The Locations and Functions of the Seven Chakras

Locations:

The location of the seven major chakras on the physical body corresponds to the major nerve plexuses of the physical body in that area of the body....

Each major chakra on the front of the body is paired with its counterpart on the back of the body, and together they are considered to be the front and rear aspect of one chakra. the frontal aspects are related to the person's feelings, the rear ones to his or her will, and the three on the head to a person's mental processes...Chakras 1 and 7 may be considered to be paired if one wishes, because they are the open-ended points of the main vertical power current that runs up and down the spine into which all the chakras point.

The points or tips of the chakras, where they connect to the main power current, are called the roots or hearts of the chakras. Within these hearts are seals which control exchange of energy between layers of the aura through tht chakra. That is, each of the seven chakras has seven layers, each corresponding to a layer of the auric field....

Energy can be seen flowing into all of these chakras from the Universal Energy Field. Each swirling vortex of energy appears to suck or entrain energy from the UEF. They appear to function as do fluid vortexes we are familiar with in water or air such as whirlpools, cyclones, water spouts and hurricanes. the open end of a normal chakra in the first layer of the aura is about six inches in diameter at a distance of one inch from the body.

Functions

Each of these vortices exchanges energy with the UEF. Thus, when we speak of feeling "open," that is literally true. All the major chakras, minor chakras, lesser chakras and acupuncture points are openings for energy to flow into and out of the aura. We are like sponges in the energy sea around us. Since this energy is always associated with a form of consciousness, we experience the energy we exchange in terms of seeing, hearing, feeling, sensing, intuiting or direct knowing.

...Psychological material related to each chakra is brought to consciousness by increasing one's energy flow through tht chakra. Too much psychological material would be released by a sudden flow of energy, and we could not process it all. We therefore work in whatever growth process we are in to open each chakra slowly, so tht we have time to process the personal material that is released and integrate the new information into our life.

It is important to open the chakras the increase our energy flow, because the more energy we let flow, the healthier we are. Illness in the system is caused by an imbalance of energy or a blocking of the flow of energy. In other words, a lack of flow in the human energy system eventually leads to disease. It also distorts our perceptions and dampens our feelings and thus interferes with a smooth experience of full life. We are not psychologically prepared, however, to stay open without working and developing our maturity and clarity....

The chakras of the auric body have three major functions:

1. To vitalize each auric body, and, thus, the physical body.

2. To bring about the development of different aspects of self-consciousness. Each chakra is related to a specific psychological function....

3. To transmit energy between the auric levels.... Energy is transmitted from one layer to the next through passageways in the tips of the chakras. In most people these passageways are sealed. They open as a result of spiritual purification work and thus the chakras become transmitters of energy from one layer to another. Each chakra in the etheric [1st auric layer] is directly connected to the same chakra in the next finer body that surrounds and interpetrates it. The chakras in the emotional body [2nd auric layer] are connected to those in the next finer body, the mental [3rd auric layer], etc., and so on for all seven layers.

In eastern esoteric literature, each of the chakras is seen as having a certain number of petals. On closer investigation, these petals appear to be small rotating vortices spinning at very high rates. Each vortex metabolizes an energy vibration that resonates at its particular spin frequency. The [sacral] chakra, for example, has [six] small vortices and metabolizes [six] basic frequencies of energy, and so on for each of the other chakras. The colors observed in each chakra are related to the frequency of energy being metabolized at its particular rate.

Since the chakras serve to vitalize the body, they are directly related to any pathology in the body. The figure below lists the seven major chakras along the spine with the area of the body each governs. Each chakra is associated with an endocrine gland and major nerve plexus. The chakras absorb the universal or primary energy (ch'i, orgone, prana, etc.), break it up into component parts and then send it along energy rivers called nadis to the nervous system, the endocrine glands and then the blood to nourish the body....

The psychodynamic functioning of the chakras...relates mainly to the first three bodies of the aura, those associated with the physical, mental and emotional interactions on the earth plane. For example, when one';s heart chakra is functioing properly, one is very good at loving. When the first chakra is functioning healthfully, one usually has a strong will to live and is connectred well to the ground. This is the person who is very grounded in his life. When someone's sixth and third chakras are functioning well, he will think clearly. if they are not fiunctioning well, his thoughts will be confused.

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