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Tattvas are inactive while atma is active

Tatvas are inactive while atma is active..   Yogi Ashwini 's article in Metro India..

Elemental Science

Yogi Ashwini's article in The New Indian Express today... http://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/spirituality/Elemental-Science/2014/08/30/article2403129.ece The body is made up of the five elements—earth, water, fire, air and ether combined with the ego and other gross senses. They form the basis of the major chakras that govern the body; earth for Mooladhar, water for Swadhisthan, fire for Manipoorak, air for Anahad and ether for Vishuddhi. The controls for the various elements in our body lie at our fingertips. The little, ring, middle and index fingers represent earth, water, ether and air respectively while the thumb represents fire. Things expand on heating and contract on cooling. If any element touches the tip of the thumb, it expands and at the base it reduces. We can very easily increase or decrease the various bodily elements, depending on the situation, using mudras. For example, in extreme tension and anxiety, like when appearing for an interview, exam or...

Elements

Elements & the being Elements or  tatwas  are a basis for the physical manifested creation; these elements are present in every aspect of creation in various permutations and combinations and in various ratios and proportions. A slight change in the ratio of one element and a man could look like a monkey. It is these elements that make one woman look pretty and another ugly the difference is just a fractional change of ratio in one of the elements. The science of yoga helps a being to come to an optimal balance at the level of these elements; it is this slight correction, which makes a  yogi  the centre of attraction for everybody. Every  chakra  in the etheric body has five layers associated with it. At the level of the physical it controls certain organs or systems in the body. At the  pranic  level, it has certain characteristics or properties attached to it, which define its characteristics. Every  chakra  is assoc...