What are chakra's?

Chakra's are the connection between the etheral body and the earth body. We can think of chakras as the computer programs of our lives, some which we have directly written and some of which were pre-programmed into us before birth and everything in between. Some of this programming is good, some of it outdated and some of it is just bad code. In this light, we can look at chakras as the background code upon which we run our 'computer' or lives. Some of these codes are obivous and some subconsious. The human body is the 'hardware', the chakras the programming and the Self is the 'user', all interactting at all times, much like the computer system that you sit at.

So Where ARE They?

In Sanskrit, the word chakra means wheel or disc. In practical terms for the human body they are litterally 'tubes' of whirling and rotating energy throughout the body, some large and some very small, depending upon the purpose and function of the center. It is traditionally noted that there are approximately 85,000 vortexes of energy. About 40 of these play a significant role in our daily functioning and these are located in the hands, feet, fingertips and shoulders. Of these 40, there are 7 major ones that are 'personal' and directly affect us. These are located in a straight line from just above the top of your head, in between the eyes, at the throat, in between the breasts, the solar plexus, just below the navel and at the base of the spine.

To learn more about the individual function of a chakra click here.

The OUTPUT

Ideally our energetic (programming) system runs smoothly. What does this look like? The person whose 'code' or 'programming' is running smoothly would be someone with most, if not all of these characteristics...

Well grounded, centered, in touch with their body

In good health and vital

Aware of their feelings without being 'controlled' or 'run' by them

Sexually content without being driven

Confident and possessing confidence without being controlling or dominating

Compasionate, loving and peaceful

Able to communicate feelings or ideas with truth and clarity

Able to listen to others

Possessing imagination, wisdom and connection to/with spirit.

The above is the ideal and one need not be an ascended master to attain this. Maslow would call this type of person 'self-actualized'. This person is balanced and free. To be this type of person is the ideal that we reach for everyday.

However, what many people experience is not this ideal as evidenced by the increasing crime rates, physical manifestations of illness and psychiactric disorders of our times. This is ALL BAD CODE AND PROGRAMMING. With an 'imbalance' and disruption in code and programming we will experience illness, chaos, emotional distress, mental disruptions and behavioral problems.

Each chakra is expressed within the physical body and through the mental/emotional/spiritual bodies. Each chakra is expressed through the physical body by way of one of the endocrine glands that regulate the physical and emotional processes. Where there is an imbalance in a gland or body system, there is a block or bad programming within the corresponding chakra. This CAN BE CHANGED...it is called HEALING.

What we are challenged to do, each and everyone of us is to rewrite, reprogram and repair the 'bad' or imbalanced code to reach a state of well-being and balance.

When a chakra is blocked, closed down or wide open out of proportion to the rest of the system an imbalance occurs, manifesting as dis-ease eventually within the physical body. Energy does not flow easily from the universal connection down through our system to the personal relam or vice versa. This disruption is felt throughout the entire system as all are connected to each other through each other.

The 7 Individual Chakras

Chakra Healing

The INPUT

So what causes the imbalance/block or 'bad' coding within the chakra system?

Simply put, LIFE.

After we are born (all with some pre-programmed software), we begin to interact with the world according to this 'software'. We are still very connected to the universal consciousness and expect the world to be this way also...(think of how trusting most babies are, how zen-like these little beings are, at least most of them!) As we age on the earth plane, we come into contact with others (first our 'parents') and begin exchanging 'information' or 'data' in how the world is and the way to act within this world. These interactions begin to write new 'code' within our systems and the new coding over writes or inter-writes with what is already there. The older we get the more information we acquire.

Childhood/Adulthood trauma, cultural and familial conditioning, taught belief systems, bad habits, physical and emotional injuries of all types, lack of attention, etc. all leave behind 'code' that when they are traumatic or chronic conditions our subconscious and energetic systems write in and then we act from this code developing coping strategies which in turn affects our outward behavior and interacts which then get written in again.

What we take in is what we put out.

Garbage in, garbage out.

A child/adult learns what he lives and lives what he learns.

This information first enters the spiritual auric body, then filters into the mental body, then the emotional body to finally settle into the physical body.

And from the physical body, we put out through the emotional body, then the mental and manifest into the spiritual or impersonal consciousness, thus affecting others with our own information and coding.

The good news is that we can, through various techniques, use the chakras to heal our bodies and debug our minds and emotions, thus effecting the universe and all others that we come into contact with.

How to Heal

Characteristics of the Individual Chakras