Mental Body

Mental Body is related to imagination, memory, and dreaming. Transformation of dreaming happens into vision. This layer is connected to the vibration level of thoughts and mental processes, ego and personal power. It is the vibratory rate through which one thinks and reasons out. When one operates in lower levels of the mental body, one"s opinions and attitudes may be heavily influenced by feelings, giving rise to a "desire mind", products of which include preconceptions, opinions and other forms of emotionally seasoned thinking. Operating at the superior levels of the mental body, one is capable of non-figurative thinking, creativity, logical analysis, mathematics and philosophy. There is a connection with the third chakra which is the Manipura Chakra. It displays the thoughts and attitudes of the people.

The following illustrations portray the locations of the seven chakra levels of Mental Body:

1. Physical Level
Location: lower throat. Function: accepting what is; coordinating ways to work with situations; a feeling of power to make changes. Too open: always trying to take charge of things, generally other people"s lives. Blocked: incapability to accept (swallow) mentally; incapability to work with situations; may have too much conceit or prejudices.

2. Emotional Level
Location: temples. Function: feelings about things perceived. Too open: unnecessary attempts to grasp everything. Blocked: may disfigure vision or only see what is contentedly seen.

3. Mental Level
Location: third eye (between eyebrows). Function: home of ego; fortifies self as separate individual; extrasensory sight. Too open: narcissistic. Blocked: weak or upturned ego; closed to other attributes of life.

4. Intuitional/Compassionate Level
Location: centre of transverse colon (above navel). Function: emotional level of acceptance or refusal of thoughts; emotional-mental connection. Too open: feeling one"s thoughts are exceptionally vital. Blocked: undigested thought, forms or ideas; can lead to constipation.

5. Will/ Spirit Level
Location: upper throat, at the base of the tongue and straight back under the chin. Function: triggers will to articulate thoughts and speak up. Too open: unwarranted expression of thoughts (talk too much). Blocked: deficiency of confidence in one"s mental abilities; choking on words; sore throat.

6. Soul Level
Location: fifth eye (centre of forehead). Function: triggers higher mind for creative thinking; brings responsiveness of the bigger picture of life and one"s place in it. Too open: too obsessed with humane values. Blocked: self-centred; lack of vision.

7. Divine Level
Location: seventh eye (straight up from the fifth eye, above the normal hair line, approximately 3/4 to 1 inch). Function: consciousness of self on soul level; communication point with higher self. Too open: exceptionally inattentive with higher vision of the self. Blocked: incapability to comprehend and use spiritual sixth sense; preoccupied with just the human side of life.

The mental body contains matter, which can vibrate at a rate similar to that of the creative force in the cosmos. It is where a person starts to think, to reason, to know, to create. Through the mental body one gathers knowledge, through reason and logic, one applies that knowledge. It is also through this body that one sets up severe attitudes or structures in the system. It is here that prejudices are formed. The more inflexible the matter in the mental body becomes, the more complicated it is to flow with life, to learn new ways of living and to develop fresh ideas.

Cleansing the Mental
While the Kundalini releases the mental body, a person may find strong, formerly unknown preconceptions or become conscious of life-governing attitudes, which have long influenced actions and reactions.

Clearing the Brain
Firstly, one should concentrate on breathing through the nose, up into the head. Then, it is advised to look into the head as one would look up into the heavens and survey stars in the sky. However, what colours, what energy patterns can one observe?

Truth
Firstly, it is advised to do the Deep, Peaceful Breathing, concentrating on the centre of the forehead; then,. The word `truth` needs to be visualised in that area. Breathing in can help feel truth enter the whole system, flooding each cell. It is best advised to hold this system, while doing Deep, Peaceful Breathing, for at least two minutes.

During Kundalini purification, it is especially easy for untruths and misconceptions (which block growth) to enter the thoughts. If one has mental work to do, but the energy will not flow, it is best to try dancing. Dancing is an exceptional exercise for releasing Kundalini flow and assists in thinking and perceptive processes. Since mental work is often done in a way that is not advantageous to superior Kundalini flow- at a desk or a table, curved over the work, shoulders rounded and hunched, head lowered- it is advised to try to change the posture and take breaks, where one may walk, dance or exercise.

Kundalini flow to the brain is slowed when one is caught in emotional situations and relationship problems (common, in this age). Having trust that "this too shall pass", and gaining linear perspective on the situation, helps keep energy flow open to the brain.

The Ultimate
One shall think and create in fresh ways and work with higher magnitudes. Manifestation and other mental powers will be considered normal.

The mental body is indeed an important part. To understand the slightest mental vibration this body is needed. Proper exercises are needed for the overall stimulation of this body, which ultimately supports in developing the chakras too.

1.Mental Body-Physical Level- Lower throat just above the horseshoe
This chakra is very significant because it concerns accommodating what is and coordinating ways to work with it. It can liberate much power. Accepting does not mean one has to like it or bear it, rather, one needs to acknowledge and admit that something is the way it is; One then gains the power to orchestrate and do something with it. It is advised to take deep, peaceful breaths. One must open oneself in that chakra as much as possible. It can be questioned what two areas in life one needs to acknowledge and work with more. Questions can also be asked for ideas on how to do it. It needs to be questioned on what are the two areas in which one is performing quite well and can stop plaguing oneself about.

2. Mental Body-Emotional Level- The temples
This area concerns about how one feels about what one generally views. One can tense up and cause deformation in their vision, so one views only what own wants to or what one thinks one can manage. The temples need to be massaged gently. The energy must be allowed to flow and the consciousness of the temples can be asked what it has blocked, because one does not wish to see it. It can also be asked what can one do to see things with more simplicity and profundity.

3. Mental Body-Mental Level- Third eye between the eyebrows
This eye is linked with the ego and stimulates a sense of the human self. This eye needs to be asked in what area does one lets too much ego to cloud one`s vision; also one can ask where one is doing good.

4. Mental Body-Intuitional/Compassionate Level- The centre of the transverse colon, about midway between the navel and solar plexus chakra
This chakra relates to understanding one`s thoughts. One can question about what does one feel about the true approaches toward life. This might be another "hassle" chakra; due to unintegrated thought forms or unassimilated ideas, it might lead to impairment. Some energy needs to be sent to the chakra to open up and ask to know three areas in life in which one needs to be more compassionate toward one`s own thoughts and ideas.

5. Mental Body-Will/Spirit Level- Upper throat, straight back under the chin and under the base of the tongue
This chakra is related to articulation of thought and speaking up. If hindered, it might cause a deficiency of confidence in mental capabilities, clogging in words, an aching throat, loss of transparency or freedom in speech. The chakra needs to be massaged in this case. Later, one needs to ponder over what areas of life are complicated to talk about for oneself; what areas are open.

6. Mental Body-Soul Level- Fifth eye (centre of forehead)
The soul level of the mental body triggers the elevated mind and grants one to see the greater picture. Without adequate openness in it, one will not even realise that there are areas of knowledge outside the reach one`s knowing. When this chakra is closed, one may feel as if one knows it all, but is quite oblivious. The fifth eye needs to massaged. The energy must be allowed to flow out. It is advised to ask oneself where one is performing well to expand one`s grasp of the greater picture and where one is holding back.

7. Mental Body/Divine Level- Seventh eye (about 3/4-1 inch above the normal hairline or about 1-V/4 inch from the sixth eye
By moving one`s finger gently in this area, one may feel the chakra. After massaging the area, one needs to ask themselves to see a white light from the spiritual level. If light comes in a grimy or dark colour instead, one must understand that one either needs to develop this chakra more, or else go through more purification. The white light from the seventh eye (whether one sees it or feels it) must be allowed to come down and go out the third eye to bathe and uplift the go; then, one must feel those energies all over the body.