Now, let us examine the numerological understanding of the following numbers:

The number 72 is said to represent:
· 72 minutes before sunrise, which is Hoosh-baum
· 72 HAAS of the Yazashne or the Chapters of Yasna
· 72 years for the Sun to cross one degree
· 72 as the normal pulse rate for a healthy human body
· 72 hours for the Soul to resurrect from its corporeal body into the spiritual world, after death.
Amazingly, even today in the investment world the magic number of 72 is used to calculate the doubling effect of investments.

The number 9 is said to represent:
· 9 minutes (approx. time, in the Z-faith) for the Sunlight to reach the earth.
· 9 components of an individual according to the Yazashne Ha 55.1.
· 9 Vibrationary wavebands, namely seven rainbow colors, ultra-violet and infrared.
· 9 is linked with the perfection of the divine creation.

The number 12 is said to represent:
· 12 words of Ashem Vohu.
· 12 houses of the Zodiac or months in a year
· 12 muscles required for humans to smile
· 12-hour universal AM-PM time system.
· 12 years after Zarathushtra was inspired, for King Vishtasp to become a Zarathushti.
Amazingly, the number 12 is also universally used for one dozen.

My good friend Ervad K. N. Dastoor from India presents an interesting model by saying that the 16-Chakhras can be viewed as a cart with 16 wheels pulled by five horses, which represent the five senses. The mind is the rider. If any wheel gets squeaky, it starts affecting the efficiency and effectiveness of the other wheels as well as the health of the horses. Eventually if that squeaky wheel is neglected, it starts weakening the horses and deforming the other wheels. Now imagine the toll that it puts on the horses and the stress on other wheels when one of the wheels starts spinning in the opposite direction.

Many years back, the impact of violence via television on children was studied through the Chakhra system. If an adult and a child (under the age of 8 years) together watched violence on TV before going to bed, their energy Chakhras reverses. When the adult gets up in the morning, his or her Chakhras go back to the original rotation. But the Child's Chakhras do not go back to the original rotation. It is because their Chakhras have not matured yet. That's why; the effect of violence is much stronger on the psyche of the child than of an adult.

It is interesting to note that the special design of the Sudreh and Kushti has a significant connection with the locations of the Chakhras within the human body. Sudreh-Kushti is designed to draw the divine energy from within, and also to absorb divine energy from the cosmos. The Constitution of the Sudreh and Kushti have something to do with the location of Chakhras from where the energy is drawn out. The Sudreh and Kushti are devised in such a way that they become the material media for the light to enter into the Chakhras.

The Chakhras are like light lamps on a wire circuit and are capable of emanating from them that kind of energy, which can bestow on us the inherent strength of light. Along its circuit are 16 energy points, where there is concentration of power. It seems like the resultant current depends on which flow is more powerful: clockwise or anti-clockwise, social or anti-social, productive or counter-productive. It's like an electrical circuit. The current flows in one direction and the resistance in the opposite direction. The higher the resistance, the smaller is the value of the current. The key is to create the path of least resistance for liberation and manifestation.

Anodea Judith in Eastern Body, Western Mind, writes:

"Liberation is the path of transcendence. Manifestation is the path of immanence. Both lead to the same place: the divine."

I believe that in the dimension of consciousness, transfer of ideas into form is the Manifesting Current, whereas the transfer of form into ideas is the Liberating Current. These two forces that are constantly running through the body are linked with the Chakhras.

Thus, it is important to note that Sudreh and Kushti should not be treated as merely wearing a shirt or putting on a belt because they are not just external symbols of Z-identity.

• Ahura Mazda and Asho Zarathushtra
  
• My Grandparents, Parents and Family
  
• Ervad K. N. Dastoor from India for his reflections and interactions through personal discussions and audio cassette programs
  
• Navjote and Sudreh Kushti -- the golden gifts -Siloo Mehta, Cypress, California, USA.
  
• An 'Alat' of the Zarathushti Religion- Sudreh & Kushti -Pervin Mistry, FEZANA Journal, Winter 1997, USA.
  
• Hands of Light -Barbara Brennan, Ph.D.
  
• Anatomy of the Spirit - Caroline Myss, Ph.D.
  
• The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying -Sogyal Rincpoh
  
• Rare photos about the construction of the Kushti from root to fruit -Homai & Late Maneck Vyarawalla, India.
  
• Amesha Spentas & Chakras– Shahriar Shahriari, Los Angeles, California, USA, http://www.zarathushtra.com/z/article/chakras.htm