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Chakras or whirling energy centers are very important parts of the energy body. Just as the physical body has vital and minor organs, the energy body has major, minor and mini chakras. Major chakras are whirling energy centers which in general are about 3 to 4 inches in diameter. They control and energize the major and vital organs of the visible physical body. Major chakras are just like power stations that supply life energy to major and vital organs. When the power stations malfunction, the vital organs become sick or diseased because they do not have enough life energy to operate properly. Minor chakras are about 1 or 2 inches in diameter. Mini chakras are smaller than 1 inch in diameter. Minor and mini chakras control and energize the less important parts of the visible physical body. The chakras interpenetrate and extend beyond the visible physical body. ELEVEN MAJOR CHAKRAS 1. Basic Chakra: This chakra is located at the base of the spine or the coccyx area. The basic chakra controls, energizes and strengthens the whole visible physical body. It controls and energizes the muscular and skeletal systems, the spine, the production and the quality of the blood produced, the adrenal glands, the tissues of the body and of the internal organs. It also affects and energizes the sexual organs. The basic chakra is like the root of the tree. If the root is weak, the tree is weak. If the basic chakra is very weak, the body is also very weak. Another term for basic chakra is 'root chakra'. People with highly activated basic chakras tend to be robust and healthy. 2. Sex Chakra: This chakra is located on the pubic area. It controls and energizes the sexual organs and the bladder. The ajna chakra, throat chakra and basic chakra have a strong influence on the sex chakra. 3. Meng Mein Chakra: This chakra is located at the back of the navel. It serves as a pumping station in the spine; thus, it is responsible for the upward flow of subtle pranic energies coming from the basic chakra. It controls and energizes the kidneys and adrenal glands. It also controls the blood pressure. The meng mein chakra is about 1/3 to 1/2 the size of the other major chakras. This chakra should be treated only by experienced or advanced pranic healers. 4. Navel Chakra: This chakra is located on the navel. It controls and energizes the small intestine, large intestine and appendix. It affects the general vitality if a person. 5. Spleen Chakra: The front spleen chakra is located on the left part of the abdomen between the front solar plexus chakra and the navel chakra. It is located at the middle part of the left bottom of the rib. The back spleen chakra lies at the back of the front spleen chakra. The spleen chakra is about 1/3 to 1/2 the size of the other major chakras. The front and back spleen chakras control and energize the spleen. The spleen purifies the blood of disease-causing germs. It also destroys worn-out blood cells. The front and back spleen chakras are the major entry points of air prana. Air prana is digested by the spleen chakra; the digested prana is distributed to the other major chakras and the entire body, thereby energizing them. The spleen chakra plays a vital part in man's general well-being. A weak spleen chakra means a weak physical body and low pranic energy level. 6. Solar Plexus Chakra: There are two solar plexus chakras: the one located at the solar plexus area or the hollow area between the ribs is called the front solar plexus chakra, and the one at the back is called the back solar plexus chakra. The term 'solar plexus chakra' means both the front and back solar plexus chakras. This chakra controls and energizes the diaphragm, pancreas, liver, stomach, and to a certain degree, energizes the large and small intestines, appendix, lungs, heart and other parts of the body. The solar plexus chakra is the energy clearing house center. Subtle energies from the lower and from the higher chakras pass through it. The whole body can be energized through the solar plexus chakra. 7. Heart Chakra: The front heart chakra is located at the center of the chest. It energizes and controls the heart, the thymus gland and the circulatory system. The solar plexus chakra is quite sensitive to emotion, tension and stress, and has a strong influence on the physical heart and the front heart chakra. The back heart chakra is located at the back of the heart. It primarily controls and energizes the lungs and, to a lesser degree, the heart and the thymus gland. 8. Throat Chakra: The throat chakra is located at the center of the throat. It controls and energizes the throat, the thyroid glands, parathyroid glands and the lymphatic system. To a certain degree, it also influences the sex chakra. 9. Ajna Chakra: This chakra is located at the area between the eyebrows. It controls and energizes the pituitary gland, the endocrine glands and energizes the brain to a certain extent. It is also called the master chakra because it directs and controls the other major chakras and their corresponding endocrine glands and vital organs. It also affects the eyes and the nose. Energizing this chakra also causes the whole body to be energized. The ajna, throat, back heart and solar plexus chakras control and energize the respiratory system. 10. Forehead Chakra: This is located at the center of the forehead. It controls and energizes the pineal gland and the nervous system. Energizing chakra has a similar funneling effect like the crown chakra causing the whole body to be flooded with prana. 11. Crown Chakra: It is located at the crown of the head. It controls and energizes the pineal gland, the brain and the entire body. It is one of the major entry points of prana. Energizing the crown chakra has the effect of energizing the whole body. It is similar to pouring water on a funnel causing the whole body to be flooded with prana. The crown and forehead chakra facilitates the harmonizing and normalizing of the other chakras, just as the pineal gland facilitates the harmonizing and normalizing of the other endocrine glands of the body. |
