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A bit more detailed information
for each Chakra. The information learned in the Introduction with
additional details as well to help increase your knowledge and
understanding of the Chakras...
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7th
Chakra
Crown Chakra
Sahasrara
~Thought Element
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Gemstone
Associations
- Amethyst
- Clear Quartz
- Charoite
- Sugilite
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Wisdom, knowledge, consciousness.
Located at the top of the head. This is the
crown chakra that relates to consciousness as pure awareness. It is our
connection to the greater world beyond, to a timeless, spaceless place of
all-knowing. When developed, this chakra brings us knowledge, wisdom,
understanding, spiritual connection, and bliss. The seventh center integrates all the
chakras with their respective qualities. It is the last milestone of the
evolution of human awareness.
Nowadays, we are at a level
which corresponds to this chakra, and our consciousness is able to easily
enter into this new realm of perception, which is beyond our limited mind
and concepts, and which becomes absolute at the level of the Sahasrara.
This chakra gives us
the direct, absolute perception of Reality on our central nervous system. This is precisely what is achieved by Self Realization,
through the spontaneous awakening of the Kundalini given by Sahaja Yoga.
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Cosmic
Consciousness Center & "I AM" |
| location: |
Top of the head |
| color: |
Violet or clear |
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Associated with the top of the head, the brain, and the entire
nervous system |
| endocrine
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Pineal Gland |
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Sense of empathy, unity, experiencing another person's experience as if you
were inside them, being them.
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Amethyst |
Connects
physical to spiritual, useful in connections of the 6th
& 7th Chakras. |
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Charoite |
Increase
awareness and help with surrender. |
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Quartz,Clear |
Brings
spiritual awareness in a material world. |
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Sugilite |
Wisdom
(Extremely powerful). |
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6th
Chakra
Brow Chakra or Third Eye
Chakra
Ajna
~ Light Element
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Gemstone
Associations
- Lapis Lazuli
- Amethyst
- Sodalite
- Sugilite
- Purple Fluorite
- Dumortierite
- Blue Aventurine
- Charoite
- Tanzanite
- Blue Kyanite
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The sixth chakra is the chakra of
forgiveness and compassion. Forgiveness is the power to let go of
anger, hatred and resentment and to discover, in humility, the
nobility and generosity of the Spirit.
It is the one that dissolves all
our ego, conditionings, habits, false ideas of racialism, and all
our misidentifications. It is the narrow gate which opens the way
for our consciousness to ascend to its final destination, which is
the seventh center.
Roving eyes, watching
impure things, or self-centeredness damage this chakra. Watching the
sky, earth or nature can help cleanse it
Psychic perception,
accurate interpretation, imagination, clear seeing. Located in the
center of the forehead above the eyebrows. It is related to the act
of seeing, both physically and intuitively. As such it opens our
psychic faculties and our understanding of archetypal levels. When
healthy it allows us to see clearly, in effect, letting us "see
the big picture."
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Consciousness
Awareness Center, Third Eye, Ajna |
| location: |
Center
of the forehead |
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Indigo,
Midnight Blue |
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This
Chakra is associated with the forehead and temples, with the carotid
plexus |
| endocrine
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Pituitary
Gland |
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Extra
Sensory Perception, all of the inner senses corresponding to the
outer senses, which together are considered spirit-to-spirit
communication. These include, for example, clairvoyance (inner sense
of vision), clairaudience (inner sense of hearing), clairsentience
(inner sense of touch), etc. |
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This
Chakra is associated with the deep inner level of Being we call the
Spirit, and with what we consider spirituality and the spiritual
perspective, the point of view from that deeper part of our being
that western traditions consider the subconscious or unconscious. It
is the place where our true motivations are found, and is the level
of consciousness that directs our actions and, in fact, our lives.
It is also from this point of view
that one sees events in the physical world as the manifestation of
co-creation among the Beings involved in those events.
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Inner
Sound, the sound one hears inside that does not depend upon events
outside. Often considered a pathological condition by traditional
medicine, it is also seen by eastern traditions as a necessary
prerequisite to further spiritual growth. |
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Lapis
Lazuli
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Purifies
the heart to make just decisions. Meditation support.
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Amethyst
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Connects
physical to spiritual and is useful in connections between the 6th
& 7th Chakras.
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Sodalite
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Encourages
truthfulness in emotion, self-esteem and trust.
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Sugilite
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Powerful,
but expensive, helps us realize we are all one. Improves
wisdom, protects the sensitive. |
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Purple
Fluorite
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Clear
negative thoughts that hold us back. Repels evil and brings about
higher states.
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Dumortierite
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Help
recall Past Lives, including knowledge and wisdom acquired during
previous lives.
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Blue
Aventurine
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Opens
Third Eye Chakra.
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Charoite
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Increasing
awareness and insight.
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Tanzanite
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Bridge
to the pureness of true spirituality
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Dk
Blue Kyanite
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Said
to align all Chakras and never needs cleansing.
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| 5th
Chakra
Throat Chakra
Vishuddhi
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Sound Element |
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Gemstone
Association
- Angelite
- Lapis Lazuli
- Aquamarine
- Azurite
- Sodalite
- Blue Colored
- Sapphire
- Lace Agate
- Topaz
- Kyanite
- Chalcedony
- Calcite
- Opal
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Clear communication, creativity,
resonance. This is the chakra located in the throat and is
thus related to communication and creativity. Here we experience the
world symbolically through vibration, such as the vibration of sound
representing language.
The fifth chakra is the chakra of
diplomacy, of pure relationships with others, and of playful
detachment.
It removes all of our guilt and remorse when it is opened by the Kundalini, and gives us a kind and
compassionate voice. The tendencies to dominate others or to feel
dominated by others, the feelings of superiority or inferiority and
all jealousies are removed when this chakra is nourished by the
Kundalini.
Also, the Vishuddhi is the chakra
which gives us the connection with the whole, enabling us to feel
our oneness and the fact that we are all part and parcel of the
whole.
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Cornucopia
Center, Visuddha |
| location: |
Base
of the throat |
| color: |
Sky
blue |
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This
chakra controls the throat and the neck, and the arms and the hands.
It is associated with the brachial or cervical plexus. |
| endocrine
gland: |
Thyroid
Gland |
| sense: |
Sense
of Hearing |
| consciousness: |
The aspects of expressing and
receiving. Expressing can be in the form of communicating what one
wants and what one feels, or it can be an artistic expression, as an
artist painting, a dancer dancing, a musician playing music, using a
form for expressing and bringing to the outside what was within.
Expressing is related to receiving, as in "Ask, and ye shall
receive."
This chakra is associated with
listening to one's intuition, which guides one in an optimal flow,
in which one sees one's goals manifest, and it seems that the
Universe provides all their needs with no effort on their part at
all. It's a state of Grace. Abundance, therefore, is associated with
this chakra, as is the aspect of unconditional receiving necessary
to accept the abundance of the Universe.
This is the first level of
consciousness in which one perceives directly another level of
Intelligence, and experiences one's interaction with this other
Intelligence
Metaphysically, this chakra is
related to creativity, creating, manifesting in the physical world
the fulfillment of one's goals.
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Ether,
as the crossover between the physical world and the world of Spirit.
On the physical level, it corresponds to deep space as the most
subtle physical element. From the point of view of the Spiritual, it
represents the matrix on which physical reality manifests. |
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Blue
Lace Agate
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Inspires,
improves grace. The eyes..
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Angelite
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Removes
anger. Protects. Especially useful for telepathic
communication with Spirit Guide.
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Blue
Topaz
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Remove
arrogance in speech, help bring communicated wishes to
reality.
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Blue
Kyanite
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Calms,
stimulates communication. Dream recollection. (Never needs
cleansing)
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Blue
Apatite
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Enhance
creativity. Hunger suppression.
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Blue
Chalcedony
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Promotes
Good Will in speech.
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Blue
Calcite
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Clear
and activate the Chakra.
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Blue
Sapphire
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Improve
psychic ability and communication.
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Blue
Opal
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Courage
to speak the truth. Creativity.
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Aquamarine
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Brings
harmony with truth, calms and sooths.
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5th
Chakra
Heart Chakra
Anahata
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Air Element
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Gemstone
Associations
- Aventurines
- Rose Quartz
- Malachite
- Jade
- Rhodocrosite
- Pink Kunzite
- Rhodonite
- Pink Opal
- Lepidolite
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Balance, compassion,
self-acceptance, good relationships. Located in the
center of the chest. It is related to love and is the integrator of
opposites in the psyche: mind and body, male and female, persona and
shadow, ego and unity. A healthy fourth chakra allows us to love
deeply, feel compassion, have a deep sense of peace and
centeredness.
The fourth chakra, the chakra of the
heart, is the place where resides our Spirit, our true Self, which
is eternally pure and unaffected by anything, like a shining diamond
hidden within us which witnesses all our actions.
After Self Realization, our
attention becomes for the first time connected to our Spirit and we
gradually become aware of it. Our misidentifications with our ego or
conditionings drop and we start becoming identified with our Spirit,
which is our true nature.
On the physical level, this chakra
looks after our heart and lungs - if affected it can cause asthma or
various heart conditions.
It is from our heart that the
compassion and love manifests, and also the heart chakra is the one
that gives us the sense of responsibility and pure behavior towards
others. The heart chakra manifests in the center (at the level of
the sternum bone) as complete security and confidence.
All our worries, doubts and fears
are destroyed when the heart chakra is fully enlightened by the
Kundalini.
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Living
Love Center, Anahata |
| location: |
Center
of the chest |
| color: |
Emerald
Green |
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This
Chakra is associated with the heart and the blood circulatory
system, and the cardiac plexus, as well as the lungs and the entire
chest area. |
| endocrine
gland: |
hymus
Gland, controlling the immune system |
| sense: |
Sense
of touch, in its aspect of relating to the person inside the body,
and distinct from the sensation of the Orange Chakra, which is more
about the sensation one feels from their own body. Hugging,
therefore, is a Heart Chakra activity. When one hugs, one is aware
of what the person inside the other body feels, and they are aware
of what you feel inside your body, and there is a sense of relating
to the person inside the body. Sensitivity about being touched
indicates heart chakra sensitivity. |
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Perceptions of love, relationships
(relating) with people close to your heart, e.g. partner, siblings,
parents, children. Difficulty with breathing, or with the lungs, the
organs of air, indicates tension in the Heart Chakra. A person's
relationship with air reflects their relationship with love.
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| element: |
Air |
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Green
Aventurine
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Activator
and clearer of Heart Chakra. Used to protect the Heart Chakra. |
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Rose
Quartz
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Instills
self-love, gentleness, peace and calm. |
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Malachite
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Clarifies
and clear emotional blockages. |
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Jade
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Attunes
one to the needs of others. Improves self-reliance. Longevity. |
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Rhodochrosite
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Brings
love and balance to the life. Considered quite potent. |
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Pink
Kunzite
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Powerful
at bringing peace and remove fear from those who've lost in love. |
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Rhodonite
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Unconditional
love. Powerful. Helps singers. |
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Pink
Opal
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Release
old problems. Promote peace and self-love. |
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Lepidolite
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Promotes
an open heart, honesty and trust.. |
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Emerald
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Generates
harmony in all aspects of life |
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3rd
Chakra
Solar Plexus Chakra
Manipura
~
Fire Element
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Gemstone
Association
- Yellow Amber
- Citrine
- Golden Labradorite
- Golden Topaz
- Yellow Calcite
- Aragonite
- Tiger Eye
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Vitality, spontaneity, strength of
will, purpose, self-esteem
Located in the area above the navel area. This chakra is known as
the power chakra, located in the solar plexus. It rules our personal
power, will, and autonomy, as well as our metabolism. When healthy,
this chakra brings us energy, effectiveness, spontaneity, and
non-dominating power.
The third chakra is the one that
gives us the sense of generosity, complete satisfaction and
contentment.
On the left side, the main quality
of this center is peace - clearing this chakra can relieve stress
and tensions.
On the right side, it looks after
our liver which is the organ of our attention and power of
concentration.
When enlightened by the Kundalini,
the Nabhi chakra gives us our spiritual ascent, righteousness and
inner sense of morality, and complete balance at all levels in our
life.
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Power
Center, Manipura |
| location: |
Solar
Plexus (between the navel and lower chest) |
| color: |
Yellow |
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The
parts of the body associated with this chakra include the muscular
system, the skin as a system, the solar plexus, the large intestine,
stomach, liver, and other organs and glands in the region of the
solar plexus. Also the eyes, as the organs of sight, and the face,
representing figuratively the face one shows the world. |
| endocrine
gland: |
The
pancreas |
| sense: |
Eyesight |
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Parts of the consciousness
associated with this chakra include perceptions concerned with
power, control, freedom, the ease with which one is able to be
themselves - ease of being. Mental activity and the mental body is
also associated with this chakra. The solar plexus chakra is also
associated with the level of being we call the personality, or ego.
The relationship a person has with
fire, or the sun, can be seen to have its parallels in the
person’s relationship with the parts of their consciousness that
this chakra represents. Someone sensitive about the sun, then,
can be seen to have particular sensitivities about power, or
control, or freedom.
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| element: |
Fire,
the sun. |
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Yellow
Amber
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De-stress
and lighten the attitude. |
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Yellow
Aragonite
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Stress
relief. Improve practicality and dependability. |
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Yellow
Calcite
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Clears
and activates the Chakra. |
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Citrine
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Happy
attitude. Prosperity. |
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Golden
Labradorite
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Help get
in touch and feel more comfortable with their Will without
impressing their will upon others. |
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Golden
Topaz
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Brings
success in endeavors, especially business. |
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Golden
Tiger Eye
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Improves
practicality, grounds and balances the male/female energies. |
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2nd
Chakra
Navel or Sacral Chakra
Swadhisthana
~ Water Element
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Gemstone
Association
- Carnelian
- Golden Topaz
- Tiger Eye
- Orange Amber
- Sunstone
- Malachite
- Aventurine, Peach
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Fluidity, pleasure, healthy
sexuality, feeling
The second chakra, located in the abdomen, lower back, and sexual
organs, is related to the element water, and to emotions and
sexuality. It connects us to others through feeling, desire,
sensation, and movement. Ideally this chakra brings us fluidity and
grace, depth of feeling, sexual fulfillment, and the ability to
accept change.
The second chakra is the chakra of
creativity, pure attention and pure knowledge. It is the one which
connects us to the inner source of inspiration, and enables us to
experience the beauty around us.
The pure knowledge given by this
chakra is not mental, but it is direct perception of the Reality,
that can be felt in our palms and indicates our subtle blockages.
Also this is the center of pure, steady attention and power of
concentration.
On the physical level it looks
after our liver, kidneys, and the lower abdomen. When we think too
much, this center gets drained of energy and diseases like diabetes
or blood cancer can occur when this chakra goes completely out of
balance.
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known as: |
Sensation
Center, Spleen Chakra, Hara, Svadhisthana |
| location: |
The
center of the abdomen |
| color: |
Orange |
| parts
of body: |
Reproductive
system, sexual organs, lumbar plexus
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| endocrine
gland: |
Gonads |
| sense: |
Sense
of taste, appetite |
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This chakra is associated with the
parts of the consciousness concerned with food and sex. It is about
the body's communication to the Being inside, about what the body
wants and needs, and what it finds pleasurable. The person's ability
to have children is also associated with this chakra. If there is
not a clear relationship with the element of water, associated with
this chakra, the person's relationship with water is a reflection of
their relationship with the parts of their consciousness associated
with this chakra, i.e. food, sex, or having children.
This chakra is also associated
with the emotional body, and the person's willingness to feel their
own emotions.
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Water |
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Amber
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Intellect
and keep marital vows. |
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Carnelian
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Vitality,
courage and sexual prowess. |
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Malachite
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Help
those who were sexually abused. |
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Peach
Aventurine
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Reduce
desire for pleasure. |
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Sunstone
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Increase
vitality. Remove "hang-ups". |
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Tiger
Eye
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Balances
male/female energies. |
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Topaz
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Brings
intellect into sexual desire. |
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1st
Chakra
Root Chakra
Mudalahara
~ Earth Element
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Gemstone
Associations
- Garnet
- Hematite
- Ruby
- Bloodstone
- Smoky Quartz
- Black Tourmaline
- Obsidian
- Onyx
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Stability, grounding, physical
health, prosperity trust.
Located at the base of the spine, this chakra forms our foundation.
It represents the element earth, and is therefore related to our
survival instincts, and to our sense of grounding and connection to
our bodies and the physical plane. Ideally this chakra brings us
health, prosperity, security, and dynamic presence.
The first chakra is situated below
the sacrum bone in which resides the Kundalini, and its main aspect
is the innocence. Innocence is the quality by which we experience
pure, childlike joy, without the limitations of prejudice or
conditionings. Innocence gives us dignity, balance, and a tremendous
sense of direction and purpose in life. It is nothing but
simplicity, purity and joy.
It is the inner wisdom that is
ever present in the little children, and gets sometimes clouded by
our modern lifestyles.
But it is a quality which exists
eternally within us and cannot be destroyed, waiting to be manifest
as pure joy when the Kundalini rises.
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Security
Center, Muladhara |
| location: |
The
perineum, the point between the anus and the sex organs |
| color: |
Red |
| parts
of body: |
Lymph
system, skeleton system (teeth and bones), the prostate gland in
men, the sacral plexus, the bladder and elimination system, and the
lower extremities (legs - feet, ankles , etc.). Also the nose, since
it is the organ of the sense of smell, and associated with survival.
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| endocrine
gland: |
Adrenal
glands |
| sense: |
Smell |
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Security,
survival, trust, the relationship with money, home, job. Ability to
be grounded, to be present in the here and now. Ability to allow
one's self to be nourished, in the sense of allowing one's Inner
Being to be satisfied. This chakra also reflects a person's
connection with their mother, and with Mother Earth. How the person
feels about being on the earth. Connection with the physical body.
Symptoms or tensions in the parts
of the body controlled by this chakra indicate tensions in the parts
of the person's consciousness related to this chakra. Tension here
is experienced as insecurity as a general perceptual filter. More
tension is experienced as fear. More than that is experienced as
terror, or a threat to survival.
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| element: |
Earth |
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Blk
Tourmaline
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Fearful.
Feel survival threatened. Negative. Exceedingly powerful for
1st Chakra work. |
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Garnet
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Protective. |
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Hematite
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Depression,
pain. Keep people out of your space. |
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Obsidian
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Extremely
Protective. Release from excessive need for possessions. |
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Ruby
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Protective
of all around you, including family, possessions and good
name. |
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Smoky
Quartz
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Help
move energy from 1st Chakra upward to higher, more
enlightened Chakras. |
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Now a word
about the Void & the Three Channels of Energy....
The Void
 Surrounding
the second and the third chakra is the Void which stands for the
principle of mastery (guru principle) within us.
In many spiritual traditions, this
area is the "ocean of illusions" that needs to be crossed
with the help of a spiritual guide. When the Kundalini is awakened
and passes through the Void, this principle of mastery is
established within us.
Thus, as Shri Mataji says, in Sahaja
Yoga you become your own guru, your own spiritual guide since you
can feel on your fingertips all your subtle problems and have the
power to cure them using your own Kundalini
Moreover, establishing this center
helps us get rid of all our habits, laziness, gross attachments, and
everything that enslaves us in a way or another: we become our own
master.
Following false "gurus" who
are more interested in power tricks or your purse can damage very
much the Void area. But after Self Realization, everything can be
cured through the purifying power of the Kundalini in meditation.
The three
channels of energy...
The left channel (blue)
corresponds to our past, emotions, desires, affectivity. Its
termination is the superego, which is the storehouse of all our
memories, habits and conditionings.
The right channel (yellow)
corresponds to our actions and planning, to our physical and mental
activity. Its termination is the ego, which gives us the idea of I-ness, the sense that we are separate from the world.
The central channel is the channel
of ascent, it is the power which sustains our evolution and guides
us, consciously or unconsciously, towards the higher awareness of
the Sahasrara (seventh chakra).
The workings of Self Realization
and subtle aspects of the chakras and channels are too extensive to
be explained here. They are part of a knowledge which is not only to
be studied at the mental level, but to be experienced directly.
This new level of consciousness
can be achieved after Self Realization, through the regular practice
of Sahaja Yoga meditation techniques that are taught, always free of
charge, in over 75 countries around the world.
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