The Vajra BodySubtle Nervous System of Bliss

Dr. Miles NealeNalanda Institute for Contemplative Science

Disclaimer

This slide presentation is for educational purposes only, and is not to be redistributed under any

circumstances.

It was designed for students of Nalanda Institute’s Four Year Program - Course 7: Channeling

Inner Fire.

This presentation contains images of the subtle body relevant to the art and science of

perfection stage tantra typically restricted to those students who have received permission to

practice.

The following images have been procured from the world wide web, Nalanda Institute archive

and drawings from a personal associate.

Bliss is intoxicating, proceed with caution

Three Bodies

•  Course Body – Flesh, Organs, Bone, Blood,

and Neurotransmitters

•  Subtle Body – Channels, Complexes, Winds,

and Drops

•  Extremely Subtle Body – Indestructible

drop/clear light of bliss

Features of the Subtle Body

•  72,000 subtle channels or pathways (nadis)

•  7 complexes or hubs (chakras)

•  5 types of winds (vayu) upon which consciousness is

carried like horse and rider

•  2 types of drops (bindu) - male and female - of

energetic bliss.

Three Main Channels

Right Channel

•  Pingala Nadi

•  Red, Solar, Extroverted, Active, Masculine, Warming

•  Inhailing through the right nostril activates the left brain

associated with analysis, logic, language, details, focal

attention, and sympathetic activation - fight or flight.

•  Exhaling out of the left nostril expels fear-based clinging/

attachment

Left Channel•  Ida Nadi

•  White, Lunar, Introverted, Passive, Feminine, Cooling.

•  Inhaling through left nostril activates right brain associated

with emotions, symbols, memory, dreams, course body,

intuition, scanning awareness and primitive vegus nerve -

freeze responses.

•  Exhaling through right nostril expels defensive hostility/

aversion.

Central Channel

•  Shushumna Nadi

•  Blue

•  After alternating, inhaling through both nostrils balances

and activates both brain hemispheres and is associated with

connection, communication, contentment, relaxed arousal

and smart vagal tone.

•  Exhaling through both nostrils expels misperception/

delusion of separateness.

Four Main Complexes

Crown Complex

•  Rainbow color petals

•  Red inner triangle

•  32 branches facing downwards towards throat

•  Seed syllable: reversed white Ham

Throat Complex

•  Red petals

•  White inner circle

•  16 branches facing upwards towards crown

•  Seed syllable: red Om

Heart Complex

•  White petals

•  White inner circle

•  8 branches facing downwards to navel

•  Seed syllable: reversed blue Hum

Navel Complex

•  Red

•  Red petals

•  Red triangle

•  64 branches facing upwards towards heart

•  Seed syllable: red Ah

Om Ah

Hum