Healing, balancing & aligning energy centres with the Teacher(s)
A few words about chakras or energy centres.
Put very simply, they are points of energy (wheels of energy) that are an entrance point of spirit/energy for the governing and balancing of the seven bodies or levels of our existence*
They affect the physical organs and systems, emotional and psychological, as well as the subtle spiritual aspects and ‘responsibilities’ that we have. I use the word responsibility – not to imply guilt or duty – rather, to the degree that; if we don’t take responsibility (within realistic level of our awareness) then other forces – often the ego and the 5 poisons (mentioned in menu drop-down: about prayer & meditation) will tend to make our decisions and chose our directions.
The spiritual journey is the gradual – growing in awareness and taking of responsibility – for all our choices and attitudes as well as where we put our focus, in any given situation.
While each chakra has seven levels in each; in this meditation, I am only going to allude to one or two.
Imagination: seeing vs just getting a ‘feel’
In this script that will be offered (eventually a recording as well), I use the word ‘imagine’. Many people interpret this as having a vision – seeing the specific picture described. Only about 10 – 15 percent of people have that kind of imagination. When I say ‘Imagine you are….’ I would like you to:
- See it in all clarity, if you are of the 10 – 15 percent (I’m not, so don’t know what that is like) ** (please see note on last page)
- Just get the ‘feeling’ of what I’m saying, or just ‘pretend’.
- If this issue stresses you, then just listen to me ‘tell a story’. It will still help.
About this exercise
- It usually takes people about a half hour to 40 mins do this exercise (longer if you follow the suggestion in 1.c or 1.d). There are a few ways you can go about doing this exercise given that you are not likely to completely memorise it. Please note, you will be able to print this off. So, ways you can do this:
- When a recording is available on this ‘drop-down’ you will be able to simply press the recording and listen as the exercise is spoken to you.
- You can read it through. Maybe a few times, not all at once. Get a feeling for it, and just go through it the best you can. After a few times you will get the detail and subtlety more and more.
- You can read it through. Maybe a few times, not all at once. Get a feeling for it, and just go through it the best you can. After a few times you will get the detail and subtlety more and more.
- You can read a section – say the ‘forehead centre’; and do that one. Then open your eyes and read the next section – and do that one; and so on. Again, it will be stilting at first, but over time you will integrate it for yourself.
- If it suits you better, you can go paragraph by paragraph, so you have time to focus on what is being said, and what is taking place. Again, in time, you will integrate it more and more.
- Sit comfortably with your eyes closed. Pick a time and place you are likely not to be interrupted.
- You might want to take 2 or 3 deep breathes – filling up their lungs right up to their throat, and breathing sharply out through their mouth.
- Please note that I have only focused on 5 chakras, not the top and the bottom. ***
The exercise:
***forehead centre***
Bring your attention to your forehead. In this place of the forehead we can be very loud and busy; thinking, projecting or angsting. Or this can be a place of quiet; gradually leading to sensitivity, higher awareness, in-sight and guidance from spirit.
Imagine, pretend that there is a door in front of you. If you would like, open the door and go into the room. It is a simple room. There is a type of table, a candle and some matches on the table and a chair ……….. And a little behind the table you can sense the safe and caring presence of one of the Teacher(s).
If you would like. Pick up the matches, strike one and light the candle. That will be your way of inviting the Teacher(s) to support and guide you.
If you would like, just take a seat…. and notice the warmth and softness of the candle light…………..the softness and warmth of the light fills the room………….and will also touch you in the same way. The warmth and light of the candle is really the wisdom, healing and love that the Baba has to offer.
Take a moment and just feel…as the softness and warmth of this light touches the muscles and skin of your face………and where it touches, it nurtures…… let the softness and warmth of this light touch the brain cells and blood vessels as well…..cleansing and supporting…….
Let the warmth and light go into the place of all your thinking and planning and worry and fantasy. If you can, allow these thoughts and pictures and stories to slow; and ease; and rest.
The light and warmth of the candle – the healing and care of the Teacher(s) …. will ease and clean the lines of your thoughts & pictures and stories……all the way to their roots. What is important and healthy will be stored, what isn’t needed can begin to be dissolved.
If you feel pressure or energy in your forehead, this is not a problem. It is just one symptom of the ‘energy centre’ or chakra in your fore head being affected.
Spend a bit more time, if you like…. allowing the light and warmth, the healing and care of the Teacher(s), to affect you. …………………. (take the time you need)
When you’re ready, you can leave this room. If you like, you can leave the candle burning; allow this connection with the Baba to stay in place for the rest of the exercise. If you would like….. travel down to your throat energy centre…….. go to the middle of your throat.
***throat centre***
This is the place where we speak or chose not to speak. Sometimes in kindness and care and respect……. sometimes in harshness and insensitivity and disrespect……….. Sometimes we speak honestly, and to help; and sometimes not so honest; and not so helpful, only to help myself and not include the other…….
Sometimes we do not recognise how we speak.
You may not realise it, but this is also the place where higher and more subtle discrimination occurs… Being able to recognise subtle motivation and purpose in self and others; what really matters and what does not; what is the real nature of what we observe…. These are the more subtle discriminations that many of us do not have much of.
Here, at the throat centre’ you’ll find a door…. If you would like you can open the door and go in. You will find a simple room, just as before: a chair…a table…..a candle and matches. And behind the table you will sense the non-judging and supportive presence of the Teacher(s).
If you would like. Pick up the matches, strike one and light the candle. That will be your way of inviting the Teacher(s) to support and guide you.
If you would like, just take a seat…. and notice the warmth and softness of the candle light…………..the softness and warmth of the light fills the room………….and will also touch you in the same way. The warmth and light of the candle is really the wisdom, healing and love that the Teacher(s) has to offer.
Take a moment and just feel…as the softness and warmth of this light touches the muscles and skin of your throat………and where it touches, it nurtures…… let the softness and warmth of this light touch the cells and blood vessels and glands as well…..cleansing and supporting…….
Let the warmth and light go deep in the space of our speech. Allow the light in. Light that will lead to awareness of how we speak, when we speak… take all the time you need.
Allow the warmth in – the healing and caring of the Teacher(s). Allow the warm to plant a seed of kindness and respect that will influence our speech. Showing care and restraint when speaking to others or ourselves.
Let this light & warmth penetrate deep into this throat centre to relax and disarm and heal the places where we have been spoken to harshly or cruelly; penetrating to the roots of our wounds…. Allow the light and warmth of the Teacher’s love & care and healing touch these wounds.
When you’re ready, you can leave this room. If you like, you can leave the candle burning; allow this connection with the Teacher(s) to stay in place for the rest of the exercise. If you would like…..now travel down to your heart energy centre…….. go to the middle of your chest.
***heart centre***
We can bring our focus to the heart whenever we chose. The heart can be cluttered with ignorance and pride; or resentment and revenge; or jealousy and greed; or fear and anxiety. Sometimes we see it and sometimes not.
But if we chose, we can always open a little space. And that space is generated with our will, our sincerity and a little humbleness.
The heart is capable of digesting and releasing all the pains and conflicts of the personality… with a little focus and effort, a little sincerity and a little humbleness.
Here, at the heart centre. Just as before, you will find a door…. If you would like you can open the door; but when you do, take your time. Realise you are opening the door of your Heart, then, as you are ready, you can go in.
You will find a simple room, just as before: a chair…a table…..a candle and matches. And behind the table you will sense the presence of the Teacher(s) who is there to support and guide and help.
If you would like. Pick up the matches, strike one and light the candle. That will be your way of inviting the Teacher(s) to support and guide you.
Then just take a seat…. and notice the warmth and softness of the candle light…………..the softness and warmth of the light fills the room………….and will also touch you in the same way. The warmth and light of the candle is really the wisdom, healing and love that the Baba has to offer.
Take a moment and feel the soft-ness of the light and warmth touch your chest muscles and ribs ….. even the muscles between your ribs…. and then sense as the light penetrates to all the organs in your chest.
The light and warmth is the healing and care of the Teacher(s).
Take a moment to remember there is a line of lights now that goes from your forehead to your throat to your heart. And it is the Heart that can hold this line of light.
What ever thoughts, emotions, pictures should arise even if they are painful or fearful, allow them to be held and dissolved in this room of light & warmth.
You don’t have to do anything. Just allow them to be held and dissolved in this room of light and warmth. In this room that holds the Teacher’s energy of support, healing and guidance.
Take all the time you need.
Equally, you may find a pressure in the heart centre and/or a feeling if love or tears. Do not fret. This is the heart chakra opening more.
Again, take what time you need.
When you’re ready, you can leave this room. If you like, you can leave the candle burning; allow this connection with the Teacher(s) to stay in place for the rest of the exercise. If you would like…..now travel down to your solar plexus energy centre…….. somewhere between the end of your breast bone and your navel. You will find the place that feels right for you.
***Solar Plexus Centre***
At this place, the solar plexus centre, we hold a sense of our self and our place in the world. Our roles, our jobs, our responsibilities to others and our self.
In this place, some who have been injured in their life will have a low sense of worth and value; others may react differently and place themselves above others. But there is a tendency to do one or the other. The tendency to compare.
Or we can realise we are subject to the Divine, the Unity of Beingness and do not harbour defensiveness or one-upmanship. We could strive to meet each moment, as we find it. Meet our self-picture and not judge or promote it. Serving the moment, and the people around us.
Here, at the solar plexus centre, just as before, you will find a door…. If you would like you can open the door and can go in.
As always, you will find a simple room: a chair…a table…..a candle and matches. And behind the table you will sense the presence of the Teacher(s) who is there to support and guide and help.
If you would like. Pick up the matches, strike one and light the candle. That will be your way of inviting the Teacher(s) to support and guide you here at this energy centre.
Then just take a seat if you like…. and notice the warmth and softness of the candle light…………..the softness and warmth of the light fills the room………….and will also touch you in the same way. The warmth and light of the candle is really the wisdom, healing and love that the Teacher(s) has to offer.
Let this love and healing touch the muscles of your diaphragm and mid-section. If you carry a lot of tension, just allow the light and warmth to touch it. Let it move in its own time.
This light and warmth will also penetrate into your organs………….liver and stomach ……intestines…………… where ever this light touches….. it nourishes and cleans. Allow the Teacher(s) to travel in the light and warmth.
Take your time, there is no rush.
If there is tension of any kind – physical, attitude, emotion – don’t fret. Hold the space of the light. Allow the Teacher(s) to be in that space. Allow what needs to take place, to happen.
You have no need to control or protect. In this moment you are loved and supported by the light and warmth of the Teacher(s) who is working with you.
Remember you belong to Life. Your journey is yours and only yours. And the way you will travel will be unique to you. Comparing can truly have no meaning.
When you’re ready, you can leave this room. If you like, you can leave the candle burning; allow this connection with the Teacher(s) to stay in place for the rest of the exercise. If you would like…..now travel down to your lower tummy – and inch or two below you navel and an inch or two above your pubic bone: the sacral centre.
***Hara /Sacral Centre (lower tummy)***
Bring your focus to this point below your ‘belly button’. This point is the foundation of ourselves -as we know our self. It is the place that allows us to stand on our own two feet and express ourselves to the world.
Some people call this the ‘mother and father’ centre because of the role they play in our personal foundation.
And like our parenting, some of us had too much hardness or aggression or rules and not enough empathy. And others had too much protection and controlling and not enough firmness and direction. – whether for our own good or not.
So, most ground floors (foundations) have some very good and firm boards, some broken or incomplete and others missing completely.
At this centre of the lower tummy, just as before, you will find a door…. If you would like you can open the door and can go in.
As always, you will find a simple room: a chair…a table…..a candle and matches. And behind the table you will sense the presence of the Teacher(s) who is there to support and guide and repair.
If you would like. Pick up the matches, strike one and light the candle. That will be your way of inviting the Teacher(s) to support and guide you here at this energy centre.
Then just take a seat if you like…. and notice the warmth and softness of the candle light…………..the softness and warmth of the light fills the room………….and will also touch you in the same way. The warmth and light of the candle is really the wisdom, healing and love that the Teacher(s) has to offer.
Allow the light to the muscles of your lower tummy, give yourself time to sit in yourself. Let the warmth and light – the love and healing of the Teacher(s) to touch the bones and muscles of your lower back….your hips and all the muscles around your pelvic cavity……….as the light radiates…. it will touch all the organs of your pelvis…………….bathing them in this warmth and softness…….nursing and cleaning all the tissue it touches.
As the blood and nerves, from this area, travels through your hips; down your legs; …….even to your ankles and feet…………….it carries the healing and support of the Teacher(s).
If there is tension of any kind – physical, attitude, emotion – don’t be concerned. Hold the space of the light. keep your feet on the ground-floor that is yours. Allow the Teacher(s) to be in that space. Allow what needs to take place, to happen.
You have no need to control or protect. In this moment you are loved and supported by the light and warmth of the Teacher(s) who is working with you. And your own love for you self and predicament; if you can allow it.
Remember you belong to Life. The ground of every step of the journey is yours and only yours. And the way you will travel will be unique to you. Learn to trust your footsteps by strengthening this connection of this chakra.
***entire line – return to the Heart***
So now you have an entire line of light……. from your forehead; to your throat; to your heart to your lower tummy.
Now bring your attention back to your heart centre. You will find the room is bigger. From this point you can sense the entire line of light. From your heart up to your forehead and from the heart down to your lower tummy…. Creating a line of light.
Give yourself time to hold your heart with this line of light. Your heart is in the centre point of this line of light. The negotiator between heaven and earth; spirt and personality; awakening and sleep.
Take the time you need at this point. the Teacher(s) will travel through the light.
***closing***
When you are ready, begin to make your way back to your normal sense of yourself. You could open your eyes quickly, but if possible, give yourself time to integrate what you have touched; and what has touched you. When you are ready, open your eyes.
*2 websites that give simple descriptions of the chakras:
- holistikenko.com
- mindbodygreen.com
**the ‘seeing’ I’m referring to, is imagination visualisation. But some of you, for whatever reason, regardless of your normal level of ‘imagining’ may be shown the presence of the Baba. In other words, he will reveal himself to you. If he does, you will not likely find it scary. Rather, it will be personal and kind. You may mistake it for your imagination (and vice versa). I say this because it has happened to some. If it does, he (the Teacher) will have a reason.
PS there are many female Teachers as well. The 2 that made this offer to be available to peoples’ prayer/ meditation process just happen to be male. Of course, this is just a way of speaking. At their station of spiritual evolution – male and female is for our reference.
***when I work face – to – face with people, and the person has some experience of chakra alignment work; then I incorporate the base and the crown chakras. If you are doing the exercise that is described in this ‘drop-down’ please don’t be alarmed if you start to notice a pressure at the top of your head. This will be the Teacher sending energy in. Also don’t be alarmed if you don’t. There are many ways of how the Teacher(s) will do his job.