Chakras & Bodies
For the most part, when I mention the word chakra, most people, if they’ve even heard of chakras, have it filed under a vague heading like, All That Spiritual Stuff. And it is true, chakras form the basis of the human energy system — the one that powers all the other bodily systems that are so handily broken down in medical school curricula.
As part of my one-woman campaign to spread this vital information, 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?
If my counseling practice of over forty years is any indication, we actually don’t know what they mean. Or, we can’t articulate it. They’re in that same mental folder Spiritual Stuff.
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.
Today’s Chakra Vocabulary Word is Body.
In the sense of chakras, Body is the physical, manifest vehicle into which you incarnate your heart, mind, & spirit, and first of the quaternity which comprise your totality.
The body does not lie because it cannot lie.
The Body is the entrée to your energy system on the physical level; also the chief communications officer. Often when an issue is seeded in the body, it can mean that there’s a memory involved. Perhaps from this lifetime, or from others — past, present, or future.
You will find body in the first column on the triptych (image below). it contains anatomical body plexuses for each of the chakras. These are predicated on the notion that these nerve or vessel networks best represent the approximate physical locations for the “non-physical” chakras, ergo arise in the body.
Triptych: the chart I created and use as a quickie chakra cheat sheet. It appears hereinbelow.
Do a little experiment this weekend. When there is a choice to make, and you’re unsure of which way to go, check in with your body. That is where so many of the answers we seek lie.
Blessèd weekend.
