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Chakra in Human Body

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Meaning for Chakra :
1. Derived from the Sanskrit cakraṃ चक्रं, Phonetic pronunciation "chukr".
2. Derived from the Pali: chakka.
3. Tibetan: khorlo.
4. Malay: cakera is a Sanskrit word that translates as wheel or disc.

Chakras are wheel-like vortices which exist in the surface of the etheric double of man.

[1] The Chakras are said to be "force centers" or whorls of energy permeating, from a point on the physical body, the layers of the subtle bodies in an ever-increasing fan-shaped formation. Rotating vortices of subtle matter, they are considered the focal points for the reception and transmission of energies.

[2] There are seven major chakras or energy centers (also understood as wheels of light) located within the subtle body. Hindu and New Age tradition believe the chakras interact with the body's ductless endocrine glands and lymphatic system by feeding in good bio-energies and disposing of unwanted bio-energies.

[3] There is a wide range of literature on the history and philosophy of chakras. Different spiritual practices, religions, energy workers, and even medical practitioners[citation needed] are becoming more aware of the ancient energetic system that was first conceptualized in Hindu culture in India.

Much of the original information on Chakras comes from the "Upanishads", which are difficult to date because they are believed to have been passed down orally for approximately a thousand years before being written down for the first time between 1200-900 BCE.

The following seven primary chakras are commonly described:

1. Muladhara (Sanskrit: मूलाधार, Mūlādhāra) Base or Root Chakra (lower part of the body)
2. Swadhisthana (Sanskrit: स्वाधिष्ठान, Svādhiṣṭhāna) Sacral Chakra (reproductive area)
3. Manipura (Sanskrit: मणिपूर, Maṇipūra) Solar Plexus Chakra (navel area)
4. Anahata (Sanskrit: अनाहत, Anāhata) Heart Chakra (Heart area)
5. Vishuddha (Sanskrit: विशुद्ध, Viśuddha) Throat Chakra (throat and neck area)
6. Ajna (Sanskrit: आज्ञा, Ājñā) Brow or Third Eye Chakra (eyebrow/forehead area)
7. Sahasrara (Sanskrit: सहस्रार, Sahasrāra) Crown Chakra (crown of head/ area above the head)

Chakras in the head from lowest to highest are:
1. golata,
2. talu/talana/lalana,
3. ajna, talata/lalata,
4. manas,
5. soma,
6. sahasrara
7. sri inside it.

Awareness in human being

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Awareness describes as
- an animal's perception and cognitive reaction to a condition or event. Awareness does not necessarily imply understanding.

Awareness is a relative concept. An animal may be partially aware, may be subconsciously aware or may be acutely aware of an event.

Awareness may be focused on an internal state, such as a visceral feeling, or on external events by way of sensory perception.

Awareness provides the raw material from which animals develop qualia, or subjective ideas about their experience...

Neural systems that regulate attention serve to attentuate awareness among complex animals whose central and peripheral nervous system provides more information than cognitive areas of the brain can assimilate. Within an attenuated system of awareness, a mind might be aware of much more than is being contemplated in a focused extended consciousness.

Supernatural

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The term supernatural or supranatural word from:
- Latin: super, supra "above" + natura "nature") pertains to entities, events or powers regarded as beyond nature, in that they lack a clear scientific explanation.

Religious miracles are typical of such supernatural claims, as are spells and curses, divination, the belief that there is an afterlife for the dead, and innumerable others.

Supernatural beliefs have existed in virtually all human cultures throughout recorded human history.

Anatta in Buddhist Doctrine

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Doctrine Buddhist for Anatta (Pāli) or Anātman (Sanskrit) is:
- Specifies the absence of a supposedly permanent and unchanging self or soul (ātman).

What is normally thought of as the "self" is in fact an agglomeration of constantly changing physical and mental constituents ("skandhas") which give rise to unhappiness if clung to as though this temporary assemblage formed some kind of immutable and enduring Soul ("atman").

The "anatta" doctrine are :
- Attempts to encourage the Buddhist practitioner to detach him/herself from this misplaced clinging to what is mistakenly regarded as his or her Self,
- And from such detachment (aided by moral living and meditation) the way to Nirvana is able successfully to be traversed.

Anatta is one of the Three Seals of Buddhist doctrines and is an important element of wisdom through the apophatic technique used to experience Nirvana, the other two being dukkha and Anicca.