THIRD CHAKRA Info

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Third Chakra - Third Day

 

Third Chakra...Manipura/Lustrous Gem/Yellow

 

Burning Our Way Into Power

 

....To restructure the way we think of power and to

channel and contain that power within our own being is

the challenge of the third chakra. It transforms us,

igniting our life with purpose. To have true power

emanating from within renews the joy of being alive.

 

What is needed to reclaim our power is to enter into

an entirely new dynamic, a new definition of power

that lifts us out of struggle and into transformation,

out of past and into the future, one that inspires,

strengthens, and empowers individuals without

diminishing others.

 

The dynamics of power within the chakra system are

also built on duality, but in a way that emphasizes

combination and synergy rather than separation and

struggle. Raw energy is created from a combination of

the first and second chakra's attributes of matter and

movement. The expression of that energy as action is

motivated by survival and pleasure, the instinctual

forces that combine to create our ascending liberating

current.

 

Transforming the instinctual impulses into willed

activity is made possible by the descent of

consciousness which gives form and direction through

understanding as it meets and mediates the ascending

current of liberation. When the ascending and

descending currents combine, the raw energy of power

is focused into activity. Only through this

combination do we realize that the true purpose of

power is transformation.

 

So we enter the thrid chakra through the gates of

duality. By successfully integrating both sides of

polarity, we emerge into a third realm that

simultaneously includes and transcends polarity by

creating a new dynamic. Here we reach beyond the

oscillating realms of either/or, win/lose,

black/white, and enter the rainbow realm of

multiplicity. Once we have ventured out toward the

middle of the Rainbow Bridge, our choices expand, our

horizons widen. As our options increase, so does our

strength and our freedom.

 

As we exercise choice, we initiate the will. Through

exercising our will, we develop our individuality,

discover our strengths and weaknesses, and begin to

build the power that will steer our lives. We leave

the realm of safety and security, carrying our safety

within the ground of our own body. So many people in

recovery are understandably concerned about feeling

safe. But power is not created from staying safe;

power comes from the willingness to leave the world of

safety and move forward into the unknown. As we meet

challenge, it strengthens us by forcing us to grow.

Power, like a muscle, will not increase by doing

nothing.

 

In the chakra system as a whole, the purpose of the

third chakra is to transform the inertia of matter and

movement into a conscious direction of willed

activity. Earth and water are passive and dense.

They move downward. Chakras one and two are

instinctual. They follow the paths of least

resistance. The fire of chakra three is dynamic and

light, rising upwards, moving away from gravity. This

change is necessary to reach the upper chakras and

complete our journey.

 

We must be willing to leave passivity behind. We must

be willing to leave the way it has always been, to

transform our habits, set a new course and enter

chakra three. We must be willing to individuate--to

step out of the familiar and expected and confront the

challenge of uncertainty. " Thus to be independent of

public opinion is the first formal condition of

achieving anything great, " says Hegel. " You must be

the change you wish to see in the world, " says Gandhi.

 

Friction makes sparks. Fire transforms matter to heat

and light, and gives us the ability to see and to act.

Fire awakens us from our passive slumber, sparking

consciousness into understanding. Understanding

tempers the fire, binding raw energy into power,

direction, and transformation. Thus we enter the

fiery yellow section of our Rainbow Bridge on the

unfolding journey from matter to consciousness.

 

Third Chakra/fire: Energy, Activity, Autonomy,

Authority, Individuation, Will, Self-esteem, Shame,

Proactivity, Power

 

(so much on this in the book. It was hard to know

what to share...!)

 

From the Book: Eastern Body Western Mind by Anodea

Judith

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Thanks Novalees,

 

It's funny because I did the practice (tibetans, chakre breathing with

colour,..) but didn't pay attention to the detail signification

of 3rd chakra.

Your mail make me recognize that this night I had a dream abour Power (myself in

front of Power choice in companies)

and this moring, cutting the grass, make me think : ouah , what a power, what an

energy all this grass growing.

An then cutting branches in the garden I feel connected with all this nature.

(Following your mail I read the pattern Chrims sent us about each chakra and was

astounded when I read the 3rd chakra and recognized what I

felt this morning)

 

Other point :

Doing the tibetan one by one and focus , I realize that each tibetan was really

connected with each chakra.

I feel a strong power below the navel after the 2nd thibetan

I realize , doing the 3rd, that it really open my body at the place of the 3rd

chakra.

(I didn't realize it before even if I'm doing them since several months!!)

 

Thanks again,

 

Love to all

 

Eric