Chakras & Diagnosis
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 Diagnosis.
Diagnosis is naming an issue, whether b/h/m/s — Body, Heart, Mind, or Spirit. In general, I am inclined to recommend that, as a healer, you stay away from diagnosis in the medical sense.
For one thing, if you’re reading this, you’re not likely an m.d. or a d.o. [or, if you are, brava/o/i!], so it’s illegal and known as practicing medicine without a license. Let’s not.
One of the things our brains love to do is lock on to a diagnosis and “own” it. To quote C.S. Lewis “Aunt Agatha’s rheumatism,” which she, of course, refers to (fondly) as “my rheumatism.”
See what I mean about owning? Truth? Aunt Agatha has rheumatism, like she has a teacup poodle. The other thing about that is that it’s better not to identify the self or anyone else as their “dis-ease.” Someone has leukemia; they are not a leukemic.
Best instead to give a symptom a name if you must, but let your client/ patient pick it.
I knew a woman once who called her cancer tumor “Carrie.” No idea why, but it made her totally delirious when she said good-bye to Carrie permanently and went on to live a magically fulfilling life.
Is there a symptom or a dis-ease that you’ve been round and round and been unable to resolve? Or a situation or a pattern? Are you judging (code word for condemning) yourself for it. STOP! There is no judgment needed in any of these cases.
What’s needed is not a diagnosis, but a positive prognosis. Get still. Tune into your body, into each of your chakras, one at a time. Does the issue source in one of them? Probably.
To start the healing, use an imaginary wash of the color of whichever chakra speaks to you in this case. Then ask for guidance.
Keep looking. Keep listening. Keep asking. All, all, all shall be revealed.
Blessèd week.
