The Three Gunas

(QUALITIES OF HUMAN TEMPERAMENT)

QUALITIES OF HUMAN TEMPERAMENT.

Yoga suggests that there are three major qualities of human temperament:

Tamas	Dullness	Aversion, sloth, ignorance, inertia, and depression.
Rajas	Excitement	Desire, reaction, restlessness, over-excitement, and mania.
Sattva	Balance	Holistic health, integration, consistency, mind, intelligence, sanity, and wisdom.

INFLUENCE OF THE THREE QUALITIES UPON THE SEVEN CHAKRAS.

The proportion of gunas within our system is dependent upon our holistic diet - the health and input into our system through each chakra.

For self development purposes we aim for a holistically sattvic diet.

The influence of the gunas upon the chakras produces our holistic behavior.

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

1. PHYSICAL: Food, diet, exercise, environment, lifestyle.
2. EMOTIONAL: How we respond to our environment and activities.
3. MENTAL: The way we think.

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RELATED STUDY.

1. The influence of the gunas upon the chakras produces our holistic behavior.
2. The Three Ayurvedic Doshas: Vata, Pitta, Kapha.
3. Psychology.
4. Emotions.
5. Moods.
6. Attitudes.
7. Brain functioning.
8. Mind.