By Vigdis Tange Andersen

Chakra has to do with the energy that resides in the human body.
It is part of the Hinduism and Asian cultures. It is basically a
massage that helps the body heal from the inner soul so that a
person has more energy and release any bad energy that makes a
person feel depressed. The actual word Chakra refers to “wheel
of life”. There are five traditional sources of Chakra, but some
people believe that there is eight points.

The Chakra is described as being aligned from the top of the
head down. Many people will associate a color with an aspect of
Chakra or an element of character. Chakra is thought to be
associated with the physical and emotional or mental nature of
the human body. Chakra is the energy of life and that’s why it’s
called Chakra, because it is the wheel of life. Traditional
Chinese medicines include Chakra. They believe that the Chakra
points cure all illnesses of the body. By healing the points a
person is heeled.

Many cultures believe that there are seven charkas that reflect
how the body becomes in perfect harmony and sound. The seven
points are known as the crown, third eye, heart/lung, throat,
Solar plexus, Sacrum, and root. The crown is just above the head
and is associated with the color violet. It is the dominant
color of Chakra. It’s function as a point is to connect to a
divinity.

The associated element with the crown is space. The associated
element is what the body needs to have the point work. The third
eye is associated with blue and has the primary function of
intuition. It is known as the third eye because it allows the
body to have an extra sense of perception. To have this point
working fully a person needs time. The throat is associated with
an ice blue. It is the point of self-expression and vocals. For
a person to have this they need life.

They need to feel alive and well. The heart and lung point is
associated with medium green and is where love, devotion,
compassion, and healing begins. To feel you need air, and when
you are empty or depressed it is this Chakra point that needs to
be healed. As for the solar plexus, it is light yellow and is
metal. It controls power and freedom to be oneself and it also
allows a person to have ambition. If a person feels that they
need to be more positive and out going they will need heat or
passion.

As for the sacrum, which is located within the center of the
pelvis, it is associated with light orange and controls
emotions, sexual energy, and creativity. It is the point that
makes people feel strongly about something. And finally the root
point is a light red and controls a person’s instinct or
survival. This is the last time Chakra that many massage
therapists tries to focus on.

About The Author

Vigdis Tange Andersen’s http://www.chakra-online.org

http://www.dreamcatcher-online.org

Copyright 2006 David Taylor

Our lives are full of experiences that contribute to the way we feel about ourselves, and the quality of that self-esteem can have a great effect on the way we live. Accidents, illness, bereavements, relationship break-ups, etc. can all take their toll, leaving us drained of energy, out of balance, and even feeling like a part of us is missing somewhere. All these things can impact on us in various ways, as we all have different strengths and weaknesses. As an emotional excess, such as anger or fear; a mental condition such as stress, anxiety or panic attacks, or as a physical illness.

Unfortunately, we are not all taught as children how to cope with life when it becomes difficult. Learning how to pass exams so we can “get on” doesn’t cut it when someone close to us dies, or our marriage ends, and if we fail those exams in the first place, we are made to feel a failure by the educational system even before we’ve left school.

Religions would have us believe that we can find “The Way”, but only if we follow their own particular set of rules. Then we have to tell everybody else that hell is stoking it’s fires up for them because they’re not in our club. It’s hardly surprising they upset a few people along the way, a recipe for uniting people it isn’t.

We can always turn to consumerism for our wellbeing, buying a bigger house, a faster car, and lots of designer wear to make us feel good about ourselves, buy now and pay for the rest of your life. We are encouraged to be in debt, whether it be to a university, someone who “died for us”, or a multi-national company, and our personal freedom is being eroded away right across the board ( or across the boardroom ) where our self-esteem is continuously being linked to something or someone outside ourselves. It seems that the only thing we are being sold is down the river.

We are living in a left-brained logical society which is saturating us with images of a three dimensional world that is accessed only by the five senses, and we have become so busy looking for fulfilment from this outerworld that we have been turned into Human Doings, not Human Beings, and our ability to access anything other than what we register with our five senses has been greatly diminished.

A great deal has been written about the “secrets” that are said to be held by certain societies, whether it be the blood-line of Jesus or the treasure of the Templars, with the implication that we are all being kept in the dark whilst only the “chosen few” know the truth. These things may be true, but the real truth, which has been and still is being kept from us is that we are six-sensory, multi-dimensional spiritual beings who have unlimited potential once we discover and awaken our true spiritual essence, that innermost part of ourselves which allows us to take full responsibility for our own lives and be what we were meant to be.

This essence isn’t found outside ourselves, amongst the things mentioned above. It is found by looking deep within and shows itself through our intuitive nature, that sixth-sense we pass off as non-sense. Awakening our spiritual selves isn’t about going to church, following rules and regulations and dogmas, or even just by “being good”, it’s about choosing to use and integrate our intuition ( that gut feeling we so often ignore and wish we hadn’t ) into every part of our daily existence using discrimination, judgement, integrity and perseverance.

Looking within will also lead us to see those aspects of our self that we try to hide away, even from ourselves. These are our dark shadow which likes to rise up occasional to bite us. We need to face up to them as they arise and fear them no longer, for our weaknesses can be transformed into strengths. The alchemists of old were reputed to be able to turn base metals into gold, but this was just symbolism used by the “secrecy brigade”, a truth being hidden within an untruth. The base metals signify our dark natures, whilst the gold is our true spiritual selves that can rise like a phoenix from the ashes of our transmuted shadow.

We cannot cut corners when living a spiritual life, neither guru or priest or workshop will transform us, the work is ours alone each and every day we are alive. Take up the challenge and live your destiny.

Copyright 2006 David Taylor

The spiritual evolution of this planet and its inhabitants is currently in a rapid state of change, a new era is being born, and we are no longer content to be believers, as sheep in a “flock”. People are waking up to the knowledge that we can be masters of our own destiny, and are looking to the ancient cultures who have survived to show us the way forward.

How can we break free from our definitions, when we are bound by systems, and rules and regulations, and “normal procedures” . What escape routes are there when all we know is all we have been taught. What is there outside the world we know, and how can we find it and finally be free.

Ancient knowledge and practices from Shamanism, Wicca, Vodou, Druidism and many others are being used and adapted to our modern lives to re-connect us to the worlds of spirit. We are re-discovering that everything in our universe has energy, consciousness, vibration and a power of its own, something the ancients have always known.

By lovingly connecting ourselves to this universal energy, we can know that everything within it has its own spirit, and is connected to everything else. Deep personal transformations can occur as we align ourselves to the loving universal consciousness, giving us back the power to create our own personal spirituality, and to KNOW spirit to the very core of our being.

?I don’t believe, I know.? Carl Jung.

?You are not my enemies, you are my brothers and sisters. You did not do anything to me or my people. All that happened a long time ago in the lives of our ancestors. And, at that time I might actually have been on the other side. We are all children of the Great Spirit, we all belong to Mother Earth. Our Planet is in great trouble and if we keep carrying old grudges and do not work together, we will all die.? Chief Seattle.

?There is no one who can take our place. Each of us weaves a strand in the web of creation. There is no one who can weave that strand for us. What we have to contribute is both unique and irreplaceable. What we withhold from life is lost to life. The entire world depends upon individual choices.? Duane Elgin.