The meridians (the 72,000 Nadi) have been carefully
investigated by Eastern traditions and even today are of interest to a major
part of traditional medicine such as acupuncture, Shiatzu and chromo-puncture. They
are energetic and bio-magnetic flows and by working on them it is possible to
re-establish particular equilibriums that will stimulate certain faculties and help
individuals achieve a state of harmony and health. Disease is basically interpreted
as a problem in the body’s internal communications system. From this view
point, using the correct instruments or massage, it is possible to ‘unblock’
certain channels of energy flows and encourage the re-establishment of natural
correspondences between the subtle and the physical and thereby recuperate –
and conserve –an optimum state of health.
The Nadi are subtle inner
pathways which are thought to be the conductors of the vital energy, Prana. The three most important Nadi are: Ida, Pingala and Sushumna.
They are set out like a caduceus in as much as Sushumna is the centre channel while Ida and Pingala flow respectively to the right
and left, crossing it at determined heights.
Ida is connected with the feminine
polarity while Pingala is connected to
that of the masculine.
Eastern traditions state that when meditators withdraw their attention from their
surroundings and retreat inside the self, striving through psychic and physical
practices to recover the mystery which lies within, reawaken the Kundalini, the cosmic potency sleeping
inside those who have forgotten their true essence.
This reawakening – which in certain circumstances can also happen
spontaneously or be caused by particular circumstances (for example the
phenomena of mysticism) and often eludes the comprehension or control of its
protagonists – is usually accompanied by a blast of energetic heat and
considered rather dangerous.
There are many schools which prefer a more progressive and
harmonious road to reawakening rather than a direct and vehement one, this
permits the Kundalini to reawaken in a natural way so that the energy derived
from it can be consciously managed.
At various heights on the vertebral column we find the chakra, also defined as Padma (lotus), which supervise
the body’s activities. They function in relation to the body’s psychic sphere
and in its universal processes and also in relation to the identity which exists
between the microcosm/Mankind and the macrocosm/Universe.
Trying to achieve expanded consciousness by working directly on
the reawakening of the Kundalini is very
dangerous because this latent cosmic force if it is well channelled invigorates
and transforms, but if an individual is not ready to deal with its impact, can burn, overwhelm and even result
in madness and death
If however it is correctly controlled, Kundalini transforms the human
body into a ‘divine body’. The tangible manifestations of such a process, appear
to be the so called Siddhi, the ‘perfections’, or those supernatural powers realized by the human
being that have full control over baser instincts.
The
nadi as illustrated in traditional Indian and Chinese texts
The microlines, whose position in the body is very different to
that of the meridians, constitute a more subtle an essential network of flows
of vital and spiritual energies and ‘interface’, as it were, our superior
consciousness with the reality of events or with our current dimension.
The microlines allow our subtle bodies to move according to their
different needs. They form in the fourth month of pregnancy and can form and
develop by means of their own inner faculties.
The microlines flow on the body and in the body, both on the
surface and at different depths and intensify in the hands, the ears and by
correspondence in the eyes. Vital energies flow in the microlines first and are
later processed by the chakra.
Sometimes the microlines assume positions which are partly
external in respect to physical posture, enough even to project themselves
outside of the aura. They tend to
arrange themselves harmonically in respect to the movement of the body and
usually coordinate themselves by anticipating the physical movements of the
body itself.
Particular dances exist (think of all the sacred dances of the
world from the tribal to the religious, from types of bio-dance to yoga, from
the dances of the Sufi to the Tensegrity that Castaneda talks about) and specific techniques of ‘harmonization’
through which we can direct the circuits of the microlines to maintain, receive
or exchange energy. We are talking about archetypical movements and positions
of great importance that allow the centres of vital energy to be stimulated.
The microlines do not position themselves on immovable tracks but
modify their positions following a kind of (bio) rhythm that lasts around
seventy days.
It is also important to note that individual choices, above all
those of a spiritual nature, can modify the subtle
design of the person (and vice versa).
The microlines are nourished by vital energy, so it is important
to maintain a harmonious contact with life: eat naturally and
healthily,
live in contact with nature or regenerate
every now and again in a natural environment, for example by taking a long walk
in the woods. A healthy and natural life has much more value than meditation
techniques (and medicine). Precise massage
techniques also exist which can be practiced by pregnant women to promote the
harmonious development of the subtle bodies of the unborn child.
The microlines find a correspondence in the Synchronic Lines of the planet and are sensitive to the lines to which
they are geographically closest. Just as with the Synchronic
Lines, the microlines are divided into major and minor lines and microlines of
different intensity can also be distinguished in the human body.
The chakra constitute the nodes
of the major microlines and correspond to the planetary synchronic nodes that can be imagined as the chakra
of the Earth. If we want to draw parallels we could think of a standing stone which functions as a kind
of acupuncture on the body of the planet.
The microlines are closely related to the major Synchronic Lines:
in theory by acting on the Synchronic Lines we can act by correspondence on somewhere
else in the world: we create a correspondence in the people who live in that
place by means of their microlines. We are talking about a rather complex level
of alchemy which is currently being investigated by certain centres of power, ready
to exploit its potential in order to control and manipulate the masses. But the
opposite is also true: by working properly on oneself it is possible to produce
changes on the planet at a synchronic level.
In order to interact with
the subtle and vital reality that surrounds us, we project our lines of force by means of thirty-three
valves positioned in the aura which correspond with precise points on the
subtle geometries that surround the physical body. These lines are perceived by
magicians and shamans during their altered states of consciousness and are ‘seen’
as blue currents of energy that project in and from the body (as testified by
various magicians during my stay in Cameroon).
We can also say that we emit these lines of force from the ‘nodes’
of our microlines which then connect with the geometry of events. They create a
sort of energetic cobweb, attracting or repelling energies, forces and thoughts
that are more or less in tune with our nature and our will.
In effect, by moving our ‘point
of union’ (the assemblage point
as Castaneda called it) we can create or give shape to the reality which
surrounds us through our system of microlines and lines of force.
Another system of currents known as temporal flows, is acknowledged by certain Eastern schools, although
perhaps not in these terms. Through this particular system we are connected to
the structure of time. Time is not a dimension linked to the world of material Form
but develops its own ‘field’ and is governed by autonomous laws. It is a
dimension with its own reason for being which regardless of the world of Form
constitutes the indispensible ramifications of ‘support’ on which the material
dimensions (space and Form) manifest.
Time is a complex, intelligent and independent eco-system, we could even
say ‘living’, with which the
diverse possible manifestations of existence are in strict symbiosis. We
ourselves are, more than anything else, all temporal
beings and relate to time through a special connection: the temporal flows to be precise. The most important
thing to remember is that by means of the temporal flows a ‘substance’ reaches
us that is fundamental to our evolution: that substance is called thought.
As is well explained in the Treatise
on Living Thought by Massimo Scaligero, thought
is not something that we produce through the dynamics of the mind but a
substance in which we are immersed and that we are limited to processing only at
our own level of awareness. There exists a strict correlation between the
density of the temporal fabric and the quantity of accessible thought,
furthermore our reality it is qualitively proportional to the quality of the
thought substance that we ‘inhale’. However, this thought is also the target of
programmes that condition our minds.
A correct method of breathing is a useful procedure for the purification
and detoxification of such conditioning. It is also a way to activate Prana channels and access a level of
interaction with thought and the universal mind which is way above our current
possibilities. By applying special massage or breathing techniques, we can
balance and regulate the flow of thoughts that pass through us along the
temporal body flows, notably improving the quality of our elaboration. This process
reflects upon how we interpret ourselves and reality itself.
Let’s not forget that in ancient civilizations, in particular that
of Egypt,
the different functions of thought were positioned in more than one part of the
body, in particular, besides the brain, in the intestine and the heart. Many
meditation techniques have been individuated to develop the capacity to process
thought, from the use of lateral thinking to emotive intelligence, but the most
important role is that played by Art.
Art is the best instrument for the glorification of our talents
and our creativity but most of all our ability to reawaken the intelligence of
the body which is much more complete than that of the ‘rational’ mind.
