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Chakra means the energy centers. It is like a dynamo. When the dynamo is moving, then energy is produced. If the dynamo is not moving, then energy is not produced. So, out of this small piece of metal, which has different wires inside—copper and so on—if you touch this, there is nothing; it’s cold. It’s just a piece of metal. But when it begins to move, this turning produces energy. With this energy, you can run your ventilation, air conditioning, lights, and computers. You run it 24 hours, and after you put it off, there is no energy. Your generator still has the same weight; it didn’t lose any mass. The energy is still there, but now it’s not turning, and it is not producing energy. This means the energy produced by our chakra is not physical energy, but it does influence our physical being. It helps our eyes, it helps our ears, it helps our brain, and the whole movement of the body. A chakra is like a disc—you know, what is a CD? A compact disc. So this chakra is like a disc. Each chakra always has two parts, and they are turning dynamically. One part is turning in one direction, and the other part is turning in the opposite direction. When its movement comes between them, then this energy is awakened. These chakras in the body are throughout the whole body. There are many, many energy centers. At the foot sole level, there is the earth cakra. From the ankle joint to the heels is the vegetation cakra. From the knee to the hip joints is the animal cakra. From the hip joints to the neck are the human chakras, and above this is the divine chakra. These are again divided into five parts, like the five elements as well as the five kośas, the five bodies. At every level of the chakras, like from animals to the human level, there are still some qualities of the previous chakras. The earth element, the earth chakra—when energy goes up to the vegetative chakras, there is still earth quality inside. When the vegetation chakras come to the animal kingdom, there is a vegetation quality. When animal chakras merge into the human chakras’ level, at the border, then we have human plus animal qualities. What we say sometimes—a human is behaving like an animal—is because of these mixed qualities. For us, at present, these five chakras are very important: Mūlādhāra till Viśuddhi. Again, these are five chakras. These five chakras represent the five elements: earth, water, fire, air, and ether. The development of these chakras, the awakening of these chakras, can confuse us if too much animal energy awakens in us. Then your energy, or your body, mind, and emotion, are not in your control because this animal energy is stronger than the human energy. So the animal energy with the human spirit, or the human consciousness, becomes unbearable. Why does it happen? It happens because the chakras are not properly purified. It happens because those chakras are not sufficiently purified through mantra. Oni nevšímají. So this is again their own ignorance, their own complexes, which put them into trouble. You will see that kuṇḍalinī awakening, where it happens with some Indians, is very easy, very divine because that person takes everything as it is. The Western brain is trained only intellectually. And where there is intellect, there is little chance of compromise. Like a computer: when you talk to a computer and ask it, "Please, can you compromise?" The computer says, "But please be kind." Against being, there is no emotional feelings. The computer says there is no love, no compromising, no emotion, and no tolerance. Straightforward. Again, he will ask, "Put your keywords inside." Please, computer, forgive me. I forgot my key. He will not give it. But if you ask some human or a master, "Please, master, forgive me. I made a mistake. I forgot my mantra. Give me, please, mantra. We will do it." So the intellect—a dry intellect—through the dry... Intellect, the human roots are getting rotten. This warm feeling of love, respect, and adoration is lost; it is getting lost. And this is because the heart is not compromised. Therefore, if you make a difference as well—"This mantra is Hindi, Sanskrit, and it’s Indian, and Hindu religion. I am Christian, I think this is, I don’t want this"—this is a mistake. Mantra is mantra. There is no Christian or Hindu or Jewish or Muslim. Love is love. All is different in the language. That energy is energy. The sun is sun. Electricity is electricity. It doesn’t matter which language you tell, the reality is the same. There is no difference between a ring and a necklace because both realities are gold. Therefore, a spiritual person whose kuṇḍalinī is awakening or would like to awaken has to purify these doubts. Then the awakening of the kuṇḍalinī means the awakening of wisdom, the awakening of freedom, happiness, certainty. There is no fear. Therefore, these are the five chakras we have to purify, and we have to know their qualities.