OPENING OF GRANTHIS IN YOGA
Granthis are the psychic knots or blocks in our personality where the
energy & consciousness interact & manifest in a particular way.According to the yogic tradition,there are three granthis:
1.) Brahma Granthi. 2.) Vishnu Granthi & 3.) Rudra Granthi.
Brahma Granthi:- is the first psychic knot.It is supposed to be the
lowest knot covering the area of mooladhara & swadhisthana chakras.It is also known as perineal knot.
Vishnu Granthi:- is the second knot, which covers the area between manipura,
anahata & vishuddhi chakras.It is also known as the navel knot.
Rudra Granthi:- is the third knot, covering the areas of Ajna &
Sahasrara chakras.It is also known as forehead knot.These three knots prevent the free flow of prana along chakras & prevent
the arising of kundalini.
ALL THE THREE GODS TAKES THE TEST OF THE SADHAKA BEFORE THEY GIVE THE
WAY FORWARD.
KNOT OF BRAHMA :-
Brahma granthi is the knot of Brahma which is the manifest force of
life & creation.Its relation to the world in which we live or according to Tantra, the world of yonis or different life
forms, Brahma granthi controls the energies of mooladhara & swadhisthana.It is linked with the urge to procreate &
with deep, instinctive knowledge, awareness & desires of sex.It is known as blockage of Brahma because it holds
our consciousness at the level which is related to the desires of the physical dimensions like sensuality, sex, procreation
& the instinctive urge to survive which cannot be transcend. Once this blockage is removed from the realm of consciousness
& energy,instincts of the deep rootedness & energy are released. The kundalini or primal energy is thus able to rise
beyond mooldhra & swadhisthan without bogged down by the attractions to which our consciousness is hooked.
Lord Brahma Gives the way.
KNOT OF VISHNU:-
Vishnu Granthi is the area where he personality & the body are sustained.Manipura
sustains the physical body is a practical way.The food we consume is converted into energy & distributed through the body.the
process of converting matter into energy, a form which can be used for maintenance & growth of the body, is a function
of manipura.
In the same way, anahata sustains the mental structure in the form of
emotions which are intense expressions of subtle energy.The raw, unrefined & unadulterated energy can manifest as anger,
hatred, jealousy & so on. this energy is the force which sustains the manomaya kosha or mental body & the pranamaya
kosha & the pranamaya kosha or pranic body.Vishuddhi, the all pervading space energy, sustains the Vijnanamaya kosha or
psychic body & the anandamaya kosha or spiritual body.So the sustaining aspect of all our human dimensions is governed
by these three chakras which vitalize, feed, nurture & balance the subtle bodies.this is the function of the Vishnu granthi.Once
the Vishnu granthi blockage is removed we begin to draw energy to sustain ourselves from the universe & not From the localized
centers of body like lungs.the energies of the body become harmonious with the energies of the cosmos.The interaction between
the individual personality & the cosmos begins to happen naturally & spontaneously.
Lord Vishnu Gives the way.
KNOT OF RUDRA:-
Rudra granthi or
the knot of rudra governs ajna & sahasrara chakras & represents the transformation of an existing form, idea or concept
into the universal aspect.here there is a breaking away of the old, the ego awareness, the "I" Awareness, the mental awareness, the physical awareness & an evolving of the sixth sense or the eye of intuition,
as the third eye of Lord Shiva.
The sixth sense & beyond is the state where the omniscient nature of consciousness is experienced, where
the past, present & future become known.With that omniscient awareness in hand we move on to Sahasrara, where the final
merger of the individual soul or atman with the universal,cosmic soul, takes place.
UNTYING THE KNOTS:-
In this practice these psychic knots which hamper the awakening of prana & kundalini & which limit the
boundaries of our consciousness are systematically united. The symbolic representation of these psychic knots is represented
by 1.) Dhumra Lingam 2.) Bana Lingam. 3.) Itakhya Lingam.
By performing certain rotations of the breath, the prana & the mantra around these symbols, the three psychic
knots which have their archetypal representation at the deeper levels of our consciousness are systematically rooted &
removed.
