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Beyond the six chakras in this body,
there is a seventh chakra. The first
three chakras are male chakras, the next
three are female chakras. People who
practice yoga can understand this.
Baba is speaking practically. Men lose
themselves very easily in the petty
pleasures of the world. Women exhibit a
sense of poised control. Women have some
initial difficulty in crossing the first
three chakras. Men can climb these
chakras easily. The fourth, fifth and
sixth chakras are female chakras. This
is where the Kundalini Shakthi is
present. When women cross the third
chakra, they can make a leap from the
fourth chakra. Men cannot attain it so
easily. That is why women are able to
get into that Bhavam very easily.
So much substance in this simple
statement! It is easy to attain God when
you nurture feminine qualities. A person
went to Sri Paramacharya and
said, 'I am observing all rituals
strictly and doing Govinda Upasana, but
am not able to see Him yet'.
Paramacharya laughed, 'Dress up in a
saree, assume the character of a woman
and pray to Him. You will attain Govinda
very soon'. If you assume the
Nayaka-Nayaki bhava, you will reach
Govinda soon. This is not a subject for
ridicule.
Paramacharya looked upon God with that
bhava. Nammazhwar sought God by
imagining himself as His Nayaki.
Thirumangai Azhwar assumed the
NayakiBhava. Andal, being a girl,
fitted very easily into the NayakiBhava.
Did not Andal attain the Lord? All that
Andal did was to look upon the Lord as
her Husband and wear the garlands meant
for Him. She did not seclude herself in
the forest or do penance. She did not
learn any mantras. She did nothing,
except to Love.
I pointed out a synchronization of
thought between Vallalar and Andal.
Vallalar says, 'there is a house with
nine gates. The thieves bribe the
watchman, find the way to enter, break
the lock, extinguish the lamp and steal
the sleeping child'. Vallalar
cries, 'O Lord! Are You deaf that You
cannot hear my wails of agony protesting
against the theft? Are You not bound by
any doctrines of Dharma (Justice)? The
thieves of worldly desires have entered
into the gates of my body by bribing the
watchman called the mind, broke open the
lock of knowledge, put out the light of
Wisdom and have stolen the child called
the Soul. O Lord! I am crying for You.
Is it not reaching Your Ears?' He
assumed the role of a child and pleaded
with Nataraja to save his soul from
being stolen by the worldly temptations.
His stand was: 'The cradle is being
robbed' - 'My soul is being burgled by
the thieves called illusion'.
Andal also wept, She wept that the Lord
was not stealing her bed. Vallalar cried
that the cradle was being stolen,
whereas Andal protested that her bed was
not being stolen. Vallalar cried that
the illusions (maya) of the world were
stealing the soul, Andal was in remorse
that the Lord of those illusions (Mayavan)
was not stealing her.
What a vast difference! One is trying to
prevent the theft, whereas the other is
yearning for the theft to happen. That
is the bliss inlaid in the NayakiBhava.
It will not exclude anything as not
required. Take on the Lord as your
Nayaka and crave for His attention like
Andal did, like Meera did. Then you will
very soon attain the Ultimate. The
Paramaathma is The Only Male; all others
are females.
(
Baba's replies to other questions
continues next week....)
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