Recently, I've been feeling that energy is flowing around my throat more and more. The change I've noticed is that when I feel blocked, even a momentary negative emotion can trap me for a brief moment. However, when energy is flowing properly through the upper and lower parts of my throat, I am almost never trapped, even if a negative emotion tries to surface.

In yoga, the throat chakra, Vishuddha, is generally considered a chakra of purification. It is said that a potent substance, the "source" of Amrita (nectar), falls from the Bindu chakra in the brain, but when the Vishuddha chakra is awakened, it is purified and becomes Amrita.

The throat is thus a place of purification, but it also has the Sushumna, an energy channel (nadi in yoga) that runs along the spine, connecting the upper and lower body.

The Sushumna is often associated with Kundalini, and most discussions about it involve "ascent." It is said that Kundalini awakens from the Muladhara or Swadhisthana chakras located in the sacrum or perineum and rises. From this context, it would seem to be an upward movement, but there is a preceding stage where cosmic energy enters through the Ajna chakra and descends.

The purification and grounding mentioned here refer to the process of cosmic energy entering through the Ajna chakra and descending, rather than the ascent of Kundalini. While the Vishuddha chakra performs its role of purification even without this, I believe that it truly begins to function when the flow of energy from the Ajna chakra, through the Vishuddha, and downwards increases.

This, in turn, seems to strengthen grounding.

In spiritual terms, grounding often refers to the lower chakras, such as the Muladhara and Swadhisthana, or at most, the Manipura chakra. However, I believe that true grounding is established through the influx of cosmic energy from the upper chakras, particularly the Sahasrara and Ajna chakras.

Before cosmic energy entered through the Ajna chakra, I would often feel tired just by being in crowded places, or I would sometimes develop a condition that looked like a spiritual ailment. However, since cosmic energy began to enter through the Ajna chakra, I have largely been free from such negative influences from others. And now, with the strengthening of this energy and its flow through the throat's Vishuddha chakra, I feel that my grounding has been further enhanced.

And, I think it is also a purification and a grounding.

The state is similar to the story of Amrita (nectar) in yoga, which is a metaphor. In the story of Amrita, a drop falls from the Bindu chakra in the head, and the drop is used as a metaphor for astral energy. In my case, I feel it as a gas or Prana, not water, so it might be a little different.

However, although there may be some differences in dimensions, I think that the point of something coming from the head and descending through the Vishuddha chakra in the throat to fill the entire body with vitality is the same.

Therefore, simply put, it is both a grounding and a purification.