Shatril
February 4th, 2006, 08:27 AM
Colors —Green & Pink
Element —Air
Life lessons —Love is Divine Power. Forgiveness and compassion for oneself and others, and honoring the earthly forms of divine love
Power—Love and Compassion
Strengths—Forgiveness, dedication, inspiration, hope, trust, the ability to heal
Shadow—Jealousy, anger, resentment, and the inability to forgive
Main Issues — Belief about love and relationships
Area of body governed—Heart, chest, lungs, circulation, heart plexus
Gland —Thymus
Associated Spinal Area—Fourth Thoriac vertebra
Life Issues—Passion, tenderness, inner child issues, and rejection
Physical Ailments —High blood pressure, trouble breathing, heart disease cancer
Crystals —Watermelon tourmaline, rose quartz, emerald, green calcite, jade aventurine quartz, malachite, moonstone, peridot , diamonds
Shape—Crescent Moon
Plant—Foxglove, rose, carnation, lily
Musical Note —F
Seed Sound —Lam
Ruling Planet —Venus & Mercury
Incense/Aromatherapy —Rose, carnation, lily of the valley
Tarot Card —Death, Justice, Hanged Man—Tarot Suit—Swords
Tree of Life Sephiroth —Tiphareth
Hindu Deities—Vishnu, Lakshimi (as preserver), Krishna, Isvara, Kama, Vayu, Aditi, Urvasi
Other Deities—Aphrodite, Reyja, Pan, Eros, Dian Chcht, Maat, Asclepius, Isis, Aeolus, Shu, Christ
Astrological—Libra and Taurus
Archangel—Raphael
Affirmations
I love myself for who I am and the potential within me.~
I deserve my compassion as do others. ~
Love will set me free.
Others love the best they can at this moment in time, if they do not love me “enough” they may be limited in their expression of love and deserve my compassion.
I choose to be united with all beings, visible and invisible, in the realm of love and light.
I am love, I am peace, I am light.
Assignment 4.2
Using things around the house create an altar to help balance this chakra. Remember the correspondences. Use green and pink pieces, and crystals if you have them handy, otherwise pieces of clothing, towels, scarves, pictures, candles all have a place on the alter. Whatever reminds you of the areas that we are working on in this lesson. This might not take the form of a typical ritual setup, and that is OK. We are doing a mini-ritual for the balancing of a chakra, so it will be slightly different. You may want to use just a little TV tray, night stand or patio table for this. We will be using this set up for a while, and you may not want to set it up each time. This will also allow you to stop on the way by and just do a quick visualization exercise.
Things to consider when deciding what to use; what areas of your life would an imbalance in this chakra affect. Get things for the altar that mean something to you, and relate to the areas that are affected.
Now that you have put together the altar, it is time to do a quick 5 minute ritual to ask for balance of the chakra. One of the things I enjoy is using my visualization of the chakra in motion. I use my hand to tell me how it is moving, as my hand seems to move in conjunction with my chakra. You can use any method you wish. Visualize the chakra motion. Visualize pleasure and joy stemming from this area. Feel that green and pink energy and pleasure rise up the sushumna to the crown. Feel the shiver of pleasure and energy as it passes through the crown and flows over your body in an aura of the color of the chakra.
Here is a chart that show the energy running up the sushumna. The other two columns that run allong beside the sushumna are the Ida and Pingala. The sushumna is the energy flow that relates to and runs along with the spinal cord. You can feel this energy flow when you meditate on the chakras. The sushumna is the path that kundalini takes as it rises. We will be discussing all of these energy flows in a later lesson.
Element —Air
Life lessons —Love is Divine Power. Forgiveness and compassion for oneself and others, and honoring the earthly forms of divine love
Power—Love and Compassion
Strengths—Forgiveness, dedication, inspiration, hope, trust, the ability to heal
Shadow—Jealousy, anger, resentment, and the inability to forgive
Main Issues — Belief about love and relationships
Area of body governed—Heart, chest, lungs, circulation, heart plexus
Gland —Thymus
Associated Spinal Area—Fourth Thoriac vertebra
Life Issues—Passion, tenderness, inner child issues, and rejection
Physical Ailments —High blood pressure, trouble breathing, heart disease cancer
Crystals —Watermelon tourmaline, rose quartz, emerald, green calcite, jade aventurine quartz, malachite, moonstone, peridot , diamonds
Shape—Crescent Moon
Plant—Foxglove, rose, carnation, lily
Musical Note —F
Seed Sound —Lam
Ruling Planet —Venus & Mercury
Incense/Aromatherapy —Rose, carnation, lily of the valley
Tarot Card —Death, Justice, Hanged Man—Tarot Suit—Swords
Tree of Life Sephiroth —Tiphareth
Hindu Deities—Vishnu, Lakshimi (as preserver), Krishna, Isvara, Kama, Vayu, Aditi, Urvasi
Other Deities—Aphrodite, Reyja, Pan, Eros, Dian Chcht, Maat, Asclepius, Isis, Aeolus, Shu, Christ
Astrological—Libra and Taurus
Archangel—Raphael
Affirmations
I love myself for who I am and the potential within me.~
I deserve my compassion as do others. ~
Love will set me free.
Others love the best they can at this moment in time, if they do not love me “enough” they may be limited in their expression of love and deserve my compassion.
I choose to be united with all beings, visible and invisible, in the realm of love and light.
I am love, I am peace, I am light.
Assignment 4.2
Using things around the house create an altar to help balance this chakra. Remember the correspondences. Use green and pink pieces, and crystals if you have them handy, otherwise pieces of clothing, towels, scarves, pictures, candles all have a place on the alter. Whatever reminds you of the areas that we are working on in this lesson. This might not take the form of a typical ritual setup, and that is OK. We are doing a mini-ritual for the balancing of a chakra, so it will be slightly different. You may want to use just a little TV tray, night stand or patio table for this. We will be using this set up for a while, and you may not want to set it up each time. This will also allow you to stop on the way by and just do a quick visualization exercise.
Things to consider when deciding what to use; what areas of your life would an imbalance in this chakra affect. Get things for the altar that mean something to you, and relate to the areas that are affected.
Now that you have put together the altar, it is time to do a quick 5 minute ritual to ask for balance of the chakra. One of the things I enjoy is using my visualization of the chakra in motion. I use my hand to tell me how it is moving, as my hand seems to move in conjunction with my chakra. You can use any method you wish. Visualize the chakra motion. Visualize pleasure and joy stemming from this area. Feel that green and pink energy and pleasure rise up the sushumna to the crown. Feel the shiver of pleasure and energy as it passes through the crown and flows over your body in an aura of the color of the chakra.
Here is a chart that show the energy running up the sushumna. The other two columns that run allong beside the sushumna are the Ida and Pingala. The sushumna is the energy flow that relates to and runs along with the spinal cord. You can feel this energy flow when you meditate on the chakras. The sushumna is the path that kundalini takes as it rises. We will be discussing all of these energy flows in a later lesson.