and the testes in the male). It is the color orange and governs one’s creative attitudes in relationships, sex, and reproduction.
The third chakra is located in the solar plexus. Its glandular externalization manifests in the pancreas and it governs the action of the liver, stomach, gallbladder, spleen, and certain aspects of the nervous system. This chakra is the clearinghouse for emotional sensitivities and issues of personal power. Its color is seen as yellow.
Sensitives often comment that they see most people who have emotional attachments to children and loved ones “leaking” from the third chakra. The yellow color spills out of its center and depletes the energy of the individual experiencing concern, possessiveness, and proprietary interest in the lives of those they love. This does not mean one should not be concerned, for instance, about one’s children. But the concern should be in terms of the child’s well-being, not for the relief of one’s own possessive anxiety.
This third chakra gives all of us more problems than any other because it is essentially the “seat of emotional living.” Out of unbalanced emotions come ulcers, digestive problems, and liver, spleen, and pancreatic troubles. The positive and negative energypolarities are located in the solar plexus chakra, which, when balanced, is bi-polar, meaning that the positive (masculine-yang) and negative (female-yin) are perfectly harmonious. When a person crosses his arms in front of his solar plexus, he is blocking off the energy of that potential balance by adopting a defensive posture; or to put it another way, he is protecting his feelings by crossing his arms.
When a person is overwhelmed with emotion there is an automatic triggering of an almost involuntary act called crying. When tears well up, if allowed to proceed, they often lead to sobbing. The physical act of sobbing produces a gentle—or sometimes not so gentle—massage of the solar plexus. The deep and heavy sob caresses the solar plexus, which can then relax, releasing the pent-up emotion that it was unable to process in the first place. “Having a good cry” enables the third, yellow, chakra at the solar plexus center to reestablish its balance and release itself from emotional overload.
If the sobbing doesn’t bring this about, sometimes a person will vomit. The act of vomiting activates the diaphragm muscles. The diaphragm itself is a dome-shaped muscle that separates the lower three chakras from the upper four chakras. Vomiting actually clears out the physical manifestation of what is causing the emotional overload. That is why we feel so “spacey” and mellow after a good cry or a purging vomit! It is the body’s defense mechanism against feeling more of an emotional overload than it is able to handle.
The fourth chakra is called the heart chakra. Its glandular externalization manifests in the thymus. The fourth chakra governs the heart, blood, and circulatory system. It has a strong influence on the vagus nerve, located in the brain, and also governs the immune and endocrine systems. Its color, usually seen as green , depends on the level of clairvoyant perspective from which it is viewed.
When I began meditating on the heart chakra, I soon realized that the key word was acceptance— acceptance of others, and acceptance of the love within self. It is often said that when we pray we speak to God. Meditation is when God speaks to us through the God within via the communicative centers of energy. Achieving true meditation on all the chakras is a path to complete inner peace.
The Sanskrit word for the heart center is anahata. It means “that which is ever new, that which is self-sustaining.” Through the heart chakra we “fall in love.” Instinctively, when we recognize the attraction in another we move from the heart chakra down to the yellow solar plexus chakra of emotional integration, to the bright orange sexual chakra, which is motivated by love, and finally
The third chakra is located in the solar plexus. Its glandular externalization manifests in the pancreas and it governs the action of the liver, stomach, gallbladder, spleen, and certain aspects of the nervous system. This chakra is the clearinghouse for emotional sensitivities and issues of personal power. Its color is seen as yellow.
Sensitives often comment that they see most people who have emotional attachments to children and loved ones “leaking” from the third chakra. The yellow color spills out of its center and depletes the energy of the individual experiencing concern, possessiveness, and proprietary interest in the lives of those they love. This does not mean one should not be concerned, for instance, about one’s children. But the concern should be in terms of the child’s well-being, not for the relief of one’s own possessive anxiety.
This third chakra gives all of us more problems than any other because it is essentially the “seat of emotional living.” Out of unbalanced emotions come ulcers, digestive problems, and liver, spleen, and pancreatic troubles. The positive and negative energypolarities are located in the solar plexus chakra, which, when balanced, is bi-polar, meaning that the positive (masculine-yang) and negative (female-yin) are perfectly harmonious. When a person crosses his arms in front of his solar plexus, he is blocking off the energy of that potential balance by adopting a defensive posture; or to put it another way, he is protecting his feelings by crossing his arms.
When a person is overwhelmed with emotion there is an automatic triggering of an almost involuntary act called crying. When tears well up, if allowed to proceed, they often lead to sobbing. The physical act of sobbing produces a gentle—or sometimes not so gentle—massage of the solar plexus. The deep and heavy sob caresses the solar plexus, which can then relax, releasing the pent-up emotion that it was unable to process in the first place. “Having a good cry” enables the third, yellow, chakra at the solar plexus center to reestablish its balance and release itself from emotional overload.
If the sobbing doesn’t bring this about, sometimes a person will vomit. The act of vomiting activates the diaphragm muscles. The diaphragm itself is a dome-shaped muscle that separates the lower three chakras from the upper four chakras. Vomiting actually clears out the physical manifestation of what is causing the emotional overload. That is why we feel so “spacey” and mellow after a good cry or a purging vomit! It is the body’s defense mechanism against feeling more of an emotional overload than it is able to handle.
The fourth chakra is called the heart chakra. Its glandular externalization manifests in the thymus. The fourth chakra governs the heart, blood, and circulatory system. It has a strong influence on the vagus nerve, located in the brain, and also governs the immune and endocrine systems. Its color, usually seen as green , depends on the level of clairvoyant perspective from which it is viewed.
When I began meditating on the heart chakra, I soon realized that the key word was acceptance— acceptance of others, and acceptance of the love within self. It is often said that when we pray we speak to God. Meditation is when God speaks to us through the God within via the communicative centers of energy. Achieving true meditation on all the chakras is a path to complete inner peace.
The Sanskrit word for the heart center is anahata. It means “that which is ever new, that which is self-sustaining.” Through the heart chakra we “fall in love.” Instinctively, when we recognize the attraction in another we move from the heart chakra down to the yellow solar plexus chakra of emotional integration, to the bright orange sexual chakra, which is motivated by love, and finally
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