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Fifth Chakra...Vissudha/purification

 

As we enter the etheric level of the throat chakra, we enter a

paradoxical realm of great subtlety yet powerful influence. We leave

behind the balanced middle ground of the green ray and reach into the

etheric range of turquoise and blue that resonate with the throat

chakra. The enveloping element of air still surrounds us, yet we

reach beyond it into the unknown ether--the realm of vibrations,

sound, communication, and creativity.

 

We have passed the halfway point in our rainbow. In the dance between

liberation and manifestation, we are now leaving the yin balance of

the heart and to focus more heavily on the upper chakras. We are

breaking free from gravity, free from the way things have always been

and from the structure and restriction of manifested form. We become

more abstract, yet broader in our scope. In the first four chakras we

concerned ourselves with form, movement, activity, and

relationship--things that are easily observed. In chakra five, our

attention moves to vibrations, as the subtle, rhythmic pulsations that

move through all things.

 

Entering the Symbolic

 

The symbol strikes its roots into the most secret depths of the soul;

language skims over the surface of the understanding like a soft

breeze...Words make the infinite finite; symbols carry the mind beyond

the finite world of becoming into the realm of infinite being. J.J.

Bachofen

 

As we enter the upper chakra triad, we enter the symbolic world of the

mind. Symbols are the building blocks of consciousness, the link

between the eternal and the transient. Words, images and thoughts

(chakras five, six and seven) are all symbolic reflections of the

manifested plane. Each word we use is a symbol for a thing, concept,

feeling, process, or relationship. Each image in our mind is a mental

symbol for something real and each thought is a combination of these

symbols. With symbols we can do more with less. I can talk about a

truck even though I cannot lift one. I can describe a spiral galaxy,

even though I cannot travel to one. I can show you a picture of a man

easier than I can describe him.

 

Symbols can be seen as the vibrational essence of what they represent.

They are the building blocks of communication and consciousness.

They are like packets of meaning that can be stored in one mind and

shared with others, each packet enhancing consciousness. When a

symbol really speaks to us--when it is full of meaning--then we are

said to resonate with it.

 

Resonance

 

All life is rhythmic. From the rise and fall of the sun to the rise

and fall of our breath, from the beating of our hearts to the infinite

vibrations of atomic particles within our cells, we are a mass of

vibrations that miraculously resonate together as a single system. In

fact, our ability to function as a unified whole depends upon the

coherant resonance of the many subtle vibrations within us. The task

of the fifth chakra is to enhance this resonance.

 

Resonance requires a certain balance of flexibility and tension. A

string needs to be both taunt and flexible in order to sound a note.

In our bodies, we need to have enough flexibility to resonate with

different frequencies, yet maintain enough tension to create a

repeating pattern.

 

The state of resonance withing the body/mind is a statement of our

health and vitality. When we cannot resonate with the world around

us, we cannot link with it. We are unable to expand, respond, or

receive. We become isolated and ill. Opening to resonance requires

both grounding for the establishment of form, and an openness of

breath that yields softness and flexibility. This balance is a

delicious combination of letting and willing that allows us to both

listen and respond at the same time.

 

Communication

 

Communication is the exchange of information and energy. While

resonance is the underlying principle behind the fifth chakra,

communication is its essence and function. As self-expression, it is

a gateway between the inner world and the outer. Only through

self-expression does the outer world get to know what's inside of us.

Only through self-expression do we put forth what we have previously

taken in.

 

Self-expression in the fifth chakra is a counterpart to the sensate

reception coming in through the second chakra. In the second chakra,

we opened a gate that allowed the world IN trhough our senses. In the

fifth chakra, we open a gate that allows our inner self to get OUT

into the world.

 

Fifth Chakra: Sound, Bright Blue, Symbolic Thinking, Resonance,

Etheric Body, Communication, The Voice, Truth and Lies, Creativity

 

Eastern Body Western Mind by Anodea Judith

 

(Again, I merely touched on all the information in this chapter...)