According to many ancient teachings, humans have seven subtle energy centers that are called Chakras, or "7 Light Posts" and "Scroll with 7 Seals" in the Bible . MSI not only makes reference to the chakras throughout his books, but gives one of the clearest perspectives on the chakras I’ve ever seen. 

You may wonder, what is the purpose of the chakras?  

• First and foremost, the chakras’ purpose is to give you the experience of the One, the Ascendant, as well as the ability to experience your world. In other words, the chakras connect consciousness to our bodies.  
• They control certain bodily functions and are associated with certain abilities. Among other things, the chakras control hormonal se­cretions, changes in circulation rate, blood pressure, respira­tion, blood sugar level, neuro-muscular excitation, and the en­do­crine glands!

The chakras are fiery spinning wheels that are the seven centers of life in you. In most literature you read, they are colored. According to MSI, these seven energy centers are still and clear in an Enlightened Being! But for most of humanity, they spin and are multi-colored due to limitations that exist in each person’s mind – the defenses, complexes and addictive compul­sions of our habitual beliefs and judgments. The physical body attempts to respond to our chaotic thought patterns; the impossibility of doing this results in sickness, failure of the organs, aging and eventually death. 
Our experience in life of “problems”, enemies, lack of health, or other issues is nothing other than our own projec­tions of the seven centers that have gained sufficient power to enslave us in an illusion.
Our task in life, as represented by Gana’s 7 tasks in the Thunder Series, is to clarify these centers and expose the Truth – our own Enlightenment.  
The Seven reflect throughout all of creation, in every particle of matter, at each and every space-time moment. In your body, there are seven centers of life, physically scattered along your spine like so many jewels. There are seven Celestial Regions of Light that surround the 3-dimensional Universe.  MSI also discloses the Seven Immortal Masters in Second and Third Thunder who continually aid humanity in returning to their knowledge of the One. 
MSI clearly states in the Enlightenment book, “There is no escape from the wheel of desire-action-impression without Ascending it”.    
In Second Thunder he says, “you must re-learn the correct use of each center. Each of the false limitations of your omnipotent and omniscient mind must be transformed into its true, its unbounded status. Only then, when you have finished each of these seven tasks, will I be able to pass infinite energy through the Golden Thread eternally; we will be united forever in Para.”
In the Analysis of the Art of Ascension he states, “When the old programs that sustain the waking state are rewritten, the energy that is locked in stress in the body is released. When this hap­pens, the mirror of the mind is cleansed: the Clear Light of the Ascendant, the true nature of the mind, shines forth sponta­ne­ously. And then life begins to transform at a faster and faster pace.” “The energy of complete consciousness rises up the spine [known as kundalini], enlivening each of the seven chakras, resulting in inner silence, perfect awareness of the Ascen­dant and complete and permanent bliss.”

​Jyoti Ishaya

What did Patanjali have to say about the physical postures of yoga? Here is a  section of Pada II Sutra 29 as commented on by MSI:

Those who consider these to be the steps to Union observe that Ascendant Consciousness is at the end of the list and therefore conclude that the previous steps must be mastered first in order to reach the last. But to master any of these could easily require a lifetime of effort. To perfect postures, for example, means that one can hold any position or yogic asanas for at least three hours. All day could be spent in practicing physical yoga with very little achievement by the end. And when the program of evolution is believed to begin with the five observances, each of which must be flawlessly mastered before one graduates to the five actions, the whole life will be lost before one even begins the approach to the Ascendant.
On the other hand, if these eight are in fact developing simultaneously, then the more one experiences the Ascendant, the less stress is there in the body; therefore, the more effortlessly the postures are mastered. And similarly for each of the limbs. These are the qualities that mature simultaneously with Ascendant Consciousness. Or, if there must be a starting point, then the starting point must be Ascendant Consciousness.
This is why Patanjali puts this list here, half way through the Second Chapter on Perpetual Consciousness, not at the beginning of the First Chapter on Ascendant Consciousness. Ascendant Consciousness develops first! As one has risen to the clarity of this experience, all the other qualities of the enlightened mind naturally and inevitably develop. This is not a complicated path of strain and effort! This is an ever-increasing movement of pure joy.
- MSI

The following excerpts come from a brilliant translations of Maharishi Patanjali's Yoga Sutra called the Enlightenment book:




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Maharishi Patanjali was also known as Govindra Yogindra, “The Light-Filled King of the Yogis.” He was commonly considered to be the Teacher of the first Sankaracharia, who revitalized the knowledge of Ascension some five centuries before the birth of Christ. Maharishi Patanjali was a fully conscious human being. Maharishi literally means “great sage.” Rishi, a sage, is an individual who has Ascended to the first stage of enlightenment, Perpetual Consciousness, which is characterized by recognition that the inner Self is Infinite, not limited by space, time or causation, one with the omnipresent One, the Creator of All that Is.
Enlightenment - MSI


Yoga is not a belief system nor a religion nor even a philosophy -- it is an extremely practical methodology for systematically expanding the conscious mind. Said another way, Yoga is the Science for overcoming the self-destructive and limiting beliefs and internal programs that keep individual life bound to the experiences of the Waking state of Consciousness -- the state in which life is alternately happy and sad, loving and hating, healthy and sick -- in short, dual. Yoga provides a systematic ladder for climbing beyond the often painful experiences of the Waking State of duality into the state of non- changing Unified Consciousness, a.k.a. full enlightenment.
This is not a mystical or even a difficult or complicated process. Those who have thought that Yoga was difficult and/or complicated were doubtless basing their thinking on their personal experience, but that level of experiencing is not the whole story of human life, as this text will make clear. Perfection is within every human. Given this fact, it is surprising that so very many have failed to realize this. Part of the problem stems from faulty translations of the texts that can serve in the development of consciousness. The yoga sutra are a prime example. Properly understood, they provide a straight and broad path for realization of the highest degree of human consciousness. Improperly understood, they are at best useless and at worst quite damaging.
Indian society is today caught deep in a quagmire of mistaken belief about the mechanics of realizing enlightenment. The custodians of the system of Yoga have so poorly managed its essential teachings that practically no one in the world anymore understands that Divine Union is perfectly easy to attain. The typical interpretation of the path to enlightenment is through renunciation, or giving up of the world. Expansion to Infinity by giving up! Nothing could be more ludicrous, given a true perception and understanding of higher consciousness.
Enlightenment - MSI


As the growth of consciousness proceeds, every area of life develops -- heart, mind, body, environment. Yoga, properly understood, is not a system of giving up life. It is a system of adding to life.
When the world hears and understands this Teaching, all the age-old problems which have seemed so intractable for centuries will melt away with graceful and perfect solutions. There is no problem, mental, emotional, physical, societal, or environmental that can withstand the wholly beneficial power of the Infinite Mind. When the world hears and understands this Teaching, world peace will be assured for all ages to come. When the world hears and understands this Teaching, global health, happiness and progress will be achieved for all future time. May this day come soon!
Enlightenment - MSI