Chakras
Chakras are the main pools and passages where energy flows in your body. In fact, chakra is the sanskrit word for spinning wheel. Chakras are believed to be part of the subtle body, not the physical body, and as such, are the meeting points of the subtle, non-physical energy channels called nadi. Nadi are believed to be channels in the subtle body through which the life force, prana, or vital energy moves. Various scriptural texts and teachings present a different number of chakras. It's believed that there are many chakras in the subtle human body, according to the tantric texts, but there are seven chakras that are considered to be the most important ones.
Chakras are located in the energy body, and are part of the energy system. Each chakra deals with a certain aspect of human and spiritual existence, and therefore opening them is vital to all forms of energy manipulation and training.
Ancient knowledge and modern quantum biology agree on this essential principle: matter does not generate mind or consciousness but quite the other way around. Consciousness manifests the physical form or matter. While life is a unique personal experience, yet we all share its fundamental building blocks: our core energy centers, called chakras in Sanskrit. The word chakra means wheel or vortex. They are the junction points between matter and the mind, between our body and our consciousness.
Although the body has many chakras, psychics and healers generally only concern themselves with the major ones. These chakras are each found next to a hormonal gland. The push vital life energy, also called "ki", "chi", or "prana", through the body to ensure vitality.
There are seven major chakras, which are arranged vertically along the axial channel, Sushumna Nadi, and each of these chakras also has its elemental deity, Vasu, demigod of its material element.
- Root chakra, 1st chakra, Muladhara, color red: base of the spine, gonads, safety and survival, sense of belonging.
- Sacral chakra, 2nd chakra, Swadhistana, color orange: genital area, ovaries, creativity, emotion and sensuality.
- Solar plexus chakra, 3rd chakra, Manipura, color yellow: navel area, pancreas, self will, self esteem, courage, and personal power.
- Heart chakra, 4th chakra, Anahata, color green: heart area, thymus, compassion, love, and healing.
- Throat chakra, 5th chakra, Vishuddha, color blue: throat area, thyroid, communication and self-expression.
- Third eye chakra, 6th chakra, Ajna, color indigo: between eyebrows, pituitary gland, intuition.
- Crown chakra, 7th chakra, Sahasrara, color violet: top of the head, pineal gland, spirituality and divine awareness.
Why it's so important to keep your chakras cleansed and balanced?
Your chakras radiate and receive energy constantly. If you hold negative thoughts, your chakras become dirty with dense, dark energy, and you feel sluggish and out of balance. You also lose touch with your natural psychic abilities. There's a chakra related to thoughts about money and career, relationships, your future, appetite and lifestyle habits, and goals and aspirations. If you completely base your thoughts in love and faith, these chakras operate at a perfectly healthy rate. Your energy and life flow smoothly, and you experience harmony and bliss.
Your chakras also affect your intuitive abilities. An imbalance in your Chakras means that some Chakras are over-active, and some are under-active. With cleansed and balanced chakras, you can easily discern information about your future and about other people. Since the Chakras recieve and transmit energy, which translates into emotional and motivational energy, too much or too little may effect the way we think and act; for instance, too little flow through the Heart Chakra could translate into a "hard hearted" and selfish personality, and too much flow through the Heart Chakra could translate into a person with a "bleeding heart", someone who's generous compassion can easily be taken advantage of.
Symptoms of overactive chakras
- First Chakra: physical aggressiveness, impulsiveness, recklessness, impulsivity, obsessively sexual, hyperactive.
- Second Chakra: selfish, arrogant, power seeking, overly proud.
- Third Chakra: judgmental, stubborn, critical, craving constant change.
- Fourth Chakra: Jealousy, stingy, taken advantage of, angry, overconfident.
- Fifth Chakra: domineering, fanatical, traditional, hyperactive.
- Sixth Chakra: fearful, impatient, oversensitive, belittles the behavior of others.
- Seventh Chakra: need to feel indispensable, needs sympathy, extremely erotic imagination.
Symptoms of underactive chakras
- First Chakra: manipulative, possessive, overly tired, aggressive, needs approval, overly cautious.
- Second Chakra: mistrustful, anti-social, follower, introverted, unable to express emotions.
- Third Chakra: aloof, unable to learn, psychosomatic problems, feels deprived of recognition, feelings of isolation.
- Fourth Chakra: lacks compassion, needs confirmation of self worth, possessive, feels unloved.
- Fifth Chakra: resists change, slow to respond, stubborn.
- Sixth Chakra: self doubt, envious, superstitious, fearful, worries.
- Seventh Chakra: feelings of bring misunderstood, shame, negative self image, lacks tenderness, self-denial.
Are your Chakras in balance?
Test yourself by answering all the questions below, which will lead you to find out your personal chakra balance.
Based on the graphical bar chart you can also find out if your chakras are:
- under-active (0-44%)
- open (45-74%)
- over-active (75-100%)
You can go more in depth to understanding each chakra meanings as well, by clicking on their defined number underneath each individual column chart.
Meditation for Opening All of the Chakras
Meditation for Opening All of the Chakras
Lie down flat on your back, probably on a bed, with your arms out to your sides, palms up. This is called Shivasana, or the "corpse pose".
Begin to meditate, breathing in through the nose, out through the mouth. Meditate until you reach a void mind state and a connectedness with all things and your energy.
a. Focus on the Root Chakra at the base of the spine. Begin to chant out loud, "om" ("oohhhmmmm"), over about 5 seconds, and let this mantra energize and vibrate through the Chakra. Focus on the color red. Use intention to spiral the prana around the Chakra counterclockwise. As you continue to chant "om", visualize a red flower blooming at the base of the spine. Continue this, taking note of any feelings at the Chakra, until you really feel that the Chakra has become active.
b. Move on, focus on the Sacral Chakra below the belly button. Begin to chant out loud, "om", and let this mantra energize and vibrate through the Chakra. Focus on the color orange. Use intention to spiral the prana around the Chakra counterclockwise. As you continue to chant "om", visualize a orange flower blooming at the sacrum. Continue this, taking note of any feelings at the Chakra, until you really feel that the Chakra has become active.
c. When you are ready, focus on the Solar Plexus Chakra below the chest. Begin to chant out loud, "om", and let this mantra energize and vibrate through the Chakra. Focus on the color yellow. Use intention to spiral the prana around the Chakra counterclockwise. As you continue to chant "om", visualize a yellow flower blooming at the plexus. Continue this, taking note of any feelings at the Chakra, until you really feel that the Chakra has become active.
d. Again, focus on the Heart Chakra in the chest. Begin to chant out loud, "om", and let this mantra energize and vibrate through the Chakra. Focus on the color green. Use intention to spiral the prana around the Chakra counterclockwise. As you continue to chant "om", visualize a green flower blooming at the heart. Focus on the idea of unconditional love blooming at the Heart center. Continue this, taking note of any feelings at the Chakra, until you really feel that the Chakra has become active.
e. Next, focus on the Throat Chakra in the throat. Begin to chant out loud, "om", and let this mantra energize and vibrate through the Chakra. Focus on the color light blue. Use intention to spiral the prana around the Chakra counterclockwise. As you continue to chant "om", visualize a light blue flower blooming at the throat. Continue this, taking note of any feelings at the Chakra, until you really feel that the Chakra has become active.
f. Moving on, focus on the Third Eye Chakra between the eyes. Begin to chant out loud, "om", and let this mantra energize and vibrate through the Chakra. Focus on the color Indigo (purplish blue). Use intention to spiral the prana around the Chakra counterclockwise. As you continue to chant "om", visualize an Indigo flower blooming at the Third Eye. Continue this, taking note of any feelings at the Chakra, until you really feel that the Chakra has become active.
g. Finally, focus on the Crown Chakra around the top half of the head. Begin to chant out loud, "om", and let this mantra energize and vibrate through the Chakra. Focus on the color Violet (purple). Use intention to spiral the prana around the Chakra counterclockwise. As you continue to chant "om", visualize an Purple flower blooming at the crown of the head. Continue this, taking note of any feelings at the Chakra, until you really feel that the Chakra has become active.
h. With all the Chakras active and spinning, try and put your focus on all of them at once. Continue to just breath, and experience the prana generated through the Chakras in the spinal column (Sushumna). There is no goal here but to experience the generated prana and the associated feelings. You may pass to a dream state and have visions. You may even experience spontaneous Kundalinic or Pranic awakening and a strong magnetic feeling creeping up the spine.
i. When you are finished, go back through the Chakras in reverse order and see them closing. Focus on each in sequence from the Crown back down to the Root. Visualize a flower of the appropriate color closing back up, and use your intention to slow the flow of energy until they are not fully active.
Stand up, stretch, drink a glass of water.
j. Please note that when taking note of any feelings at the Chakra is mentioned, we are referring to eliminating or dealing with associated events that could have potentially set that chakra out of balance or closed it off. Even if you do not naturally notice these blockages, they are present in everyone, and you should try to meditate and take care of them if you wish to truly open the chakras.
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