What are chakras?
The word chakra is Sanskrit, Sanskrit being the language of yoga. Chakra means "wheel". Which would suggest that they are spinning, which they can do. But don't usually.
They are in the aura, where one seems to ascend from the crown, one descends between the legs, and the rest jut out from the body, both in front and behind from the spine.
Usually when people are talking about chakras, they are meaning those in the aura, which is quite valid. However, they also exist within the body, and although they are all part of the chakra system, the inner and outer ones are different. Different colours, different attributes.
the qualities and colours of the chakras in the aura, coming out of the body, are different to those of the chakras proper, which are inside of the body
When I was first taught about the chakras, I was told that everyone had blocked chakras, and that all of the intense yoga practices that we were doing would unblock them. This is a fallacy. We can get psychic gunk in the chakras of the aura, and this has absolutely nothing to do with having any of the so called negative attributes of that chakra. Which I'm not even going to dignify by writing about, because it's all so wrong and silly.
Let us instead, look at the fantastic-ness of some of the chakras.
The first three chakras
base chakra:
The amazing start of the Inner Spiritual journey. What happens here, when it awakens, and this is quite easy to do, actually, is that our perception changes. Our whole being changes, really, because we start to feel more vital, in a different way. But we notice it more with how we perceive everything.
It is the first step from the bondage of everything being about oneself. We know, when it awakens, with every fibre of our being, and without trying, that everything is not about oneself. The absolute entanglement of thoughts and feelings, and their effect on us, changes. They just don't have the same effect on us. We can know this, intellectually, but to have it as a way of existing, it truly is something else. We are starting to become Master of Oneself.
What causes this to happen? At it's most basic, consciousness and energy separate. For us, inside of us, where it is all happening, the entanglement of being completely immersed in our troubling thoughts or feelings (energy), these are not controlling us. They might be happening, but a different sort of awareness (consciousness) is happening.
And somehow, we are even more aware of the angst of others, and, because it's no longer "all about me", that caring aspect is stronger and deeper.
sacral chakra:
This is the only chakra where we fulfil our desires and such. But, I have never felt that it was actually desires, but rather more fulfilling the expression of what we do. We have so much energy to get things done. It is such a dynamic chakra. And, because we are not so tied up with the tyranny of our thoughts and feelings, we have more energy for Getting Things Done.
There is a divine taste with the sacral chakra, and no hunger. So one is never that interested in giving in to the wants of appetite nor taste. Food becomes just food. This too is a freedom of bondage, and in this case the hold of all of the senses over our wants and compulsions, it just disappears. The senses get stronger, but their hold over us, especially to do with our wants and desires, this is what dissolves into the ether.
This is my favourite chakra. It is so beautiful; the world, everything around us, becomes so beautiful. We feel wonderful. And here we also experience something else that truly affects every aspect of our being: we are acutely aware of the soul of each other. We can sense it. This is special indeed.
navel chakra:
Each chakra is a massive leap in energy and consciousness: both increase with each chakra. The energy is spiritual energy and the consciousness is spiritual knowing.
And both are extremely amplified at this chakra because it is also involved with so many other things.
There is so much to tell of this chakra. It is the gateway to other hidden internal realms aside from the chakras, so that is amazing within itself. However, here I am really only talking of qualities.
The word chakra is Sanskrit, Sanskrit being the language of yoga. Chakra means "wheel". Which would suggest that they are spinning, which they can do. But don't usually.
They are in the aura, where one seems to ascend from the crown, one descends between the legs, and the rest jut out from the body, both in front and behind from the spine.
Usually when people are talking about chakras, they are meaning those in the aura, which is quite valid. However, they also exist within the body, and although they are all part of the chakra system, the inner and outer ones are different. Different colours, different attributes.
the qualities and colours of the chakras in the aura, coming out of the body, are different to those of the chakras proper, which are inside of the body
When I was first taught about the chakras, I was told that everyone had blocked chakras, and that all of the intense yoga practices that we were doing would unblock them. This is a fallacy. We can get psychic gunk in the chakras of the aura, and this has absolutely nothing to do with having any of the so called negative attributes of that chakra. Which I'm not even going to dignify by writing about, because it's all so wrong and silly.
Let us instead, look at the fantastic-ness of some of the chakras.
- base chakra: mooladhara: in the perenium for men, and near the opening of the cervix for women.
- sacral chakra: swadhisthana: in the sacrum
- navel chakra: manipura: in the spine behind the navel
base chakra:
The amazing start of the Inner Spiritual journey. What happens here, when it awakens, and this is quite easy to do, actually, is that our perception changes. Our whole being changes, really, because we start to feel more vital, in a different way. But we notice it more with how we perceive everything.
It is the first step from the bondage of everything being about oneself. We know, when it awakens, with every fibre of our being, and without trying, that everything is not about oneself. The absolute entanglement of thoughts and feelings, and their effect on us, changes. They just don't have the same effect on us. We can know this, intellectually, but to have it as a way of existing, it truly is something else. We are starting to become Master of Oneself.
What causes this to happen? At it's most basic, consciousness and energy separate. For us, inside of us, where it is all happening, the entanglement of being completely immersed in our troubling thoughts or feelings (energy), these are not controlling us. They might be happening, but a different sort of awareness (consciousness) is happening.
And somehow, we are even more aware of the angst of others, and, because it's no longer "all about me", that caring aspect is stronger and deeper.
sacral chakra:
This is the only chakra where we fulfil our desires and such. But, I have never felt that it was actually desires, but rather more fulfilling the expression of what we do. We have so much energy to get things done. It is such a dynamic chakra. And, because we are not so tied up with the tyranny of our thoughts and feelings, we have more energy for Getting Things Done.
There is a divine taste with the sacral chakra, and no hunger. So one is never that interested in giving in to the wants of appetite nor taste. Food becomes just food. This too is a freedom of bondage, and in this case the hold of all of the senses over our wants and compulsions, it just disappears. The senses get stronger, but their hold over us, especially to do with our wants and desires, this is what dissolves into the ether.
This is my favourite chakra. It is so beautiful; the world, everything around us, becomes so beautiful. We feel wonderful. And here we also experience something else that truly affects every aspect of our being: we are acutely aware of the soul of each other. We can sense it. This is special indeed.
navel chakra:
Each chakra is a massive leap in energy and consciousness: both increase with each chakra. The energy is spiritual energy and the consciousness is spiritual knowing.
And both are extremely amplified at this chakra because it is also involved with so many other things.
There is so much to tell of this chakra. It is the gateway to other hidden internal realms aside from the chakras, so that is amazing within itself. However, here I am really only talking of qualities.
The special-ness here, is to do with what we sincerely desire for all beings. From a blade of grass to all sentient beings. We wish the best for every living thing. Including our planet. We can feel the living matrix of everything. There is more to do with this as one progresses through the other chakras, but here it starts. As a massive reality. Life is no longer about Oneself. Goodwill to all life is a reality which is in every part of us, with this chakra.
with each chakra we become more and more immersed into the wholeness of life. every aspect.
There is so much more that I could say about each and every aspect of chakras. They gift us so much. For which I am truly grateful and humbled.
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