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Third: Solar Plexus Chakra

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Name Manipura Chakra: “The City of Gems”. Solar Plexus Chakra or Naval Center, Spleen, Stomach, Liver Chakra.
Location Two fingers above naval to sternum bone, opens forward/backward.
Symbol/Yantra 10-petaled lotus. Inverted triangle, red, in circle surrounded by 10 petals.
Basic Principles
Willpower. Shaping of being—power. Transforming, shaping, purifying. Conquer sorrow and suffering. Healing power. Positive use of personal power. “I am the source of my abundance.”
Dealing with main chakra with several secondary chakras; functions highly complex. Our power center; absorb solar energy which nurtures ethereal body, thereby vitalizing and maintaining physical body. Enter into active contact with people and material world. For ordinary people, the foundation of personality; social identity which seeks to conform. Purifies desires, wishes of lower chakras, consciously controls and uses creative energy, allows spiritual richness of higher chakras to manifest in material world. Direct connection with astral body (center of our wishes, desires, center of emotions).
Unfolding of personality, working on feelings and experience, shaping one’s being, influence & power, strength & plenty, wisdom, growing out of experience. If inner eye, crown also open, recognize all visible matter consists of varying light vibrations, wishes fulfilled spontaneously as so closely connected to energy of light in all things that attract everything in search of light.
Ruling Planet Sun (solar, masculine)
Astrological Sign Leo/Sun, Sagittarius/Jupiter, Virgo/Mercury, Mars.
Understanding Triangular
Element Fire (light, warmth, energy, activity, purification)
Sounds E (mi). 329.1 cycles per second. RAM. Fiery rhythms, orchestral compositions; if hyperactive, any type relaxing music. Long “o” as in “good”. Produces circular movement directed toward outside, inclines toward “A” of heart chakra thus expansiveness, abundance, joy.
Color Yellow–amber (strengthens nerves, thoughts; stimulates contact and interaction with others: if too dreamy, help become actively involved with life, aids physical and spiritual digestion), golden yellow, orange, green.
Deity Rudra/Siva. Shakti: Lakini.
Animal Ram
Plants, Aromas Bergamot, lavender, rosemary.
Gemstones Amber (warmth & confidence; conveys new insights. Physical: cleanses, purifies organism, digestive system, endocrine, liver). Apatite. Yellow Calcite. Citrine (develop self discipline to live in higher awareness). Malachite (emotionally responsive). Peridot (strengthen, regulate body). Rutilated Quartz. Sulphur (physical radiance). Tiger Eye (supports inner and outer vision, sharpens mind, helps us recognizes own faults). Yellow Topaz (confidence in expressing creative power). Green Tourmaline (strengthen physical to utilize spiritual force). Clear Quartz. Yellow and yellow–green stones.
Nature Experience Sunlight (corresponds to light of chakra), field of rape in bloom, ripe wheat field, sunflower (natural mandala).
Age 14 — 21. Selfless service helps.
Sensory Function Sight, eyes.
Body Issues: Parts, Glands, Hormones Lower back, abdominal cavity, digestive tract, stomach, liver, spleen, gall bladder, autonomic nervous system/pancreas (liver), insulin (gall bladder). Organ of cognition: eyes. Organ of action: anus.
Body Issues: Proper Functioning Immortality, authority, name, fame. Visualizations useful. Conquer sorrow & suffering: no matter what happens, won’t feel sad or miserable. Healing power, power of transmutation: blessing or curse, depending on how used. Enlightened, full of joy when open. Amount of light determines clearness of vision, quality see. Through integrity, gradually transfers yellow light of intellectual understanding into gold light of wisdom and abundance. Harmoniously functioning; feeling inner peace, inner harmony with Self, life in general, your place in life. Can accept self completely, also respect feelings and character traits of others. No matter what happens, won’t feel sad or miserable as true contentment, faith tht what is occuring is for the best; power of transmutation (blessing or curse, depending on how used). Shaping of being: power, authority, name and fame, developing ego. If inner eye, crown also open, recognize all visible matter consists of varying light vibrations, wishes fulfilled spontaneously as so closely connected to energy of light in all things that atttract everying in search of. Self control, warmth, humor, laughter.
Body Issues: Dark Aspects of Energy Misuse of personal power, recognition, even at expense of friends; can create suffering for others. Need to feel important and achieve outside material identification in world. Control others through anger. Walk with proud air, drunk with vanity. Concentrate on being fashionable. Maintains control of others through anger. Can create suffering for others.
Body Issues: Insufficient Functioning We directly perceive vibrations of other people and act accordingly through 3rd. If confronted with negative vibration, sudden contraction of 3rd chakra warns us; temporary protective measure, becomes superfluous when own inner light is strong enough to envelop body like protective sheath. Insufficient: makes feel dejected, discouraged; sees obstacles everywhere; free unfolding of personality strongly curtailed as child. As afraid, lose approval of authority, hold back expression of emotions, and smothering solar plexus.
Body Issues: disharmonious functioning When blocked, feel gloomy, unbalanced; project same sensations into world around so life either bright or dark. One-sided or malfunctioning: want to manipulate everything in accordance with own wishes, want to control your inner and outer worlds, to conquer and exercise power. Driven by inner restlessness and discontent. Probable experience of late acceptance during childhood, so unable to develop genuine sense of own worth, seek rewards can’t find in self or material world. Enormous urge to be active to cover up. Need inner serenity. Attitude of nothing is impossible lets you suppress manifestation of feeling as undesirable. Emotions stopped up. Occasional break throughs. Get highly upset easily; agitation, expression of anger swallowed.
Body Issues: Physical Problems digestive processes, metabolism, emotions, sympathetic nervous system.
Sleep Mode On back, 7-8 hours.
Spin of the Chakra (facing the body) Female: left. Male: right.
Occupations Those performing at high levels mentally, physically.
Yogic Discipline Karma Yoga (Realization of God through dedicated service, work).

Second: Sacral Chakra

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Name Svadishthana Chakra: “Dwelling place of the self”. Sacral Chakra or Cross Center (sometimes referred to as Spleen Center, which is actually a secondary center or the 3rd chakra).
Location Upper part of sacrum, approximately at upper limit of pubic hair, opens forward.
Symbol/Yantra 6-petaled lotus. Circle with crescent.
Basic Principles
Sensation. Creative reproduction of being—sensation. Acquire power of love; love everyone and loved by everyone. “I rejoice in my desires and my pleasures”. Reason. Home of intellect, logic, analysis.
Often considered real seat of Shakti, female aspect of God. Water. Physical level: decontaminating functions of kidneys and bladder: spiritual, liberated, free-flowing feelings enable see life ever-primordial and new. Lower/digestive: analyzes food ingested, separating useful and transforming for use. Higher: acceptance & integration of our feelings).
Primal feelings, flowing with life, sensuality, eroticism, creativity, awe and enthusiasm.
Ruling Planet Mercury
Astrological Sign Gemini. Cancer/Moon, Libra/Venus, Scorpio/Pluto.
Understanding Circular
Element Water (fertilizes, purifies, dissolves blockages)
Sounds D (re). 292.1 cycles per second. VAM. Flowing music (folk dances, dance music); birdsong, sound running water, splashing of small indoor or outdoor fountain. short “o”, as in “November”. Sets off circular movement: in many languages, sound expresses emotional amazement; at end, when approaches a “u”, awakens emotional depth, leads to circular unity where Yin/Yang interact to form harmonious whole.
Color Orange-Red. According to Ayurveda, is inner color of water. Encourages self-esteem, increases joy from sensual pleasures. Also blood red.
Deity Vishnu. Shakti: Rakini.
Animal Crocodile
Plants, Aromas Ylang-ylang oil (feel safe, encourages to entrust to flow of feeling; dammed up feelings dissolved and carried away), sandalwood (integrate spiritual energies on all levels of thinking, feeling, acting). These two are considered either very spiritual (high level consciousness or aphrodisiacs (low level consciousness).
Gemstones Amber. Carnelian (grounding energies into physical: brings into contact with beauty and creative energy of earth, helps live fully in present, stimulates concentration, brings back awe at miracles of Creation). Garnet (utilize of creative energy). Red Jasper. Moonstone (opens to own emotional richness, connects with sensitive, receptive, dreamlike part of self, accept it and integrate. Takes away fear of emotions, harmonizing effect; cleansing of blocked lymph glands, ensures female balanced hormone level). Ruby (creative energy developed to highest aspect of self). Red and Orange stones. Clear Quartz.
Nature Experience Moonlight (especially when full, brightens feelings, makes receptive to message of soul as revealed through dreams, imagination); clear water: if combine two, very beneficial.
Age 8 — 14
Sensory Function Taste
Body Issues: Parts, Glands, Hormones Genitals. Pelvic area, reproductive organs, kidneys, bladder, all liquids, such as blood, lymphatic fluid, digestive secretions, sperm (liver/digestive: analyzes food ingested, separating useful and transforming for use – higher, acceptance and integration of our feelings). Reproductive glands, ovaries, prostrate gland, testicles. Estrogens, testosterone. Organ of cognition: tongue. Organ of action: hands.
Body Issues: Proper Functioning Purifying, starts things to flow. Natural flow of life and feelings; of creative life energy flowing through body, soul, mind. Utilization of creative forces in all aspects being. Emotionally gratified. Creative reproduction of being: sensation, sexuality, family, fantasy. Primal feelings, flowing with life, sensuality, eroticism, creativity, awe and enthusiasm.
Body Issues: Dark Aspects of Energy Here people fall from path of light and truth: lower vital sex forces try lower consciousness of seekers but if can bring down purity from hearth chakra, ok.
Body Issues: Insufficient Functioning Usually traced back to childhood: parents suppress sexuality, transfer it. During puberty, you suppress sexual feelings, result in lack of self-esteem, emotional paralysis, sexual coldness: life seems dreary and not worth living.
Body Issues: disharmonious functioning Often originates during puberty with rules imposed by society, parents; negation or excessive fantasies or sex as drug. Lose sense of wonder at miracles of life. Restless, confused.
Body Issues: Physical Problems Impotence, frigidity. Affected by cycles of moon/emotions. Envy, jealousy.
Sleep Mode Prenatal position, 8 — 10 hours
Spin of the Chakra (facing the body) Female: right. Male: left.
Occupations When educated: logic, analysis. Pundits, pragmatists.
Yogic Discipline Tantra Yoga (sees nature as play between female and male energies, Shiva/Shakti, who bring forth visible world in never-ending dance of Creation).