Consider the ancient map of the chakras — a symbolic blueprint of inner ascent. The sages of India described this journey as a series of energy centers aligned along the spine, each representing a stage in the evolution of human consciousness.
In traditions such as Kundalini Yoga and Tantric philosophy, energy was never viewed as moral.
It was never “good” or “bad.”
It was neutral.
Like water.
Like electricity.
Like light before it meets an object.
Neuroscience doesn’t speak of chakras, but it describes an ascent—from survival circuits to emotional regulation, and then to higher awareness in the prefrontal cortex.
Ancient language. Modern language. Same ascent.
Energy in Its Pure State
Energy begins pure — undivided, uncolored.
Like a drop of rain falling from the sky.
But the moment it touches earth, it begins to mix.
Rain becomes a river. The river becomes drinking water.
Water becomes coffee. Coffee becomes stimulation.
Stimulation becomes anxiety.
The essence never changed. Only the expression did.
So it is with human energy.
The Root: Survival and Separation
At the lowest center — what the yogis refer to as the root — energy manifests as survival.
Food. Shelter. Protection. Territory.
Here, consciousness functions through the ego — the mechanism of self-preservation.
In evolutionary biology, this aligns with the oldest neural pathways — fight, flight, freeze.
Energy here is not evil. It is dense.
It is compressed into “me versus the world.”
The drop has touched down.
The Sacral: Lust and Desire
As energy rises, it reaches the sexual center.
Now neutrality turns into polarity. Now electricity seeks connection. Now attraction and repulsion dance.
What was once about survival now becomes about reproduction. What was once neutrality now turns into lust and desire.
But remember: water is still water.
Animals mainly exist in the first three centers — survival, reproduction, dominance.
And man, when unconscious, isn't so different.
The difference? The possibility of ascent.
The Heart: Passion Becomes Compassion
When energy flows to the heart, something miraculous occurs.
Sex turns into love. Desire evolves into devotion. Passion transforms into compassion.
The lotus emerges from the mud — but it doesn't smell like mud.
This is not the suppression of the lower. It is cultivation.
Modern psychology describes this process as integration, where attachment transforms into connection and impulse shifts into care.
Energy is becoming lighter.
The Throat: Creation Beyond Biology
At the throat center, energy changes direction.
Reproduction of species becomes creation of meaning.
The same force that once sought union in flesh now seeks expression through music, poetry, art, and sacred speech.
This is the point where instinct evolves into expression.
Biology develops into symbolism.
Here, evolution becomes conscious.
The Third Eye: Energy Turns Inward
Now, the energy no longer flows outward toward objects.
It changes direction.
Attention withdraws from the many and turns toward the One who sees.
This marks the birth of the Witness.
Mystics describe intuition and inner knowing.
Science describes metacognition — the capacity to notice and reflect on one’s own thinking.
Energy that once illuminated the world now illuminates the seer.
The drop begins, remembering the sky.
The Crown: Return to Neutrality
And finally…
at the crown, energy returns to what it always was.
Pure. Clear. Neutral.
But now it is aware of itself.
What began as separation returns as unity.
The drop falls from the sky, travels through soil, becomes a river, turns into water, becomes blood, turns into thought, becomes love, becomes prayer, becomes silence — and finally evaporates back into the sky and transforms into pure energy again.
Nothing was ever contaminated. It only looked that way at different densities.
The Real Teaching
Old friend…
Never look down on the lower centers. Avoid trying to eliminate them.
You do not eradicate the mud. You allow the lotus to rise.
The journey is not about suppressing the lower — it is about transcending it. Not to escape, but to elevate. To transform.
Energy is one. Expression is many.
And when the ascent finishes, the many dissolve back into the One.
The rain remembers it was always the sky.
And the human remembers… he was never just an animal. He was the bridge between earth and heaven. Between the animal and the Divine
And maybe — just maybe — this is what awakening really means.
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