The animal within.
We are humans.
Are we? Or aren't we?
Not kidding. It's a sensible and bona fide poser.
According to Yoga philosophy, there are seven psychic centres along the spinal column, which respectively represent different characteristics that drive human consciousness. These centres are generally active to a very meagre extent in the normal humans. There are numerous practices in yoga, tantra and various other disciplines which claim to be effective in its awakening. An evolved mind has an awakened set of psychic centres, it is believed.
Spiritual discipline is the one and the only means of evolution? That is not so. Every human act has direct impact, whether negative or positive, on the human mind. So, it is better to discuss only the non- formal means of evolution, picking up cue from every human act or omission that occurs each moment, consciously or unconsciously.
There is another belief that the psychic centres referred to above along the spine are not the only set of centres in the human system. There are two other identical sets, one that situates beneath the spine and the other beyond the crown of the head, in the space. The latter concept might seem misconceived to those who have not realised that whereas all body is in the mind, the converse is not true. All mind is not in the body. Mind extends even beyond.
Leave aside the above analogies. Just clutch only one simple idea that the psychic centres beneath the spine represent the animal instincts that humans carry. Whereas animals' instinctive features often find reflection in human conduct, humans fail to appraise the legacy that this evolved species of animals are condemned to carry.
That explains why the animal within keeps ventilating itself through ignoble human conduct. That is but natural. What is not natural is than one loses sight of this indispensable feature that is socially condemned as fault of varying degrees, including those which are punishable.
We are humans.
Are we? Or aren't we?
Not kidding. It's a sensible and bona fide poser.
According to Yoga philosophy, there are seven psychic centres along the spinal column, which respectively represent different characteristics that drive human consciousness. These centres are generally active to a very meagre extent in the normal humans. There are numerous practices in yoga, tantra and various other disciplines which claim to be effective in its awakening. An evolved mind has an awakened set of psychic centres, it is believed.
Spiritual discipline is the one and the only means of evolution? That is not so. Every human act has direct impact, whether negative or positive, on the human mind. So, it is better to discuss only the non- formal means of evolution, picking up cue from every human act or omission that occurs each moment, consciously or unconsciously.
There is another belief that the psychic centres referred to above along the spine are not the only set of centres in the human system. There are two other identical sets, one that situates beneath the spine and the other beyond the crown of the head, in the space. The latter concept might seem misconceived to those who have not realised that whereas all body is in the mind, the converse is not true. All mind is not in the body. Mind extends even beyond.
Leave aside the above analogies. Just clutch only one simple idea that the psychic centres beneath the spine represent the animal instincts that humans carry. Whereas animals' instinctive features often find reflection in human conduct, humans fail to appraise the legacy that this evolved species of animals are condemned to carry.
That explains why the animal within keeps ventilating itself through ignoble human conduct. That is but natural. What is not natural is than one loses sight of this indispensable feature that is socially condemned as fault of varying degrees, including those which are punishable.
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