The Seven basic chakras (a bit technical)

The Seven basic chakras (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra)

Sahasrara

Sahasrara or the crown chakra is said to be the chakra of consciousness, the master chakra that controls all the others. Its role would be very similar to that of the pituitary gland, which secretes hormones to control the rest of the endocrine system, and also connects to the central nervous system via the hypothalamus. The thalamus is thought to have a key role in the physical basis of consciousness. Symbolised by a lotus with a thousand petals. Color violet.

Ajna

Ajna or the third eye is linked to the pineal gland. Ajna is the chakra of time and awareness and of light. The pineal gland is a light sensitive gland, that produces the hormone melatonin, which regulates the instincts of going to sleep and awakening. It has been conjectured that it also produces trace amounts of the psychedelic chemical dimethyltryptamine. Symbolised by a lotus with two petals. Color- indigo

(Note: some argue that the pineal and pituitary glands should be exchanged in their relationship to the Crown and Brow chakras, based on the description in Arthur Avalon's book on kundalini called Serpent Power or empirical research.)

Vishuddha

Vishuddha or the throat chakra is said to be related to communication and growth, growth being a form of expression. This chakra is paralleled to the thyroid, a gland that is also in the throat, and which produces thyroid hormone, responsible for growth and maturation. Symbolised by a lotus with sixteen petals. Color- blue

Anahata

Anahata or the heart chakra is related to higher emotion, compassion, love, equilibrium, and well-being. It is related to the thymus, located in the chest. This organ is part of the immune system, as well as being part of the endocrine system. It produces T cells responsible for fighting off disease, and is adversely affected by stress. Symbolised by a lotus with twelve petals. Color- Green

Manipura

Manipura or the solar plexus chakra is related to the transition from base to higher emotion, energy, assimilation and digestion, and is said to correspond to the roles played by the pancreas and the outer adrenal glands, the adrenal cortex. These play a valuable role in digestion, the conversion of food matter into energy for the body. Symbolised by a lotus with ten petals. Color- yellow

Swadhisthana

Swadhisthana or the sacral chakra is located in the groin, and is related to base emotion, sexuality and creativity. This chakra is said to correspond to the testicles or the ovaries, that produce the various sex hormones involved in the reproductive cycle, which can cause dramatic mood swings. Symbolised by a lotus with six petals. Color- Orange

[edit] Muladhara

Muladhara or the base or root chakra is related to instinct, security, survival and also to basic human potentiality. This centre is located in the region between the genitals and the anus. Although no endocrine organ is placed here, it is said to relate to the inner adrenal glands, the adrenal medulla, responsible for the fight and flight response when survival is under threat. In this region is located a muscle that controls ejaculation in the sexual act. A parallel is drawn between the sperm cell and the ovum, where the genetic code lies coiled, and the kundalini. Symbolised by a lotus with four petals. Color Red

7 chakras of the human body

The seven chakras are energy centers that dwell within us and are responsible for bringing and maintaining balance in our bodies and lives. Each of the seven centers carry out different functions. Listed below are the seven main chakras and the subsequent roles they carry out in your body and spirit.

The seventh chakra: (self knowledge, universal identity, thought) This is the greatest charka of them all, providing a bridge towards a bigger far better world. A charka linked with self consciousness that when built upon reveals improvements in wisdom, bliss and spiritual connection.

The sixth chakra: (light self, reflection ) The charka also known as a the third eye and is closely linked to your vision and intuitively sharpness, the development of this charka reveals increased mental and physical abilities that help you se life more clearly.

The fifth chakra (creative, sound, self expression) Found in the throat region, this charka is linked with creativity and art, also liked to sound and the sounds we produce, be it words or song

The fourth chakra(self acceptance, air, identity) This is a charka dedicated to the heart and it is the one in the middle, has a strong connection with love feelings and binds the mind and the body together. If developed it allows for strong true feelings and a well balanced personality

The third chakra( ego, self definition and fire) The charka that holds the key to power and it is located in the plexus. This charka has a strong link with our power over others and our body's metabolism. Keep this charka healthy and it will bring you effectiveness and energy

The second chakra( self gratification, water, emotional identity) This charka is located in the abdomen ,sexual organs and lower back, it governs sexual emotions and the element of water, connects us to other people through desire, feeling, movement. With this charka developed you will benefit from sexual performance, grace, deep feelings and willingness to change

The first chakra(self preservation , earth, physical identity) The first and basic charka and also the most important, linked to the earth element . Located in the spine, more precisely at the base of it the first chakra is the root of our survival instincts and the connection with our body and mind. Develop this charka as it will bring you presence, security, prosperity and health.

Just a discussion on what to use for reading XML....

From: Venkataramani, Kannan (Infosys) Sent: 14 December 2005 10:08To: 'Vikram Abrol'Subject: RE: Fetching XML data
Hi Vikram,

Q1. XpathDocument is a light weight class.

This means that the class does not have numerous methods and properties that consume more memory when you iniialize an instance of a class.
The object of this class are so less.

XPathDocument Class
XPathDocument Constructor
XPathDocument Constructor (Stream)
XPathDocument Constructor (String)
XPathDocument Constructor (TextReader)
XPathDocument Constructor (XmlReader)
XPathDocument Constructor (String, XmlSpace)
XPathDocument Constructor (XmlReader, XmlSpace)
Methods
XPathDocument.CreateNavigator Method

It just has one simple method and no properties as well, this is the meaning of a light weight class.

Q2. Less Footprint

When ever you try to work with XML data using different class, what happens is this, the XML document is de-serialized or read based on the type of parsing you use, during this operation, the elements are either stored as string equivalents then boxed and unboxed as and when required.
the XPathDocument has the schema information stored and the corresponding elements are stored as CLR equivalents.

So Footprint means this class trying to box and unbox variables, this requires some CPU time as well as memory, the less the memory used, less is the footprints.

In simple terms, you go to different shops to buy different items, you have more footprints than buying all items in the same shop.

Q3. Xpath and Xquery

i have a couple of links for you, these might xplain u better.
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/01/02/xquery.html
http://www.db2mag.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=12803228
http://www.gnu.org/software/qexo/XQuery-Intro.html

What reader to use to read XML files.

CHOICES
PROS
CONS
XmlTextReader
-Fastest-Most efficient (memory)-Extensible
-Forward-only-Read-only-Requires manual validation
XmlValidatingReader
-Automatic validation-Run-time type info-Relatively fast & efficient(compared to DOM)
-2 to 3x slower than XmlTextReader-Forward-only-Read-only
XmlDocument (DOM)
-Full traversal -Read/write -XPath expressions
-2 to 3x slower than XmlTextReader/XmlValidatingReader-More overhead than XmlTextReader/XmlValidatingReader
XPathNavigator
-Full traversal-XPath expressions-XSLT integration-Extensible
-Read-only -Not as familiar as DOM
XPathDocument
-Faster than XmlDocument -Optimized for XPath/XSLT
-Slower than XmlTextReader

Hope this helps you
Kannan.V
[MCSD.NET]
From: Vikram Abrol [mailto:Vikram_Abrol@infosys.com] Sent: 14 December 2005 05:43To: Kannan VSubject: RE: Fetching XML data
Thanks Kannan , it helps when you say performance of one is better than another , but if this is the case then when is XmlDocument used ?
A few q: inline also..

From: Kannan V Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 7:20 PMTo: Vikram AbrolSubject: RE: Fetching XML data

Hi Vikram,

Generally in the set of close cut answers, the most appropriate and most performance oriented one will be the choice, look below for why C is the correct answer among all others.

Use XMLReader/XMLWriter in performance oriented scenarios. Validation could be performed with XMLValidatingReader. You will pay development cost for speed.
XPathDocument is a light weight class [ What do you mean by this ? ] and the reason you want to use it is this.Reasons:1. In .NET 2.0 it becomes Read/Write.2. XPathDocument optimized for XSLT and XPath processing, has less footprint [ What do you mean by saying it has less footprint ?, resulting in much better performance relative to XmlDocument. In some cases it will perform 10 times faster, and becomes even faster in Whidbey.3. In .NET 2.0 can be used with XQueries [ Is there any diff. between Xpath & Xquery ? ].

For more information on the different methods and their performance.
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Can you explain in simple terms the below gist ?
Check this blog http://blogs.msdn.com/mfussell/archive/2004/2/23.aspx , but would appreciate how XmlReader, XmlWriter and XPathDocument classes differ in performance in concept of having xml types used as CLR type ?

XmlReader, XmlWriter and importantly the XPathDocument classes all have schema information stored. This means that when you load an XML document from a validating reader with an associated schema, we are able to store the XML types as CLR types. For example if the XML schema indicates that the values are of type xs:int these are stored as CLR int types in the XPathDocument, rather than as untyped strings. Not only does this enable you to work with the types in your CLR language of choice, but it reduces the storage and working set of the document loaded into memory, dependent your type of data of course. Importantly if you apply an XSLT or XQuery to the XPathDocument and use this to generate another XPathDocument, these CLR types are “flowed” between components in that they are not first copied to string values and then reparsed through a text XML parser. This provides a significant performance improvement when chaining XML components together that utilize schema type information.
Hope this helps...
Kannan.V
[MCSD.net]

From: Vikram AbrolPosted At: Mon 12/12/2005 16:25Posted To: ASP-ASP.NetConversation: Fetching XML dataSubject: Fetching XML data
You are creating a Web site .

You receive product lists in the form of XML documents. You are creating a procedure to extract information from these XML documents according to criteria that your users will select.
When a user makes a request, you want the results of these requests to be returned as quickly
as possible.
What should you do?


Ans C is correct…

my Question is Why D is incorrect ??


A. Create an XmlDataDocument object and load it with the XML data.
Use the DataSet property of the object to create a DataSet object.
Use a SQL SELECT statement to extract the requested data.
B. Create an XmlDataDocument object and load it with the XML data.
Use the SelectNodes method of the object to extract the requested data.
C. Create an XPathDocument object and load it with the XML data.
Call the CreateNavigator method to create an XPathNavigator object.
Call the Select method of the XPathNavigator object to run an XPath query that extracts the
requested data.
D. Create an XmlReader object.
Use the Read method of the object to stream through the XML data and to apply an XPath
expression to extract the requested data.

Demystifying the GAC

Came across a good link for details on the GAC.

http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/DemystifyGAC.asp