The Four Aims of Life (Vedic)

[Ava]

I've been reading about the Root Chakra, Muladhara:

It is symbolized by a red, four-petaled lotus with a yellow square at its center. Each petal has one of the Sanskrit syllables वं vaṃ, शं śaṃ, षं ṣaṃ, and सं saṃ written on it in gold, representing the four vrittis: greatest joy, natural pleasure, delight in controlling passion, and blissfulness in concentration. Alternatively, they may represent dharma (psycho-spiritual longing), artha (psychic longing), kama (physical longing) and moksha (longing for spiritual liberation). Eight spears point out of the sides and corners of the square.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muladhara

In Vedic astrology these four aims correspond to the four elements and their associated houses:

The 1st, 5th and 9th bhavas are known as The Trines of Dharma and unfolds the level of Self, intelligence and spiritual path, the first aim of human existence.
The 2nd, 6th and 10th bhavas are known as The Trine of Artha and unfolds at the level of wealth, service and career, the second aim of human existence.
The 3rd, 7th and 11th bhavas are known as The Trine of Kama that unfolds the human desire and means to achieve it and unfolds it at the level of persistence, one with others, sex, and gain, the third aim of human existence.
The 4th, 8th and 12th bhavas are known as The Trine of Moksha, which unfolds harmony and aspiration to understand human existence in complete isolation, which leads to liberation.

stevenbarkur.blogspot.com/2011/02/understanding-purusartha-four-aims-of.html

Simple & informative video:

[Ava]

I haven't read enough to even pretend to have an educated opinion, but I've heard that one cannot heal any of their chakras until the root chakra is healed.

This woman's vitality is my current life goal, and I think it's amazing how much free content she uploads to YouTube:

www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8gJ98wxo-P4xXd5lltnm64V4Q5HVf9i9

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I have the asteroid 1387 Kama tightly conjunct my sun, quincunx out-of-bounds Mars in my 11th house (a Kama house).

15.47 Cap sun
16.00 Cap Kama
16.01 Aries Jupiter
16.01 Gem Mars

I can see how my physicality roots me in some ways, while excesses have uprooted me, like I've sacrificed other aims of life, in the pursuit of physical pleasure.

Well I like this "Four Aims of Life" system as a kind of handy checklist. Presumably, if I try and advance in all four areas, the root will be healed, and the other chakras now have more potential to be healed.

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I like the notion of balanced growth that the chakras represent encompassing all three realms - physical, mental, spiritual. All of these are essential or the growth pattern is incomplete. Like
Maslow's pyramid, the lower chakras represent the essential initial phases of development, upon which the development represented by the higher chakras must be based.

[Ava]

Aug 7, 2019 19:27:24 GMT @astrokeen said:

I like the notion of balanced growth that the chakras represent encompassing all three realms - physical, mental, spiritual. All of these are essential or the growth pattern is incomplete. Like
Maslow's pyramid, the lower chakras represent the essential initial phases of development, upon which the development represented by the higher chakras must be based.

Ah, thanks very much for making that connection for us, Astrokeen. I encountered that concept a while back, thought it sounded true, but never committed the basic structure to memory....though it's rather simple:



en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs