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The
Tao of Chakras & Balancing
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Projection
The
Chakras
The
human body contains hundreds of locations where there is focused and concentrated
energy.
There are, however, Seven Major energy centers located within our etheric body,
through which we receive, transmit and process life energies.
Each
Chakra in the body is recognized as a focal point of Life Force relating to
Physical, Emotional, Mental and Spiritual energies.
The Chakras are the network through which Body, Mind and Spirit interact as
one holistic system.
The seven
major Chakras correspond to specific aspects of our consciousness
and have their own individual characteristics and functions.
Each has a corresponding relationship to one of the various glands of the body's
endocrine system,
as well as one of the seven colors of the Rainbow spectrum.
To help
us in the process of our unfoldment it is important to understand that the
Chakras areDoorways for our consciousness.
They are doorways through which Emotional, Mental and
Spiritual force flow into Physical expression.
The energy created from our emotions and mental attitudes runs through the Chakras
and is distributed to our cells, tissues, and organs.
Realizing this brings tremendous insight into how we ourselves affect
our bodies, minds, and circumstances for better or worse.
Chakras
are how we express ourselves and how we create.
The chakra system is precisely the means by which we gain awareness,0
they are how we experience life, how we perceive reality, and how we relate
to self, others, and the World,
they are Life itself!
(Source-Mountain
Waysharer)
A
wonderful Tibetan mantra used to
cleanse and purify the chakras is:
OM
MANI PADME HUM
"God is the jewel
in the center of the lotus of my heart.
Spiritual
Chakra Meditations
by Sean Holmes
"Your current aim as you start to meditate is to learn
how to slow the
physical vibration or frequency deep within your body.
Many people do not realise that their chakra centres are far too exposed,
and they are accepting or collecting vibrational patterns in conflict,
these vibrations are both high and low.
So often times these patterns are disorganised and untidy,
and so frequently the seven layers of the
physical, emotional, intellectual, astral, etheric, celestial,
and the etheric
are abnormally increased, especially in intensity for their physical parallel.
Therefore, the outcome
is that they lure slow
frequency forces, energy if you will that remain within their personal sphere.
If you hurl yourself
headlong into meditation, you
will speed the whole process up. Directly rendering special stress on
your organs that are too slow to cope. This then places
too much stress on the chakras already in a place of conflict, which then
raises the internal discord of your body.
By
slowing your physical vibration to a slow-paced
more natural frequency than you typically use,
you ease the tension and pressure that you put on your muscles.
Anxiety stops being manufactured by your biochemical processes, so you
relieve the burden of any stress or mental suffering. You can now get
rid of the dark sultry energy forces right away that hang on in the
various chakra centres of your body. Therefore, staying within your
auric field as a whole, and removing the subliminal fragments of the
act of thought interference from your auric space.
Slowing
your frequency or vibration?
When you start to slow your vibration, you need to sit with your
back
in alignment, so that your weight is balanced centrally. In order for
your chakra centres to be well aligned you, need to settle any issues of bad
posture.
Focusing
on your breathing:
Focus on you're breathing; starting
with inhaling and exhaling in a balanced rhythm.
It doesn't matter if
you inhale for
a beat of three and exhale for a beat of three,
or you inhale for beat of five and exhale for a beat of five.
It all depends on your own lung capacity,
and what makes you pleasurably comfortable
when you to breathe in a balanced rhythm.
One of the most important factors now is to achieve
an awareness and appreciation of a balanced breathing rhythm. Use
your visualisation technique to take your awareness, all the way down
to your base chakra, slowing your vibration down even further.
Now transfer yourself into the main part of this meditation exercise
your vibration will intuitively arise again. Only now, your chakra
centres are resonating in harmony, instead of being in discord.
In place of one individual chakra taking up all the slack for the idle
one's you now have a team effort.
Breathing rhythmically should become natural to you, to slow your
vibration at the beginning of all the principle meditations."
*I have found it easier to useYoga Nidra to do this work and it may help you
as well,
especially to slow your mind enough to do this kind of focused work.
Many
Blessings!
LionHeart
June-2007
The
Seven Major Chakras
First,
Chakra, Base or Root, Mooladhara.
Location:
Below the sacrum bone at the base of the spine.
Color: Red (secondary color, Black).
Element: Earth.
Glands/Organs: Adrenals, kidneys, spinal column,
colon, legs and bones.
Functions: Gives vitality to the physical body.
Life force, survival instincts, self-preservation. Innocence.
Gems and Minerals: Garnet, bloodstone, red jasper,
black tourmaline, obsidian and smokey quartz.
Foods: Proteins, red fruits and vegetables.
Qualities/Lessons: Matters relating to the material world, success. The
physical body, mastery of the body.
Grounding, individuality, stability, security, stillness, health, innocence,
childlike joy.
To
Awaken and Balance:
Spend some time each day sitting directly on Mother Earth-Gaia.
Dance, Skip and Jump! Breath Deeply!
Second
Chakra, Navel, Swadishthan.
Location:
Lower abdomen to the navel area.
Color: Orange.
Element: Water.
Glands/Organs: Ovaries, testicles, prostate, genitals, spleen, womb,
bladder.
Functions: Procreation, assimilation of food, physical force and vitality,
sexuality. Pure attention and pure knowledge.
Gems and Minerals: Carnelian, coral, gold calcite, amber, citrine, gold
topaz, peach aventurine.
Foods: Liquids. Orange fruits and vegetables.
Qualities/Lessons: Giving and receiving, emotions,
desire, pleasure, sexual and passionate Love.
Change, movement and assimilation of new ideas.
This is the Chakra that gets drained of energy when we think too much.
To
Awaken and Balance:
Sexual healing.
Try new ways of expressing yourself creatively, dance, move your hips, practice
yoga, take a hike.
Breath Deeply!
Third
Chakra, Solar Plexus, Nabhi.
Location:
Slightly above the navel.
Color: Yellow.
Element: Fire.
Glands/Organs: Pancreas, adrenals, stomach, liver,
gallbladder, nervous system and muscles.
Functions: Vitalizes the nervous system, digestive processes, metabolism
and emotions.
Gems and Minerals: Citrine, gold topaz, amber, gold tiger eye, gold calcite
and gold.
Foods: Starches and yellow fruits and vegetables.
Qualities and Lessons: A sense of generosity, complete satisfaction and
contentment.
Personal power, mastery of desire, self-control. Radiance, warmth, awakening
and laughter.
To
Awaken and Balance:
Rub your belly, become aware of the energy radiating from your solar plexus,
breathe using your diaphragm.
Laugh Heartily!
Fourth
Chakra, Heart, Anahat.
Location:
Center of the chest at the level of the sternum bone.
Color: Green (secondary color, pink).
Element: Air.
Glands/Organs: Heart, thymus gland, circulatory
system, arms, hands and lungs.
Functions: Residence of the Spirit, our true Self. helps to anchor the
life force from our Higher Self.
Energizes the blood and blood circulation.
Foods: Green fruits and vegetables-chocolate.
Gems and Minerals: Emerald, rose quartz, green aventurine, malachite,
green/pink tourmaline.
Qualities and Lessons: Compassion and Love.
Our sense of responsibility and pure behavior towards ourselves and others.
Divine and unconditional Love.
Forgiveness, understanding, balance, peace, harmony, acceptance.
Group consciousness and oneness with Life.
To
Awaken and Balance:
Serve others, love and take care of yourself.
Breathe consciously.
Listen to beautiful music and take long wonderful walks and baths.
Fifth
Chakra, Throat, Vishuddhi.
Location:
Throat area.
Color: Sky blue.
Element: Akasha/Ether.
Gland and Organs: Thyroid, throat and mouth.
Foods: Blue/purple fruits and vegetables.
Gems and Minerals: Turquoise, celestite, blue lace
agate, lapis lazuli, aquamarine and sodalite.
Qualities and Lessons: Diplomacy. Pure relationships with others. Playful
detachment. Power of the spoken word.
True communication. Creative expression and a kind and compassionate voice.
We feel we are a part of the whole.
To
Awaken and Balance:
Sing, chant, hum and Breathe consciously.
Sixth
Chakra, Brow, Third Eye, Agnya.
Location:Center
of the forehead, between the eyebrows.
Color: Indigo, dark blue.
Element: Light.
Foods: Blue and purple fruits and vegetables.
Glands/Organs: Pituitary and pineal glands, left
eye, nose and ears.
Gems and Minerals: Lapis Lazuli, azurite, sodalite, quartz crystal and
blue sapphire.
Qualities and Lessons: Forgiveness and Compassion. The power to let go
of anger, hatred, resentment and to discover humility.
Dissolves all our ego, conditionings, habits, false ideas of racialism, and
all our misidentifications.
Clairvoyance, concentration, peace of mind, wisdom, devotion, Soul realization,
placing your Guru and perception beyond duality.
To Awaken and Balance:
Meditation and guided visualization.
Breathe Deeply through your third eye...from your heart to your third eye and
back..many times.
Seventh
Chakra, Crown, Sahasrara.
Location:
Top of the head.
Color: Violet.
Element: Thought and will.
Glands/Organs: Pineal gland, cerebral cortex, central
nervous system, right eye.
Foods: This chakra is associated with the idea of Fasting but also can
be blue and purple fruits and vegetables.
Gems and Minerals: Amethyst, diamond, sugilite, purple fluorite, quart
crystal, rutilated quartz, selenite.
Qualities and Lessons: Entering into new realms
of consciousness and human awareness.
Absolute perception of Reality on our nervous system. Spiritual will, inspiration,
unity, Divine wisdom and understanding.
Perception beyond Time and Space. Continuity of Consciousness.
To
Awaken and Balance:
Meditation, guided visualization, energy work, music, yoga.
Breathe Deeply and chant OM!
Please visit my Chants
and Mantras section.
OverView
The subtle
aspects of the Chakras are far too extensive to be explained here.
They are part of a knowledge which is not only to be studied at the mental level,
but to be experienced directly.
The chakras are energy centers along the spine representing the levels of consciousness.
They are sensed and seen as spinning discs, wheels of radiating energy, vibrations,
sounds, and balls of light.
Chakras pick up cosmic vibrations and distribute them throughout the body in
the nadis (energy channels).
According to Tantric texts, Kundalini, the divine
cosmic energy in our bodies, lies coiled like a snake at the base of our spinal
column in muladhara chakra.
There are three and a half coils in the snake which represent the three states
of mind, awake, dreaming and in deep sleep.
The last half of the coil represents a combination of all three which trancends
the others.
Kundalini is awakened by
the practice of yoga, pranayama and other practices.
As it ascends up the spine, energy blockages are cleared.
It ascends up through the nadis.
After piercing the intervening chakras, it finally unites with the Supreme Soul,
realization of the higher Self occurs.
It is called yoga, union with God, or Samadhi.
