~*~ The
Chakras ~*~
The Hindus and Buddhists have used chakras for
thousands of years in meditation and yogic practice. The chakras
are centers of light energy, rising from the root chakra at the
base of the spine , which is a denser, warmer, hevier vibration,
and more connected to earth; to the crown chakra at the top of the
head, which is a lighter, finer, faster frequency, and more
connected to the heavens. Each chakra has a particular color,
sound, quality, body area or organ, animal, food, gemstone, and
planet associated with it. The colors range from red to purple,
just as in the light spectrum. Here is a simple description of the
seven major chakras.
Red- survival, grounding, safety, security, cocyx bone, legs,
knees, ankles, feet, skin, colon, bones.
Orange- sexuality, clairsentience, creative life force, pelvis,
reproductive organs, lower back, bladder.
Yellow- Physical Willpower, motivation, vitality, instinct,
digestion, stomach, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, spleen, middle
spine, kidneys, adrenal glands, intestines.
Green- Love, compassion, emotional empathy, heart, thymus gland,
breasts, lungs, upper back, shoulders, arms, hands.
Blue- Self expression, clairaudience, throat, thyroid gland, neck,
jaw, teeth, ears, sinuses.
Purple- Vision, psychic sight, clairvoyance, telepathy, third eye,
pineal and pituitary glands, eyes.
White- Spritual consciousness, direct knowing, crown of head,
brain, scalp, hair.
(note: Some people exchange violet for white, but I learned the
crown chakra as white, so that is what I will use.)
When the chakras are open and balanced in relation to each other,
they allow the free flow of subtle energies throughout the body.
They cannot be seen with the physical eyes, but their energies can
be seen with the third eye.
The chakras rotate in the center of the physical body, opening to
the outside world through both the front and back. Sometimes the
rotation is clockwise, sometimes counterclockwise. It is best to
allow your chakras to choose their own direction.
When a chakra is closed, shut down, or blocked in some way by a
repressed emotion or memory, it can lead to physical symptoms. An
obvious example to most people is that when we are afraid to
express our feelings, sometimes our throat tightens up. The throat
chakra is the center of self-expression and verbal creativity. When
grief is enourmous and prolonged, the heart chakra tends to become
so overwhelmed with this pain, that it can affect the physical
heart and the intercoastal muscles in the chest.
When we deal with our emotions as they arise, rather than repress
them down into our bodies, we can often prevent these physical
symptoms. The more science learns about the interconnections
between the body, emotions, and thoughts, the more it finds itself
agreeing with many of the mystical traditions of the east and
west.
The chakras give us a way to work with both prevention and
treatment of disease by keeping them open and flowing with energy
through meditation. Eventually, you will want to open the chakras
with the appropriate color, but it is best to start small. Once you
have become comfortable with your meditation, using color is the
next step. In doing these meditations, you will also learn which
chakras are open and which may be holding emotions and memories
that you need to confront. Most people have two or three chakras
that produce physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual
symptoms.
