Swadisthana Chakra

▵ Abode of the self
Swadhishthana means “abode of the self.” When one masters the Muladhara, it can either lead to a very stable body, or to a certain drunkenness of experience, or to heightened levels of perception. If one has used the mastery over the Muladhara for stability alone, then the Swadhishthana becomes a strong abode of regeneration and pleasure.If one has used Muladhara for drunkenness, then the Swadhishthana becomes an abode of a sense of bodilessness – not in terms of becoming like thin air, but as an experience of a little distance from the body.

If one has used Muladhara for drunkenness, then the Swadhishthana becomes an abode of a sense of bodilessness – not in terms of becoming like thin air, but as an experience of a little distance from the body. If you take an orange, there is sweetness in the fruit that is not there in the peel; they are one inside the other, but there is a little distance. Likewise, when there is sweetness of the self, the body will sit a little loosely on it. This will give some freedom from physical drives that human beings tend to have.

If one has used the Muladhara or the amrita to heighten one’s perception, then the Swadhishthana also functions in this way and further enhances that possibility. 

▵ Swadhishthana and Systems of Health
Of all the things that we can do in the yogic system, working with the Swadhishthana is among the most complex and beautiful. There have been many cases where a combination of Swadhishthana and Muladhara has produced beautiful results for people. Many have been rejuvenated from almost deathlike situations and become vibrantly alive. The schools of Muladhara and Swadhishthana created elaborate systems of medicine and ways of becoming healthy.

Our Rejuvenation Center is doing this to some extent. This can be done through various types of therapies, using Siddha and Ayurveda oils and medicines, herbs, substances, and metals. It is a complex process. But a better way to do it would be to activate your Muladhara and Swadhishthana by yourself, so that the body fixes itself. If Muladhara and Swadhishthana are stabilized, health will happen by itself, from within, because they are at the very basis of the body. 

The schools of Muladhara and Swadhishthana created elaborate systems of medicine and ways of becoming healthy. This happened because of the demands of the marketplace. When they met a yogi, people only asked things like, “Can you cure my disease? Can you make me young again? Can you bring my grandmother back to life?” Very few people asked, “Can you take me beyond my limitations?”

Yoga got crafted as per people’s demands. Of course, in today’s world, people feel this is perfectly legitimate and the best thing about yoga. But using the yogic system only to attend to one’s health is the lowest way of using it. But that is considered the highest today. Only if there are health benefits, they think it’s for real. https://www.youtube.com/embed/00lxYuPrvnA

For the Muladhara, you can use earth and herbs, because herbs are an outcome of the earth. For the Swadhishthana, mostly fire and akash are used. By using these elements and substances, one can acquire a certain capability so that things from outside do not touch you. There have been fantastic stories in this context.

▵ Plant Life and Mastery of Swadhishthana
If you have sufficient mastery over both Swadhishthana and Muladhara, then the plants will speak to you. The elaborate system of Ayurveda has over one hundred thousand formulations – more than the modern pharmacopeia. This did not come from someone who was sitting and experimenting in a laboratory. They just walked in the forest, and the plants spoke to them. When the sweetness of the self releases you from the compulsions of the body, the language of everything around you becomes yours. If you have sufficient mastery over both Swadhishthana and Muladhara, then the plants will speak to you.

This does not mean the plants spoke to them and said, “I will cure your diabetes,” but the quality of each plant became apparent. Every plant, every life, and the earth have their own reverberation. To be able to receive that, you must be in a certain level of pleasantness and joy within yourself. Then the plants will speak to you. This is how the sages of the past discovered what thousands of herbs and roots can do to us. No one sat with a microscope and analyzed their structure and impact on our DNA or whatever. It is just that plants will speak to you when you shut up completely. 

When you realize the limitations of your existence, you will have nothing to say. If you think you are big, you always have something to say. Just twenty-five years ago, most people in India would make a phone call maybe once a year. One day, they would go to the post office where this black monster was sitting. This was a big occasion. Some major event would have happened in their lives for them to use the phone. Today, suddenly everyone has so much to say, not because they all got enlightened and have a lot to share – they simply have a lot to say. And how much ever they say, it doesn’t seem to be enough now. 

There is nothing wrong in using technology for our wellbeing. The problem arises when, empowered by technology, we believe we have become superhuman. If you think you are big because of a gadget, when the battery drains and there’s no place to recharge, suddenly, without your smartphone, you will look dumb. 

▵ Swadhishthana Sadhana Brings Freedom 
When energies are dominant in the Swadhishthana, one becomes far more alert to life around. Swadhishthana sadhana gives you a certain freedom. The freedom movement in this country was referred to as Swatantra. Swa-tantra means “technology of the self” – a way to become free. The biggest bondage is in the way we are reproduced, and the biggest urge is that of reproduction. It binds people in body, mind, and emotion. Swadhishthana and swatantra are connected. Swatantra is a way to release the self from these kinds of troubles and compulsions.

▵ Procreation or Creation of Gods?
There have been many beings who have used the Swadhishthana for specific goals. If your Swadhishthana is established at the lowest level, it is purely reproductive. At the highest level, you can create a god if you wish. The technology of god-making is based on having absolute control over the Swadhishthana. If just your Swadhishthana is on, you may deliver a baby. But only if all the other six dimensions in your system are on, can you deliver a god.

The tantra of making the self free is about creating a certain flexibility of your life energies, in such way that they are not bound by the compulsions of the body anymore. To keep this body alive, healthy, and capable, you have to invest a certain amount of energy. Without that, it will lose its capabilities; it will lose its capacity to do things. If you want to deliver a god, you have to invest all you have into it. Otherwise, a divine entity will not be a possibility. Somebody delivered us – that is also important; that is why we are sitting here. But the most significant thing you can do with your Swadhishthana is to deliver a divine entity.

Creating that which you consider the Divine must be approached carefully. Many yogis who created divine entities felt that creating just one was good enough. They gave it their all and left with its completion. Or they gave it their all and became dissipated in the process. Some retained the possibility of doing more. If just your Swadhishthana is on, you may deliver a baby. But only if all the other six dimensions in your system are on, can you deliver a god. And only if all the other six are equally active can you live on and maintain potency after delivering a god. 

▵ The Swadhishthana Chakra – The Abode of the Self (Isha)
▵ 7 Chakras: Mystical Dimensions of the Body’s Seven Chakras (Isha)