For years I’ve seen our seven-chakra energy body simply as a quasi-physical aspect of our internal organs and systems [side note: it’s utterly fascinating the level to which we can manipulate this non-physical, essential aspect of ourselves!].
Today one of my QiGong teachers explained the chakra system from a different perspective: as the seven phases we pass thru from unconscious to conscious form. Paraphrasing:
We evolve (or not) through seven phases during life [corresponding with our chakras from the bottom up]:
- Elimination – necessary to exist
- Procreation – necessary to continue to exist
- Sustenance – corresponds with the basic “stuff” necessary to sustain life
- Love – the middle or heart chakra; from here we either live loving 1 thru 3, or (with 5) we ascend to 6 and 7
- Knowledge – comes from contemplation; necessary to unlock the higher levels of living consciously
- Awareness – comes from observation; we become aware of the existence of 7
- Presence – comes from meditation; the state of mindful consciousness; “You have form; it no longer has you.
I hope this resonates half as strongly within you as it does me. The trick to lessening suffering in our lives is to recognize it’s energetic, seasonal, and cyclical nature – and
go with the flow!
If you need help deciphering Patanjali’s map, call me – that’s why I’m here!
Blessings, Skip
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