Amrita Mandala UK

05/10/2024

What does the 'subtle energy body' look like?

The following is a representation of the subtle energy body as taught by my teacher Amrita Baba based on his visions, who worked closely with James Prevette from Canada to create this detailed visual of the 'causal body' made up of 'nadi channels' and the chakras above and below the body (bhumi chakras), as well as chakras inside the limbs.

The 'Jewel Visualisation' is a foundational practise in Amrita Mandala, imagining the body and aura as flawless diamond, along with the vertical pillar that runs through the spine, raising above and descending below the body 5 or 6 metres connecting us to our Buddhanature. We imagine light flowing through the vertical pillar from above and below, meeting at the heart chakra, and then radiating out through our diamond body and aura as rainbow light, purifying our being, as well as extending out in all directions to reach all beings.

I was always amazed how quickly people in the meditation classes got the hang of this and were able to get a direct experience for themselves of connecting to the subtle energy body. Doing so immediately 'grounds' you, at least to some extent, in the clarity of pure awareness, the stable ground of our very own Buddhanature, because this is what our causal body of nadis represents.

In the same way we can understand and explore our inner organs and what they feel like if we have some understanding of our physical anatomy, with a clear and stable mind we can also feel into and explore and become familiar with our subtle energy bodies if we understand the anatomy of them.

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04/04/2024

Dear all, I am ending the meditation classes! There will be no meditation class next week. I'm really grateful to everyone who came and gave it a go and supported them. It was a great pleasure and so pleased I had the opportunity to do this, and hope people found benefit in them and will take the practises into their daily lives.

At the moment my circumstances have changed and I am working a lot more during the week, so find I am over busy to commit to weekly sessions. The idea is that I will take a rest from running the classes, but in a few months time I hope to start running weekend meditation workshops, so stay tuned!

One of the things I've found is that even with weekly classes, people find it hard to stick to their own personal practise. Meditation has an extraordinary potential to transform your life, but unless you introduce this into your life as a regular practise it is impossible to find this out!

There are plenty of meditation resources out there, but if you want something that will truly change your life then I would recommend the teachings of Amrita Mandala, which is a path of awakening leading to full liberation from suffering, not just for monks or meditation obsessives, but a path for ordinary people who have jobs, family, and busy lives.

Outer circumstances will always change, and bring stress, until we find a way to transform our mind. There are paths to complete freedom, they are hard to come by, and Amrita Mandala is one of them. I say this because this is the path that has given me so much inner freedom, and I wish this for you too.

The simplest way to start is with the 'Two-Part Formula', an insight practise specifically used to generate the first awakening. This awakening is described in many spiritual traditions, perhaps in different ways, but in all cases it is the same thing: a permanent shift in the way we see things, where a layer of self-based confusion is peeled away and we begin to feel more whole and stable: https://www.amritamandala.com/2pf

Though if you are keen to dive in, and open minded enough, a very fruitful practise that you can introduce as your regular meditation routine is Rainbow Body Yoga. This has been my main practise for a few years. You begin by learning the 'Lite' version, suitable for beginners, and this is done by joining the online Rainbow Body Yoga empowerment which you can read about here: https://fb.me/e/1tR0PkMrZ

If anyone has any questions about this, or anything about meditation or the spiritual path, please feel free to reach out to me: https://www.facebook.com/chris.protheroe

May your spiritual path go well, be fruitful, and may this be for the benefit of all beings!

Many blessings

Nataraja (Chris)

The Two-Part Formula for Awakening The Two-Part Formula (2PF) is a simple and effective method for bringing about permanent awakening. Awakening in this context means the dropping off of the illusion of self. The method is all about being aware of one’s sense of self and observing it systematicall...

31/03/2024

Meditation sessions resume on Tuesday (2nd April), hope to see you there. Have a nice Easter. 🐰