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The Chakras
The Wheels of Life
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The chakras are " Spinning Wheels of Light" (the translation of the Sanskrit word 'chakra'). The major chakras are rooted in a vertical power current (from the base of the spine to the top of the head) or energy hose that interconnects and interpenetrates the aura and bodies.
Each of these major chakras is connected to a specific energy body and to energy channels in the physical body. They are centers of activity that receive, assimilate and express life force energy. Their main function is to transform and circulate life energy to nourish the cells of the physical body as well as the light bodies. They are therefore responsible for the person's physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual functions. They absorb and transmit energies to and from the universe, nature, celestial entities, from people, and even from things.
The activities in them influence our body shape, glandular processes, chronic physical ailments, thoughts, emotions and behaviours.
Base chakra
Location: Base of the spine (coccyx area)
Colour: Red
Organs: Adrenal glands, bladder, genitals and spine
Element: Earth
Identity: Physical
Functions: Vitality in the physical body, survival, self-preservation, instincts, health…
Central issue: Roots the soul in the body and the body to the Earth and the physical plane (Grounding), survival (physical needs to survive), safety/security.
Balanced energy (examples of a balanced chakra): Centred, grounded, full of vitality, balanced control over the material world and physical body …
Excessive energy (some of the possible symptoms): Materialistic, obesity, sluggish, hoarding, greedy, violent …
Deficient energy (some of the possible symptoms): Suicidal, fearful, restless, lack of confidence, feeling sexually inadequate, frustrated, lacking discipline …
Sacral chakra
Location: Lower abdomen (just below the navel)
Colour: Orange
Organs: Reproductive organs, uro-genital system, kidneys, gonads
Element: Water
Identity: Emotional
Functions: Sexuality, enjoyment of life, self-esteem, desires, assimilation of food/digestion, absorbing new ideas, tolerance …
Central issue: Sexuality, basic emotions, desire, pleasure.
Balanced energy: concern for others, friendly, creative, intuitive, good humoured, balanced, vitality, sexual satisfaction …
Excessive energy: Sexual addiction, overly emotional, obsessive, explosive, aggressive, manipulative, self-serving …
Deficient energy: Frigid, impotent, rigid, shy, hides emotions, fears pleasure, overly sensitive, feels overly guilty …
Solar Plexus chakra
Location: below ribcage (stomach area)
Colour: Yellow
Organs: Stomach, gall bladder, liver, pancreas, solar plexus, nervous system, muscles
Element: Fire
Identity: Ego
Functions: Vitalizes the nervous system, metabolism, digestion, authority, self-control, radiance, energy …
Central issue: Will, personal power and personality, intellect and mental mastery of desires
Balanced energy: Outgoing, cheerful, has respect for oneself and others, open and expressive, strong nerves, self-confident, flexibility …
Excessive energy: Dominating, blaming, perfectionist, judgmental, demanding, critical, constantly active, rigid …
Deficient energy: Depressed, lacks confidence, negative thoughts about self, confused, has poor digestion, fear of failure, poor judgment, apathy …
Heart chakra
Location: Sternum (centre of the chest)
Colour: Green (also pink)
Organs: Heart, thymus gland, circulatory system, arms, hands, lungs
Element: Air
Identity: Social
Functions: Anchors the life force of the Higher Self, Energizes physical body and blood, blood circulation, forgiveness, compassion, group consciousness, peace, acceptance, harmony, contentment …
Central issue: Unconditional love, relationship (any kind)
Balanced energy: Compassionate, humanitarian, can see the good in others, desires to nurture others, empathy, healing, purity, gentleness, innocence, in touch with own feelings and others’ …
Excessive energy: Jealous, possessive, demanding, overly critical, tense, manic, depressive, uses money to control others, moody, hatred, avarice, selfish, resentment …
Deficient energy: Shy, lonely, bitter, critical, self-pity, paranoia, need for reassurance …
Throat chakra
Location: base of the throat
Colour: Sky blue
Organs: Thyroid, parathyroid, hypothalamus, throat, mouth, upper lungs, arms, digestive tract
Element: Ether
Identity: Creativity
Functions: Speech, expression and self-expression, creativity, integration, truth, knowledge, gentleness, kindness …
Central issue: Communication and creativity
Balanced energy: Contented, centred, good speaker, artistically inspired, sincerity, truthfulness, able to listen …
Excessive energy: Arrogant, self-righteous, excessive talking, dogmatic, stuttering, inability to listen …
Deficient energy: Fear of speaking, poor rhythm, cannot express thoughts, inconsistent, lack of creative expression, suppressed or swallowed feelings …
Brow chakra (third eye)
Location: Forehead (centre, just above the eyebrows)
Colour: Dark blue or Indigo
Organs: Pituary gland, eyes, nose, ears, spine
Element: Light
Identity: Archetypal
Functions: Energises the lower brain and the nervous system, vision, psychic perception, visualisation, telepathy, wisdom, knowledge, inner vision …
Central issue: Clairvoyance and imagination
Balanced energy: Can receive spiritual guidance, clairvoyance and psychic abilities, clear mind, can visualize, clear perception, good memory, spirituality …
Excessive energy: Headaches, nightmares, hallucinations, delusions, ego-mania …
Deficient energy: Poor memory, poor vision, can’t see patterns, denial, non-assertive …
Crown chakra
Location: Top of the head
Colour: White and/or Violet
Organs: Pineal gland, cerebral cortex, central nervous system
Element: Thought
Identity: Universal connection
Functions: Vitalises upper brain, unification of the Higher Self with the personality, spirituality, inspiration, unity, divine wisdom and understanding, idealism, selfless service, perception beyond time and space
Central issue: To know and to be one with the source
Balanced energy: Open to Divine energy, access to the unconscious mind, spirituality, service, faith, peace, refinement, beauty, joy, gratitude
Excessive energy: Spiritual addiction, overly intellectual, addiction, sense of frustration, unrealized power, destructive, frequent migraines, confusion, despair, egotism …
Deficient energy: Learning difficulties, limited beliefs, materialism, no spark of fun or joy, catatonic, cannot make decisions, apathy, depressed, lack of memory, diminished concentration …
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The Energy Bodies
Our Energetic Nature & Complexity
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The five-layer Energy Body system is a simplified way of describing the Human Energy Field. Note that the physical body is counted as an energy body since all matter is ultimately made up of energy. Also of importance is the fact that the higher subtle energy bodies overlap and interpenetrate the complete physical body and other lower subtle bodies. In much the same way as many different TV signals exist around us in the same space simultaneously and can be individually identified by a specific frequency, the overlapping subtle energy bodies (which are also defined by different frequencies) also penetrate into the same space as our physical body.
When channelling energy in the client or oneself, the healing energies are sent not only to the physical body, but also to each higher energetic body. Thus, with the proper healing frequencies channelled through the practitioner, healing can occur on not only the physical level, but also in the etheric, emotional, mental and spiritual energy bodies of the recipient.
The Physical Energy Body
The physical body is the most dense form of energy with a frequency low enough to be seen by our eyes (they are within the spectrum of visible light), heard by our ears (about 30 to 15,000 Hertz), and experienced with the senses of touch, taste and smell which are within the "frequency capability" of our physical body.
But there are many octaves, frequencies, and vibrations beyond the capability of our physical senses (i.e. the higher frequencies of ultraviolet, x-ray, and cosmic radiation). Also, if we look within our physical bodies at our atoms, molecules and cells, we find patterns of vibrating energy that we have traditionally called "matter".
Vibrating fields do affect one another through the phenomenon of sympathetic vibration. This is the key to understanding how energy-based healing techniques can achieve such visible and profound results in the physical body.
The Etheric Energy Body
The etheric body is the first energy body in frequency above the physical body. It exists within the physical body, and extends outward about an inch outside the skin. Its purpose is to form an energy template or matrix for the development, maintenance and repair of the physical body. The etheric body contains a vibrating energy counterpart for each organ, blood vessel and bone found in the physical body. Indeed, the etheric body contains the energetic blueprint for the pathways that guide the location and development of every
cell of the physical body.
Our physical bodies exist only because of the vital (etheric) field behind them. This etheric field exists prior to, not a result of, the physical body.
Whatever originates in the etheric body will, over time, be reflected in the physical body and create what we call disease. An illness can appear in the energy field weeks and even months before it appears in the physical body.
Conversely, traumas to the physical body (e.g., broken bones, burns, incisions and scars) will in time be reflected into the etheric body unless there is some interceding process that either prevents this reflection into the etheric body or which restores the original vibrating pattern which existed prior to the trauma.
The Emotional Energy Body
The emotional body contains the emotional patterns, feelings, and vibrations that determine our personality and how we interact with others. If we are constantly angry, always feel helpless, or are consistently fearful, these patterns or vibrations get locked in our emotional energy field and become a part of our personality.
The emotional body generally follows the shape of the physical and etheric bodies, but is somewhat more amorphous and fluid, and extends from a few inches outside the etheric body. It contains energy "blobs" of all colours, depending on the specific feeling or emotion.
The Mental Energy Body
The mental body contains the structure and patterns of all the thoughts and belief systems that we consider as true and shape our own reality. A thought or idea can in itself be very powerful. However, our personal emotional reactions to those thoughts carry even more energy. There is therefore a very strong connection between the mental and emotional bodies.
The mental body usually extends from a few inches beyond the emotional body. Within this area, individual thought forms appear as small blobs of light of varying form and intensity.
The Spiritual Energy Body.
The spiritual body (i.e., all vibrating patterns in octaves higher than the mental body) contains all the information related to our experiences, and reflects our full consciousness of all that has been learned and experienced. It
contains our higher intentions, and our desires to increase our awareness of our purpose, place and mission for this lifetime.
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