Hi Parsons, mind if I step in here and give my unsolicited opinion? No? Well then, here you go!
What is physically located between the 3rd and 4th chakras? Well the liver of course! An important organ no doubt, but one that's often overlooked in modern metaphysically minded (say that three times fast) circles, though it was given much importance in the ancient world and in traditional Chinese medicine.
The function of the liver in the body is to balance the chemistry of the blood and filter toxins, like a sorting house between the digestive and circulatory systems. In Chinese medicine the liver is thought to store blood (the liver usually stores around 10% of the body's blood and is the most blood-rich organ in the body) and play a vital role in the flow/stagnation of Qi in the body. What's more, the flow/stagnation of blood in the liver is thought to have a direct effect on the nervous system, particularly regarding what might be though of as lower ray emotional states (Tension, anger, frustration, suppression, repression and stress). Perhaps then there could be an analogy between the way the liver balances the chemicals entering our body through the digestive system to ensure healthy blood chemistry and the filtering of lower emotional states to ensure the healthy functioning of the nervous system, and maybe just as the liver can retain toxins from the body and become impaired there could be a parallel with storing lower emotional states like stress.
Modern medical science has shown that there is in fact a link between stress and liver function, showing that fear, stress and anxiety reduce the flow of blood through the liver and cause inflammation. In Chinese medicine this is thought to go both ways, i.e. the lowered flow of blood in the liver can effect the mental state and vice versa.
Long story short, I would check up on your liver and try to de-stress yourself as much as possible and contemplate if you are (perhaps unconsciously) holding onto stress.
This is of course just my 2 cents and I don't really claim to know anything
What is physically located between the 3rd and 4th chakras? Well the liver of course! An important organ no doubt, but one that's often overlooked in modern metaphysically minded (say that three times fast) circles, though it was given much importance in the ancient world and in traditional Chinese medicine.
The function of the liver in the body is to balance the chemistry of the blood and filter toxins, like a sorting house between the digestive and circulatory systems. In Chinese medicine the liver is thought to store blood (the liver usually stores around 10% of the body's blood and is the most blood-rich organ in the body) and play a vital role in the flow/stagnation of Qi in the body. What's more, the flow/stagnation of blood in the liver is thought to have a direct effect on the nervous system, particularly regarding what might be though of as lower ray emotional states (Tension, anger, frustration, suppression, repression and stress). Perhaps then there could be an analogy between the way the liver balances the chemicals entering our body through the digestive system to ensure healthy blood chemistry and the filtering of lower emotional states to ensure the healthy functioning of the nervous system, and maybe just as the liver can retain toxins from the body and become impaired there could be a parallel with storing lower emotional states like stress.
Modern medical science has shown that there is in fact a link between stress and liver function, showing that fear, stress and anxiety reduce the flow of blood through the liver and cause inflammation. In Chinese medicine this is thought to go both ways, i.e. the lowered flow of blood in the liver can effect the mental state and vice versa.
Long story short, I would check up on your liver and try to de-stress yourself as much as possible and contemplate if you are (perhaps unconsciously) holding onto stress.
This is of course just my 2 cents and I don't really claim to know anything
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