S p i r i t ua l i t y S t u d i e s 3 - 2 Fa l l 2 0 1 7 1 7 Gejza M. Timčák Fig. 3. A colored version of 2D Śrī chakra. It is built of a square base, two lotus flowers, five downward pointing, four upward pointing triangles and a dot. The colors are added only for clarity. Fig. 4. The nine levels and their names of the Śrī chakra shown on a 3D Śrī chakra model (Devshoppe 2017). The various elements and sub-elements of the Śrī chakra levels, possess a number of Guardian principles. The Guardian principles or simply Guardians can be understood in two ways: either as a spiritual entity inducing certain moods into the sādhaka’s (or anyone’s) mind, or as a continuum which has the possibility to induce its information content into the mind of anyone. Thus, the sādhaka learns how to avoid their negative aspects. On the lower level the Guardians have mainly a protective function – they guard off those sādhakas, who are not yet qualified for the sādhanā. Thus, the first part of the sādhanā is related to either "off-line" reflection (viparita paramarsha) on the day and reviewing how far could one discover the projections of the Guardians or "on-line" awareness of the processes in the mind and preventing identification with the moods induced by the Guardians. To aid this process, the Śrī chakra sādhanā contains also a series of āsanas, where during upkeeping the āsana, one’s mind does the viparita paramarsha– trying to remember events related to a given mood or mental state projected by the selected Guardians [1] and other practices. First, the protection of the practitioner (sādhaka) is considered, where he is supposed to have siddhis in order to protect him/herself. This is not very realistic, but everyone can have "virtual siddhis". This e.g. means that everyone knows situations, when one would like to be bigger – in order to match a life situation. Still, during the actual process, it may not be possible, due to lack of energy, but at home, when remembering the situation one may imagine that he/she grows to a size that enables to cope with the given situation. This may encourage one to work harder towards a better energy level. Below, a set of Guardian principles which govern certain mental states are given. Here only their scope of influence is enumerated: 1. Passionate longing, violent anger, insatiable avarice, dazed fascination for the world, obstinacy, tormenting jealousy, "sinful" disturbances of mind, benign inspiration towards merit; 2. Dark looking appearance (gloominess), indignation, fierce mentality, thoughtlessness, intoxication, enviousness, capacity to absorb; 3. Further, Guardian influence may cause the impulse to agitate all; chase all, fascinate all, subjugate all, driving all mad, goading all, moving around in thin air (to become ungrounded), sprouting everything (making things happen), then one may have the need of the power of great Source of everything and desire to rule all. It can be seen, that it is a demanding task to cope with them. In order to keep the attention on the above mentioned viparita paramarsha, a series of āsanas are to be learned and used for the viparita paramarsha. Three of the set of āsanas are given in Tab. 1. During upkeeping the āsana one is reflecting on the appropriate Guardian induced mood or mental process with the emphasis on whether it occurred in the past period and whether it left an imprint in our mind, with a projected effect on our present state of mind and future intentions. If yes, then the appropriate mantra given below (Sedláček and Timčák 2017) is being used in such a way that it "dissolves" the traces left behind by the selected life event. Then the sādhaka can come out of the āsana. Then a short period of relaxation comes, and one either continues with the same Guardian induced mood or mental process related to another life event, or can proceed to the next Guardian induced mood or mental process. As this process may take more than 20 minutes, one has to decide, how manyāsanas and reflections would one do each day. When the mind is able to ward off the improper reactions on-line process, āsanas are no longer needed. Filled with all bliss Bestower of all attainments Remopver of all diseases Protector of all Accomplisher of all objects Provider of prosperity Agitator of all Fulfiller of all hopes Deluder of the three realms
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