Valli Teyvani Samedha Subrahmanya Swami

Subrahmanya
Part IV

According to Yoga psychology, there are six centres of psychic energy, of consciousness, in the human body, designated as cakras. They are: Muladhara ( at the anus), Svadhisthana (at the root of the sex organ), Manipura ( at the naval) Anantha ( at the region of the heart), Visudda ( at the throat) Ajna ( between the eyebrows) and Sahasrara at the top of the head which is the destination for this energy. When the Yogi successfully raises his psychic energy to this topmost centre he has a vision of Siva-Sakti.

Though it is the same energy that flows through all the six centres, in the case of an ordinary being it is concentrated in the three lower centres. In a perfect being the flow is so refined and uniform, that practically all the centres have been elevated to the highest level. Subramanya represents this perfected state of spiritual consciousness.

Man has only two hands. But, his superior intellect has enabled him to invent so many tools and instruments through which he can accomplish manual tasks, symbolically represents this power and capacity of man.

The combination of the six heads and twelve hands teaches us that the ideal of humanity is the perfected being who is not only a great Yogi but also a great worker!