The 12 Chakras: An In-Depth Study (Continued)

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The mother centers are earth based chakras that are richer in their expression as well as in their color than are the regular heaven-based chakras (or father centers). When palpated they feel more "sparkly". There are a total of four mother centers and they complete the colors of the rainbow filling in the spaces between the eight father centers, thus 12 in all. I had worked with the four mother centers since 1995 finding them typically not present and last to "open-up"; usually just finding them present in gifted children (such as "Indigo Children"). However, I have noticed an increasing frequency of the presence of these more latent chakras since the new millenium, and have found their influence especially strong around ancient "standing stones" in the UK and at sacred sites in South America. Since 2002, I have noticed some of them present in people in even greater frequency. A few "super models", for example, have cobalt present in their fourth level (I suppose because it would naturally enhance a "sexy mouth" look!). As we continue to embrace and integrate the female (or yin) aspects of ourselves in a world that has been dominated by white/male energy (yang), I speculate that we will see more and more presence of these mother centers/chakras. [And in fact as I reread this 3 years later (2/06), I can report that I have indeed seen a huge increase in the presence of the mother centers (fire, golden, opal and cobalt) in people, ever-increasingly over the last few years.]

Ideally there are 12 chakras found present in all four bodies. So in a healthy individual each of these 12 chakras would be present in each of the four bodies or layers of the aura: the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies. Thus 12 chakras times 4 bodies equals a total of 48 potentially present (or "up and running") chakras in a healthy individual. Unfortunately, the average adult on the planet at this time is operating with only about 10% of their chakras present or functional. [Also happy to report that this figure has improved/risen over the last 3 years to about 15% from 10%, it's slow progress and there is hope!] And there is a steady decrease in number as one grows older, coinciding with the aging process.