Chakras & … Well, Chakras
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 Chakra.
A chakra is a three-dimensional energetic sphere in constant motion that resides in front of the spine, as if suspended on an invisible fishing leader from the crown of the head to the earth. From root to crown, they hold the colors of a beam of white light, the life force itself, seen through a prism: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, and an 8th chakra outside that line, six inches in front of the sternum outside the body, which is rose.
Chakras, as Caroline Myss says, are the “databases” of the body. I believe that chakras are, in point of fact, the mind — not the brain. I agree with Ms. Myss about their function — they are the recorders of all things: past, present, & future.
Triptych: the chart I created and use as a quickie chakra cheat sheet. It appears hereinbelow.
Do a little experiment this week. Look at the first column in the triptych. These are the nerve plexuses that “locate” your chakras. See if you can begin to sense them energetically. It ought to be easy if there’s intense emotion involved — if you can remember to check in.
Blessèd week.
