What
is Meditation?
How
do I meditate?
The Base Chakra
The Sacral Chakra
The Solar (Plexus) Chakra
The Heart Chakra
The Throat Chakra
The Third Eye Chakra
The Crown Chakra
The Thymus Chakra
What
is Meditation? Meditation is when you allow the mind
to rest and go quiet. When our bodies are worked really hard,
we get aches and pains. We need to rest the body so it can recuperate
from the stress and physical strain we have put onto it. If we
don't our bodies can become ill which can lead to neck and back
strain. When this happens we are forced to take it easy. We have
a good night's sleep and in the morning we feel rested and relaxed.
With our minds we are always thinking, even in sleep the mind
is working because most of us dream while we are asleep. As you
can see the mind never rests. However, with meditation we can
slow the mind down and relax it to such a level that it gets the
chance to have a good rest. After practice you will be able to
stop the thoughts altogether for a short time. In times of stress
and serious illness we are constantly worried, and that puts pressure
on our mind and our bodies that is no good. These two factors
can lead to even more illness and more stress. Just imagine if
we rest our mind through meditation we are allowing whatever problem's
that are present in our body to heal themselves without the added
stress of constantly worrying about them. If you really think
about it, it does make a lot of sense. Meditation is so easy that
even young children can practise meditation. This would be beneficial
to children who are going through problems at school. We are going
to explore the power behind inner healing through meditation.
For a few minutes I want you to sit quietly and try and shut down
all your thoughts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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. . How did you go? Where you able to silence your thoughts. Did
any of you feel uncomfortable? Did you stop the thoughts from
coming into your mind? . . No? Never mind. Was it a battle to
try and concentrate on thinking of nothing? We have to learn how
to slow the mind and her thinking down. When we can do this, we
are able to instil within ourselves a sense of peace and harmony.
We are also able to open our chakras and energy centres up properly,
so that they function appropriately. When we learn to gain control
of our mind, and her negative thoughts we are able to access our
inner child and our higher mind completely. When we learn to do
this, we can bring about total awareness and inner healing. For
a minute I want you to sit still and try and stop yourself from
thinking, but this time I want you to listen to the music. . .
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How
did you go this time? Was it easy to stop the flow of your mind's
thoughts? You would have noticed that this time you may have been
more calmer and relaxed because you where given something that
was on a frequency level that helped you to slow the mind down.
You will also notice that with gentle soothing music you were
able to totally relax. The mind is able to be slowed when we have
something to focus on that helps us to distract itself. . . When
we learn to slow our minds down and think of nothing without any
help, we are able to bring ourselves into a state of total awareness.
In this state 100% healing can take place. We are able to totally
bring into us, our inner child and higher mind. With the use of
soft or rhythmic music we are able to place our focus on something
that does not need our intense concentration. Music has this ability
to slow our thought process down. When we stop thinking, we start
to truly listen to what is going on within ourselves. We are able
to hear our higher mind and our inner child. We learn how to listen
to our body and what she has to say. If something is off balance
or not right, we are able to talk to our bodies and find out exactly
what is the problem.
Through
meditation, we learn how to make true contact with ourselves.
We learn to train our mind to function the way she was meant to.
Instead of the mind controlling us, we control our mind. The soul
becomes in charge once more. All our extra sensors become open
and we are able to access all our hidden knowledge and gifts that
are blocked from us because the mind is stopping them coming through.
Meditation provides all of these powerful healing tools. . .
Let us try again. . . Sit quietly and try and shut down your .
. . . thoughts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Did you find
that this time it was easier or harder? Did some of you feel uncomfortable
as if you were fighting with someone or something? You probably
were.
There
are many people around today that believe that our frequencies
and channels have been shut down by beings who do not want us
to evolve the way we should be. This may or may not be true. However,
it is worth us thinking about since it does make some sense of
all the crazy and horribly things that go on in this world today.
Some believe that these beings feed off us. They use our fear,
worry, pain and sorrow as food to make them powerful. We all know
how powerful hatred and anger are on a physical level. There is
a lot of forceful energy that comes from these feelings. That
forceful energy can make a spirit being very powerful. Since most
of the worlds' people experience pain, fear, anger, hatred and
stress then these beings must be having a feeding frenzy. Well,
we must all learn to say enough! We must learn not to hook into
the negativity that is in our world. We must learn how to become
open, loving and compassionate beings once more. They say that
this energy creates new worlds and universes. It also helps our
world as well. Stop being food and start being creators. When
you see a drama going on in your life. Think to yourself that
you refuse to be food for a negative being. Start meditating and
learn to bring back your awareness to yourself. Allow your inner
frequencies to become open and alive. Allow love, joy and happiness
to flow through you. Allow yourself to connect to mother earth
and feel where you belong. Allow yourself to unite with the heavens
and connect to your true destiny and purpose. Let us all learn
how to get into the habit of meditating and learning to slow our
minds down and open ourselves up to our inner awareness. We will
learn how to tap into our bodies and to our higher mind and inner
child. Here all our questions and solutions to our problems can
be discovered and solved. Let us take back our power and use that
power for good and not drama. Today let us learn how to truly
meditate.
How
do I meditate?
Meditation
is so easy that it only takes up a small part of your day, so
it can be done first thing in the morning and last thing at night.
You could be on a bus, in a park, or even at the office in your
lunch hour. It does not matter where you are, if you have a spare
5 minutes you can meditate. Now we will look at doing a simple
meditation first thing in the morning. When you wake up in the
morning, take a few minutes to wake yourself up. Do this by giving
yourself a good shake, then find somewhere, where you can sit
without being disturbed. It can be on the floor with a couple
of pillows or even sitting up in bed, out in the morning sun,
in fact anywhere where you feel comfortable. You can have some
soft music on, or if you prefer just have silence. When you are
comfortable, I want you to focus on your body, starting with your
feet, and focusing on your breathing, I want you to notice your
breathing, slowing the breath, bring your awareness to your feet
and travelling up your whole body from your knees to your hips,
from your hips to your stomach, from your stomach to your heart.
Now notice your heartbeats, breathing with the rhythm of the heartbeat,
try to stay focused, but if you find that your mind wanders do
not be alarmed, WITH TIME AND PRACTISE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO STOP
THIS.
Breathing
with the heartbeat will help you to understand the rhythm of your
body and this is the start of learning to listen to your natural
body language. When you have mastered this art you will be able
to read the warning signals in your body when something goes wrong.
When you are ready bring your focus back to the body. Focusing
on your shoulders, breathing slowly, bring your awareness to your
neck, and then still breathing slowly bring your awareness to
your head. When you have reached the head slowly bring your whole
awareness to all of your body. Now take time to listen to your
whole body, listen to the sounds coming from your body and breathe
with those sounds. After you have done this bring yourself back
to reality, slowly allow your mind to start its thinking process
and your breathing to go back too normal. Now just sit for a few
minutes and feel how calm and relaxed you are, when you are ready
get up and start your day.
You
will notice by doing this morning meditation that your whole day
will feel more peaceful and there will be less stress around you
because you will have given your mind a rest. You can also use
meditation to help you with any problems you may have in your
life. Before you enter into your meditative state, focus on the
problem and then ask your higher mind to help come up with answers.
Go into your meditation and after you have finished, see if you
receive any advice or hidden insight that could help you. It may
be that you will see the problems in a different perceptive. If
you are after some emotional healing within yourself you can also
focus on the issues that are causing you pain, grief or worry
before you go into your meditative state. Ask that your inner
child help you heal these situations. After the mediation, you
may well find that you see your pain, fear and worries in a different
light also. You never know until you give something a fair go.
The
Base Chakra
The
Base Chakra is the energy centre that controls our energy levels,
our connection to the earth and our ambitions. The base chakra
is positioned at the base of the spine, near the top of the legs.
On a physical level this chakra governs the back, legs, hips,
feet, spine and the circulation of the blood. When functioning
negatively, this chakra causes aches, strains and loss of mobility
to these organs. There is an old saying that we use when we are
in trouble. That saying is, that we must get to the root of the
problem so that we can heal the situation. This is true in the
physical, mental and spiritual.
The
base chakra is the root of our manifestation, our existence. When
we learn about our base or root chakra we come to understand that
this centre is the base to past, in this life and our past - lives.
. . It is our connection to the earth and to the physical. . .
The physical being what you can see, feel and hear - True reality.
How we function on this level depends on how this centre is working.
If we are tired, run down and lack ambition and drive, it is because
this centre is not working or absorbing enough positive energy
to help us sustain the high levels needed to think, feel, work
and play. We need to reconnect to this centre and work with it
on a daily basis. To do this, we have to invoke inner healing
that comes from ourselves. This chakra needs to be flooded with
positive energy and positive love. I know that we would all like
to fly in the heavens, free from all worries, sickness and stress,
but I believe that we can do this on our earthly existence.
Our
base chakra is the centre that can help us achieve health, grounded-ness
and vitality. This chakra can also unlock our past - lives to
help bring old talents and wisdom into this lifetime. This chakra
can also remove any past- life negative patterns and pain that
might be hindering our present life. In many old cultures they
believe in the wheel of life. We believe that we go through cycles
of birth, death and re-birth. Throughout one lifetime we experience
these cycles many times. Each time we go through a death there
is a chance to re-create our birth in a more healing and positive
way. The base is our root, our connection to the earth, who we
are as humans and how we live our lives in each birth and death
cycle. When we heal this chakra and have it pulsating with positive
healing energy we are able to heal our past, and we learn to function
in a vibrant and alive way for the present and the future. Love
comes from the heart centre and flows through the body and out
through the aura. How others perceive us or react to us is because
of the energy that we emanate from our auras. Love is an energy
that is able to heal any sickness, emotional stress and fear that
we have locked inside. On a physical level, this chakra can be
the cause of back ache, leg aches, overweight, underweight, anaemia
and so on. These problems arise as emotional baggage that we store
in our back, spine and legs. . . When we have no energy and lack
ambition and drive, it is because we have no connectivness to
ourselves and our Mother earth. By learning to become connected
to the physical we can eliminate many back, leg and circulation
problems. These areas become affected because we store in and
hold onto our emotional baggage. With inner healing we can open
ourselves up to any problems we have in this area. With creative
visualisation we become open and exposed to the higher levels
of consciousness that these chakras respond to positively. With
the use of colours, we can expose ourselves to vitality, energy
and healing that is activated when we wear certain colours and
use them in our lives. Red represents life, fire, growth and the
burning away of negativity and weakness. . . Red is the earth,
the soil, the stones and trees. Red makes you wake up and feel
alive. The colour red heals, regenerates and inspires enthusiasm
and a will to live. Dancing, music, and drumming also opens up
and brings in positive healing energy into our base chakra. We
all have an eternal beat, that when we tap into, helps us to become
open and alive once more.
We
sometimes become unbalanced due to the fact that we have lost
our personal beat. Through song, dance and physical movement we
can become aligned once more. The stone people are the oldest
spirit clans alive on earth. These people are the earth and as
such, hold the key to our evolution. They hold our secrets and
our past - lives. Through the use of the stone people we are able
to work with each chakra to unlock and heal any blockages that
we are holding within our being. When we place them on our energy
centres they activate and connect you back to the earth.
Clear
quartz is a good crystal that is good for healing with the base
chakra. Clear quartz brings clarity and understanding. It will
help you to unlock any past burdens, fears and baggage that you
are holding onto. This crystal will also unlock wisdom and knowledge
that you have also stored away. Through the use of animal awareness
and their spiritual wisdom we can also heal our energy centres
through spiritual contact with these animals. . . If you need
to learn about groundedness and stability, you would call on the
turtle and her ways. Any four legged animal would help you to
reconnect in some special way.
The
Sacral Chakra
The
Sacral chakra is the energy centre that controls your passions,
your sexual needs, the abundance that you allow into your life
for fulfilment of your desires. It also controls the bodies' organs
like your lower sexual organs, your bladder, bowel and lower intestine.
This centre is where you fund your creativity on the physical
level. When functioning positively, it creates a sense of well-being
that is your ability to feel good about yourself. When this chakra
is aligned and balanced, your emotions are stable and you are
able to express your true feelings to others without fear or exaggeration.
When you learn about your personal expression you become more
self confident, in yourself and your dealings with others. When
functioning properly - you become open, expressive, creative and
spontaneous.
When
negative and not functioning positively, you may have a low self
esteem and may think that you are ugly and that you have nothing
worth giving to others. You could have a low sex drive and find
it hard to communicate and respond to your own, and the opposite
sex. These kinds of people deny themselves pleasure and can become
martyrs. They may also give of themselves and their bodies without
any real emotion. This sets up patterns of self sacrifice. The
Sacral is also about ourselves as men and woman. For a woman it
is all about our femininity. For men their masculinity. This energy
centre has caused a lot of conflict and emotional pain for many
people within this age of awareness. This is because it has been
flooded with too much sexual responsibility.
This
centre is all about passion, freedom and personal expression that
can sometimes be mistaken purely for sexuality. We have a right
to express ourselves and our feelings, but we have to learn that
sometimes passion is related to artistic and creative pursuits
rather than sex, and relationships with others. We have focused
all of our desires and passions onto others, and we have neglected
to allow the energy to flow within ourselves. Even though this
chakra is all about the physical love that we experience with
others, it is much more. We have over focused on this area and
shut down the other attributes that this energy centre has to
offer. A lot of stomach dis-orders happen because this chakra
is dysfunctional. . . This is because there are issues with others
and how we relate and express emotions outside of ourselves. Sexual
abuse also causes this chakra to become unbalanced. People who
suffer sexual related diseases are caused through the chakra becoming
exposed and vulnerable to negativity.
When
we flood this chakra with healing energy, we experience well -
being, which is when we love and appreciate ourselves and our
body. When we focus on this chakra and heal ourselves, we may
find ourselves questioning our feelings towards our friends and
lovers. The veil has lifted and we may find that once we have
become healed, that these people in our lives are not giving to
us enough. By recognising and working with unconditional love
and healing we can recreate our friendships and relationships
to way that our emotions and needs are met. We can heal our past
and make way for our future.
When
working positively, we are able to experience more positive and
fulfilling friendships and relationships. We are more open, understanding
and compassionate. We learn to open our creative side and we become
filled with a desire to learn about art, music, dance and spirituality.
We are more open to nature and all her wisdom and beauty. Our
creative talents open, and we begin to explore new horizons. The
colour orange is a powerful colour that invokes passion, creativity
and vibrancy. The more colourful and bright the orange the more
avant-garde you feel. The more earthly and brown looking the orange
the more connected to the earth and mother nature. Orange is a
mixture of powerful red and wilful yellow. Power and will ignite
together to create an explosion of strength self esteem and vitality.
When you use this colour with your sacral chakra, you are able
to invoke this energy into your body. This will create an effect
of joy, self expression, freedom and fun. Music, song and dance
that has a stimulating and passionate rhythm will also help to
unlock your . . inner passions and your true personality. Painting,
writing and drawing will also help you to learn how to express
your inner feelings by allowing you to release any inhibitions
that you may have hidden inside of you. By expressing this way,
you are able to view your true feelings without any interference
or conditioning from others. This chakra is also an earth connecting
chakra like the base. Working on this chakra will also help you
to remain focused and grounded. However, it will also help you
with your ability to interact with all beings that reside upon
the earth. . . This chakra is good for healing relationship issues,
healing minor stomach and digestive orders and help your reproductive
organs to function properly.
The
clear and rose quartz as well as blue lace agate, citrine and
rutilated quartz all promote healing and balancing to this chakra.
They help you to open up to your self expression. The rose provides
gentle loving energy. The blue lace inspires creativity and the
citrine provides passion and energy. The rutilated inspires you
to look beyond your present and the clear helps you to gain focus
and clarity.
The
Solar (Plexus) Chakra
The
Solar controls our will, our personal power. It also controls
our upper intestines and upper back and spine. . . The say our
true wisdom comes from the healthy workings of this chakra. It
brings us our strength, our courage and our will to succeed, achieve
and survive.
The
Solar chakra, when functioning negatively can cause a person to
be very fearful. They suffer from a low self esteem. They have
very little self worth. They may allow others to push them around
and control them. They can become very indecisive, fearing to
make any decisions or commitments to anyone or anything. Because
the Solar governs the stomach, many ulcers and stomach dis-orders
are caused by stress that is caused by excessive worry over the
future. When this chakra is not functioning properly, we become
very fearful. We carry many burdens and worries for the future
and this can cause back problems as well. The old saying 'whose
burdens are you carrying on your back' have a very symbolic meaning
to this centre. You can become a slave to others needs and wants,
which is common when you are within a relationship and have children.
They
may not do it deliberately, but others can take away your own
power because theirs needs seem more important than yours at the
time. This sets the pattern up for a person. They allow their
energy to flow towards others instead of empowering themselves.
We can give out a little of our power, but we get into to a routine
where we become relied upon. We all like to be needed by others.
It makes us feel good to have others that rely upon us, but we
can get into the habit of giving all our power away and this is
what causes us to become weakened.
Some
people go the opposite way with the power that comes from this
centre. They like to control others to an extent that they become
overbearing, controlling and manipulative. This is when they have
recognised that their power may be stronger than others. They
pray on people whose centres are not functioning positively and
these people have become Co-dependent. . . This makes the person
with too much power enjoy a sense of power and control over these
types of people. Many people who are overbearing choose people
in their lives that they can control because it hides their own
lack of self worth. Many drug problems come from this centre,
when not functioning positively. Also some overweight and underweight
problems manifest because people cover themselves in protection
to hide away their low self esteem. We are a race of people of
different shapes and sizes, not all of us are built to be tall,
slim and beautiful, but some people become so obsessed with their
looks and their bodies because of their own lack of self worth.
It is good to have pride in yourself and wear things and do things
positively to your body, however we must do it for ourselves and
not because of what others think of us. We have to learn to recognise
what are our needs and wants, and not what others expect out of
us.
When
functioning positively, we have a sense of our own self worth.
We meet our own needs and then we give to others without giving
our own personal power away. We do not compromise on our own values
because others do not believe in our ways. We are neither controlling,
manipulative, hard or weak. We find an equal balance in ourselves
that makes us feel secure. We make the right choices and decisions
in a balanced and fair fashion. We associate with people who accept
us for who we are. We are confident and are able to express ourselves
with honesty and integrity. We fight for our rights and we also
have a sense of what is wrong and what is right in life. We speak
the truth and we share our wisdom with others without over shadowing
another's view or life style. We are neither racial or judgmental.
Many famous people who fight for the rights of others and try
to make positive changes in our world use their Solar chakra in
a positive and empowering way. We have all met people who, have
in them, strength and a strong vibrant personality that makes
us want to make changes in ourselves and our world. We are all
capable of being like this too.
Through
inner healing, we are able to open up the repressed emotions and
feelings that we have buried inside. We are all spiritual warriors.
Inside us all is a strong, wise and loving individual that is
capable of dealing with and healing any negative situation we
are facing. If we need strength and courage to face the day, we
do not look at others, instead we look into ourselves for this
courage and wisdom. We must learn to accept responsibility for
our own actions and in the way we deal with our lives. We have
to face up to the weaknesses that we have allowed into our lives.
If someone has done wrong to us or hurts us emotionally then it
was because we gave out an energy that said 'hear I am hurt me'
I know this sounds harsh but if you look deep into this you will
see the truth behind it. We create our own actions and then others
react to our actions Everybody in the world today has given away
their personal power. This is why the world is in such a mess.
It is time to take back our personal power and our own inner wisdom.
This chakra is also an earth base chakra. Working on this chakra
will help us to stay focused, strong and grounded to our beliefs,
goals and dreams. This chakra gives us the courage and will to
face each day. We must open this chakra to meditation. With the
Solar, we must learn to go within and focus on our own needs and
wants. Meditation slows the mind down and helps us to gain focus
and clarity on our inner workings.
This
chakra responds to soft gentle music, sounds and movement, like
walking and swimming. The solar responds to water because water
has a cleansing and clearing effect. Also a healthy diet, with
only little amounts of meat, but a lot of fruits, vegetables and
pasta help keep this area cleansed. A good crystal to work with
is the clear quartz crystal, fluorite, agate and chysophase. These
crystals help to bring clarity, and purification, order and balancing
to this chakra. They help to release any blockages and give you
the wisdom behind why they had occurred. By wearing yellow or
having this colour in our environment, helps you to show the world
that you are at peace with yourself. This colour shows others
that you are an individual who is strong in character, but gentle
in spirit. The Lion represents leadership, control and self esteem.
By focusing on this animal as your guide and protector you can
invoke his spirit into your own.
The
Heart Chakra
The heart chakra is situated in and around the heart area of our
physical body. The heart pumps the flow of blood that is needed
to keep us alive. Without the heart we can not function on the
physical plain. This one organ controls many other parts on the
body. The blood rushes through our veins and feeds our body with
nutrients to sustain our well-being. This area is what we call
the main centre or control panel for our body. This area also
governs the lungs. We need our lungs to breathe in the life force
energy of oxygen. Without air our physical bodies would die. On
a physical level we have problems with our heart, blood, circulation
and the vessels that carry the blood, also our lungs and how we
breathe. We have ribs that protect these areas, these also become
weakened when this centre is not functioning properly.
On
a mental level, the heart chakra functions on an emotional basis,
our feelings and how we express them towards ourselves and to
others. How we think gets turned into how we behave with our feelings
on this level. When someone has acted badly towards us, the mind
processes these actions and then sends these waves of information
to our heart centre, who then in turns, sends them out as feelings
of anger, fear or betrayal. When someone tells us that we are
beautiful, our mind does the same. It sends these messages to
the mind and the brain sends them to our heart centre and we experience
feelings of love, joy and happiness, in return we emanate this
energy out into our aura toward others. When we smile and radiate
love outwards the whole world smiles back at us. It is the same
when we are in a negative mood. The same energy comes outwards
and lashes onto those around us. We have to learn just how powerful
our feelings are, not only to ourselves, but to everyone we encounter.
On a spiritual level this also causes an effect. When one person
is negative and sends that negativity out, others who have vulnerable
heart centres, and lets be honest I think we all suffer from a
vulnerable heart centre, connects to this energy, and it feeds
their soul and creates a global network of negativity. That is
why the world is filled up with so much negativity, so much hatred
and racism and also a lack of love and respect for our Mother
Earth. How we think is how we become. It is our manifestation,
our existence. How we feel is also apart of this story, for how
we feel is how we react. Reactions are what caused good and bad
changes in our lives today.
There
are two types of love that are created from this centre. The first
is the love that we have for our children, our friends, outside
family and our lovers. This love comes from a sense on wanting
and needing these people in our lives. . . We love and cherish
our children because they are apart of us, we created them and
we want what is best for them. We want to cherish them and protect
them from all evil. This is natural. However sometimes this energy
becomes so conditional that we put too many expectations onto
them. We smother them and over protect them. The love we feel
for our children should have some conditions, but it should also
be unconditional as well. The love we feel for our partners is
a love as they say has captured our hearts. Each of us are separate
planets. separate universes, when we meet another, these planets
collide and one becomes two. Our ways and their ways are different
and this causes dramas and pain. We expect too much from the other
and they do the same to us as well.
We
have to learn to love and accept each other in our own separate
ways We have to learn how to find a middle road when we are involved
with another person emotionally. You cannot make this type of
love unconditional, but through compassion, understanding and
acceptance you can make it more fulfilling and whole. . . This
centre governs and supports our feelings both negative and positive
on the conditional love area. A lot of spiritual people have a
hard time when they decide to become healers and spiritualist
on the unconditional level. You can not mix unconditional love
with conditional love. It is like mixing oil and water. We live
in a society that has rules and regulations, as well as moral
obligations. Conditional love was created from this society. We
have based these ideals on the ways we were taught. It is very
hard to make sudden changes from conditional too unconditional.
Because we are evolving rather quickly spiritually, we think that
this area will move into the spirit at the same pace. This is
wrong. We have to slowly and gently move. Our feelings are so
sensitive that kid gloves are needed and when we try and push
too hard, we fail and that failure leads us to walk away from
the spirit.
There
is nothing that you can do, or any pills or healing that will
help rush you. You have to find a middle road with these two loves.
Allow them to take you to your own personal level of awareness.
Give it time and they will emerge together to create a very powerful
and uplifting experience, that will carry you on the wings of
healing. Unconditional love is all about acceptance, joy, happiness,
spiritual fulfilment, healing and wisdom. With unconditional love
you do not control or take away from others, instead you give
out positive, uplifting and healing love, to yourselves and to
others. This love, when functioning properly will heal yourself,
your family, friends and even the world. It will take away any
pain, sickness or emotional trauma that you have had in your past
and in your present. You future will come alive. When functioning
on the negative this chakra makes it hard for us to feel any real
emotions. You feel your lovers, children, family and friends will
not offer any richness or reward in your life. When this centre
is fragile it becomes vulnerable to pain, fear, sickness and a
lack of life. We suffer from envy, jealousy, hatred and closed
heartedness. We become dramatic and all turn into drama queens
demanding attention but refusing to give out in return. . . The
world owes me, but I owe the world nothing in return. When functioning
in the positive, this centre offers us real love, real friendships
and true joy for those that are apart of us. We become spontaneous
with our emotions. Our hearts are full and we want to share that
love with anyone who wishes to feel it's presence. We are kind,
supportive, caring and understanding of others and their ways.
We accept others and love them for who they really are. We lean
to love and appreciate our Mother Earth and all of her creatures.
Just as the ribs protect our hearts, on a spiritual level we want
to place a protection around our world. Just as the lungs give
us air to live we also long to provide a service that will allow
others to breathe in the beauty and wonders of true love. We embrace
the brotherhood and sisterhood of mankind, by accepting all beings
and loving them the way they deserve to be loved and honoured.
Love
brings peace to the world and all the conflict that is going on
in this time of awareness. Love brings harmony that stops all
the conflicts that are raging at this time. . . Love brings about
healing on all levels and in all areas of our life. The heart
centre functions both in the physical and the spiritual levels.
. . It belongs both on Mother Earth and in the havens. This centre
loves and appreciates music, dance yoga, self expression and drumming.
The drum is like a heart beat and this centre responds to the
vibrations that come from the drum. It helps to realign your internal
rhythm, making you strong and connected to your own self and to
the earth we live upon. This centre also loves trees and anything
that gives off a green energy. . . Trees hold the wisdom and healing
knowledge of our wonderful earth. Our roots and our connections
all come from the knowledge and healing that these beings have
to offer. The colour green also allows you to have an earthly
existence. This colour creates your identify and also heals you
with its connections to the earth. Green is a powerful healing
energy that helps you to release and heal in a way that you gain
spiritual understanding. . . The colour Pink is also used to help
you heal this centre when you need a gentle caring and nurturing
energy. The stone people have also provided a very loving and
powerful crystal called Rose Quartz. The rose quartz promotes
a gentle healing energy for those who have a lot of emotional
trauma and need a more softer and gentler approach to their pain.
All these tools are provided from the earth and from our creator.
When we use them all combined together we create total healing,
for ourselves and for the world.
The
Throat Chakra
The
throat chakra is situated in the neck area of the body. On a physical
level this chakra governs the throat, thyroid, mouth, teeth, tongue,
and jaw. The problems that we have on this level are, sore throats,
over and under active thyroids that can lead to a lack of energy,
vitality, overweight and underweight problems. This chakra governs
what we place into our body with food and other substances. We
use the throat to eat and drink. . . If we place unhealthy things
into this centre, it can cause the rest of our body to become
out of balance. . . On other levels like the emotional and spiritual
this can cause confusement and blockages to our creativity and
our emotions. Because this centre also governs our creativity,
sometimes having a bad diet and abusing it with drugs and alcohol
can cause problems in this area. However, when we place healthy
substances into this area, we can create healing, which can enhance
our verbal creativity. We come alive and vibrant in what we say
and how we act.
On
an emotional level this chakra governs the aspects of communication,
willpower, truthfulness and creativity. . . If we cannot express
ourselves through our voice to others, we can become reclusive,
shy and retreating in nature. On the other side we can become
loud and overly verbal that can cause us to become aggressive,
overbearing and deceitful. All these problems can cloud our self
expression. . . This can make us hide our true selves away from
others. This energy centre is very sensitive and can become unbalanced
at an early age. As babies, the only way we could communicate
our needs to our parents was through crying and screaming. We
did not know how to communicate in any other way. If we were chastised
and ignored, our needs were not met and this caused our throat
chakra to start closing down. The cycle of conditioning had begun.
. . Our true self expression was starting to become denied. As
young children, we were loud and vocal, running around screaming
and yelling and enjoying life without the restrictions that adults
have. However, our parents and elders found us too loud and made
us become quiet and this too caused our self expression to close
down even more. . . Throughout our childhood we have had to suppress
our true expression. Which shut down sections of our true creativity.
As adults, we have been suppressed by all the conditions that
were placed on us while we were growing up. . . We have become
so conditioned not to express our true selves, that we no longer
know who is the real person we truly are. . . We have to learn
how to re-open our spontaneous reactions, and verbal expressions
to find our true creativity. To find the true you.
The
positive attributes of this chakra on the emotional level are
when we speak the truth, know the truth and act upon that truth.
. . In a way, what we say can sometimes determine to the outside
world what they think of us. Through our verbal actions we express
our true being. Our personality shines outwards for the world
to see through spoken communication. The throat chakra also governs
our voice. Through our voice we can speak either truth or lies.
When we speak in truth, we live in truth. When we speak in lies,
we live in lies. . . When we act and communicate in a suppressed
and negative state, our living environment lacks lustre and creativity.
When we are open and creative, our living environment becomes
open and creative as well. . .
On
a spiritual level this chakra governs freedom and expression.
This is a type of freedom where we are fully opened and can communicate
with all beings and spirits. On a spiritual level the throat chakra
governs the doorway to peace on earth. How? By communicating with
all beings we learn the truth, and when we learn the truth, we
live the truth. The colour that responds to this chakra is turquoise
or pale blue. When we look up at the sky, we see a beautiful blue
colour. The colour blue vibrates an energy through the body that
embraces the ideals of openness and the unlimited freedom that
is available to all us. Blue embodies a sense of self expression.
Blue is the colour of wisdom, healing and freedom. We have been
granted the gift of sound that comes from our vocal cords and
up through the throat. This sound turns into words and singing.
Through using the voice in song, we can create a vibration that
travels through our whole body. This sound and rhythm enters into
our soul and clears away negative energy blockages that accumulate
when we are sick or under emotional stress. Through song, we are
able to heal the body in a creative and inspiring way. Through
the use of words that are creative and uplifting like poetry and
story telling we are able to inspire ourselves and others.
When
the throat chakra is functioning in a positive manner, we are
able to communicate words and verbal rhythms that send out loving
and positive vibrations to the world. These vibrations and energies
enter other beings and inspires them to feel positive and uplifted.
Not only does song and poetry heal us, it can also heal the whole
planet. It is important to recognise this energy centre as a major
emotional and spiritual healing tool. We open our mouths to breathe
in life giving air, we open our mouths to release out stale negative
air. On a spiritual level we use a method of breathing for releasing
any negative or emotional trauma, Breathe in life, breathe out
death, breathe in love, breathe out hate. This chakra is vital
for healing work that uses the release method. When we express
ourselves in an honest, loving and creative way, we create a positive
and uplifting enjoyment of our lives that enrich our whole being.
We have a reason for living. That reason is to gain the most out
of our lives. Through inner healing with creative visualisation
we can learn to open this centre up to our true potential. With
singing, and storytelling and poetry we can learn about our creativity.
A good stone being that we can use on this chakra is agate, especially
blue lace agate. You can also use the amethyst quartz to provide
you with inspiration. Any crystal that has a blue in its body
will enhance your self expression. The agate family provide you
with the power to cleanse and clear out any blockages. The quartz
provides clarity and understanding.
As
John Farnham sang, 'Were
not going to live in silence, were not going to live in fear.
Your the voice try and understand it. Make a noise and make it
clear'.
The
Third Eye Chakra
The
Brow or third eye chakra is situated in the middle of the forehead.
On a physical level this chakra governs the pituitary glands,
the skull, eyes, the brain and the nervous system. . . It also
governs our senses, like sight, smell, taste and touch. The pituitary
glands, nervous system and the brain . . govern the energy waves,
that send messages to the rest of the body. . . The skull protects
the brain from outside interference and the eyes give us the ability
to see on the physical. If this chakra is unbalanced, our physical
state of existence can become confused. This can send our body
into a state of disarray. Sickness is sometimes caused by the
way we think. If the energy waves from our brain and pituitary
does not flow in a positive and balanced direction we can suffer
all sorts of mysterious aliments. . . We can also suffer a lot
of headaches, sinus and nasal problems and dis-ease within the
brain and the skull because we are not living in the physical
sense, instead we are in the head always thinking and worrying
about the future instead of living in the now. We can also suffer
from different types of mental dis-orders that are caused through
our nervous system. This is because the cord and energy that runs
inside within the nervous system are blocked. This causes a build
up of energy in certain areas. We become weak and lose co-ordination
in our body because the body is not receiving the right messages.
Our senses of smell and taste can also become un-balanced. Also
our emotions can cause our sense of touching and communication
through affection with others to become off as well. We can also
suffer eye problems because we are refusing to see the truth to
some situation, or we fear seeing something in case it causes
changes in our lives. When functioning positively, we have good
co-ordination and reflexes. We feel at peace within ourselves
and we function positively on the emotional and physical level.
. . We suffer very little from sickness and stress because our
organs that this chakra governs are healthy and flowing with a
balanced amount of energy. They call this chakra the control panel
for the entire mind, body and spirit. Here everything is processed
before any actions or reactions take place.
On an emotional level, this chakra governs discernment, knowledge,
intuition and wisdom. . . When functioning positively, we are
able to look at life from a balanced point of view. We are open
to learning, which provides stimulus that makes our life more
fulfilling. . . They say the brain governs our emotions. I do
not entirely believe this scientific point of view, however, when
the brain waves are dis-orientated it can cause us to suffer mental
illnesses like depression, stress and worry. When functioning
positively, we are clear in our thoughts and focused within or
actions and we are able to be educated. We enjoy learning, and
we take that knowledge and apply it to our everyday lives through
action, ambition and energy. We are also able to deal with any
emotional issues or dramas that may arise within our lives. Because
our senses are functioning positively, we are able to use our
senses to foretell any possible dramas and problems that we may
face in the future. Our intuition is high and balanced and we
are able to tell fact from fiction. This area also governs our
dream state, our subconscious and our imagination. When these
areas are functioning positively we sleep deeply and peacefully
and we are open to dreams that educate us and send messages that
foretell of future events. With our imagination we are able to
focus on positive awake dreams that set up our future in the way
that brings us happiness, healing and rewards. With our subconscious,
we are able to program our minds to function in the way we want
it too. We have full control of our bodies and our emotions. When
functioning negatively, We are always in our heads. We constantly
worry and suffer fears and phobias for the future. We can become
critical and analytical always judging others. We suffer a lack
of control over our lives and we can become stupid, refusing to
listen and learn. . . We only focus on negative situations and
in our imagination we create dramas. Our dream state can become
filled with night mares. We can become too intellectual insisting
on learning through books instead of experiencing the wisdom gained
from life itself. We live only for the future instead of living
life from the present. We allow ourselves to suffer from events
in our past that hinders our growth for the present.
On
the spiritual level this chakra governs our sixth sense of awareness.
The third eye opens you up to other worlds, other beings and other
senses like clairvoyance, which is the ability to see into the
future. Clairaudience that is the ability to be able to hear spirit
voices and other vibrational frequencies that cannot be heard
by the normal ear. When functioning negatively, we tend to criticise
any spiritual beliefs. We do not believe in the magic of life
that is present in our universe. We can become critical, sceptical
and harsh in the way we look at the world. When functioning positively,
we trust in life and the universal process that governs our existence
here on this plane. We are open to the realms and planes of consciousness
that reside along side our world. We communicate to beings, we
have an understanding of the soul. We are able to leave our bodies
and venture into the past and the future to set up positive events
and healing. We sense people and their thoughts and feelings through
psychic waves of energies that flow through all living beings.
We are open, spontaneous and alive with life force energy. We
think thoughts, we dream dreams and we set up programs that we
know can create healing and well-being within our lives. We see
beyond illusion. The colour that is associated with this energy
centre is violet to purple. These colours vibrate an energy that
opens up our intuition and imagination. These colours stimulate
the brain to function in a balanced way that helps with education
and learning. There are many crystals that enhance this chakras
energy. Lapis opens you up to the stars and beyond. Azurite and
malachite enhance your psychic abilities. . . Amethyst quartz
brings clarity, wisdom and enhances all your skills that are needed
on all levels. Meditation and gentle subliminal music help to
keep this centre focused and balanced in times of stress and worry.
Exercise like walking and swimming can also help a person to get
out of their head and into their body. The saying 'stop thinking
and start feeling 'is a good affirmation to do each day to help
solve problems, fears and doubts. All is well with this chakra
when you sleep well, think positively and have good dreams and
goals for the future. You love to learn and you are open to different
ideals about metaphysics. You can sense danger and have gut feelings
and thoughts on future events. The Third eye embraces wisdom that
goes beyond illusion to awaken clarity that brings enlightenment.
The
Crown Chakra
The
Crown chakra is situated at the top of the head. This chakra governs
part of the spinal cord, the stem of the brain, pain centre of
the brain and part of the nerves. When people become sick and
suffer a lot of pain that they cannot handle, it is because the
energy flow is blocked to this chakra. . . A lot of people are
able to control their pain fresh hold levels through focusing
on this chakra and flowing energy through, to stop any pain that
is inflicting them. A lot of ancient warriors in Japan were able
to be beaten and not feel the pain. Different cultural people
who use to walk on hot coals, beat themselves and stitch sharp
objects into their bodies, could come away from these ceremonies
without any physical burns, wounds and pain, through the focusing
and belief in this centre, and it's role in understanding divine
belief. . . This centre through special focusing and breathing
can control all pain. This is because it governs the organs and
nerve centres that control our pain. When not functioning properly
on a physical level this chakra causes a loss of control over
a person's ability to live and interact with the world. Some people
suffer from dis-eases that cause them to lose movement. Some of
the problems that come from this chakra are blindness, deafness,
paraplegics. Loss of limbs and any disease that attacks the nervous
system, brain stem and spinal cord. There is a loss of energy
flow and more so belief, which causes this chakra to become unbalanced.
This chakra is the chakra that can create miracles. If you believe
and have hope, working with this chakra can bring about true healing
on any level. When functioning positively on the physical level.
You will feel alive and filled with spiritual energy. Your health
is radiant and your are strong in mind, body and spirit.
The
Crown is at the very top of the body. . . As the base chakra connects
us to Mother Earth, the crown chakra connects us to the heavens,
to the stars and beyond. The sky and all the power and wisdom
that belongs to our higher mind. This chakra is truly an amazing
and life force energy channel for healing and spiritual awakening.
This chakra governs the connection that we have to the Divine.
This chakra embodies belief, unconditional love and beauty. When
we believe, we are open to learning. When we learn we open ourselves
to life's experiences that challenge us to grow and evolve into
better people. When we open ourselves to unconditional love, we
allow ourselves to love and accept all beings. We are free from
judgement and we are non racial to others and their beliefs. We
embrace the concept that we are apart of every living thing that
exists. If you believe in God, the Creator or Great spirit, you
believe that these beings are apart of you. . . With unconditional
love you are ready to accept other cultures and their beliefs.
You embrace the concept of brother hood and sisterhood. Beauty
is within. We are all beautiful. When we truly open our hearts
and our eyes we see the beauty in all life. We are able to look
at others who suffer from defects and scars with love and compassion
instead of embarrassment and pity. We are able to focus on the
beauty rather then the scaring. In fact a lot of us do not recognise
afflictions on people unless pointed out to us. On a spiritual
level, the Crown chakra is our connection to healing and life
force energy. This centre is connected to your higher mind. Your
higher mind is the part of you that knows all the answers. You
are able to communicate to the trees, the animals and to mother
earth herself. When you open this chakra up, you can channel through
spirits from different planes, aliens and many more beings that
communicate on this level. This chakra can also send healing energy
down through to the others' chakras. Telepathy is a form of communicating
messages to other people. If you find that you can sense a friend
or family member trying to make contact with you, it is because
your crown chakra is opened and you are using this centre to send
out and receive messages. The Crown chakra is like a transmitter
to the whole universe. If you send out thoughts and ideals, dreams
and goals through this chakra you will be heard and a lot of the
times your prayers are answered. However you must learn to use
this chakra to do this. I found through doing Reiki I was able
to send out healing and also set up positive outcomes to events
in my life through using this chakra as a transmitter. It worked.
Now I use it all the time to help myself, my friends and my family
and most importantly Mother earth. There are two major colours
that you can use with this chakra. One is purple and the other
is white. White represents all the colours combined together.
So all the energies that exist with all the colours flow and vibrate
a powerful healing frequency through this chakra. White is divine,
pure, honest and new. Through inner healing and deep meditation
we are able to unlock our true potential. The clear quartz crystal
is one of the most powerful crystals on earth. It promotes clarity
and transmits energy that opens us up to all the wisdom of the
universe. This crystal is very powerful when you focused it on
the crown chakra.
The
Thymus Chakra
We
believe that there is a chakra that exists in between the heart
chakra and the throat chakra. This chakra is a very powerful energy
channel that links you to the earth and to the heavens. Uniting
with this chakra brings about great awareness to your emotional
and spiritual planes. We believe that when this chakra is recognised
within the person and is functioning properly, you will become
open to the truth of your existence. It is like accessing the
sacred records. This chakra seems to bring belief and spiritual
wisdom down from the heavens and connects us to the earthly plane.
The higher mind meets the inner child. Learning to feel this chakra
and bringing it back to awareness is said to bring about healing
and wisdom on all levels. We believe that our bodies have been
spiritually tampered with to stop us from properly evolving. That
is why until know we have forgotten this chakra. . . By bringing
this chakra back into awareness we may actually be able to bring
back total healing. This chakra governs the thymus itself. This
takes the pressure off the heart chakra and evens out the energy.
This creates an even balance for each of the chakras. By knocking
gently on this centre each day we are able to access energy that
will make us fell well and energised. When we meditate and bring
our awareness to this centre we are able to activate our three
bodies. The mind, the body and the soul. This unites us into one
perfect being able to understand and function fully. We use the
colours blue and green to encourage healing and growth with this
chakra. Working with mediation and inner healing we are able to
open this centre and learn more. Using Golden Calcite, Azurite,
Lapis and Malachite will help bring the star beings down to help
us explore this chakra more fully.
