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This region is variously represented in the myths and legends of the world as a threshold where the frightening Gate Guardians stand, the Sirens sing, the Clashing Rocks come together, where a ferry sets forth to the Land of No Return, the Land Below Waves, and the Land of Eternal Youth. However, as told in the Katha Upanishad: “It is the sharpened edge of a razor, hard to traverse.” In a Tantric text, it is the “gateway of the Great Liberation.”
It is regarded by yogis as the purgatorial fifth chakra, sometimes an abyss, sometimes a bridge, and it is a big deal. It is the entry from the lower chakras to the higher chakras but all lower chakras below the throat need to be cleared first and the three tan tiens that power the chakra system must be filled and fully functioning. A yogi might take several lifetimes to cross this chakra. It is unlikely that anyone here will ever cross it.
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