What are the Chakras?

Who hasn’t heard about the chakras? In some way, they seem to always show up when discussing spirituality, don’t they? And there is a very good reason for that. The chakras are directly linked with our spiritual development. Although you don’t need to know their functions, names and colours to progress in your spiritual development, it’s worth being aware of the details.

I’ll start from the basic information and progress to the more advanced throughout the week, this way every one of you can take some value from the information given.

Today we will be exploring what the chakras actually are.

Around the physical body, we have 7 subtle bodies. These are called the Etheric, Emotional, Mental, Astral, Spiritual, Celestial and Causal bodies. Each of these bodies rule different aspects of our existence and they are all connected by the energy centres that we call chakras.

The Chakras are energy centres, just like portals, that allow vital universal energy to flow. It can flow from the Source, the Universe, through the subtle bodies until it reaches the physical body, or it can flow from the physical body all the way through the subtle bodies and connect to the Source.

When flowing down in the direction of the physical body, the vital energy received keeps the body alive, and when going up, away from the body back to the Source, the universal energy will transmute and heal lower energies.

When the universal energy is free and unblocked, it will naturally flow in and out your body keeping you in an optimal condition, but there are times when the chakras can become blocked or unbalanced. When this happens, it can affect the natural flow of energy cutting it off from the organs which are ruled by the blocked chakra, and this can become an actual physical or mental problem.

The chakras can become blocked or unbalanced due to many different reasons, but the most common causes are unprocessed emotional stress, the entertaining of negative thoughts or even the way we see ourselves, others and the world. The chakras are very sensitive to changes in energy, so it helps keeping our emotions and general wellbeing in check.

On the next post I will be looking at the names, colours and functions of each chakra.

Stay tuned!