the chakra sheath: vijnanamaya kosha

            
                     


Where do our chakras reside?

The truth is that they "reside" within, and around, us, on many different levels:

• the endocrine glands have a direct relationship with the chakras
• in the aura 
• just inside the front of the body where they enter from the aura
• in the spine
• in the brain

But. In their full glory, where do they live? They live, at this level, in the vijnanamaya kosha. And this is the level of which we are talking about today. 

What is the vijnanamaya kosha?

vijnana =  truth, knowledge, discernment, right judgement, 
                     skill, and similar attributes 
maya     =  that which comes forth from the source
kosha    =  sheath

"knowledge in the form of truth which comes forth from within, as revealed by the contents of this kosha"

Where does this truth, this knowledge come from, in this sheath?

• the akashas. The hidden spaces which reside within this sheath
• the chakras. The knowledge within each one, although being part of a whole, as in a whole system, is individual within each chakra. The knowledge, the truth, from each chakra, builds upon the previous chakras
• the nadis. Flows of energy within astral "plumbing". The energy here is also at differing levels, depending on "where we are at"
• kundalini
• the tattwas. Tattwas are the five elements. Often they are confused with the chakras
• the Gods and Goddesses of all of these differing parts of the whole which is vijnanamaya kosha.

Remember, koshas are sheaths, or containers. Each kosha has contents within which are pertinent to that sheath.