Exploring the Chakras

The definition of the word chakra is a spinning vortex of energy. It is a Sanskrit (ancient language) word that means wheel or disk like. Our chakas are energy centers in our bodies that are constantly receiving energy from our surroundings and environment.

Everything that has ever happened to us goes through our chakras as these energy centers send and receive energy.

Chakras are about the size of your fist and when balanced, should be spinning clockwise. It is important that our chakras are balanced as this provides better health and well being on all levels, mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually.

Chakras that are not balanced may create problems in many areas of your life. There are exercises and meditations that can help and having energy work can be very beneficial in creating and maintaining this balance. There are 7 major chakras, which correlate to the colors of the rainbow.

First chakra - root chakra and has to do with survival. It relates to insecurities, bladder and nervous disorders, sexual dysfunctions and skin problems.

Second chakra - sacral chakra located below the navel. Examples of dysfunctions would be colitis, PMS, kidney problems ovarian/uterine disorders, emotional issues.

Third chakra - solar plexus. Digestive and weight disorders would be a dysfunction, as well as power issues, gallbladder, fear and self-esteem problems.

Fourth chakra - heart center, is about giving and receiving love, compassion. Dysfunctions would include blood pressure, heart and lung problems, asthma and sleep disorders.

Fifth chakra - throat center, governs all aspects of communication. Problems in this chakra may include the thyroid, jaw, tonsils, or an inability to express oneself.

Sixth chakra - brow center, is also known as the “third eye”, our inner vision. An unbalanced brow chakra may show up as eyesight problems, headaches in the brow, glandular or endocrine issues or hormonal imbalances.

Seventh chakra, located at the crown or top of the head is about our purpose in life. Major depression, problems relating to the pineal gland, learning disorders, headaches and light-headedness are associated with imbalances within the crown chakra.

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Exploring Chakras

What are the Chakras?

Chakras are seven centres of motions of the essential life force (prana). They are part of the subtle energy system and have a vital part to play in healing and health. They are basically subtle energy transformers, and are located on a physical level all along the spinal column and interconnected with the endocrine glands and nervous system.

These seven subtle centres of consciousness can be thought of as locations where the soul links to the material body. Each chakra is related to a specific state of consciousness, and work in harmony with one another.

When the chakra system is working favourably, you experiences vitality, health and the feeling of connectedness of body, mind and spirit.

The word 'chakra' is taken from the Sanskrit word meaning a disc, wheel or circle. They are also seen by clairvoyants (psychics) as rotating, pulsating wheels of different colours.

The chakra energies rhythmically throb through the core of this wheel. They take in prana or life force, disperse it through the nadis to the blood, nervous system, and the endocrine glands.

These centres are always in motion, but the speed at which they rotate depends to some degree upon the state of health of the person. Traditional Indian medicine has made use of the chakras for thousands of years and they are used for analysing a person's state of being: treating disorders on the mental, emotional, and physical levels.

The first Five major chakras are in line with the spine, while the sixth is situated between the eyebrows and the seventh just above the crown of the head. These seven chakras vibrates to the frequency of one of the colours in the colour spectrum and establishes the governing colour of the chakra. The seven chakras starting with the first one are:

(1) The Root Chakra: which is associated with the ovaries and testes, adrenals; the colour red, physical survival, earthly energy.
(2) The Sacral Chakra: which is associated with the ovaries and testes; the colour orange, relationships, creativity, sexuality and fertility.
(3) The Solar Plexus Chakra: which is associated with the adrenals; the colour yellow, personal power, self-esteem, confidence, gut feelings and intuition.
(4)The Heart Chakra: which is associated with the thymus gland, the heart organ; the colour green, emotional power, compassion, love.
(5) The Throat Chakra: which is associated with the thyroid and parathyroid glands; the colour light blue, communication and expression, power of the will.
(6) The Third Eye: which is associated with the Pituitary and pineal glands; the colour indigo, psychic perception, power of the mind.
(7)The Crown Chakra: which is associated with the pineal and pituitary glands; the colour violet or white, the connection with the Divine Source.

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"Mind" of the Mind-Body-Spirit Approach

Yes, the mind is a terrible thing to waste. When we are overwhelmed and bombarded with information through multiple media outlets, our minds can begin to shut down or ignore really important information. I like to refer this as being "sign blind." Being sign blind can be referring to those 50 roadside billboards you drive by to and from work just as it refers to missing the signs of intuitive and inner wisdom information that can guide us to making better and more appropriate decisions in life.

How do we care for our minds, exactly? There are many ways to care for our mental health. One way most individuals know about it is through discussion with a psychiatrist or counselor, which is an amazing form of support when our lives are reeling out of control or when we've been victim (consciously or subconsciously) of a horrible experience. Psychiatry provides a safe and nurturing environment in which to reflect and ponder life’s lessons through our experience. In most cases psychiatry focuses on the past (what happened and why it might have happened) and understanding the role we might have played in creating the situation or how there was a transference of responsibility from another to us. Another form of care is through exercising. Yoga, meditating, strength training or cardiovascular training can all help with the mental stress we experience. When our bodies are strong and able to handle stress, our minds are easily able to fall in line with the coping of that stress.

I remember when I first started seeing a counselor. She held a doctorate in psychology but was married to the new age approach of past life regression, hypnotherapy and discussion. I sought support due to the corporate position I held. The job and the stress that came along with it were manageable, but I felt I needed a safe place in which to talk through some of the experiences and believed it was unfair to my sister to dump on her every time we saw each other. I couldn’t believe how much personal growth I achieved by having this safe place. Eventually I moved and needed to find a new source of support. It was then I realized that there was nothing necessarily I needed to "fix" or figure out from my past at that time, but I liked having a safe environment to work on what my priorities and focuses for growth might be. This is when I turned to working with a life coach. She was my safe environment as well as the individual who kept me accountable to my goals and desires.

Working with a life coach does not replace working with a counselor or psychiatrist when the need is there, but having that environment in which you can brainstorm, discuss solutions and work towards your goals can certainly support your mental health and unlock your unlimited potential. Coaching can support your setting of goals by ensuring you remain focused on the tasks at hand and keeping out the negative self talk that easily overwhelms us throughout the day.

How is your mental health? Do you have a mental health care plan in place?

Until next time, embrace your inner wisdom.

Namaste,
Karen

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Quantum Jumping - Is It Real?

Quantum Jumping is a new visualisation technique that thousands are using to benefit their creativity levels.
So what makes this method of visualising so controversial?

Well, it's about using the mind to tap into parallel dimension and meet your twin self or your doppelgänger.
Quantum Jumping is a fast and effective way to generate ideas for creativity and inspiration for life. Napoleon Hill first talked about this type of vivid visualising in his book Think And Grow Rich. Napoleon Hill spoke about creating a group of invisible counselors.

Hill thought the visualisation to be too controversial to be released and was later edited out of various volumes of the self-development classic.

Well, the new method of visualising meeting your twin self or your counterpart moves into new territory. As a result there's a lot more to take into account. Whether you believe you're actually visiting your twin self or tunnelling into your deep unconscious is irrelevant.

The question is, does it work? And I'm here to tell you that it does.

Not only does it work but the results are remarkable. When you're able to visualise yourself in various scenarios from a third person perspective you're able to take your mind to places it didn't previously imagine. As a result you find yourself coming up with new solutions to problems that've been lingering for a while.
You find yourself with answers because you're able to imagine what you would do if you did know the answer. This is great because it gives you insights that were before inaccessible.

The main premise consists of closing one's eyes and imagining you're visiting another you from a parallel dimension and you're visiting somebody who has something or somebody who's achieved something you want to do. And you ask that person questions, you talk to them and you learn from them.

It's surprisingly refreshing to discover ideas when in this level of meditation and visualisation. It's great to find that you had the answers inside. From my personal view, when using Quantum Jumping I found I was able to gather motivation and inspiration that I didn't have.

In fact, after meditating and visualising like this for a few days I found ideas flowing to me and I was coming up with solutions that I never previously would've thought of.

There's great benefit in meditating and visualising and combining the two is a great advancement. I'd recommend anybody to try this new method of visualisation.

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Difference Between Soul and Spirit

There is a difference between the Ego, the Soul and the Spirit. This is Sonia Choquette's view of the difference between Soul and Spirit.

What is the Spiritual Path?

For many years of my life, I thought the spiritual path had something to do with following one of the major world religions or pursuing an Eastern practice. I even thought it had something to do with morality and ethics.

Today my comprehension of the spiritual path has changed completely. Instead of the complexity of any of the disciplines to becoming a good person, I have found that the path is simple. In fact, some of the greatest atheists have followed it better than many theists. An example that comes to mind is the famous British Philosopher Bertrand Russell, who lived an impeccable life of wisdom, compassion, and grace..

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." That is the spiritual path. Everything else--all the theology, philosophy, and practices--lead you to that singular ideal.

Physically, do you like to be murdered, wounded, beaten, or raped? Emotionally, do you like to be humiliated, disenfranchised, betrayed, abandoned, disrespected, alienated, and cast aside? Mentally, do you like to be cheated, swindled, lied to, vilified or misinformed?

Of course not. In fact, your whole body just cringes at the thought of such mishap.

Yet, this is what we do to others. If we are truly savage, we abuse others physically. If a little more sophisticated, we abuse others mentally and emotionally.

And in this process we abuse ourselves.

In actuality, there is no enemy, for we are all connected at the collective unconscious, and the misperception that "they" are different from "us" has been the historical cause of most human suffering. Often this abuse is perpetuated from the collective rules referred to as ethics and morality. What is ethical and moral is defined by who is making up the rules.

Yet the bell that tolls for another, also tolls for thee.

Why do we act in a way that injures others?

It is because we feel a deep void inside of us and we lash out like a wounded animal. We relate to the world from the wounds of apathy, grief, fear, lust, anger, and pride. By striking out, however, we only deepen our own anguish. Although we are only trying to survive, we achieve only more peril.

A spiritual person, however, comes from a completely different perspective. He or she is motivated by feelings of courage, acceptance, and peace.

What does the spiritual path have to do with good psychology? Everything. A sound mind in a sound body.
Can the spiritual path be defined in an even simpler way? Yes. It can be defined as love.

When you love, love, love--you'll be happy, healthy, wealthy, and wise.

The opposite of grief, misery, and unending travail is the spiritual path. While many disciplines may lead to it, the heart will show you the way. Once we shed our habitual narcissism, then the way to courage, acceptance, and peace becomes possible.

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What is Spiritual Light?

What is Spiritual Light

By: Terry Swejkoski

Spin a Yin/Yang symbol and what do you see? The natural energy of all that is – the higher-self energy of light over darkness. If that doesn't tell you something, then you are vibrated lower than you may have thought. And in the reality of the bigger picture it's all OK; it simply means you were not aware of the power of light in your life…until now. Each one of us is exactly where we are supposed to be at any given moment on our life journey. How do we know that? Because we are here in that exact moment NOW, what greater proof do you need?

Did you know there are scientific studies which made an attempt to remove light completely, but it is simply impossible to do so? Even under the most optimized conditions there is always a flicker of light that overpowers darkness. If that is the case, what does this say about opposites like light/dark, good/evil and happiness/sadness. Do they really exist, or are they only elements of duality that are needed for the mind/ego to use to manipulate us in an attempt to separate us from the essence of which we really are – pure radiant energy or Spiritual light.

Our natural state of being is meant to be happy and full of life. We were meant to view life from this perspective, not from the crippling effects of negativity, which of course is brought on by the minds manipulation of our nature state. Have you ever had someone tell you to "lighten up," because you are making more out of a situation than what it really is? The stories the mind conceives are meant to deceive you and hold you prisoner to misinterpretations and are cluttered with unnecessary thought. And, the more you think about any given situation, the more you will turn off the radiant light by focusing on what is unreal or fantasy.

The true power of light can be found through meditation, for Silence is to the Soul – what Oxygen is to the Brain! Without oxygen the brain will discontinue functioning and without silence the Soul will be cluttered with unnecessary and confusing thought. Believe it or not, all the answers to any question the mind can conceive are easily found in the silence of meditation. The mind/ego does not want you to be aware of this miraculous truth. The ego would much prefer that you stay its prisoner in darkness, separated from the limitless possibilities of the power of light found in silence.


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Spiritual Enlightenment - Humility, Love & Compassion

You are unique and a miracle of life and in your heart, soul and mind you have the gifts of wisdom, strength and determination, humility love and compassion.

• Humility. Yes we all have the gift of humility; it is a gift from the heart and soul which is often subdued when the ego of our conscious mind overwhelms our understanding of others and their feelings. We must never forget, although each of us in our mind is the centre of the universe, it is only in our minds. The gift of humility recognises we all see ourselves as the centre of our particular universe. We might be the best, the richest, the most powerful, and even get the most accolades for what we are or have done but it doesn't mean we are superior in every way to another. In fact in some way or another every one of us are superior to all others. With humility whatever we say or do, respects the thoughts and feelings of others.

• Love. Yes we all love to be loved and believe it is one of greatest gifts we can receive, but really we are appreciating another's ability to give us their gift of love. We cannot control the love we receive, that is another's gift to give as they wish. Our gift is the ability to give love and the more we give the more we receive. Love is a gift when we give a bit of our hearts and souls to another and it is their response which gives us pleasure. If you don't give love the feelings you receive may be ones of idolisation or even fear masquerading as love. If you want love you must give it and give it from your heart and soul. The ability to give love is dependent on your ability to respond to your heart and soul. Those who have permitted their conscious mind to subdue their soul will find it difficult to give love and the feelings they receive will most probably be feelings masquerading as love.

• Compassion. A gift which comes easily to those who have the gifts of humility and love. Even those with these gifts find it easier to be compassionate when those near and dear are involved, it is always more difficult when it is strangers and impossible or almost impossible if the person requiring compassion has shown little or no compassion to others particularly to yourself, those you hold dear or the helpless. Only saints with absolute humility and love who know what it is like to walk a mile in everybody else's shoes can give this gift of compassion without judgement. Don't confuse forgiveness with compassion; never forget forgiveness assumes the right to pass judgement.

This is the fifth article in a series related to Spiritual Enlightenment, so accept and nurture the gifts of humility, love and compassion. Bye for now. Paul aka Arlen

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Spiritual Enlightenment - In Your Heart, Soul and Mind

Your future is determined by your ability to make decisions and certainly if you wish to have a life with a sense of purpose and fulfillment these decisions need to come from our hearts souls and minds. Your ability to make holistic decisions can only be achieved if your conscious mind is able to heed and respond to your heart and soul.

Your sub-conscious mind looks after the routine response to keep your physical body operating, whilst your conscious mind reacts to sensory messages and memories both real and inherited to plan and take whatever action it considers necessary to respond to events.

With a constant stream of events the conscious mind is kept busy jumping from one thing to another with rarely an opportunity to consider at any depth the likely consequences of its decisions. With a bit of planning here and action there the conscious mind soon becomes the center and master of all decisions, occasionally if a decision has some impact on others, their needs or likely response are taken into account and is reflected in the decision.

As soon as the feelings and needs of others is taken into account, empathy or heart has entered the decision-making process, making the decision have a better chance of acceptance by others. So decisions which consider wider implications and are heart-felt are not only more acceptable to others they are more likely to have a successful outcome.

Decision making using the conscious mind and a bit of heart-felt consideration has its limitations which can only be enhanced when our souls or spirit come into play. This can only be achieved by consciously taking time out to, "Smell the Roses," or savor whatever we do.

The human soul or spirit is our unspoken connection to each other and our creator; we are barely aware of its presence and as it is not in the least assertive can sit almost dormant with little or no input into our decision-making. However, it is always there and it is up to our conscious mind to stop and contemplate its presence and give it the freedom to play its part in our decision-making process.

So our future is determined by our ability to make decisions and certainly if we wish to have a life with a sense of purpose and fulfillment these decisions need to come from our hearts souls and minds.
This is the third article in a series related to Spiritual Enlightenment, so live life with your hearts, souls and minds.

Bye for now.

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