Reflecting the earth and sky

• Jurmoloya
• 25 October, 2017

By: JurmoloyaRava

THE HUMAN BODY IS INTIMATELY CONNECTED WITH THE ENTIRE COSMOS

IN THE yogic culture, the summer solstice, which falls in June, marks the beginning of Dak­shinayana, which means the sun begins to trace a southward movement in the sky in the north­ern hemisphere. Similarly, the winter solstice, which falls in December, marks the beginning of Uttarayana or the northern run of the sun.

The half of the year from the beginning of Ut­tarayana in December to the beginning of Dak­shinayana in June is known as gnana pada. The other half of the year from the beginning of Dakshinayana to the beginning of Uttarayana is known as the sadhana pada. In terms of sadha­na, Dakshinayana is for purification, Uttarayana is for enlightenment.

The change in the sun’s relationship with the planet has a significant impact on the lives of people, particularly for those who inhabit the region of the earth between eighteen degrees north to forty-eight degrees north, because this part of the earth receives the maximum impact.

A human being cannot escape anything that happens to the planet – I am not referring to the environment as such. What you call “myself” is just a piece of this planet – albeit a more sensi­tive and receptive part of the planet than rock or earth. Whatever happens to the planet will hap­pen a thousand-fold within the human system. It is just that it takes some sensitivity and receptiv­ity to experience and make use of it.

Many people are making use of it in uncon­scious ways, not knowing what they are doing. Unconsciously, on certain days they behave in a certain way. Every human being, no matter what level of competence they have reached in his life, either a great athlete or an artist or a musician or a politician or an intellectual, whatever he may be, will for some unknown reason seem to func­tion better on certain days and times. And for some unknown reason he does not seem to do the same things as well on another day. This is because the dynamics of the planet and the solar system are working upon you.

In the northern hemisphere, Uttarayana is the time of fulfilment, Dakshinayana is the time of receptivity. This is also understood as the mascu­line phase and feminine phase of the Earth re­spectively. The period when the earth changes her fabric from masculine to feminine is very significant for a sadhaka because that is when we move into the six months known as the sadhana phase, where receptivity is good.

Uttarayana and Dakshinayana have a signifi­cant impact on how the human system func­tions. Accordingly, spiritual aspirants shift their tone of activity – when the sun is in the northern run they are one way, when it moves to the southern dimension they are in a different way. During the southern run, what is below the Ana­hata chakra can be purified very easily. During the northern run, what is above the Anahata can be worked much more easily.

If you look at the chakras as two different di­mensions, the lower ones, the Manipuraka, the Swadishthana, and Muladhara are more con­cerned in keeping the body stable, rooted. These are the earth qualities. They pull you to the Earth. The more you ascribe your energies to these three centres, the more your qualities will become earthy and in the grip of nature.

The upper ones, the Vishuddhi, Agna, and Sa­hasrar are centres that are always taking you away. If your energies become dominant in these cen­tres, it is pulling you away from Earth. These cen­tres make you open to another force, which we normally refer to as grace – it is always trying to take you away from Earth. Between the first three and the last three, the first three pull you towards the Earth, the last three pull you away from the Earth. Anahata is a balance between the two.

The human body, if brought to a certain level of intensity and sensitivity, is a cosmos by itself. Eve­rything that happens in the external sphere, in a subtle way manifests in the body. It happens to everybody, it is just that most people do not no­tice. But a more organised and purposeful rear­rangement of the human mechanism could be done if one becomes conscious of the external movement and aligns that with the movement happening within the human system.

If you want this body of flesh and bone to im­bibe the nature of the cosmic body, understand­ing and being in tune with this movement of Utta­rayana and Dakshinayana is essential.

Ranked amongst the fifty most influential people in India, Sadhguru is a yogi, mystic, visionary and bestselling author. Sadhguru was conferred the “Padma Vibhushan” by the government of India in 2017. http://isha.sadhguru.org