Chakras and Energy Bodies MANUAL

Publisher: Ashati Institute Website: www.ashati.org Author: Jerome Baudel

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Chakras and Energy Bodies

1. Chakras ...... 3

2. Energy Bodies ...... 5

3. Meridians ...... 9

4. Energy Cords ...... 9

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1. Chakras

General Description The word chakra comes from the Sanskrit language and means “spinning disk”. Each chakra is an energy vortex which expands outwardly and contains smaller vortexes within. These are believed to connect with and influence body organs, glands and nerve centres.

We have seven main chakras in the body, connecting into a main energy channel along the spinal cord, linking all main chakras. There are also many smaller chakras over the body.

Each main chakra connects the physical body to a specific energy body, allowing these non‐physical parts of our being to affect our physical body and mind.

The 7 Chakras

Base Chakra

Location: Base of the spine (coccyx area) Colour: Red Organs: Bladder, genitals... Identity: Physical

Functions: Grounding, connection to physical body and physical world, survival instincts, feeling safe...

Balanced Energy: Centred, grounded, balanced control over the material world and physical body…

Sacral Chakra

Location: Below the navel Colour: Orange Organs: Urogenital system... Identity: Pleasure & Inner Child

Functions: Enjoyment of life, creativity, pleasures, desires, sexuality, emotions, inner child connection…

Balanced Energy: Creative, emotionally balanced, open to one’s emotions, balanced sexuality…

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Solar Plexus Chakra

Location: Below ribcage Colour: Yellow Organs: Stomach, gall bladder, adrenal glands, liver... Identity: Control, personal power & the lower consciousness

Functions: Personal power, control, vitalises the nervous system, metabolism, digestion, assertiveness, radiance…

Balanced Energy: Outgoing, open‐minded, respectful, assertiveness, confident…

Heart Chakra

Location: Centre of sternum (centre of chest) Colour: Green (also pink) Organs: Heart, thymus gland, circulatory system, lungs... Identity: Connection to aspects of self and to others

Functions: Anchors the soul into the body, energises the immune system, forgiveness, compassion, love, acceptance, contentment, relationships (any kind)…

Balanced Energy: Compassionate, humanitarian, can see the good in others, nurturing, empathetic, healing, gentle, open to feeling inner guidance…

Throat Chakra

Location: Base of the throat Colour: Light blue Organs: Thyroid, parathyroid, throat, upper lungs... Identity: Expression & communication

Functions: Speech, expression, communication, showing inner truth, honesty, integration…

Balanced Energy: Good speaker, sincerity, truthfulness, able to listen…

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Brow Chakra (or Third Eye)

Location: Centre of the forehead Colour: Dark blue / indigo Organs: Pituitary gland, brain, eyes... Identity: Archetypal

Functions: Energises the lower brain and the nervous system, vision, inner vision clairvoyance, visualisation, explicit knowledge, clarity…

Balanced Energy: Can receive conscious spiritual guidance, clairvoyance, clear mind, can visualise, ability to see life patterns…

Crown Chakra

Location: Top of the head Colour: White / purple Organs: Pineal gland, cerebral cortex... Identity: Higher‐self connection

Functions: Vitalises the upper brain, connection to one’s higher‐self, spirituality, inspiration, intuition, unity, selflessness...

Balanced Energy: Open to higher dimensional energy and intuitive guidance, access to the higher‐ self and the unconscious mind, spirituality, service, faith, peace...

2. Energy Bodies

Definition Energy bodies are within and extend beyond the physical body, creating the “aura” and different levels of thoughts and emotions. They are connected to the chakra system, and through it, to the physical body, the brain and the conscious mind that it creates.

These energy bodies are made of energy vibrating at different levels. They however interpenetrate and affect each other.

The energy bodies can be compared to the many different TV signals simultaneously existing all around us, in the same space, and individually identifiable by their specific frequency. However, unlike TV signals, energy bodies do affect one another, directly or indirectly. Learning about the energy bodies is the key to understanding how energy based healing techniques can achieve such visible and profound results.

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Although the physical body is not included as one of the human energy bodies, it is also made up of pure energy, on the subatomic level and beyond. Quantum physics offers more details about this level of physical matter.

It is also important to understand that energy bodies are not all required to create the thoughts and emotions that we experience in the physical body. As long as your physical body (and brain) is alive and connected to your spirit, it will be able to let you experience thoughts and emotions. The energy bodies are additional levels of mental or emotional influences that affect your physical body, its awareness and at times its health. This connection to your spirit is currently done indirectly through an energy body called the soul, which is directly connected to your physical body.

The Etheric Body (connected to the base chakra): The etheric body exists within the physical body. It replicates every part that creates the human body, and matter in general. Its main purpose is to form an energy template, or matrix, for the development, maintenance and repair of the physical body. It can be understood as a link between our physical self and our energy bodies, allowing them to have an influence on the physical body’s balance and development. This can be a positive influence, or it can be experienced as negative when repressed energies or other energetic blockages generate physical imbalances.

The etheric body contains a vibrating energy counterpart for each organ, blood vessel, bone, etc. Whatever originates in the etheric body will, over time, be reflected in the physical body and may create what we call diseases. A disease therefore often appears in the energy field before it appears in the physical body. Conversely, traumas to the physical body (e.g. broken bones, burns, incisions...) will be immediately reflected in the etheric body. The Reiki and the Alsemia 1 and 2 energy activations are especially effective at healing, clearing and balancing this energy body.

The Lower Emotional Body (connected to the sacral chakra). The lower emotional body follows the general shape of the physical and etheric bodies, but it is more amorphous and fluid, and it extends outwardly by a few centimetres. This body does not duplicate the physical body; it is more like an energy field. It contains moving energy "blobs" or "clouds” of different colours, each being felt as a specific emotion. These colours may vary from bright clear hues to dark muddy ones, depending on the type of emotions.

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Repressed emotions (emotions completely or partially disconnected from the person’s conscious mind) become stagnant blobs of energy in the lower emotional body. If these clouds of energy are also located inside the etheric body, which is very likely, they can disrupt the flow of energy within it, and over time this can lead to physical conditions. In this body, each of the seven main chakras appears in a different colour. These colours are the most commonly used ones (provided in the above section on chakras).

The Lower Mental Body (connected to the solar plexus chakra). This bright yellow energy field is composed of even finer energies and structures, which influence our brain with the creation of thoughts and beliefs. These energies correspond to a lower level of mental energies, which, at times, can be felt as strong and controlling thoughts and beliefs. The level of consciousness they form is disconnected from the soul, and from the spirit within it. This body usually extends by a few centimetres from the lower emotional body. Within this body, individual thought forms appear as small blobs of light of different shapes and intensities.

A strong connection exists between thoughts and emotions. Most thoughts will trigger an emotional response, and many emotions have a determining power over the creation of thoughts and beliefs.

Repressed mental energies behave in the same manner as repressed emotional energies, as they become stagnant and often darker clouds which are likely to create imbalances, disturb the flow or perhaps even the structure of lower and higher energy bodies, to ultimately potentially also affect the physical body.

The mental energies often seem to be responsible for the process of repressing emotional energies. Working directly on these mental energies, which is the strength of the first levels of the Ashati system, is an effective way to dislodge emotional energies and to help the person process them, learning along the way the lessons they carry.

Our thoughts, beliefs and associated emotions also affect our perception of the world and determine what we can manifest. They therefore shape our present and determine our future. Healing, clearing and balancing the lower mental body can give us back control and power over our lives.

The Connective Astral Body (connected to the heart chakra). The connective body (and the heart chakra) is an important connection between the lower and the higher energy bodies.

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This body looks similar to the lower emotional body, but larger and with slightly more pastel and colourful energies, in constant movement (except for repressed emotions which become stagnant and darker clouds). These higher emotions are often linked to our relationship with others and with the different aspects of ourselves. They are connected to lower mental and emotional processes, but also influenced by higher levels and past‐life energies. Through this connection to the soul, one is able to feel the guidance from higher levels within their own being. This inner guidance often comes in the form of feelings and excitement. These energies drive the body to find its purpose and to fulfil its life’s mission. More development of this inner guidance will take place with the Ashati 2 energy activation and energies.

A lack of connection between the heart chakra and the lower chakras may create confusion and clashes of influence (the lower consciousness believing and wanting something that the soul may not truly desire). This inner conflict will most often manifest itself into missed opportunities, inner tension, failures, lack of drive, anxiety, depression, etc...

Soul Body (connected to the throat chakra): Similarly to the physical and etheric bodies, although made of a much higher vibrational energy, the soul body is structured and follows the shape of the physical body.

When the soul incarnates into the body, the soul body is believed to create an intricate connection to the etheric body from before birth and until physical death. This may explain why souls that are out of their body seem to retain their human form and their personal physical traits until they reincarnate in a new physical body.

Higher Emotional Body (connected to the brow chakra): The higher emotional body does not follow the physical body’s inner structure, as it is more fluid and amorphous. Its energy is often seen as dark indigo and purple. It also shines rays of many other colours, more “pastel” than those of the lower emotional body.

The higher emotional body seems to primarily hold energies affecting the soul and physical bodies on an emotional level. Because of the level of development of humanity on Earth at this time, with an initial disconnect between body and soul, humans only have conscious access to a small part of their soul’s knowledge. This is why they don’t tend to naturally and consciously connect with past lives (or even believe in past‐lives) and the many life lessons and knowledge acquired on that level. The Ashati 2 energy activation and the self‐healing work greatly help to reconnect with this soul level knowledge. This will often come within the physical body as feelings, intuitive thoughts and inner guidance, which will become more conscious and much stronger over time.

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Higher Mental Body (connected to the crown chakra): This beautiful white and gold energy body seems to provide us with intuitive guidance and higher thoughts and perspectives. It therefore influences the soul body and the physical body on a mental level.

3. Meridians

Meridians are energy pathways throughout the body that energetically connect a person’s organs and their many sub‐systems (e.g. circulatory, endocrine, nervous, digestive, etc.). Meridians are connected to main chakras, through which they can also be accessed, healed and cleared during healings. Meridians and specific points on these meridians are especially used in healing modalities such as acupuncture and acupressure.

4. Energy Cords

Definition

Energy cords are a type of communication that naturally and subconsciously takes place on the energy level between people.

Temporary cording seems to naturally take place between people, often connecting some of the same main chakras (e.g. solar plexus to solar plexus). It may be subconsciously initiated by either party for different reasons, such as affinity, control or love, for example. This communication channel is not limited by physical distance, walls, objects, etc., as cords do not exist in the physical dimension.

Although most cords are wanted and create a feeling of “closeness” with a friend, relative or partner, for example, there are also unwanted cords, or “negative” cords, which may make you feel drained or overwhelmed, for example. It is important to remember that you are never a victim of negative cording. You allow it either through subconscious agreement or through a lack of awareness.

De‐Cording De‐cording from unwanted cords will often produce feelings of lightness, clarity and relaxation. De‐ cording is a simple mental exercise, for which we use the power of visualisation, focusing intentions through the use of mental images. After some practise, you will be able to do this technique within

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a few moments only. Please keep in mind that some types of cording serve your highest good and therefore don’t need to be removed.

Step 1: Close your eyes and ask your higher‐self and your guides to show you, in your mind ‐ or to let you feel ‐ the cords that you have projected to others and that need to be cut, for your highest good. Visualise yourself and imagine these energy cords being effortlessly pulled back into your body (from where they originated). These are cords that you don’t need anymore. Once all the cords that you can see or feel have been pulled back and dissipated into your energy, imagine the holes they may have created in your aura being quickly filled with your own energy. Please note that in this technique you don’t need to visualise all the people these cords were linked to.

Step 2: Then ask your higher‐self and your guides to show you, in your mind, or to let you feel, the cords that others have projected into your aura and that need to be cut, for your highest good. Imagine them being gently and easily pulled out of your aura. Make sure to fill the holes they may have left in your aura with your own energy afterwards.

You have total control over the cords that are in your aura. If you sense any resistance or if you have trouble pulling one cord out, try to visualise who that cord is linked to. The first person that comes to your mind will most likely be the one. Try to understand the deeper reason why a part of you refuses to let go of this cord, and eventually, once you have truly understood your subconscious motives, the cord will not offer resistance anymore. Ensure to keep in mind (or to verbally state before the visualisation) to only become aware of the cords that are not necessary for your highest good anymore. Fears and anxiety may make you see in your mind what you fear to see (e.g. negative cords that do not really exist). It is therefore important to do this work when feeling relaxed and peaceful.

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