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In Indian philosophy, your body is made up of five elements, with each of your five fingers representing one of these elements: Thumb: fire, sun, radiant matter, heat, light – the energy that drives a

Posted by Swami Saradananda on May 30, 2011 at 5:29pm
In Indian philosophy, your body is made up of five elements, with each of your five fingers representing one of these elements:Thumb: fire, sun, radiant matter, heat, light – the energy that drives all other matterIndex finger: air, wind, matter in gaseous formMiddle finger: sky, space, akasha etherRing finger: earth, matter in solid formLittle finger: water, matter in liquid formMost mudras are formed by using your thumb (fire) to lightly stimulate one or more of the other elements by touching its finger tip, knuckle or base.
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