There are many aspects to the usage of vibhuti or sacred ash. It is a great medium to transfer or transmit energy, and it has an ability to help direct and control the energy body. Also there is a symbolic significance ; It is a constant reminder of the mortal nature of life ; when you apply it, it is like you are always wearing mortality on your body.
Normally, yogis use the ash that they pick up from the cremation grounds as vibhuti. if you know where and how to apply it, sacred ash makes you much more receptive; and your body part becomes more sensitive and goes towards the higher nature. So, before you step out of the house in the morning, apply Vibhuti at certain points to receive the divine around you.
Within your physical body, there are seven basic centers representing seven dimensions of experiencing life. These centers are known as chakras. Traditionally, vibhuti is taken between your thumb and your ring finger, and applied between the eyebrows, known as the agna chakra, at the pit of the throat known as the vishuddhi chakra, and in the center of the chest where the ribcage meets, known as the anahata chakra. The reason why these particular points have been specified is because sacred ash makes them more sensitive.
Vibhuti is usually applied at the anahata so that you receive life as love. It is applied at the vishuddhi so that you receive life as power; power does not mean just physical or mental power, there are so many ways in which a human being can be powerful. The idea is to make the life energies very strong and powerful so that your very presence has an influence on life around. Vibhuti is applied at the agna so that you receive life as knowledge. This is a very deep science, Vibhuti is not something that Shiva gave. It has been looked at deeply as a tool for a person’s growth.
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