The Three Gunas

the Three modes of universal nature.

Humanity and the Creation is said to be a composite of three prime qualities which are sattva, rajas and tamas.

• Sattva is the power of harmony, balance, light and intelligence – the higher or spiritual potential.
• Rajas is the power of energy, action, change and movement – the intermediate or life potential.
• Tamas is the power of darkness, inertia, form and materiality – the lower or material potential.

Perhaps the simplest way to understand the gunas for the modern mind is as matter (tamas), energy (rajas) and love/intelligence/spirituality (sattva), the main factors of our physical universe.

INFLUENCE OF THE THREE GUNAS UPON HUMAN BEHAVIOR THROUGH THE SEVEN CHAKRAS.

The proportion of gunas within our system is dependent upon our holistic diet - the input into our system through each chakra. For self development and spiritual purposes we aim for a holistically sattvic diet. The influence of the gunas upon the chakras produces our holistic behavior.

The two primary ways in which our chakras are influenced by the gunas are:

1. Food and diet.
2. The way we think.