Guest guest Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 --- Paul F <paulffff wrote: > Very nice novalees - thanks. Being a newbie, I'm > still trying to learn how > to mentally stimulate the Chakra... to " breath into > the chakra " , is that a > visualization of life force going into your body as > you breathe? I'm used > to just gazing into the " 3rd eye " , so it's kind of > like learning to drive > again. hahaha > > Blessings to all... > Paul > > > " novalees " <Novalees > > > > > > > Second > Chakra > >Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:32:34 -0000 > > > >Second Chakra: Svadhisthana/sweetness > > > >Swimming in the Waters of Difference > > > >Lose your mind and come to your senses. Fritz > Perls > > > >As we enter the second chakra, we encounter the > watery realm of > >emotions and sexuality. Where we have worked for > grounding and > >stability in the first chakra, we now cultivate > feelings and movement; > >where we have been concerned with survival and > structure, we now focus > >on sexuality and pleasure. Our associated element > has shifted from > >earth to water, from solid to liquid. In this > transmutation we > >encounter change. Through consistency, > consciousness finds meaning; > >through change it finds stimulation and expansion. > > > >If we think of the body as a vessel for the soul > and spirit, then the > >element of earth in chakra one provides support and > containment for > >the fluid essence of chakra two, much like a cup > holds water. Without > >approprite containment, water flows out and the cup > runs dry. With > >excessive containment, however, water cannot flow > at all and becomes > >stagnant and dull. Ideally, we want to have a cup > that is capble of > >filling, holding, and emptying. The task of the > first chakra was to > >build this continer. Now we look to its contents. > > > >To find consistency within change is to embrace the > unfolding flow. > >Where we developed grounding, stability, focus, and > stillness in the > >first chakra, now our second chakra challenge is > just the opposite; to > >let go, flow, move, feel, and yield. Only by > moving does our > >consciousness expand, and only through change is > our consciousness > >stimulated. Movement and change stimulate > awakening. > > > >Movement overcomes the inertia of chakra one. > Through movement, we > >extend our field of perception, increasing our > sensory input. By > >moving the body, we build muscle tissue, increase > circulation, > >stimulate nerve endings, and generally enhance our > flexibility and > >aliveness. The flow of pleasure and excitation > through the nervous > >system bathes the organism in sensation and > awareness and awakens the > >consciousness within. Movement becomes its own > pleasure. > > > >By paying attention to the way we move, we can > uncover previously > >buried issues and feelings. In the first chakra, > the structural forms > >of the body gave us clues to unconscious process. > In the second > >chakra we observe the way these forms move and make > contact. > > > >The senses are the essential link between the inner > and outer worlds. > > Only through the senses do we transcend isolation > and make connection > >to a larger sphere. Sensate experience is > simultaneously physical, > >emotional, and spiritual. The senses are the > gateway between the > >internal and external world. Sight, sound, touch, > taste, and hearing > >give us a constantly changing inner matrix of the > world around us, > >through which we form our basic belief systems, > coping strategies, and > >thought processes. The senses are the data input > of our overall > >system. They orient us in the world, allow us to > connect, give > >meaning to our experience. Through our senses, we > differentiate > >between pleasure and pain, we expand or contract, > move forward or > >backward, react or enact. > > > >When there is pain or emptiness, our senses shut > down. When this > >happens, we restrict information entering our > consciousness, and cut > >ourselves off from the world around us. Senses are > the only means we > >have of experiencing connection. > > > >The complex combination of sensation and feeling > gives us the > >emotional texture of experience. Senses, as the > language of feeling, > >form the basis of our values. How we perceive > something and how we > >feel about it are the ways that we determine value. > Without a sensual > >connection to what is around us, we lose our sense > of values and > >distinctions. > > > >Second Chakra: change, movement, flow, sensation, > pleasure, emotion, > >need, desire, the shadow, guilt, duality, > sexuality. > > > > (The book goes into all of these...great stuff!) > > > >Taken from: Eastern Body Western Mind by Anodea > Judith > > > > > > _______________ > Interest Rates near 39yr lows! $430,000 Mortgage for > $1,399/mo - Calculate > new payment > http://www.lowermybills.com/lre/index.jsp?sourceid=lmb-9632-18466 & moid=7581 > > ______________________________\ ____ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peek at the forecast with the Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search./shortcuts/#loc_weather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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