11-17-2009, 04:03 AM
Hi there. My two cents worth:
You may think of subtle energy rising from the earth being like water pumped up your body and each energy center being a switching center where a portion of that water is drawn off to nourish some particular crop. The first feeds the fundamental sense of being, the second feeds the aspect which is self-conscious and seeks to grow as an individual, the third feeds the aspect where the individual seeks to grow through social involvement, the fourth is the place where the Creatrix may be known and all beings experienced as the Creatrix, and so on.
These switching centers may be sensibly designed and in good repair or they may be randomly structured and/or leaky and/or plugged up. The worse shape one is in, the less energy is available to the chakras above it because experience is offered to the first chakra first, then the second, and so on up the line.
Visually speaking, according to Ra, when the first three chakras are not functioning well they have a randomized appearance. When they are functioning coherently they may acquire a geometric shape. The chakras higher up may acquire crystalline structure.
As I recall it, Ra's recommendation to the STO aspirant is to simply balance the lower chakras so that the maximum flow is available to the heart chakra. They feel this is a more efficient course of action than taking the time to become artistic or athletic in the lower chakras. [The more time and energy given to the heart within an incarnation, the more service rendered.] The emotions voiced in the H_H quote are a excellent examples of energy being bled off in a chakra (second: self-definition vis-a-vis another individual distorted by cyclic power struggles). I don't know how "creative" this is, but it certainly serves to circulate such an instrument's energy in self-centered circuits making it thus unavailable to the heart.
How does one know when one's energies are being self-misappropriated? You'll know it by feelings of disturbing discomfort. In general terms, the best response is to turn to the irritant with a loving heart. In actual practice one may need to go in stages beginning with acceptance, humility or what have you. As noted already by others, it can be a lengthy process, indeed. It can take a very long time to simply arrive at the initial stages of "tabernacling with the Creatrix." The more that one's lower chackras are made coherent, the more substance one has to bring into the tabernacle.
You may think of subtle energy rising from the earth being like water pumped up your body and each energy center being a switching center where a portion of that water is drawn off to nourish some particular crop. The first feeds the fundamental sense of being, the second feeds the aspect which is self-conscious and seeks to grow as an individual, the third feeds the aspect where the individual seeks to grow through social involvement, the fourth is the place where the Creatrix may be known and all beings experienced as the Creatrix, and so on.
These switching centers may be sensibly designed and in good repair or they may be randomly structured and/or leaky and/or plugged up. The worse shape one is in, the less energy is available to the chakras above it because experience is offered to the first chakra first, then the second, and so on up the line.
Visually speaking, according to Ra, when the first three chakras are not functioning well they have a randomized appearance. When they are functioning coherently they may acquire a geometric shape. The chakras higher up may acquire crystalline structure.
As I recall it, Ra's recommendation to the STO aspirant is to simply balance the lower chakras so that the maximum flow is available to the heart chakra. They feel this is a more efficient course of action than taking the time to become artistic or athletic in the lower chakras. [The more time and energy given to the heart within an incarnation, the more service rendered.] The emotions voiced in the H_H quote are a excellent examples of energy being bled off in a chakra (second: self-definition vis-a-vis another individual distorted by cyclic power struggles). I don't know how "creative" this is, but it certainly serves to circulate such an instrument's energy in self-centered circuits making it thus unavailable to the heart.
How does one know when one's energies are being self-misappropriated? You'll know it by feelings of disturbing discomfort. In general terms, the best response is to turn to the irritant with a loving heart. In actual practice one may need to go in stages beginning with acceptance, humility or what have you. As noted already by others, it can be a lengthy process, indeed. It can take a very long time to simply arrive at the initial stages of "tabernacling with the Creatrix." The more that one's lower chackras are made coherent, the more substance one has to bring into the tabernacle.