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THE
SECRET LIFE OF ENERGY
What are my ‘Energies?’
The seven energy centers or 'chakras'
resident within the human body and are basically the soul. To illustrate
this, if we took those energies away we are left with a dead body....
The physical matter ( carbon atoms ) of the body are tied together with
forces on the physical plane; into human form. That includes the brain
whose thought energies are of the physical - in small electrical
impulses firing between synapses in the brain.
The soul energy, the energy of 7 chakras, is on another dimension, that
of what we often refer to as the 'spiritual' plane - a plane of energy
and not matter. This plane, unlike the physical plane, is one
dimensional. It doesn’t have a width, depth and height or timeline like
the physical plane.
Hence energy exists everywhere all the time - its omnipresent...
However when a soul inhabits a human body it exists in a
cross-dimensional form. ie it is still present in the spiritual
dimension but also resides in the physical dimension in the form of 7
energy centers or 'chakras'
Living things are the only place in the universe that this physical and
energetic co -existence manifests. So every living thing on the planet
truly represent a crossroads of two dimensions
At death the soul energy disconnects with the physical body but remains
intact as energy. This is because of a universal contiguity of the same
laws being applicable to metaphysics as with physics, the laws of
conservation of energy which state that energy can not be destroyed it
can only change form.
Hence a souls' journey is to always exists but to change its form, many
times interacting with the physical world in the form of inhabiting a
human body, then leaving that body at death - only to go around
again...until final 'ascension' when it no longer is required to become
human again.
In each life the energy acrues, keeps, learns and grows throughout all
of these changes....The natural interaction of the energy affecting the
physical body, and the human experience affecting the energy is the stuf
of karma, growth and learning.
So the soul, resident in the human body as the chakras, are a collection
of all of the experiences of all lives....
The brain however is of "this life" and learns only from birth
onwards...
Which brings us to mind versus brain. The mind is a collection of
conscious inputs not all of which are thoughts but are often attributed
to being thought, as we are conditioned that brain is responsible for so
much of the consciousness. Modern humans are conditioned nowadays to be
'brain centered'
For example we blame ourselves for being too emotional, too sensitive,
too impatient, this that and the other...attributing the "we" to our
mental wishes or state...
However every human being receives a mass of inputs that are
consciousness but not necessarily thought. For example the obvious one
of the heart, we feel emotions in the heart. Not the physical heart as
that's off to one side but an energy centre ( chakra ) that's located in
the center of the chest.
Likewise we have "gut feel" and
"intuition", "sense", "nouse" and a hundred other words to attribute
anything other than thought to some ethereal 'other' ill-defined
sense..... We often attribute our passions, fear, insecurity,
impatience, loves, fears and other states of being that are thoughts.
And in many cases the thought is a tiny part of what's really
happening....
So in working with energy we are working with the inate, core, essence
of someone as a collection of all their learning and experience from all
lives. Along with the residual challenges and learning we are all here
to learn in this life - karma....
Spiritual awakenings, at whatever level, are periods when our conscious
transitions more from pure logical thought to the deeper, broader, more
core awareness of our energies, our soul and its meaning purpose and
journey.
Hence energy work of any kind can have profound effects on the
emotional, mental and physical. as its working at the lowest most
profound level of a human.
THE CROWN
At the other end of the body from the base chakra which is mostly of the
earthly physical, the crown chakra connects us to 'source energy' the
universal life force, spirit - however you wish to call it.
As the source for spiritual energy ( life force ) coming into the body ,
a healthy crown chakra allows a good flow of chi down through the body
along the two pathways that connects all the chakras, all the way down
to the base then splitting to go via the legs and into the ground.
Thus the human being 'connects the circuit' between the spiritual and
the physical.
It’s not usual to have much crown chakra sensation but it can happen as
we develop this charka to increase the overall flow of chi and allow
ourselves to progress closer to source energy.
THIRD EYE
The Third Eye Chakra represents our ability to perceive outside of ego
and logic and to understand reality at the highest most truthful
objective level.
This includes some of what are commonly referred to as the "psychic"
senses, which are really an ability to 'see' and understand beyond what
is physically observable.
Associated with the mind - it has a correlation to the brain, the brain
being of the logical and physical whereas the third eye is that which is
beyond logic yet apparent through third eye perception.
When in balance, a person uses the brain and its logic for that which
can be logically analyzed on the physical plane but the third eye for
energetic perception where simple logic cant bring answers.
Being near the top of the body the third eye chakra is working on much
less of the physical plane and crosses over into the energetic,
therefore there is little physical sense of the third eye, however if
its imbalanced one can suffer headaches or tension in the brow.
A real key to understanding third eye development is that it is about
greater perception outside of ego based perception of personal want,
need, emotional reaction or "belief" and so for full third eye
development we will usually have already been through a process of
transformation like spiritual awakening to show us the limitations of
thought and ego based perception.
THE THROAT
The throat Chakra is responsible for manifesting our ability to vocally
express our innermost thoughts, desires, emotions and truth.
Seems simple in concept compared to some other chakras which have more
complex or multi layer functions, however vocal expression of the deeper
'self' without fear and with total commitment to honesty and truth is
itself an advanced state of human development.
As with the other chakras, many reasons for imbalance or dysfunction in
this energy are often others reactions to our expressions of 'self' and
so its extremely easy not to express ones true feelings, or to modify
ones behavior due to the actions of others - or from the concern of
actions of others.
This is especially true with the throat Chakra and its association with
true expression and indeed...truth. At its most challenged this Chakra
will find difficulty expressing when there is a need for balance and
justice. It may be that consensus goes one way and we feel the need to
speak out in order to restore balance. Vocal expression at times like
this can be very intimidating so we will have likely already achieved a
level of inner peace, balance, contentment and familiarity with our own
power and assertion before we would
express this vocally through expression of the throat Chakra.
Its important to note that here we talk of the truth, not meaning each
persons individual perception or judgment ( their "truth" ) but of the
innate truth that Zen declares is inherent in any situation. Hence it is
likely that in order to have a fully free flowing throat chakra we will
have come a long way in our own personal development and obtained a high
degree of objectivity and detachment from ego before we feel truly able
to express in any situation, especially those that are likely to receive
negative response from others.
True expression should be compassionate and consider its effect on
others however must prioritize the need for reflecting the causes of
others actions back to them. Often in daily life we don't do this simply
because of others actions. This is usually peoples need to attribute
motive to our expression, even when the motive is simply to express and
nothing more.
The most advanced expression of the throat therefore is to speak with
compassion, assertion and truth but also to understand that sometimes
whatever the situation it will receive criticism from others through
their need to assign or project motive onto what we say. And to realise
that this is about their needs and issues and to be at peace with the
fact that they also are on their journey and are learning their lessons.
THE HEART
Centered in the chest, the hart chakra is the emotional center - as well
all probably know only too well.
In the previous chakras we mentioned the balance between the lower
chakras sitting between the spiritual and physical planes but crossing
more over to the physical - whereas the higher chakras cross over more
to the energetic 'spiritual' plane.
Within this system the heart is the center point of that merging of
dimensions. Its the point where the physical meets the energetic, where
our mental consciousness is most aware, where the brain 'most connects'
and most readily is aware. For example we may have a sacral or third eye
chakra stimulus but be much less consciously aware of it than something
that’s a heart energy which would be very forward in the consciousness
as obvious happiness, sadness, love or pain.
The significance of the center point in any system is that its the
pivot, the balance point and this is true with the heart. The point
where the physical, spiritual and mental energies align. The
significance of this is very important as its meant to be from where we
operate as individuals, balancing the 3 spheres of consciousness. This
however can work in different ways.
For example in a person who is heart centered but has not developed to
adequately manifest their lower chakra energies to protect themselves,
this often appears as someone who is extremely compassionate, loving and
giving, but who doesn’t enforce the use of that compassion and is often
disempowered. The over-loving, over-giving, putting others first but not
asserting enough 'self' to protect from the negative effects of those
who seek only to take.
An opposite manifestation of someone who’s heart energy isn’t adequately
balanced is what a i call the "split". Where the person is working from
the lower energies, for instance they're very practical and enforce
their territory, maybe quite material and an aware of their needs.
But at the same time they aspire to work from the higher chakras and be
spiritual but the two don’t meet in the middle. For example someone who
wants to be compassionate and maybe even considers themselves to be, but
at the same time is operating too much from the "me first" non empathic
state. i.e. actions don’t follow words when it comes to others.
SOLAR PLEXUS
The Solar Plexus Chakra is responsible for outward expression as part
of personality through projection or creation.
So for example music, painting, art, poetry, even home improvement or
other similar projections of ones 'self' physically or vocally into an
external manifestation is the stuff of this chakra.
Often it's attributed to being linked to ego and personality working
with the brain. Undoubtedly this is true however i like to clearly
delineate between the chakras energy as 'pure-self and pure potential'
whereas the brains role in ego and its perception has an ability to
self-defeat and can change ones conscious perception of what is innate
and possible within this energy.
So for example, a classic case of validation / de-validation - say for
instance someone created a work of art that received much applause then
the brain would accept the sacral energy and its creative validity -
however if the work received lots of criticism the brain can "decide"
that the creativity is not valid and changes ones own perception of the
energy through external de validation.
It doesn’t mean that this energy changes, it just means it would
probably not find true expression through being de-validated. So if
everyone loves or hates the paintings, either way its necessary to find
expression of this energy - to be as creative and expressive as is core
to the being.
Often the Solar Plexus is also seen as key to generation of the aura as
the energetic projection of self..
THE SACRAL ( TUMMY )
The sacral chakras' location is just below the naval ( or tummy ) -
centered in the body.
Although much teaching is that the primary role of this chakra is
sexuality - in practice its just not that simple. More so that the
sacral is a deep emotional center but of emotional expression related to
physical level response.
In the section on the base chakra, we covered the fact that the lower
the chakra in the body the more physical the effect and so being only
the second chakra up from the ground, the sacral is very linked to
physical reaction from emotional stimulus.
We often hear terms like "gut feel" or "gut reaction", these sort of
terms often referring to a sacral response.
For example the sacral chakra is very associated with sensuality, not
just of the sexual type but of association with the physical body, touch
and sense for example the response to massage, a warm bath, sunbathing
or eating when we're hungry.
It also has a place in relation to body image. As always a chakra has a
nature of response as well as action, so tactility, physical expression
of self as in sometimes how we dress and our posture are issues relating
to the sacral. And how we react to other peoples view on these issues
creates a reaction so physical rejection in any form affects the sacral.
With regard to sex, the sacral works in tandem with the base, the base
fuelling
the basic passions and desires with the sacral working on the physical
expression level of these desires.
An interesting aspect to the sacral is that it is also a repository for
many deep emotions - i often call it "the emotional dumpster". The heart
being the primary center of pure instant emotional reaction, the sacral
then stores much of this after time has passed and the heart is not so
responsive to things on daily basis, the emotions tend to get stored on
the sacral if they are still unexpressed or unresolved.
Tummy problems, and uneven weight distribution around the tummy area can
be ( but not always ) issues relating to unresolved sacral chakra
energies.
THE BASE
The base chakra is a fascinating chakra as its responsible for so much
regarding our foundation of self.
Not only is it base in that its the lowest in the body, close to the
base of the spine, but also in the fact that its effects alter the
overall foundation and balance of belonging, self knowing, gender, power
/ assertion and grounding- hence base as in foundation...
The highest chakra in the body, the crown at the top of the head, being
furthest from earth and nearest the spiritual energies is almost totally
operating on the plane of spiritual energy - hence much less consciously
affecting the physical body. However as we move down the body through
all the chakras, that balance progressively swings until we get to the
base which is the other end of the scale. So although still a spiritual
energy center, the base energies are much more at a frequency ( often
referred to as 'vibration' ) interactive with the physical body and
ground or primal in nature.
The base is more earth in 'position', more physical and primal, and its
energies are of a fire nature.. Fire is an energy that like its name is
very powerful primal and can be transient and hard to balance. So we can
often see within the base chakra this manifesting or 'flaring up' in
physical expressions of fire energy such as sexual drive, frantic
physical work or exercise, vocal or physical expressions of power, or if
negatively manifested, frustration, temper, anger etc
When looking at balancing that energy we find elements of the power that
are submissive and elements that are dominant - and these may each
manifest in different situations. For example, we may find ourselves
feeling powerful and in control in one situation , say for example work,
and taking a less confident role in say for example relationships..
So when working with this chakra in order to become truly within our
power, its often a very powerful and challenging experience to be
journeyed through ones deepest drives and expressions of power and
powerlessness.
Frequently this involves the most primal elements of self expression and
how others have, and do, respond to that self expression, for example
rejection issues in relationships causing validation issues, for example
" am I feminine / masculine enough, attractive, etc" and "why does my
boss pick on me" and other such issues.
In some people the power is reversely manifested and we seek self
validation through - for instance promiscuity as a continued 'self
worth' exercise, or giving ones power away through becoming subservient
in relationships for self validation.
But with work on allowing someone to find their balance of power through
energy work and demonstrating what’s really innately in that chakra,
what power wants to manifest, how to manifest it and maintain the flow,
and how we can isolate it from being affected by the actions of others -
then a better balance is achieved we find self esteem, self expression
and sense of balance altering for the good, sometimes on a profound and
life changing level.
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