pecuilar chakra description

[rygoody]

I'm reading Christopher Hyatt - Undoing yourself with energized meditation, it's a very interesting book I'd recommend if not for more than the entertainment value and analyzing the way he writes, it's very peculiar.

But in it, he describes the chakra system.

BRIEF MEANINGS AND LOCATION OF
THE CHAKRAS

Sahasrara — Beyond the Chakra Centers. Above the head.
Technically not a Chakra, although many call it one. Might be
considered Kether, mixing with Ain Soph. This center is beyond
language.

Ajna Chakra — #6 Located between the eyebrows. Relates to the
region of the Mind-Ether. The color is white. Beyond the notion
of dimensions. The pure Mind. Divine Union of personal self
with the Collective Self. Power to leave the body at will. The
ability of the True Seer.

Visuddha Chakra — #5 Location, the throat region. Relates to
Sound and Ether. Color is smoky purple. Power; freedom from
possession by worldly activities, complete knowledge is
obtained, of the past, present and future. Mandala is a circle.
Animal is elephant. The organ is the mouth.

Anahata Chakra — #4 Location, the heart region. Relates to the
Air. The sense of touch and feelings. Color of the petals is blood
red. Power of hearing with the inner ear of OM. Power to protect
and destroy the three worlds. Mandala is hexagram. Animal is
the antelope. Organ is the penis.

Manipuraka Chakra — #3 Location, the diaphragm-navel region.
Relates to Fire. The Sense is sight and "emotions." The color of
heavy rain clouds, dark blue. Power to create and destroy worlds
and the wealth of personal knowledge. Mandala is triangle.
Animal is the ram. Organ is the anus.

Svadhisthana Chakra — #2 Located slightly above the genital
region. The Sense is taste. Color on the petals is vermilion.
Relates to Water. Power of well reasoned discourse, or verse,
imagination. Freedom from enemies. Mandala is the crescent.
Animal is the alligator. Organ is the hand.

Muladhara Chakra — #1 Location, the anal area. Relates to the
earth. The sense is smell. Color is crimson. Power of Speech
and eternal knowledge. Mandala is the square. The animal is the
elephant. The organ is the feet.

Note: The locations given above reflect spheres of psycho/
bio/spiritual energy, which in fact are more sublime than the
physical regions mentioned. However, by focusing on these
areas you will achieve proper results.

The thing to note about Hyatt is he also utilizes the tree of life in his practice. Which is why the association of kether is said. Which may attribute to this odd chakra model. It could be his own fabrication of mixing the tree of life and chakra models. He also has occult history, is this a model from occult past?

But anyways, I'm wondering. Can anyone of you give me some more understanding on chakra in general? I've read alot of things online and used alot of them. But this one is different, most notably the colors and the notions it has to bodily connects.

What exactly is this model hyatt describe coming from? And are there other models of the chakra systems out there? Do you guys have any links to other types of descriptions?

[Stookie]

It sounds very much like a Kaballistic model. Each chakra is associated with a particular sphere on the tree of life. Each sphere has it's own symbols, colors, shapes, etc. The symbols & colors he associates with each chakra are the ones associated with the corresponding sphere. Malkuth corresponds to the lower "earth" chakra, Yesod to the 2nd or "sexual" chakra, I believe Tiphareth is the "heart" chakra, Kether is the "crown" chakra, and the horizontal paths equate to the others.

I'm no expert though. I'm sure there are people out there with more knowledge on Kabbalah and the Tree of Life than I have.

[Mez]

I've never heard of that chakra model before... the colours really. Normally it goes (from bottom to top) red, orange, yellow, green, sky blue, purple, white. Each chakra is associated with specific organs and emotions.

[Stookie]

It's not really a chakra model. The Tree of Life is like a map of both the body and the universe (microcosm & macrocosm), and can be used for everything non-physical. It contains symbols from different cultures, religions, philosophies, astrology, tarot, etc.

In this case I'm guessing that the original writer was associating symbols from the Tree of Life with particular chakras. It's really interesting, yet kind of complicated. "The Mystical Qabala" by Dion Fortune is an awesome book on the subject.

[volcomstone]

Symbolism is a crutch, learn to find the meaning behind the symbols.  Used as a general road map, I would say that this chakra description is no better or worse than other representations.

     If you are able to map your own chakras, then you would definatly have an advantage, as everyone processes information  in a different manner. (all depending on your genetics and life experiences).

   A skeleton key may fit many locks, but was never intended for a particular lock.

[Kazbadan]

What you guys reach with chakras? really, not being ironic...do you feel different, is your life different due to chakkra stimulation?

thanks

[Stookie]

Symbolism is a crutch, learn to find the meaning behind the symbols.

Yeah, symbolism is pointless if you don't know the language.

What you guys reach with chakras? really, not being ironic...do you feel different, is your life different due to chakkra stimulation?

To be honest, I don't know. I tend to do basic energy work, but not chakra specific exercises. It helps with focus & concentration, and after about 10-15 minutes my brain starts releasing endorphins. Doing this in the morning starts me off feeling fresh & awake & in a good mood. At the same time could very well just be a mind/body technique not really doing anything on "chakras". I tend to have more "experiences" when I spend a lot of time doing energy work, but I'm open to the fact that it may really just be a way to focus my intention towards things non-physical.

In other words, I'm still figuring it out for myself.

[Kazbadan]

oh i see. btw, what kind of technique do you use for energy releasing?

[rygoody]

What you guys reach with chakras? really, not being ironic...do you feel different, is your life different due to chakkra stimulation?

thanks

If you consider all of life a metaphor, which it is, consider any metaphor can fit the slot.

Really, any and everything you experience never leaves the realm of 'synapses in your brain'. Really, it's always just synapses firing off stimuli of metaphors in -reality-. Which when I say metaphor and that all of life is a metaphor, I mean that literally and to an extreme sense. Every light impulse your eyes take in is just a metaphor for -it-. Every vibration your ears perceive are just a metaphor for -it-. Every action or process you carry out is just a metaphor for -it-. What -it- is, it's the great euphemism for life. It's the firing of your synapses to produce ecstatic, fun, joy.

Now under the guise that everything is a metaphor consider for a moment. That even your job to attain wealth, relaxation, warmth, nourishment, in itself is a metaphor. That your significant other is yet another metaphor. Your loved one is not /literally/ love, it is literally firing the synapses of your brain, your loved one is just a very powerful metaphor for those firing of synapses. One that can fire them so damn well, so efficiently and of the same manner each time many people just call their significant other /love/, but in the most broken down sense, the loved one is still a metaphor for love. Everything is a metaphor for the great euphemism of life.

Metaphor, all reality is a metaphor and it is metaphor that controls everything you perceive.

So under this guise. What are chakra points? They are yet another metaphor, a great euphemism for life. But one I choose to use and incorporate into myself over all the other metaphors because. Within the metaphor of chakra points you have everything you need right there. Ground, support, base chakra, up to pure love, green chakra, up to mystical insight and wisdom, brow chakra. Plus all the other ones inbetween, then also, your connection to 'higher' on the top of your head.

Now some people go around making physiological charts of endogenous glands of the body, or doing some other justification. For me, the justification is merely that, the metaphor works. Which may sound absurd, "how can focusing on colors and energies in your body just work?". Well I would ask, considering that when you get right down to the basics, it's all just synapses firing in your brain, how is someone going to a job, someone skydiving etc. Any less of a metaphor for the great euphemism of life than chakras?

It's all just synapses firing. The difference being is, I've wired the synapses in my brain in a certain way through meta-programming (metaphor programming, read about Tim Leary and Anton Wilson) to create all feelings I want off metaphors my imagination creates. I do not need the metaphor of a loved one to feel love for all. I do not need the metaphor of the earth flying up at me at the speed of gravity to feel intensity. I don't need the metaphor of some God standing in front of me to get mystical insights. Since I'm so attuned to the metaphor of chakra points, since my brain is so wired to function off them, that I can just focus on them and get any feeling I want.

Of course though, don't misunderstand, that doesn't mean I don't wanna get up and go do awesome stuff. Quite the opposite really. I just know I don't always have to be doing this "some""thing" to get at having a sense of fulfillment.

If you wanna kick up the crazy a notch. You could start throwing in Quantum Theory and say by, observing quantum particles in yourself to be chakra points, then you will pull the chakra points into concressence. You can observe yourself in ways and develop that way. I personally believe any underlying 'energy' system of the body resides at the quantum level of our being. And going by currently evidenced Quantum Theory, observing quantum particles, makes those particles concrescent, existing. So observing chakra points in your quantum layer, your 'energy' layer/system. You may actually be, literally, manifesting energy controls in yourself. Which don't forget, we are quantum particles.

With all that in mind, I completely agree with volcomstone. Symbolism is a crutch it would be best to develop your own chakra model. Which is what I was sort of doing with this thread, I was wanting to hunt down as many different models of chakras as I can possibly find and see what similarities and differences they contain. Typically that helps me get to the core of myself. You know, sort of like, if you do this as well, I went around and studied every religion until I found my own personal one I've developed for myself.

Furthermore, with all that in mind, if you guys want a tip from my experience. When developing chakra points, just do meditations on merely observing them. Nothing more. Close your eyes, perceive your body with your minds eye, see the chakra system laid over you. Move your arms and body around in yogic ways, feeling there relation to chakras. Run your hands up and down your body, feeling more heat emanating from your chakra points. Maybe try to hear a resonating vibration. Pull in ALL your senses in observing the chakras in you. I don't know how you could smell or taste them, but if you figure out a way do it. Remember senses are all just manifestations of the same core sense 'feeling'. That in the base all perception intermingles into different and comes out in different senses, that our mind at its core is pure synaethsia. So observing the chakras with ALL senses will only help.