The ‘Descent’ of Śhakti and the Creation of the Elemental Universe
The Supreme Power of Universal Consciousness Parā (‘Supreme’) Śhakti, the sonic source of the universe, resides above the crown of the head as the coiled up power (Kuṇḍalinī-Śhakti) of our life force, the in-breath before it descends into the body.
Ṃ
Ṃ (‘nnng’) (3rd eye) AU (‘oh’) = space
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AI (‘eye’) = wind Ū
Ū
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Ī
Ā
(‘oo’) = fire (‘ee’) = water
Ā (‘aah’) = earth
Ucchāra: The Sonic ‘Ascent’ of the Coiled Power (Kuṇḍalinī Śakti)
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The AUṂ syllable contains the 12 Vowels of Sanskrit - Body of Śakti
A + u + ~ = A + U + Ṃ = AUṂ
1 A
2 Ā
3 I
4 Ī
5 U
6 Ū
7 E
8 AI
9 O
10 AU
11 Ḥ
12 Ṃ
The AUṂ syllable is the ‘primal’ syllable (praṇava), the fusion of all vowels, the ‘unstruck’ eternal resonance of the Divine. When invoked by yogins in the fire of the heart, the liberating ‘Power’ (Śakti) of Universal Consciousness (Śiva) rises as the sonic resonance of AUṂ.
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