Lahiri Mahasaya & the 3 Channel Secret

Summary

December 6, 2019, 14 min

The three channels of the spine (cooling Ida on the left, fiery Pingala on the right, balanced Sushumna at the center) read as the limbic brain's left-right switching projected into the chakras. Dancing Shiva's raised left leg and Lahiri Mahasaya's left-leg-uppermost seat accentuate the cool, parasympathetic side, a posture to try in meditation.

In this video

Teaches

Ida and PingalaSushumnaMeditation posture

Discusses

ChakrasHRV ResonanceLeft and right brainShivaParasympathetic nervous systemLahiri MahasayaNon-attachmentSpiritual eye

Mentions

InteroceptionDual and non-dualTodd MurphySympathetic nervous systemDorsal Vagal Complex

Key moments

00:00A secret hidden in pictures of Shiva and Lahiri Mahasaya 00:43Ida, Pingala and Sushumna: the three channels in the spine 02:58Crossing channels and chakras as projections of the limbic brain 03:41Why talk about these things as physical: where rubber meets the road 05:05Left-right switching in the limbic brain through the chakras 05:56A Brahmin friend: each channel's use for success 07:00Heart rate variability and accentuating the parasympathetic 08:47Right brain on the left side, left brain on the right 10:03The secret: dancing Shiva's left leg held uppermost 10:38Lahiri Mahasaya's left leg uppermost, and trying it yourself 11:38The real cave is inside your own skull