chakras

Chakras are points of energy in our bodies that help our body, mind, and spirit function at peak levels, and transmit energy between the psychic, astral, mental, and emotional levels of of our consciousness.
The word "chakra" was originally "cakra" and meant "wheel," refering to the Aryans who invaded India (2000-600 A.D.) on chariots. The word was also a metaphor for the sun (which was like a wheel in the sky) and denotes the great eternal wheel of time, representing celestial order and balance.

Our bodies are integrally linked to our minds, and the chakras correspond with different, specific aspects of how our bodies, minds, and spirits work together to create one living being.

THE ROOT CHAKRA-
Located at the base of the spine. This chakra is responsible for our abilities to percieve space and time, and to remain grounded to the Earth. It corresponds with material things, success, patience, and courage. Stones that open this chakra are garnet, ruby, red jasper, and bloodstone- they are held to the chakra to open it.
Color: Red, balanced by black

SACRAL PLEXUS CHAKRA-
Located about two inches below the navel. This chakra is responsible for our sexuality, physical vitality, emotions, pleasure, desire, passion, love, change, new ideas, and health. It corresponds with all things forementioned. Stones that open this chakra are carnelian and coral.
Color: Orange, balanced by brown

SOLAR PLEXUS CHAKRA-
Located just below the chest. This chakra represents ability to pick up vibrations and tune in to energy from other people, places, and things. It corresponds with self-control, control of desire, authority, transformation, happiness, and energy. Stones that open this chakra are amber and citrine.
Color: Yellow, balanced by green

HEART CHAKRA-
Located over the heart. This chakra represents empathy and our ability to ground energy that flows through our bodies. It corresponds with feelings, forgiveness, unconditional love, understanding, compassion, trust, and openness. Stones that open this chakra are jade and aventurine.
Color: Green, balanced by pink

THROAT CHAKRA-
Located at the front of the throat. This chakra represents the human race, and represents our abilities to hear beyond the normal hearing range. It corresponds with speech, communication with others, self-expression, truth, wisdom, knowledge, honesty. Stones that open this chakra are lapis.
Color: Blue, balanced by blue/green

THIRD EYE CHAKRA-
Located on forehead between the eyebrows. This chakra represents psychic ability, is the seat of the celestial body, clairvoyance and the ability to see beyond time, mental ability, spirit guides, intuition, concentration, enlightenment. It is represented by all spirits- dead and living. It corresponds with all things forementioned. Stones that open this chakra are blue sodalite and some lapis.
Colors: Indigo, balanced by white

CROWN CHAKRA-
Located at the top of the head. This chakra represents our connection to the God and Goddess, our higher selves. It corresponds with personalities, spirituality, inspiration, unity, divine understanding and wisdom, and infinity. Stones that open this chakra are amethyst.
Colors: Purple, balanced by clear or crystal

Chakras can be visualized by imagining a spinning wheel of light or fire. When opening a chakra, you can place a corresponding stone on the location of the chakra, and visualize your wheel of light as being the corresponding color. You don't have to work with stones in order to work with chakras. You can simply meditate and visualize your chakra, focusing on opening it, and then allowing yourself to meditate on what you want to achieve.
If you want to heighten clairvoyance, or meet a spirit guide, you can meditate on your third eye chakra. Visualize your wheel of light- indigo in this case- spinning under your skin at your forehead. Visualize indigo colored energy flowing into the chakra, and meditate on this vision until you are satisfied. Then, begin to open your mind, allowing yourself to be open and placid. Now, focus on achieving the ability to see beyond space and time, to see what may lie ahead. When you are finished, visualize your spinning wheel of light again and imagine that it continues to spin, but imagine that the indigo energy flowing into it ceases, and your chakra is now being flooded with the balancing color- white in this case. Visualize this white energy flowing into your chakra, and then imagine that it ceases.

As with most other subjects I speak of here, there is much more to learn about chakras! This is a list of the seven major chakras. There are many minor chakras. I encourage you to read more. Working with chakras is a wonderful way to enhance your life- physically, mentally, and spiritually. You can open yourself to the ability to achieve what you want and better understanding of all things- emotions of all kinds, money and other material things, divination and clairvoyance, ability to learn and focus, relationships, and the list goes on. Chakras can be windows of opportunity, and should be opened so that we can benefit from what the god and goddess have in store for us.