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Verse 3.4

'The very kind flow', 'the pathway of the void', 'the Absolute opening', 'the great path', 'the burning-ground', 'joy', [and] 'the central path' – all these terms have one meaning.

Situated between these two life-energy-bearing channels, the cooling flow and the fiery flow, is the energy channel called 'the very kind flow'. Those on this path call it the Absolute path or the liberation path. The extremely subtle opening of it [of the very kind flow] is very kind (controlled by the divine influence), so it [the very kind flow] is called the Absolute door or the Absolute opening. Because the anal door, the sex organ door, the tenth door, and the center-of-the-eyebrows door are all located in the Absolute path, each of them is also called the Absolute opening. It says in the yogic scriptures that this very kind flow is like the fibre of a lotus stalk. And they also have said that the path through which a living soul descends to birth is also the path used to achieve liberation. Birth is going down, or descent, and liberation is going up, or ascent. In the mind of yogis, the very kind flow energy channel is certainly the third energy channel, but there is also a secret contained in their account. It is: if the life energy vital air of both channels moves alternately, the left energy channel is called the cooling flow

and the right energy channel is called the fiery flow. But when both energy channels flow together, that is, when both flows become one and it [the vital air] begins to flow in the center, it is called the very kind flow. From this point of view, the very kind flow energy channel is not a third energy channel but is the oneness of the cooling flow and fiery flow energy channels. We may also say that the cooling flow and fiery flow energy channels are situated in the left and right sides of the body, respectively. Endless impurities continually accumulate in the center; consequently the pathway of the very kind flow energy channel is repeatedly blocked.

When natural relaxation occurs in the body, then sleep, transfixion, etcetera, begin to be manifested. The mind gradually becomes engrossed in the flow of the life energy; as a result, its power to produce intention and contrivance is swept away. The instruction in the practice of hypnotism, orders the subject to 'steady your gaze in the center of the eyebrows'. By doing this he falls asleep. In a similar way, he falls asleep through steady gazing. It is the life-energy- bearing energy channels that make the body relaxed or tense. The cooling flow, or the moon energy channel, is the energy channel of the tranquil-powerful condition; its god is Beloved Nurturer (the Sustainer); the fiery flow, or the sun energy channel, is the energy channel of the passionate condition; its god is Beloved Procreator (the Creator); and the very kind flow, or the sacrificial fire energy channel, is the energy channel of the dark condition; its god is Beloved Great God (the Dissolver). Transfixion, sleep and other such mental conditions are under the control of the very kind flow energy channel.

In the systematic practice of the moving-in-space energy seal, the yogi does the center-of- the-eyebrows meditation; through this he goes into yogic sleep. But this self-instigated yogic sleep is different from the sleep of hypnotism that is induced by another. As he progresses, the aspirant of the moving-in-space energy seal, accepting the support of the center of the eyebrows, does the meditation of the five spaces or of the divine light; then he goes into transfixion. Freely chosen transfixion is entirely different from disease-caused, involuntary transfixion.

The second synonym of 'the very kind flow' is 'the pathway of the void'. It is composed of two terms: 'the void' and 'the pathway'. The meaning of 'the void' is 'the space' (the open space, the hollow place, the cavity) and the meaning of 'the pathway' is 'the path'. 'The pathway of the void' means 'the path of space', 'the Absolute path', 'the liberation path'. The path that enters the five spaces located in the brain is the very kind flow. When the aspirant has accomplished the moving-in-space energy seal, he is called a mover in the space. At that time, with the help of the pathway of the void, he goes through the entrance to the space.

I have already discussed the term 'the Absolute opening'.

The fourth synonym of 'the very kind flow' is 'the great path'. It is well-known that the very kind flow is the energy channel of final dissolution [death]; therefore, it is also the path of death; for this reason it is called the great path, or the path of the great departure (death). The yogi is called 'deathless' and equanimity is called 'deathlessness'. Traveling this great path, the yogi goes beyond death.

The fifth synonym is 'the burning ground' (the cremation ground). Until a human being attains liberation, that human being cannot be free from the wheel of birth and death. The very kind flow is the burning ground because it is the 'great path', the path of death.

The sixth synonym is 'joy'. One of the names of Beloved Lord Kind Dissolver is 'Joy Bringer' [upheld sexual seed, upgoing life energy]. He is the god of this very kind flow. His function is to bring about the annihilation [of illusion]. 'Joy' is his goddess divine power. She is called Beloved Mountain Princess, Beloved Stronghold and Beloved Glowing Passionate One. This is the very kind flow, or the Absolute opening. This is the annihilation-bringing life energy divine power. It also bestows immortality. When through correct continued practice of various postures, energy seals and suspensions of the life energy, the vital air begins to be mastered, then the body of the yogi also begins to be stable, and along with this, the eyes become steady. This state is called 'joy'. It is a special level of equanimity. It makes the yogi not subject to old age and death.

The last synonym of 'the very kind flow' is 'the central path'. That path proceeding through the middle is called the central path. The very kind flow has two paths: the ventral central path and the dorsal central path. The ventral central path includes the anus, joining place, sex organ, navel, heart, throat, the center of the eyebrows, and the thousand-petalled lotus. When the aspirant goes into yogic sleep in the fish posture, the sleeping blessed posture, the sleeping hard weapon posture, and other such postures, the ventral central path of the very kind flow is used, and when he goes into yogic sleep in the bowing lotus posture, the bowing blessed posture, the bowing hard weapon posture, and other such postures, the dorsal central path of the very kind flow is used. The energy centers in the dorsal central path are the ones that are in the ventral central path; the only difference is one of ventral and dorsal. [This supports the idea that the term 'center of the eyebrows' refers, not only to the front part of the brain at the level of the eyebrows, but also to an area farther back, possibly at the center of an ellipse formed by a plane passing through the skull at the eyebrow level.]

Command

Verse 3.5

Therefore, to awaken Commanderess, who sleeps in the front part of the Absolute door, the aspirant should, with total effort (assiduity, vigor), do the continued practice of energy seals from the beginning to the end.

Until the evolutionary force is awakened, there is no penetration of the energy centers and no penetration of the plexuses. That is, the doors to liberation are locked; therefore, King Among Yogis instructs the aspirant who wants liberation – 'Awaken that evolutionary force.'

In this verse, in place of the phrase 'the evolutionary force' the word 'Commanderess' has been used. This 'Commanderess' is Kind Dissolver's divine power (consort) – Joy, Stronghold, Glowing Passionate One. There is considered to be no separation between Divine Power and Kind Dissolver, so Kind Dissolver is called Half-Woman Dancing Commander (God). The right side of his/her body is called Kind Dissolver and the left side is called Glowing Passionate One. The Master yogis say, 'Inside Kind Dissolver is Divine Power and inside Divine Power is Kind Dissolver. As in the case of the moon and the moonlight, there is no separation between these two. When there is opening up, Divine Power is recognized and when there is closing up, Kind Dissolver is recognized.' The location of the evolutionary force is above the anal door and below the urethra door, in the root-base energy center. These two doors are Absolute doors, but they are lower doors – they are the pleasure doors. Above are the two yoga doors: the tenth door and the center-of-the-eyebrows door, which constitute the command energy center. Commanderess dwells in the pleasure region; therefore, when a pleasure-seeking aspirant awakens her, the flow of the downtending vital air remains natural – it descends, but when the yogic aspirant awakens Commanderess through the technique of yoga, there is a reversal in the natural flow of the downtending vital air – it begins to rise. The upgoing downtending vital air penetrates the energy centers and plexuses. Divine Power resides in the root-base energy center and Ultimate Kind Dissolver in the thousand-petalled lotus. The conjunction of these two is called equanimity.

Beloved King-Among-Yogis Atmarama says that in order to awaken Commanderess, the aspirant should perform correct continued practice of energy seals. Commanderess, after being awakened through the various energy seals, begins to go up.

At this point, this uncertainty arises: 'After postures, the subject of energy seals should be taken up, but King Among Yogis only took up energy seals after the suspension of the life energy. Is there any special purpose in this?'

It is the natural sequence of natural yoga. In natural meditation, along with various postures, various energy seals also occur: but these are only preliminary. Not only that, at this

time, suspensions of the life energy also occur, but they too are only preliminary. When, after many years, at the time of the purification of the energy channels, various suspensions of the life energy begin, there is the beginning of stabilization. The second subject taken up by King Among Yogis [in the Second Instruction] is the suspension of the life energy; this is the

purification of the energy channels [level of the] suspension of the life energy. This is its middle level. After that, the energy seals of the middle level begin to occur.

'But to us all energy seals appear to be postures. What is the difference between these two?' Energy seal is the developed form of posture. In postures, the organs are primary and the life energy is secondary. In energy seals, on the other hand, the organs are secondary, and the life energy is primary. The same energy seal can occur in various postures. If an energy seal occurs in a given posture, it is not called a posture; it is called an energy seal. Various energy seals can occur in a single posture simultaneously.

In the verse, there is the phrase, 'with total effort'; this phrase is extremely important. If there is not complete intentness (eager devotion) and attention (vigilance) in the continuous practice of energy seals, sun-moon accomplishment and with-comparison equanimity are utterly impossible. The word 'effort' in the phrase 'with total effort' means 'complete soul-surrender'. In the same way, the phrase 'he should perform thoroughly' [from the Sanskrit text of verse 3.5] is also very valuable. It means 'he should do continuous practice from the beginning to the end'. It is a very difficult task to do continuous practice of energy seals from the beginning to the end; even very important yogis, feeling cowardly, retreat from this; how can an ordinary yogi not fall apart?