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Kundalini, Chakras, and Vrittis

All energy is lodged in this first chakra, the house of the Shakti and there are four fundamental vrittis, or human desires associated with this chakra which are-

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The first chakra is not the “lowest” chakra, it is actually the seat of our spiritual longing for both liberation and Dharmic action. According to Tantra, we are meant to quench our thirst for spirituality, for dharma and for joy, these are our natural state.

“There is no fulfillment without the body. Hence obtaining the wealth of the body, engage thyself in works of merit.” –Kularnava Tantra

Certain vrittis are more psychologically challenging than the four primary ones located in the Muladhara chakra. But there are also positive ones, including hope, effort, discernment, and perhaps the most important of all, the love vritti located in the heart chakra.

The human capability for awakening spiritual knowledge is the famous para vritti located in the ajina, or eyebrow chakra.

The Tantric science of kundalini, chakras, and vrittis—and how these esoteric, inner expressions are awakened, balanced and alchemically tuned by hatha yoga and meditation is complex. But the heart of this science is reflected in both the coiled labyrinth of the earth and the coiled kundalini of the body.

Our spiritual practice, our yoga, helps us uncoil and liberate the kundalini labyrinth and thereby free us from its containment in the earth chamber of the first chakra.

“The rush of bliss that ensues upon the meeting of the Pair, the Supreme Shakti and the Self (Shiva) above, is the real Congress. All else is mere copulation.” –Kularnava Tantra

In Yogic philosophy, vritti refers to thoughts that surface in the mind, often described as a whirlpool.

The Sanskrit word vritti literally means a turning or revolution and refers to the mind's ever-spinning state of disturbance.

According to Yogapedia, the five types of vrittis are:

Correct knowledge (pramana)

Incorrect knowledge (viparyaya)

Imagination or fantasy (vikalpa)

Sleep (nidra)

Yoga Sutra I.12: enlever les vritti

अभ्यासवैराग्याभ्यां तन्निरोधः॥१२॥ abhyāsa vairāgyābhyām tannirōdhaḥ ॥12॥

Les vritti sont dissolus à travers la pratique et le non-attachement.

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Alors comment est-ce que l’on dissout ces vritti ?

Le ruisseau de citta(champs du mental) coule dans les deux directions. Il coule vers la vertu (कल्याण) et il coule vers le mal (पाप). La partie qui coule à travers le domaine de…

Sutra I.11: Les Souvenirs

अनुभूतविषयासंप्रमोषः स्मृतिः॥११॥ anu-bhūta-viṣaya-asaṁpramoṣaḥ smr̥tiḥ ॥11॥

Le non-perte/non-vol de l’expérience d’un objet (perceptible par les 5 sens) est la mémoire.

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Est-ce que le citta(champ du mental) se souvient de la cognition ou l’objet de l’expérience ? Une cognition est associée avec et coloré par l’objet de la compréhension. Elle ressemble et manifeste les qualités…

Sutra I.10 - Le Sommeil : On y pense rarement, mais le sommeil est aussi un #vritti. #Yogasutra #philosophie

अभावप्रत्ययालम्बना वृत्तिर्निद्रा॥१०॥ abhāva pratyayālambanā vr̥ttirnidrā ॥10॥

Le sommeil est une fluctuation/modification du champ de mental qui dépend du principe cognitif de l’absence/négation et sa cause.

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Le sommeil est un type de cognition car l’on réfléchit sur cela. « J’ai bien dormi, mon esprit est vif et illumine ma capacité de discernement ». « J’ai mal dormi, mon…

La dissolution des vritti est Yoga. Ce n’est qu’à ce moment-là que le vrai Soi reconnait sa vraie nature. Mais combien de vritti existe-t-il ? #Yogasutra

वृत्तयः पञ्चतय्यः क्लिष्टाक्लिष्टाः॥५॥ प्रमाणविपर्ययविकल्पनिद्रास्मृतयः॥६॥ vr̥ttayaḥ pañcatayyaḥ kliṣṭākliṣṭāḥ ॥5॥ pramāṇa viparyaya vikalpa nidrā smr̥tayaḥ ॥6॥

Il existe cinq styles de fluctuations, (certains) douloureux et (d’autres) non-douloureux : (5) (Ils sont) Le vrai savoir, le faux savoir, l’imaginaire, le sommeil profond, et les récollections (6)

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Sur Sutra 5

Alors les

Sutra I.3,4: La réalité de Purusha. Qu'est-ce qui se passe au fond de nous quand nous pratiquons #Yoga?

तदा द्रष्टुः स्वरूपेऽवस्थानम्॥३॥ वृत्तिसारूप्यमितरत्र॥४॥ tadā draṣṭuḥ svarūpe-‘vasthānam ॥3॥ vr̥tti sārūpyam-itaratra ॥4॥

A ce moment-là (après la dissolution des fluctuations/modifications du mental), l’Observateur (celui qui observe ou Purusha) se repose dans sa propre nature. (3) A toutes autres moment, (l’Observateur) s’identifie avec les formes des fluctuations/modifications. (4)

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