Your Yoga. The Fragrance of Anahata: An Esoteric Practice.

The Fragrance of Anahata

Literature often contains expressions such as "the scent of eternity", "the Russian spirit scents the air here", "the fragrance of love" or "the perfume of life". Such expressions are often written without much thought about their meaning, and read in the same way: we simply register that they sound beautiful and suggest something elevated. Yet their roots run deep. They come from distant times when people's minds were not overflowing with exchange rates, technological problems and a logical view of the world; times when human beings communicated with the world at the level of Energy, and things were called by their true names. If people said a place smelled of death, that was how it was. If they said they sensed the fragrance of life, they meant exactly what they experienced in reality.

Moreover, this sensitivity makes it possible to anticipate events, because, as we know, a scent can arrive long before the object itself. We see this, for example, in animals' reactions to anomalies and approaching natural disasters. They know which way to fly home and where to go to survive. This is all a subtle sense of smell that animals have retained, unlike humans who chose a technological way of life. Yet all these abilities can be regained, even to a greater degree than in animals, because human beings are more developed.

Anahata is one of the most important chakras, and its fragrance is unquestionably the fragrance of Love. This is the most powerful fragrance. If it becomes stronger within you than other scents, most often those of material desires, you will witness amazing events beginning to unfold in your life. You will see angel-bees arriving at your anahata-flower, bringing miraculous gifts from the Creator. Beautiful, elevated beings are drawn to a beautiful fragrance. It holds no interest for unclean insects, which seek entirely different smells: they will leave you and no longer trouble you with their persistent presence, sometimes painful bites or parasitism.

This practice enables you to:

Work with the anahata chakra, developing it and strengthening its capacities.
Feel Energy, beginning with the perception of the Energy of Love, its most powerful quality.
Direct Energy, instantly giving it the properties you need. If someone attacks you, for example, you can immediately "colour" the Energy with a quality such as unease, and the ill-wisher will quickly leave you.
You will be able to influence other people's consciousness, uplifting it simply by being near them or thinking about them, thereby sending them the Energy of Love or another kind of Energy, such as healing, well-being or peace, as you wish.

Description of the Practice

You will need a fragrant oil. Choose the scent you love most. If that is rose oil, use it; if it is sandalwood, lavender, jasmine or fir, use that. Any fragrant oil will do, provided you like it very much and it is natural. It is very important that it be natural rather than artificial. So make sure you have a natural fragrant oil of this kind.
Next, I want to emphasise that this practice does not require a specific activity, such as sitting in a meditation posture or relaxing in an armchair. No. It is intended to turn any part of your life into practice. You do not need to change anything. You can practise anywhere and in any circumstances. At work, practise at work; while walking your dog, practise outdoors; on a tram, practise on the tram. Everywhere is a place for practice. Every circumstance is a condition for practice.
Once you have your fragrant oil, apply it to your chest at the anahata chakra, roughly between the nipples, over the breastbone. You can simply moisten the pad of a finger, or two fingers such as your index and middle fingers, directly from the bottle, then rub the oil into your chest in circular movements, covering an area about 4–5 cm across at the level of anahata. Rub clockwise as viewed from in front of you.
You have completed one stage of the practice. You will notice a beautiful fragrance coming from the centre of your chest.
Now think about the anahata chakra. Simply focus on the centre of your chest. You can imagine a flower there and think about it. Suppose it is a rose and you are using rose oil. Think of the rose and of its fragrance spreading around you from the centre of your chest. It flows mainly forwards, then seems to wrap around you, filling the space that surrounds you. At the same time, feel your body as though it were transparent, with the fragrance also flowing out in every direction from anahata.
It will be easy to think of anahata's energy as having the scent of a rose, because you will actually smell the rose oil. You can therefore easily imagine the energy from your anahata fragrant with roses. Keep this thought with you throughout. There is energy around you, and it has the fragrance of a rose.
Suppose you are walking down the street while doing this practice. Everything is going wonderfully: you think of the rose inside your chest, anahata's energy surrounds you, and you feel it filled with the fragrance of a rose. You may feel as though a cloud of energy surrounds you, fragrant with roses. As you walk, this enveloping "cloud" travels with you. When people approach you, feel them passing through your cloud of rose-scented anahata energy. Feel that they breathe in the fragrance of your love, that they receive or inhale a little of your love and briefly touch the world of the Energy of Love.
When you are among people, at work, in company, in a public park and so on, you can fill the entire space you occupy with this rose-scented "cloud" of love energy. This is easy to do. You think of the surrounding energy as flowing from anahata, while actually smelling the rose, since the oil really does give off fragrance. With just a little thought, the whole space around you becomes the Energy of Love, fragrant with roses.
You can experiment with the Energy of Love. For example, you might "make" someone love you, help them attune to your wave of Love, win their goodwill, show them that you are a Friend rather than an enemy, or "travel" together into the world of Love, creating a shared space that is a World of Love. Simply let the "fragrant cloud" envelop that person. Imagine rose-scented energy surrounding them, then both of you within the rose-scented Energy of Love, with all the space around you filled with it.
People who use my practices often write that during distance attunements or during distance meditations, or even when they receive my replies to their letters, they notice different fragrances around them: roses, sandalwood, burning candles and so on. I do not do this intentionally, but Energy can make itself felt in these ways too. Through this practice, you can also imbue Energy with various elevated fragrances. As a rule, this happens automatically. For example, you love someone from whom you are separated and think of them intensely with love. At that moment, they find that the space around them smells of roses "for some reason". Or you write them a letter or send a card, and when they receive it, the fragrance of roses suddenly appears. People often say they "imagined it", but I think that through this practice you will come to know that it really happens.

Note

Natural fragrant oil cannot be compared with perfume or other artificial fragrances. Even one drop has a very strong, lasting scent that conveys a genuine natural fragrance. Let me therefore repeat: substitutes will not do. Moreover, natural aromatic oil is not something extraordinary or inaccessible. You can easily find it in a suitable shop or even a pharmacy.
Do not use this practice as a love spell or anything similar. That will not work. You will receive only the love you are worthy of. This practice allows you to raise your body's vibrations very quickly, cleanse yourself, elevate your consciousness and invite, specifically INVITE, love into your life. If you truly seek a life partner who will love you sincerely, raise your own level, and whatever you wish for will happen.
As you may already understand, once you have mastered this practice, you no longer need aromatic oils. You will have your own unique energetic fragrance without any external fragrant oil.

Questions and Answers

The questions have been combined and edited for ease of reading.

Q: I have trouble with my sense of smell; my nose is almost always blocked. May I apply the oil under my nose? Thank you!
A: Yes, if the problem is that severe, you may. But it is better to apply more to the anahata chakra area itself.

Q: I cannot find rose oil. May I use another oil instead of the rose oil you give in the practice? Besides, rose is not my favourite oil; I prefer another...
A: Your question shows that you have not read the practice carefully. The description says that rose oil is only an example. You may, and SHOULD, use whichever oil you like most. That is precisely what I wrote.

Q: I really like the scent of cypress and use the oil when I need to lift my spirits. Not everyone likes this smell. Will it repel people if I use it often? The oil has a strong smell even though I use only one drop. Thank you.
A: Use the fragrance that you yourself like. Energy can then work in amazing ways: for other people, it may have the scent that they like.

Q: I do not understand how to influence someone who attacks aggressively, for example.
A: Once you master this practice, that ability and others like it will arise automatically. You will only need to think of it for it to happen; indeed, even a subconscious wish may be enough. It is no secret that when someone stares at a person from behind, that person involuntarily turns around. The same applies here: the conscious mind may not yet know of an approaching problem, while the subconscious immediately creates the conditions needed for protection. By mastering this practice, you will strengthen your intuitive sensitivity and your ability to direct energy quickly.

Q: May I apply the oil to other chakras and do the same practice with them?
A: It is better to work only with anahata.

Q: What if I use perfume after all? I have some very good French perfume...
A: No. Use only natural oils. The mechanisms for perceiving artificial and natural fragrances are different.

Q: May I mix several scents, such as rose and jasmine oils?
A: Use only one fragrance.

Q: When I do this practice, I also imagine being in a lilac forest, as I use lilac oil. Instead of the cloud you describe, I imagine a thickness in the air, like the haze when it is hot and humid. Is that all right?
A: Please distinguish between examples and specific instructions. When I say "as though a cloud" or "like a cloud", I do not mean a literal cloud. These are approximate images you may use. Of course, you may use any similar image that helps you feel the space saturated with Energy, in this case filled with the beautiful fragrance of anahata.

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