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Chakras – Your Energetic Being

The body contains seven energy centers, known as chakras. Together, these energy
centers — data banks, as I like to call them — are an archetypal depiction of your
individual maturation through seven distinct stages.

Chakra 1
The first chakra is the foundation of emotional and mental health. Your connection to
traditional familial beliefs supports the formation of identity and a sense of belonging to a
group.

Sacred Truth: All is One


You are connected to all of life. Every choice you make and every belief you hold exerts
influence upon the whole of life.

Organs
Base of spine, legs, bones, feet, rectum, immune system.

Effects
Chronic lower back pain, rectal and immune disorders, depression, multiple personality
disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, addictions, sciatica, varicose veins.

Issues
Physical family and group safety and security, ability to provide for life’s necessities and
stand up for yourself, feeling at home, social and familial law and order, abandonment
fears, family bonding, identity, tribal honor code, support and loyalty.

Self-Examination

1. What belief patters did you inherit from your family?


2. Do all of them still have authority over you?
3. What superstitions do you have? Which have more authority over you than your
own reasoning ability?

Chakra 2
The second chakra is your center of personal power, creativity, sexuality, and finances.
Issues of physical survival, control, and one-on-one relationships are at the core of this
energy center.

Sacred Truth: Honor One Another


Every relationship you develop, from casual to intimate, helps you become more
conscious. No union is without spiritual virtue.

Organs
Lower abdomen to navel, sexual organs, large intestine, lower vertebrae, pelvis,
appendix, bladder, hip area.

Effects
Arthritis, chronic lower back or hip pain, sciatica, pelvic/low back pain, sexual potency,
urinary problems, prostate or ovarian/uterine illnesses, fibroids, menopause severity.

Issues
Fear of loss of control, through events such as addiction, rape, betrayal, impotence,
financial loss, or abandonment by partners or colleagues, ability to take risks, personal
identity, blame, guilt, money, sex, power, control, creativity, ethics, honor in relationships,
decision-making ability, power to rebel.

Self-Examination

1. How do you define creativity? Do you consider yourself a creative person? Do you
follow through on your creative ideas?
2. Do you often direct your creative energies into negative paths of expression? Do
you exaggerate or embellish “facts” to support your point of view?
3. Are you comfortable with your sexuality? If not, are you working toward healing
your sexual imbalances? Do you use people for sexual pleasure, or have you felt
used? Do you honor your own sexual boundaries?
Chakra 3
The third chakra furthers the development of self esteem and personality, separate from
your tribal identity. This is where you learn to draw and maintain strong boundaries and a
personal code of honor.

Sacred Truth: Honor Oneself


Be mature and honorable in the relationship you have with yourself and accept
responsibility for the person you have become.

Organs
Abdomen, stomach, upper intestines, liver, gallbladder, kidney, pancreas, adrenal glands,
spleen, middle spine behind the solar plexus.

Effects
Arthritis, gastric or duodenal ulcers, colon/intestinal problems, pancreatitis/diabetes,
chronic or acute indigestion, anorexia, bulimia, liver dysfunctions, hepatitis, adrenal
dysfunction.

Issues
Trust, fear, intimidation, self esteem, self-confidence, self-respect, ambition, courage,
ability to handle crisis, care of yourself and others, sensitivity to criticism, personal honor,
fear of rejection and looking foolish, physical appearance anxieties, strength of character.

Self-Examination

1. Do you like yourself? What don’t you like and why? Are you actively working to
change the things about yourself you don’t like?
2. Are you honest? Do you sometimes misrepresent the truth? Why?
3. Are you critical of others? Do you blame others as a way of protecting yourself?
Chakra 4
Here lies the powerhouse of the human energy system. From its middle position, the
fourth chakra mediates between the body and spirit, and determines their health, strength,
and balance.

Sacred Truth: Love is Divine Power


Emotional energy — love — is the central power point and true motivator of you body,
mind and spirit.

Organs
Center of the chest, heart and circulatory system, lungs, shoulders, arms and hands,
ribs/breasts, diaphragm, thymus glands.

Effects
Congestive heart failure, heart attack, mitral valve prolapse, cardiomegaly, asthma/allergy,
lung cancer, bronchial pneumonia, upper back, shoulder pain, breast cancer.

Issues
Love, hatred, bitterness, grief, anger, jealousy, inability to forgive, self-centeredness, fears
of loneliness, commitment and betrayal, compassion, hope trust, ability to heal yourself
and others.

Self-Examination

1. What emotional memories do you still need to heal?


2. What relationships in your life require healing?
3. Do you ever use emotional wounds to control people or situations? If so, describe
them.
Chakra 5
The fifth chakra is the center of your struggle with choice and the ability to release your
will to Divine guidance. Its essence is faith – faith in our fears or faith in the Divine.

Sacred Truth: Surrender Personal Will to Divine Will


Your every choice, thought and feeling has biological, environmental, social, personal, and
global consequence. Actions motivated by personal will that trusts Divine authority, give
you the richest power.

Organs
Throat, thyroid, trachea, neck vertebrae, mouth, teeth, gums, jaw, esophagus, parathyroid,
hypothalamus.

Effects
Raspy throat, chronic sore throat, mouth ulcers, gum difficulties, TMJ, scoliosis, laryngitis,
swollen glands, thyroid problems.

Issues
Choice and strength of will, personal expression, following your dreams, using personal
power to create, addiction, judgement, criticism, faith, knowledge, capacity to make
decisions.

Self-Examination

1. What is your definition of being “strong willed”?


2. Who are the people that have control over your willpower, and why?
3. Do you seek to control others? If so, who are they, and why do you need to control
them?
Chakra 6
The sixth chakra is the energy center of intuition, intellect and reasoning. Known as the
“third eye”, it involves our mental abilities, and our psychological skill at evaluating our
beliefs and attitudes.

Sacred Truth: Seek Only the Truth


Continually search for the difference between truth and illusion, the two forces present at
every moment. Trust what you cannot see far more than what you can see.

Organs
Brain, nervous system, eyes, ears, nose, pineal gland, pituitary gland.

Effects
Brain tumor, hemorrhage, stroke, neurological disturbances, blindness, deafness, full
spinal difficulties, learning disabilities, seizures.

Issues
Self-evaluation, truth, intellectual abilities, feelings of inadequacy, openness to the ideas
of others, ability to learn from experience, emotional intelligence.

Self-Examination

1. Do you often interpret the actions of others in a negative way? If so, why?
2. What negative patterns continually surface in your relationships with others?
3. What attitudes do you have that disempower you?
Chakra 7
The seventh chakra is our connection to our spiritual nature and our capacity to allow
spirituality to become an integral part of our physical lives.

Sacred Truth: Live in the Present Moment


Achieve a personal relationship with the Divine. All physical, psychological and emotional
illusions or fears need to be removed from your life. Let go of the past, do not anticipate
the future and live in the presence of the Divine.

Organs
Muscular system, skeletal system and skin.

Effects
Energetic disorders, spiritual depression, chronic exhaustion that is not linked to a
physical disorder and extreme sensitivities to light, sound and other environmental factors.

Issues
Ability to trust life, values, ethics, courage, humanitarianism, selflessness, ability to see
the larger pattern, faith, inspiration, spirituality and devotion.

Self-Examination

1. What guidance have you sought during meditation or praying?


2. What type of guidance do you fear the most?
3. Do you bargain with the Divine? Do you complain to the Divine more than you
express gratitude?

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