Chakras & Metaphysics
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 Metaphysics.
Metaphysics is the eighth book in a series written by Aristotle, it came after his seventh, Physics.
Hence, Metaphysics, that which is beyond the physical.
Most metaphysicians traffic seriously in meaning, the premise being that what we see is only the beginning of what we get if we’ll look.
Furthermore, as a metaphysician I can tell you two more things about reality.
First, the meaning of anything is the meaning you give it.
Second, meaning is nearly always to be found behind the appearance of anything.
Like this: You’re bored at your job, and you know it. You also know it is time to either look for a new one or start your own business, but the current one is taking so much energy (or your resistance to it is) that you can barely get yourself home at night, let alone imagine polishing a resume or reaching out to contact.
One day, you go to work and you’re downsized, out of a job, and foot-loose and fancy-free.
Now, how do you tell the story of the downsizing? It is Woe is I, poor me, I never get a break? Or is it, the coolest thing ever — I got cut free so I can finally figure out something new?
See what I mean? You decide the meaning. Of EVERYTHING.
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.
