You begin to visualize things to be the way you have been taught, but they may not correspond to your individual situation. When you have some theoretical knowledge, you begin to impose it on yourself. Everything changes, but the eyes remain the same. For instance, in your body your face is the most individual part, and in the face the eyes are even more individual. The more you go in, the more individual you are. The root of kundalini, the passage through which kundalini passes, is also different with each individual. Buddhists talk of nine chakras, Hindus talk of seven, Tibetans talk of four and they are all right!
That is the reason why so many different traditions have developed.
One may have seven, one may have nine one may have more, one may have less. There are chakras, but the number differs with each individual.
Q: Is it helpful to visualize and know what is happening during meditation – for example, the movement of kundalini and the opening of the chakras?
