In English
The and their significance
In every human being there are seven or centres of psychic power, as they are called. These have been interpreted in various ways. Among these, the two most important ones are the and the . They are described as being special kind of lotus flowers, the former having eight radiant petals, and the latter a thousand petals. It is said that a thorough understanding of the principles underlying these two would facilitate the attainment of divinity. The flower of the heart represents God, while each petal of the represents sixteen aspects of Divinity. Thus, the thousand petals of represent in all, sixteen thousand aspects of Divinity. The sixteen thousand (cowherd maids) that the scriptures talk about represent nothing but sixteen thousand variants of Divinity. They say that one gets liberated when one ascends from the to the . What does this really mean? Simply this: Just as the petals dissolve their individual identity and merge together to form a radiant flower, the merged into the Omnipresent, Omnipotent, and Omniscient God. The coming together of the and God is, in the chakra language, the coming together of the two important mentioned earlier. God is the Ultimate Divine Master, and everything in creation belongs to Him. All beings are His property. The flower [representing the mind] is His property, and it must be offered to Him alone. The provides an illustration.