and.... while we're at it....more heart

                            

our heart chakra

Anahata chakra is the heart chakra. Situated deep inside the spine, directly behind the trigger point (a trigger point for a chakra is called a khestram) for Anahata. 

It resides in a deep space called Hridayakasha. An akasha is a (deep) space. Inside Hridayakasha, is our destiny. So this is Big. 

And inside Anahata chakra, is where we come to meet our individual Soul. Our Soul is not what we think, feel, want, look like. It is something way Higher than that.

our heart and our destiny are linked

There must always be a physical correspondence with the spiritual. That's how it works. The first physical happening when the entity starts it's evolvement (after the sexual act and union of sperm and ova), is a heartbeat. And everything that is created, from a star to the tiniest thing, has a heartbeat, starts with a heartbeat. A lifetime ends when the heart stops beating. So, our physical heart is intimately connected with our destiny.

kundalini often awakens on the way to Anahata

As one spiritually progresses up through the three lower chakras, there will be an awakening also of the kundalini energy. This is a major happening. For anyone who thinks that their kundalini has awakened, and it wasn't major, um, then maybe it didn't actually awaken. And, 99.999% of us will need to have an awakened kundalini and progress up through these chakras to get to Anahata.

the love chakra

I find that there is so much confusion, so many strange concepts about this chakra. Anahata chakra contains an infinite source of true love. Not to be confused with sex. Love for all beings. Love for the Divine aspects. The Cosmic Divine 

Love enters Anahata chakra, it descends 'from above'. So, we have Love from the greatest source, and from within. At this point, one is still very human. So we still have our feelings. Our feelings come from this lifetime, and from strong past-life experience. In Anahata chakra, our feelings are less important, when people arrive at Anahata, they actually 'get over themselves'; they know that everything is not about them.

is this love the same as sexual love?

I have heard of people teaching about the passion contained in Anahata. I find this a strange idea. Passion comes from Swadhisthana chakra: sacral/second chakra. The energy of Anahata is experienced and expressed differently from the energy of Swadhisthana. 

is their a fire there?

And I've also heard that people teach about 'the fire at Anahata'. The Inner Fire (yes, it does exist!) is not in Anahata. It is in Manipura, the navel/third chakra. But there is a warmth which does emanate from Anahata, and from the heart.

the soul is here

In Anahata, there is a small golden, completely still flame. To have this flame reveal itself, as opposed to just visualising it, is a momentous spiritual happening, for it is the flame of the Soul.