"Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds" (film)

Ashley Wells, Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly; InnerWorldsMovie; AwakenTheWorldFilm 

(ATWF) Part 1: Akasha. See all four parts at innerworldsmovie.com. Music from spiritlegend.com. Sacred geometry posters and products at: zazzle.com/awakentheworld. Donations and purchases help support the "Awaken the World Initiative" to make future films free for the benefit of humanity. (Help translate and caption the film at amara.org).

 

"Form is full of potential."

This is Part 1 of the film "Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds" (REM Publishing Ltd.).

Akasha (space, Buddhist kalapas particle-wavelets, aether, etheric field, primordial stuff, primary substance, the yin to prana's yang) is the unmanifested, the nothing ("no thing") or emptiness which fills the vacuum of space.

Vedic deities (Clio7/flickr)

As Einstein realized, empty space is not really empty. Saints, sages, and yogis who have looked within themselves have also realized that within the emptiness is unfathomable power, a web of information or energy which connects all things. 

 

This matrix or web has been called the Logos (the "Word," "I say"), the Higgs Field, the primordial OM, and has been known by a thousand other names throughout history.

• Particle physics (kalapas), Caltech
• Buddhist Physics: Why the LHC Matters

Yogi meditating on Brahma(n)

The first part of "Inner Worlds" explores the one vibratory source that extends through all things, through the science of cymatics, the concept of the Logos, and the Vedic concept of Nada Brahma (the universe as sound or vibration). 

 

Once we realize that there is one vibratory source that is the root of all scientific and spiritual investigation, how can anyone say "my religion," "my God," "my discovery," or ["my film"]?

About the makers

The Buddha, Sakka (Indra), and Brahma

Several people have already tried to re-upload the film and monetize their channel and/or make a profit from selling the film without permission or to build subscribers. It is hard to know people's true motivation, which is sometimes something even they do not know.

The Awaken The World Film channel contains closed captions in many languages so that versions of the film do not spread in the absence of professional translations.

When users subscribe to the ATWF channel they can be provided with future films as they are released. This is just the first of many films to come; the second is already in the works.

  

Brahma the "supreme," Hindu art (sagarworld)

The channel also provides links to the Website and Facebook page and the opportunity for viewers to donate to the Awaken the World initiative. Support is needed to make these films. For while they may be made available for free, donations are really appreciated. Viewers may also offer their translation skills or other support.
 

Proof of contact? Massive Vedic "crop circle" Sri Yantra covering 13 miles uniformly carved into bed of dry lake that is too hard for us to etch in Oregon, USA (Bill Witherspoon)

• Workshops, meditation retreat, and more (facebook)
• Google community page discusses awakening

Why the forehead chakra? (Buddhist tantra)

Ashley Wells and Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly; Wikipedia edit

The crown, brow (agni), and throat chakras, Rajasthan, India, 18th century (wiki)

 

Om or aum (Themeplus/flickr.com)

Chakras (subtle energy centers of the body) play an important role in the main surviving branch of Indian Vajrayana, Tibetan Buddhism.

They play a pivotal role in completion stage practices, where an attempt is made to bring the subtle airs or winds of the body into the central channel, to realize the clear light of bliss and emptiness, and to attain buddhahood (Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, Clear Light of Bliss: A Tantric Meditation Manual).
  

The Vajrayana system states that the central channel (avadhūtī) begins at the point of the third eye like the of Lord Shiva, curves up to the crown of the head, and then goes straight down to the lower body. 

There are two side channels, the rasanā and lalanā, which start at their respective nostrils and then travel down to the lower body. The apāna vāyu (down-moving wind, where "wind" means the invisible power to move) governs the lower terminations of the three channels. The lower end of the central channel ends at the rectum. The lower end of the lalanā ends in the urinary tract. The lower end of the rasanā channel emits semen.

Chakra picture produced by AuraStar2000TM bio-energy sensor (William Vroman/wiki)

  

Buddha aum (BrookeMontes/flickr)

The side channels run parallel to the center channel, except at locations such as the navel, heart, throat, and crown (i.e., the chakras) where the two side channels twist around the central channel. At the navel, throat, and crown, there is a twofold knot caused by each side channel twisting once around the central channel. 

At the heart wheel there is a sixfold knot, where each side channel twists around three times. An important part of completion stage practice involves loosening and undoing these knots.

 

Within the chakras exist the "subtle drops." The white drop exists in the crown, the red drop exists in the navel, and at the heart exists the indestructible red and white drop, which leaves the body at the time of death.
 

Sanskrit characters (sriaurobindoashram.com)

In addition, each chakra has a number of "spokes" or "petals," which branch off into thousands of subtle channels running to every part of the body, and each contains a Sanskrit syllable.

By focusing on a specific chakra (while often holding the breath) the subtle winds enter the central channel. The chakra at which they enter is important in order to realize specific practices.

For example, focusing on the subnavel area is important for the practice of tummo, or inner-fire. Meditating on the heart chakra is important for realizing clear light. Meditating on the throat chakra is important for lucid dreaming and the practices of dream yoga. And meditating on the crown chakra is important for consciousness projection, either to another world or into another body.

 

A result of energetic imbalance among the chakras is an almost continuous feeling of dissatisfaction. When the heart chakra is agitated, people lose touch with feelings and sensations, and that breeds the sense of dissatisfaction. It leads to looking outside for fulfillment. When people live in their heads, feelings are secondary. They are interpreters of mental images in a feedback loop to the individual.

Bon protectors of Tibet (viewzone.com)

When awareness is focused on memories of past experiences and mentations, the energy flow to the head chakra increases and the energy flow to the heart chakra lessens. Without nurturing feelings of the heart, a subtle form of anxiety arises which results in the illusory-separate-self reaching out for experience. When the throat chakra settles and energy is distributed evenly between the head and the heart chakras, one is able to truly contact one's senses and touch real feelings (Tarthang Tulku, Tibetan Relaxation: The Illustrated Guide to Kum Nye Massage and Movement - A Yoga from the Tibetan Tradition, pp. 31, 33).

Bön

Chakras, according to the Himalayan pre-Buddhist shamanic Bönpo tradition, influence the quality of experience, because movement of vayu cannot be separated from experience. Each of the six major chakras is linked to experiential qualities of one of the six major realms of existence. More

YOGA means...

Maya, Seven, Wisdom Quarterly; David Ibrahim (DivineYogaLA.com); FoxPowerYoga.com

WHAT IS “YOGA”? 

Yoga means stretching our heart, balancing our mind, and breathing into our innermost selves.

 

“What is this precious love and laughter budding in our hearts? It is the glorious sound of the soul awakening up.”

– Sufi mystic poet Hafiz

Lord Shiva embodying the divine feminine

Divine Yoga LA is led by David Ibrahim, a teacher inspired by yoga’s power to deeply heal and transform the hearts and lives of those who practice it. Ibrahim is known for bringing a fresh, modern interpretation which nevertheless holds strong to the ancient teachings. His soothing voice, sincerity, and presence are hard not to notice. His teaches in an old mining town along Route 66 in the foothill community of Monrovia, which sits in one of the San Gabriel Valley, in suburban Los Angeles. Divine Yoga LA focuses on Hatha Yoga (uniting Sun and Moon, masculine and feminine, yang and yin, assertiveness and receptivity), meditation, and focused breathing practiced alongside inspirational words and music. More + video

• NEXT TIME: Yogi David goes to see Thich Nhat Hanh!

Whatever happened to sex and Ami Fox?

Maya, Wisdom Quarterly

Dear Maya: Ask your question, any question, in the comments section (Wisdom Quarterly).

Ami Fox in arm balancing pose (FPY)

Dear Maya, whatever happened to the yogini who wrote so many great pieces on yoga carried by Wisdom Quarterly? And can someone still have sex when she's pregnant, or is that even normal to think about? 

- Madison G.

"What does the Fox say?" Hey, Maddy, have you considered asking Ylvis? Sadly, Ami Fox (FoxPowerYoga.com) moved from metropolitan Los Angeles to rural Oregon, to a little town with a giant multinational corporation, following her Latin husband's new job opportunity.

She now encourages towering redwoods to transform sunlight into energy using chlorophyll while raising lots of energetic kids. She is a great yoga teacher in the Power Yoga (modern ashtanga) tradition. That's much easier to do in a big, bad city than in a small, staid community.

Sex poses or yoga positions? Be careful.

Having been pregnant while teaching us arduous balance poses, Fox was the person to ask about sex. There are yoga poses to avoid while pregnant, like any that put weight on the belly. So I can think of a few sex positions that might put the same sort of pressure there. Sex is fine while pregnant with a few provisos.  

 

Caveat emptor ("buyer beware") of what you're consuming with a "baby onboard." For more details, ask your doula. Don't have a midwife yet? The doctor at your PPO may know something, but I would get a second opinion about anything those kinds of doctors advise, avoiding most if not all of the allopathic "medicines" they prescribe, particularly toxic vaccinations. According to Wisdom Quarterly's favorite sex and addiction specialist, Dr. Drew Pinksy, it should be just fine. Get a checkup.

• NEXT TIME: Maya answers the meaning of life!