The 12 Chakras: An In-Depth Study

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A chakra is an energetic (non-physical) center or focus of one's vital life-force. If one is alive, then vital life-force is flowing through one's being. The chakras are the functional points of concentration for the vital life-force providing light, consciousness, information and organized intelligence to the given area of its domain. A chakra effects the physical structures through its influence on the cellular function of organs, nerves and endrocin glands in its given region of domain as well as the meridian pathways flowing through the organs. When there is damage to one's being on a given level (physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually), then the vital life-force of a given chakra on that level is diverted to contain the damage. This takes energy away from the involved chakra, which will weaken its ability to carry out its many functions. This often can lead to the given chakra eventually becoming dysfunctional or "shut-down" and thus impairing the health of its region of domain.

Typical descriptions on chakras refer to 7 of them and refers to them by their number (red at the bottom being the 1st and violet at the top being the 7th). Such a viewpoint is not totally consistent with what can be seen clairvoyently or palpated clairsentiently nor does it relate to their influence in each of the four layers/bodies. When viewed clairvoyantly or clairsentiently, it is noted that the heart center (often described as green, located in the center of the chest and referred to as the 4th chakra) is actually divided into two: pink on the right pectoral region and green on the left pectoral region of the body. This now makes the numbering system based on 7 difficult as does the inclusion of the additional 4 "mother centers", which now gives us a total of 12 chakras.