It is said that fundamentally, any spiritual path is the rise of energy from muladhara to sahasrara. They play a significant role in our spiritual sojourn. The seven chakras include muladhara, swadhishthana, manipura, anahata, vishuddhi, ajna and sahasrara. Of the 114 chakras, seven are fundamental to the yogic system. Further, he states that these nadis confluence at certain points. We will notice it moving in established pathways within us.” He talks of 72,000 different pathways called nadis through which this life-force energy or prana moves. We cannot dissect it and study it.īut, mystic Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, in his book Mystics Musings, writes: “As we become more aware of ourselves, we will notice this energy. Unlike our physical body, the energy body cannot be perceived through our sense organs. However, quantum physics has proved that we are all energy beings. While we have begun to understand our physical body, our energy body remains a rather abstract concept to us. The Vedas and Upanishads state that this life-force energy comprises the five elements of the universe. The prana is believed to have originated as the life-force energy from the sun. Fourth century BC Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, makes a mention about life as a subtle life-force energy–a spec of awareness called prana. What if the orchestration of life occurs from a deeper domain of existence? After all, ancient yogic sciences put forth a similar theory. Despite their efforts, the origin of life still remains an unsolved puzzle. The quest for answers led researchers to study the human anatomy on cellular and genome levels. This conundrum has haunted philosophers and scientists alike.
Our body endows us with nourishment to create life on earth.
The coordination with which its various faculties function is indeed awe-inspiring. The human body is an intricate machine made up of flesh and bones.