Chakras & assume less / LISTEN MORE

Chakras & assume less / LISTEN MORE

As part of my one-woman campaign to spread this vital information about the human energy system, I created a Compendium of information on the chakra system. You will never find it in a bookstore or online, but you can, for a donation, request a copy here.

As part of that process, I realized that I used all sorts of words like spirit, soul, archetype, incarnation that most of us assume we understand. But do we really? We don’t. Not really.

So I created The Unapologetically Eccentric Glossary. Here’s part of the introduction …

These are definitions that I have developed over 40 years of practice with actual persons and their struggles. They are things I say aloud to clients/patients to make sure we’re on the same page. What’s important, though, is not that you agree with my definitions. What’s important is that you give some serious thought to these sorts of words, figure out what you believe about them, and are able to articulate them clearly to yourself or to persons who come to you for care.

So just as it is supremely important to remember that the chakras are best considered as a system, and are meant, at all times, to work together, it is also incumbent upon each one of us to learn and know the vocabulary that best fits our belief systems.

For the next few weeks, I’ll be putting together all these definitions for each chakra. It’s important to see how these pairs work together, mostly because humans are very bad at not doing things.

That’s why the less/MORES have two sides: something to stop, and something to start which replaces whatever you’re stopping.

Today’s Chakra Vocabulary Word is assume less/LISTEN MORE.

Assume less means you think you know something that you actually might not know.

There’s a word for this, one we usually don’t like: prejudice.

Take it apart pre- = before + -judice = judgment. Thus, to judge before … what? Experiencing.

Best to check your assumptions at the door.

Instead, focus on what you can learn now. Also, assumptions have a way of severely limiting your world.

LISTEN MORE means openness requires some willingness to let go of previous experience and all pre-decision, and instead make yourself available to a new experience which might both surprise and delight you.

Focus not on what you already know; listen for what’s new.

Some of the most dangerous words in English are: But that’s the way we’ve always done it.

Really? Because, tell the truth now, how’s our social structure working for you right now? Are you pleased with our culture?

One of my favorite quotes about listening is, uh, well, mine. It’s from my intuitive translation of the Tao Te Ching, Tao for Now, and it goes like this:

Two ears, one mouth. The ratio matters.

Working at the level of energy is so much more efficient than working from outside in. When you source the energetic cause behind whatever is showing up in your life, and change that, the outer form will change. No exceptions.

Keep looking. Keep listening. Keep asking. All, all, all shall be revealed.

Blessèd week.