Chakra

Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning "wheel" or "circle.” The term, often heard and use in various types of healing practices and some kinds of massage therapy, is derived from both Hindu and Buddhist literature and as applied to the body it denotes what is believed to be oints of spiritual power or centers of energy within the body.

Those who use the term as a reference to the body for healing arts believe that there are seven chakras, or seven major designated centers (or points) of spiritual power, interesctions if you will, that can be opened, closed or congested. In addition to these seven major chakras, there are hundreds of minor ones. Chakras however are not part of the actual physical body, rather they are part of the spiritual, and manipulating them as well as accessing them, is a spiritual practice.

Aligned with the central nervous system of the body, chakras are said to serve to regulate the consciousness of the individual between the physical world and the spiritual. The opening and manipulation of these supernatural wheels of cosmic consciousness are considered “natural” because it does not involve the use of drugs or cutting of the flesh. Practitioners explain, and believe, that problems in these spiritual portals of energy show up in the physical body as disease, disturbances, or anxiety in a person's life. Some believe and teach that this energy force can be tapped into like a faucet and used for personal well-being or to acquire religious/spiritual advancement. The power that resides within these centers is reffered to as Kundalini, or simply "K." Some call it "Chi" or "Ki."

The Kundalini, lies dormant until aroused, and one must arouse and experience it, in order to gain the spiritual promises of enlightenment and blissful living it has to offer. Opening your chakras, however is something that takes your will to do so, and it is upon choosing to open them that one is open to the Kundalini flow.

Kundalini, the usually dormant but infinite energy of self-actualization, is not tame nor is it mild. In fact there are known and serious dangers and problems associated with it's “awakening” even by those who promote its use. They say that this is because awakening the Kundalini in a person involves a radical change in consciousness and Kundalini is unpredictable. Those curious to obtain the power of the kundalini, are often warned by instructors in these arts and practices, of duly respecting the powers that they tap into. “Respect it," (he kundalini,)... else "it will kick you to pieces,” www.kundalini-teacher.com warns. Kundalini, they say is serpent power.

If anything does go wrong as the chakras are opened and the Kundalini begins to flow out of control, it is blamed on every thing but the kundalini itself. Usually it is blamed on the less knowledgeable individual or even blamed to be some result of their karma. It’s just a risk you agree to take, and since you have been warned, it is rarely viewed as the fault of the healer, practitioner or guru. They will be certain to make disclaimers before coming to an agreement with you that tell you, “you alone are responsible” for what does or does not take place when you embark on such a spiritual endeavor.

From a biblical perspective, this concept of opening chakras so that this kundalini can flow freely within you is certainly notable not only because it is released by occult practices, but also because it was a serpent that offered Adam and Eve the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, the tree from which they were told not to eat. Deceived by a lying snake, Eve sand Adam were doomed to experience the death God warned them eating the forbidden fruit would produce. The answer to their dilemma however was not more snake power, rather it was repentence and hearkening to God.

The serpentine Kundalini, and the promises it holds out to mankind, promises of health and self-actualization is quite different from a promise of eternal life and self denial and humility. Practices that promote this are antethetical to the bible.

Practices that open chakras to release the kundalini are nothing new, in fact they are nothing but an old repackaged lie, one that keeps people in bondage to sin against God and ultimately death, just as he has been destined for since the fall from Eden... which is the reason Jesus Christ came to Earth to seek and save those who were lost.

It's not the chakras that need to be opened to theserpentine kundalini, but the door to our hearts that must be opened to Jesus. It's ours to decide which one we let in, which spirit will come in and reside with us. Jesus himself, even said, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me." Revlation, 3:20

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