Question and Answer Forum: Questions From Readers

Question: Can you explain what is the Pranic Triangle?

Answer: Here is a brief explanation. Please see the link to a video clip on this subject at the end of the blog.

The “Pranic Triangle” is a term used to describe the three centers of prana that exist in our etheric body and act as conduits of sun and earth energy into and out of our physical bodies.

The etheric body is the electromagnetic energy that surrounds, and is a duplicate, of our physical body. It acts as a permeable sheath through which “information” passes from the environment to our physical senses as well as a conduit through which pass information from our internal senses out to the environment.

The “Pranic Triangle” is made up of three centers that are in the etheric body. They are the center between the shoulder blades, the center above the diaphragm, and the center at the area of the spleen. These three centers act as the main conduit through which the energy from the sun, called “prana” is absorbed into our physical bodies. This is how we gain the benefit of the sun. Or, if we are over-exposed to the sun, this is how the energy of the sun hurts us by overheating or sunstroke.

The three centers operate as a unit, and if one is not operating rhythmically, is closed, or not in sync with the others, the energy of the sun does not circulate properly in our physical system. Each of the centers is closely related to our thought world, our emotional world, and our physical food-water-air-exercise activities.

When our thinking is chaotic, the center between the shoulder blades is affected. When our emotional world is chaotic, the center above the diaphragm is affected. When we do not consume healthy foods or lack appropriate exercise, our spleen center is affected. The centers can be either closed up due to lack of activity, or they can be overtaxed or overburdened with too much or wrong activity. When the three centers are not healthy and rhythmic, we do not absorb the benefits of the sun and our physical body is more susceptible to illness and imbalance.

This Teaching shows how there is a direct physiological impact as a result of our thoughts, feeling, and ingestion of food/water/pure air. Similarly, whatever we are on the inside, we dump out to the surroundings. If we are toxic, that is what goes out. If we are sane and balanced, that is the energy that we put out to the environment and the people and life surrounding us.

To heal ourselves and to maintain a balanced and thriving life, we need to look at the mind-emotion-body connection in terms of the subtle senses. The Teaching on the “Pranic Triangle” gives us just these tools to make the connection as to why when our thoughts, emotions, and physical choices are toxic, we suffer.

As masses of humanity cut themselves off from nature, live in polluted and congested cities, are unable to have a balanced and rhythmic life, we are simply removing the natural ability of life to heal us.

Scientific research is showing how environmental pollution, lack of educational opportunities and health care, and lack of access to clean food and water and air shortens our life span, creates stress and depression, makes us susceptible to disease, impairs learning, and so much more. There are many studies showing these adverse effects in all areas of life. Social justice means access to choices that will help us grow, learn, become successful and so on. Environmental pollution is more than the physical pollution; it is also the emotional pollution, mental pollution, and psychic pollution (the subtle garbage) that we are bombarded with every day. Social justice is not only physical, but multi layered and complex and includes our entire being.

If you want to be healthy, balanced, full of faith and optimism, then take a serious look at your thoughts, emotions, spiritual life, as well as what you eat and drink and breathe everyday. The choices you make will condition every part of your life and relationships.

Here is a short clip on YouTube from my last lecture on the Pranic Triangle. The complete lecture is available through TSG Foundation.