage of Brahma because it holds our consciousness at the
level which is related to the desires of the physical dimensions like sensuality, sex, procreation & the instinctive
urge to survive which cannot be transcend. Once this blockage is removed from the realm of consciousness & energy,instincts
of the deep rootedness & energy are released. The kundalini or primal energy is thus able to rise beyond mooldhra &
swadhisthan without bogged down by the attractions to which our consciousness is hooked.
Lord Brahma Gives the way.
KNOT OF VISHNU:-
Vishnu Granthi is the area where he personality & the body are sustained.Manipura
sustains the physical body is a practical way.The food we consume is converted into energy & distributed through the body.the
process of converting matter into energy, a form which can be used for maintenance & growth of the body, is a function
of manipura.
In the same way, anahata sustains the mental structure in the form of emotions
which are intense expressions of subtle energy.The raw, unrefined & unadulterated energy can manifest as anger, hatred,
jealousy & so on. this energy is the force which sustains the manomaya kosha or mental body & the pranamaya kosha
& the pranamaya kosha or pranic body.Vishuddhi, the all pervading space energy, sustains the Vijnanamaya kosha or psychic
body & the anandamaya kosha or spiritual body.So the sustaining aspect of all our human dimensions is governed by these
three chakras which vitalize, feed, nurture & balance the subtle bodies.this is the function of the Vishnu granthi.Once
the Vishnu granthi blockage is removed we begin to draw energy to sustain ourselves from the universe & not From the localized
centers of body like lungs.the energies of the body become harmonious with the energies of the cosmos.The interaction between
the individual personality & the cosmos begins to happen naturally & spontaneously.
Lord Vishnu Gives the way.
KNOT OF RUDRA:-
Rudra granthi or the knot
of rudra governs ajna & sahasrara chakras & represents the transformation of an existing form, idea or concept into
the universal aspect.here there is a breaking away of the old, the ego awareness, the "I" Awareness,
the mental awareness, the physical awareness & an evolving of the sixth sense or the eye of intuition, as the third eye
of Lord Shiva.
The
sixth sense & beyond is the state where the omniscient nature of consciousness is experienced, where the past, present
& future become known.With that omniscient awareness in hand we move on to Sahasrara, where the final merger of the individual
soul or atman with the universal,cosmic soul, takes place.
UNTYING
THE KNOTS:-
In
this practice these psychic knots which hamper the awakening of prana & kundalini & which limit the boundaries of
our consciousness are systematically united. The symbolic representation of these psychic knots is represented by 1.)
Dhumra Lingam 2.) Bana Lingam. 3.) Itakhya Lingam.
By
performing certain rotations of the breath, the prana & the mantra around these symbols, the three psychic knots which
have their archetypal representation at the deeper levels of our consciousness are systematically rooted & removed.
