Chakra less/MORES: 1st & 2nd

Patreon 12.30.22

Usually, when I do a podguesting spot, one of the things the host asks is: how can I start now? (Chakras are intriguing, dontcha know?)

I was asked it so often that I developed what I call the less/MORES. There’s one for each chakra. Two behaviors, uh, one to do less, and one to do more.

During this week when most of us set New Year’s Resolutions, I’ll be profiling two less/MORES per day. That way you can add chakra work to assist with your own resolutions if you want.

Oh, and if you want your very own free copy of the less/MORES, go to chakras.susancorso.com, and download one or both. I’m a Libra. I liked both images and couldn’t decide between them.

So the less/MORE for the 1st Red Root Chakra is:

complain less/THANK MORE

Good advice generally, but let’s look a little deeper. First, remember that each of these behaviors has an internal aspect as well as an external one. Sure, you could be surrounded by obvious complaint in a less-than-happy work team, but you could also be running a litany of complaint inside your own mind. Be on the lookout for both.

Second, humans don’t not do things very well. I’ll prove it; whatever you do, don’t think about the Statue of Liberty. How fast did she raise her torch? Usually, it’s instant. That’s why I made sure there were behaviors to replace the ones we’re stopping. Otherwise, all that will happen is we’ll go into resistance to complaining, and create more of it.

THANK MORE. Start in the bathroom mirror, Beloved. Thank yourself for something. Even if it’s just your last exhale. For real. Often, we complain when we feel unappreciated. Start by appreciating yourself and then, as Dolly Gallagher Levi of Hello, Dolly! fame notes of manure, “Then spread it around, encouraging young things to grow.”

Just think. If you feel unappreciated, wouldn’t you bet a nickel that your team of complainers feels the same? Start to thank them for specifics and watch the whole thing turn around.

The less/MORE for the 2nd Orange Sacral Chakra is:

transact less/DISCOVER MORE

This one can be rather ouchy. We don’t really like admitting to our transactional tendencies, but our entire economic system, based on the notion of ‘consumer man,’ is mired in it. I mean this more on an emotional level. Stop having a quid pro quo emotional economy. If I do this for you … you owe me.

DISCOVER MORE is all about the riches, the luxury, the wealth, the opulence of every being. Do for others because you want to, not because they’ll owe you. Discovery has beginner’s mind in it. Look anew at every interaction. What’s new? What’s different? What surprises you? The world becomes a magical place when discovery is your m.o.

Tomorrow: 3rd Yellow Solar Chakra and 4th Green Heart Chakra.