What Are The Seven Chakras And Churches?
Within us there are transformers of energy vital to our psycho-physical well-being. In the East, they are called "chakras" (wheels or vortices), while in the West they are called "churches" (places of assembly). These subtle transformers are intimately related with our psyche and our physical well-being.
A chakra is merely a place where energy is moved from one place to another. There are many such places in the body, but in relation with spirituality and Consciousness, there are fundamental areas, illustrated here. Properly defined, when a chakra has been developed to a higher degree, it is then called a “church.”
Chakras are nourished by energy. The energy of sound, concentrated and directed with prayer, can stimulate them into activity. Thus, there is a specific vibration of sound for each chakra. Those are the seven sacred vowels: I, E, O, U, A, M, S, which are hidden in the symbolic name Iohannes (John) of the book of Revelation. By vocalizing these sounds with relaxation, concentration, and prayer, the chakras are nourished. Yet to fully develop them, one needs to work with the fire of the spinal column, known as Kundalini or the Pentecostal fire.
Essential Relationships of the Chakras:
Chakra: Muladhara
Church: Ephesus
Region: Sexual Organs
Vowel: S
Chakra: Svadhisthana
Church: Smyrna
Region: Prostate / Uterus
Vowel: M
Chakra: Manipura
Church: Pergamos
Region: Solar plexus
Vowel: U
Chakra: Anahata
Church: Thyatira
Region: Heart
Vowel: O
Chakra: Vishuddha
Church: Sardis
Region: Thyroid gland
Vowel: Eh
Chakra: Ajna
Church: Philadelphia
Region: Pituitary gland
Vowel: I (ee)
Chakra: Sahasrara
Church: Laodicea
Region: Pineal gland
Vowel: I (ee)
A word from Samael Aun Weor, from The Seven Words:
“The chakras in common and ordinary people are only the senses of their animal soul [nephesh]. Their chakras are intimately related with the psychic-biological functions of their human organism. “The tattvas [subtle vibrations] enter through the chakras and then into our endocrine glands; the endocrine glands then transform the tattvas into hormones. So, the Astral chakras are the gates of entry for the tattvas. However when the Astral body is Christified by means of the third degree of the power of fire, then the seven chakras are transformed into the seven churches to which the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse) refers... “Without the third degree of the power of the fire, the chakras are just senses of the animal soul [nephesh]. Therefore, whosoever is only concerned with the development of the chakras, without working for their Christification, transforms themselves into black magicians.”
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Just a thought ...
~Justin Taylor, ORDM., OCP., DM.
