General Chakra Information
Chakra
is a Sanskrit word meaning wheel, or vortex, and it refers to each
of the seven energy centers of which our consciousness, our energy
system, is composed.
These
chakras, or energy centers, function as pumps or valves, regulating
the flow of energy through our energy system. The functioning of the
chakras reflects decisions we make concerning how we choose to
respond to conditions in our life. We open and close these valves
when we decide what to think, and what to feel, and through which
perceptual filter we choose to experience the world around us.
All of your
senses, all of your perceptions, all of your possible states of
awareness, everything it is possible for you to experience, can be
divided into seven categories. Each category can be associated with
a particular chakra. Thus, the chakras represent not only particular
parts of your physical body, but also particular parts of your
consciousness.
When you
feel tension in your consciousness, you feel it in the chakra
associated with that part of your consciousness experiencing the
stress, and in the parts of the physical body associated with that
chakra. Where you feel the stress depends upon why you feel the
stress. The tension in the chakra is detected by the nerves of the
plexus associated with that chakra, and transmitted to the parts of
the body controlled by that plexus. When the tension continues over
a period of time, or to a particular level of intensity, the person
creates a symptom on the physical level.
The symptom
speaks a language that reflects the idea that we each create our
reality, and the metaphoric significance of the symptom becomes
apparent when the symptom is described from that point of view.
Thus, rather than saying, "I can't see," the person would
describe it as keeping themselves from seeing something. "I
can't walk," means the person has been keeping themselves from
walking away from a situation in which they are unhappy. And so on.
The symptom
served to communicate to the person through their body what they had
been doing to themselves in their consciousness. When the person
changes something about their way of being, getting the message
communicated by the symptom, the symptom has no further reason for
being, and it can be released, according to whatever the person
allows themselves to believe is possible.
We
believe everything is possible.
We believe
that anything can be healed. It's just a question of how to do it.
Understanding
the chakras allows you to understand the relationship between your
consciousness and your body, and to thus see your body as a map of
your consciousness. It gives you a better understanding of yourself
and those around you.
Learn
more from an Introduction to Chakra!
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