Osho Active Meditation, Chakra Sounds by Karunesh (CD)

This meditation uses vocal sounds that the meditator makes into accompanying music to open, harmonise and at the same time bring awareness to the chakras. The meditation can lead into a deep, peaceful, inner silence, either by making your own sounds or just listening to the sounds on the CD and letting them work on you. This meditation can be done at any time. The meditation lasts one hour and has two phases.

First phase: 45 minutes
Stand or sit comfortably. You can also lie down if you prefer. Keep your back straight and your body loose and relaxed. Breathe into your belly instead of your chest. The sounds are produced with the mouth open and the lower jaw relaxed. The mouth remains open the whole time. Close your eyes and listen to the music. When you are ready, begin to make sounds in the first chakra. You can make a simple sound or change the sound. Let the music guide you, being inventive with your own sounds. As you perceive the music or your own sounds, feel how the sound in the centre of each chakra begins to pulsate, even if at first it seems like imagination. Osho has suggested that we use our imagination to tune into something that is already there. So continue the meditation in this way, even if it feels like you are just imagining the chakras. With awareness, your imagination can lead you to experience the inner vibration of each energy centre. When the music changes, listen, feel and create sounds in the second chakra. This process repeats up to the seventh chakra, with the pitch also increasing with each change. After reaching and creating the sounds in the seventh chakra, the descent begins. When you hear the music begin to "descend", listen to the sounds and create your own sounds at each level of the chakras during the descent. Feel the innermost part of your body become hollow like a bamboo flute and allow the sounds to resonate from the very top to the very bottom. At the end of the sequence, consisting of ascent and descent, you will hear a pause before the next sequence begins again with ascent. In total there are 3 ascent and descent sequences with a total duration of approximately 45 minutes. If you have become familiar with the meditation over time, you can add another dimension to it through visualisations. Be open and allow images to appear during your visualisations for each chakra. It is not necessary to actively create images - just be receptive to whatever appears. This can be colours, patterns or natural landscapes. What arises in your consciousness may be of a visual nature or, if more appropriate to you, simply a thought.

Second phase: 15 minutes
After the last sequence, sit or lie in stillness with eyes closed. Remain in silence without focusing on anything in particular. Allow yourself to become aware and observe whatever is happening within you. Be relaxed and remain a witness without judgement.

The positions of the chakras or energy centres:
The first chakra is located in the middle of the lower pelvic floor, between the base of the spine and the front genitals.
The second chakra is located just below the navel.
The third chakra is located in the solar plexus, above the navel and below the thoracic vertebrae.
The fourth chakra lies in the middle of the chest in the area of the thoracic vertebrae.
The fifth chakra lies in the neck area.
The sixth chakra - the third eye - lies on the forehead, centrally between the connecting line between the eyebrows.
The seventh chakra lies in the middle of the skullcap and also extends beyond the head.

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