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Fourth: Heart Chakra

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Name Anahata Chakra: “The unstruck or soundless sound”. Heart Chakra, Heart Center. Location Center of chest (breastbone), rib cage, lungs, thoracic cavity, opens forward/backward. Physical heart on left; spiritual heart on right; heart chakra in center. The Divine Heart embodies universal consciousness. Symbol/Yantra 12-petaled lotus. Hexagon: shows how lower three and higher chakras permeate each other. Basic Principles Love. Devotion, oneness. Direct cognition. Self-abandon. “I am the source of unlimited love.” Energizes the body with life force, blood circulation. Unconditional love, forgiveness, compassion, understanding, oneness with life, harmony, contentment. Bhakti yoga. Center entire chakra system; connects 3 lower physical and emotional centers to 3 higher mental and spiritual centers. Ability to empathize, sympathize, attune and join with cosmic vibrations. Perceive beauty in all. Images, words and sounds transformed into feelings. Purpose to achieve perfect union through love. Completely open: center of true unconditional love which exists only for own sake and so cannot be possessed or lost. When working with all other chakras in harmony, transforms you into channel divine love. Heart Energies can change world around you and unite, reconcile, heal people in surroundings. Energy is self-generating and self-emanating. Inspire others as feel peace & calm in your presence. Unfolding qualities of the heart, love, compassion, sharing, heartfelt empathy, selflessness, devotion, healing. Power unbelievable. Free access to both visible and invisible worlds. Time and space surrender. Can travel anyplace in the world in a few seconds in subtle body. Danger: if not get proper sanction other centers, or not cooperate, not let soul back in: must take permission of inner pilot. Ruling Planet Venus (lunar, feminine) Astrological Sign Leo/Sun, Libra/Venus, Saturn. Understanding Circular, expanding in all directions. Meditate on breath and heartbeat. Element Air (flexibility of heart). Formless, without smell or taste. Air is responsible for movement, this chakra is movement in all directions. Sounds F (fa). 349.2 cycles per second. YAM (slowly and sweetly). Classical music, New Age music, sacred music. “Ahh” (direct awareness of heart, as in exclamation “Ah!”). Most open of all sounds, represents greatest possible richness of expression available to human voice; unbiased acceptance of all manifestation. A sound babies use to comment on their experiences. Art/music of this chakra is synchronized with rhythm of the heart, and thus with rhythm of cosmos. Color Smokey Green (healing, sympathy, harmony). If light green in heart chakra, well-developed ability to heal (color of meadows, forest, receptive to reconciliation; regenerating). Pink (loosen tension in heart, bring back childlike feelings of happiness; stimulate creative activity). God (golden aura interwoven with pink—person lives in pure, selfless love of divine). Deity Rudra Siva. Shakti: Kakini. Animal Deer, antelope. Plants, Aromas Rose oil (attar of roses: most harmonizing of all scents). Gemstones Green aventurine. Green calcite. Pink calcite. Emerald (draws healing energies from cosmos to earth; regenerates, rejuvenates, refreshes; all-embracing love; challenges you to equal its brilliant light, shows you areas where not yet the case. Jade (peace, harmony, wisdom, fairness, modesty; brings relief if restless, lets sleep peacefully, relaxes heart, makes us calm). Kunzite (higher aspects; combines tender pink of higher love with violet of crown chakra to support union with divine; makes you straightforward and will always lead you back onto this path if you ever leave it). Moonstone (lower aspects; balances emotions). Opal (lower aspects; conscious intention of emotions). Rose Quartz (higher aspects, development of self love, heals wounds of heart caused by hardness, lack of consideration or carelessness; makes you receptive to beauties of creation). Rhodachrosite (lower planes: moves energy of heart or navel). Rhodonite. Green Tourmaline. Pink Tourmaline (leads out of narrow emotional structures, opens and expands heart; when edged in green unites expansive qualities pink with healing, vibrating green). Clear Quartz. Pink and green stones. Nature Experience Untouched nature (quiet walk through unspoiled green countryside), blossoms (message of love, innocent joy, lets bloom in heart; pink flowers especially), pink sky with gossamer clouds. Age 21 — 28. Bhakti or faith. Sensory Function Feeling, touch (ability establish contact, willingness to be touched and in touch with all things). Ability to empathize. Body Issues: Parts, Glands, Hormones Upper back, heart, rib cage and chest cavity, lower lungs, blood, circulatory system, skin, hands. Thymus gland. Thymus hormone. Organ of cognition: skin. Organ of action: genitals. Body Issues: Proper Functioning If this chakra is open, all other chakras come into alignment with it. Compassion, ability to see and feel through eyes and hearts of other person without losing or betraying self. Perpetually happy; no longer any concern for worldly pleasures, honors, humiliations; desires cease to be a problem; live in harmony with internal/external worlds; energy, self-generating and self-emanating. Love, faith, devotion, duty. Inspire others to feel peace, calm in presence. Time and space surrender; can travel any place in the world; Divine Heart embodies universal consciousness. Helps redefine perception accompanying opening of third eye, for devotion of heart makes us receptive to subtler aspects of Creation. Higher capacities of the third eye develop concurrently with the unfolding of the heart chakra. For this reason, many spiritual disciples East and West concentrate on opening of heart chakra. Harmonious functioning: understand life in purest form: an everlasting expression of divine love and bliss. Body Issues: Dark Aspects of Energy Body Issues: Insufficient Functioning Completely shut: coldness, indifference, “heartlessness”; to feel anything requires strong external stimulation; out of balance, suffer from depression. Vulnerable to injury, dependent on love, affection of others; when experiencing rejection, deeply hurt, especially since you had the courage to open self up. When this happens, feel like withdrawing into shell, are sad and depressed. Body Issues: disharmonious functioning Want be there for others, give freely but without being connected with the source of love, without being conscious of it; expect recognition, reassurance for all the “love” you give, feel disappointed when efforts not appreciated. Feel powerful enough to give away some of your strength, incapable of accepting love others want to give you, unable to open self to receiving. Tenderness, softness make you feel embarrassed. Body Issues: Physical Problems Asthma, high blood pressure, heart disease, lung disease, widened, overly expanded thorax (indicates inner armor and defense against all sorts of attack; pain). Sleep Mode On left side, 5-6 hours. Spin of the Chakra (facing the body) Female: right. Male: left. Occupations Guides, counselors, mentors, problem solvers. Yogic Discipline Bhakti Yoga (realization of divine through devotion, love of God; devotees relate everything to God).

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).

First: Root/Base Chakra

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Name Muladhara Chakra: “Foundation”. Root Center, Base Chakra, Coccyx Center, Root Support. Location Base of trunk. Between anus & genitals, connected to Coccyx, opens downward. Symbol/Yantra 4 red-orange petals, chrome–gold inside. Basic Principles Survival. Physical will to be. Grounding, feeling love of universe, security. “I rejoice in my physical existence.” Connects us with physical world: transfers cosmic energies to physical and earthly level, lets earthly energy stream into our subtle system. The memory center. Creates a consciousness of time through the power of memory, travel through time through memory. Primal vital energy, primal trust, relating to Earth and the material world, stability, the power to succeed. Ruling Planet Mars (solar, masculine) Astrological Sign Aries. Aries/Mars, Taurus, Scorpio/Pluto, Capricorn/Saturn (in Ayurvedic teachings: the Sun). Understanding Linear Element Earth Sounds Lower C (do). 261.2 cycles per second. LAM (said powerfully). Strongly rhythmic (stomping beat). Monotonous, emphatic rhythms: ancient music of primitive tribes. Sounds of nature. U (“ooh”). Color Fiery red, also black. If red, tinged with blue, helps permeate vital with spiritual energy. Healthy chakra glows fiery red. Deity Brahma, Ganesh. Shakti: Dakini. Animal Elephant Plants, Aromas Cedar (serenity, feeling security), clove (dissolves dammed up energies in root chakra, liberating self from old social patterns). Gemstones Agate (seriousness, firmness, equanimity, dissolves negative emotions, protects inner self, stimulates esteem for own body). Bloodstone (blood jasper: cleansing, energizing of creative, feeling security within natural life cycle). Carnelian. Garnet (drive, willpower, self-confidence: helps heal diseases of genitals). Hematite (strength, energy). Red Jasper. Obsidian (awakening dormant unmanifested potential). Black Onyx. Red coral (encourages flexibility, remain rooted within Self while flowing along with life). Rhodonite. Ruby (harmonic synthesis between physical and spiritual love). Smokey Quartz. Black Tourmaline. Red & Black stones. Clear Quartz. All here help strengthen blood system in some way. Nature Experience Dawn, sunset, fresh soil. Age Child 1 — 7 acts from here, acquires language skills, relationships, cultural ways. Sensory Function Smell Body Issues: Parts, Glands, Hormones Everything solid, spine, bones, teeth, nails, legs, anus, rectum, colon, intestines, prostrate gland, blood, cell multiplication. Glands: suprarenal. Hormones: adrenaline, noradrenalin. Organ of cognition: nose. Organ of action: feet. Body Issues: Proper Functioning Ground spiritual forces in body, gain ability to work lovingly on physical plane. Primal vital energy, primal trust, relating to earth and the material world, stability, the power to succeed, health, courage, patience, security. Body Issues: Dark Aspects of Energy Violent behavior based on insecurity. A fearful person may strike out blindly like a cornered animal. Body Issues: Insufficient Functioning Physical condition weak, lack physical and emotional stamina. Worry, uncertainty. Life is a burden. If higher chakras developed to detriment of the lower, sense not belong on earth; feels fearful, anxious, angry and frustrated. Blocked: feel fearful, anxious, angry & frustrated. Body Issues: disharmonious functioning Thoughts and actions revolve around material possessions and security, or sensual indulgences and thrills. If challenged, easily irritated or upset. Body Issues: Physical Problems Constipation and overweight (inability to let go, desire to maintain possessions). Anorexia (if sacral and solar plexus also blocked). Obesity, hemorrhoids, constipation, sciatica, degenerative arthritis, knee problems. Sleep Mode On stomach, 10-12 hours. Spin of the Chakra (facing the body) Female: left. Male: right. Occupations Yogic Discipline Hatha Yoga (unfolding of awareness through cleansing, stimulating physical body through exercise), Kundalini Yoga.