Minimal Balance

[Plenum]

How might you describe them in terms of being not doing?

To me these are two very discrete things. Acting in such and such a way may come from a place of wishing to be perceived in a given fashion (neurosis), whereas being--whether acting or not--has to do with the crystallization (regularization) of self, meaning that the fun house mirrors mainly reflect the same set of images without wild, frightening distortions. Having moved past much of the fear of self, the simple truths are more evident and less distorted.

Hi peregrine!

thanks for your thoughtful query.

I guess, to me, the energy centres represent a particular thing, that may not be the same interpretation that others might have,

for me, the mind is primary; it is the locus of action. Before anything 'happens' or 'occurs' on the physical plane (an experience, an event, an encounter) it is preceded by certain mental actiivity, which runs along certain lines. This sets up the possibility for experience; some particular types of experience being drawn to some people, and other types of experience to others. The patterns of lived experience reveal themselves quite clearly if one is willing to look more closely at the type of interactions we encounter.

now, what does this have to do with the energy centres? As I mentioned in another thread, my belief is that all mental activity (the '3d mind') falls into a broad division of 7; which we commonly identify as the 7 energy centres or chakras. These broad divisions are almost like 7 continents in the mind; so vast is their coverage. For me, it has been much more helpful to subdivide again, and work with each chakra as 7 sublevels; giving a finer level of detail.

now to address your query of beingness/doingness, the energy centers, being exteriorisations of mind (or the physically manifested motions of intelligent energy) are subject to belief patterns/understandings. This is the primary way in which they become clear/blocked - through well placed understandings/belief patterns. The beingness/doingness that you refer to I would understand as an expression or activity of the chakra; and like you say, it is secondary and follows from the state of clarity or blockage of that energy centre.

I guess why I described the system in the way that I did ('yellow ray being social/convivial') is that through the use of the energy centre we can see where we are blocked or clear; one can also sense this is one is sensitive enough, but it has been my experience that one can fool oneself into believing that one is clear in a certain domain of activity, and then find that when the rubber meets the road, the harsh mirror of experience shows us our deficiencies. So through the usage/experience of each of the energy centres we get the true feedback as to where it currently is.

as a further point to this, I have found it very helpful in my own recent explorations to consider the chakras as alternating in active/passive in numeration. ie

1 = red = active
2 = orange = passive
3 = yellow = active
etc etc

this follows the system of male energies being odd. and feminine energies being even (yin/yang sort of jazz).

here the red ray, being the foundation ray, is not paired with any other ray. But one can take a mapping of passive/active chakras in the following way:

2/3 orange and yellow (orange self-identity supporting yellow social activities)
4/5 (open hearted green leading to the possibility of wisdom rooted in the deep mind)
6/7 the gateway of intelligent energy drawing upon the infinite potentials of the crown)

this is the yin/yang alternation.

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with such a further delineated system (7x7 sublevels, and yin/yang alternation) one can see that there can be an infinite variety of inner harmonics and relationships between each of the energy centres, given the degree of clarity/misunderstanding in each sublevel.

A clearing of one sub-level (say 4.5, green chakra, fifth rung) could open the possibility to clear the direct level above (5.5) or even levels below.

so I mean, how fantastical is this system? well, through application and experimentation on myself, I have found that it has produced excellent results.