Clearing your Chakras vs. balancing your Chakras
“Clearing your Chakras vs. balancing your Chakras – are they the same? If not, what is the difference?”
The title of this article is a response to a question I recently received from a reader. It is an excellent one, especially since these two terms – clearing and balancing – are mentioned in regard to maintaining the health and efficiency of our Chakras. In order to best understand this question, let us first understand the nature of the Chakras.
We are all made up of energy. Light is one form of energy. The physical body is the stepped down energy of light. We are a physical manifestation of gradients of divine light, filtered through a system of interfaces called Chakras by the ancients.
A Chakra serves as the interface point between physical aspects of the body & the subtle, non-physical, non-local, Universal Energy Field (UEF). Each Chakra acts as a transducer (a transducer converts energy from one type to another), as well as a transceiver, continually receiving and sending energy between the UEF and us.
The system of the Chakras provides a structural blueprint, a conduit for this light energy. The information contained within is stepped down through the matrix of creation into a physical expression of that energy – our corporeal bodies. As such, Chakras are what feed us the parameters for this consensual reality.
What our Chakras energetically send back to the UEF passes through and is stored in the Akashic records. All of our experiences and emotions are recorded in the Akash, which serves as a blueprint for our personal growth and that of humanity.
Each Chakra functions as a tuned and resonant antenna that translates information into manageable frequencies for our body to utilize. The spin rate is part of the tuning. The frequency of each Chakra’s “spin” determines which portion of the light is meaningful, i.e. each Chakra responds only to the information to which it is tuned. This is the premise behind the assignment of specific attributes and responsibilities for each Chakra, i.e. the Root Chakra focuses on survival issues, the Sacral Chakra on creativity, etc.
When, like the radio analogy presented in the article “Oh, No, My Chakras are Closed – is it terminal?” you have a clear channel to the information coming from the Universal Energy Field, the Chakras function at optimal levels. Life is good; you are healthy and are living at your fullest potential.
The filters that we develop as a result of our human experience can alter, or distort, the frequency, amplitude and shape of the Chakras. Holding on to emotionally charged memories of fear, guilt, shame, and hate create energetically dense filters, which can adversely impact our two-way communication between the Chakras and the UEF.
Imagine that our Chakras act like the system of photoelectric cells in a solar panel. A clear view of the sun’s light produces the maximum voltage output for the panel. A cloud comes along and casts a shadow on the panel, filtering out a portion of the sun’s light. The energy output, which is measured in voltage, decreases. Throw a cover on the panel, and all of the sun’s radiant energy is blocked from the panel; without the sun’s light, the panel cannot produce any energy.
When we talk about “clearing” the Chakras, we are describing the condition where all filters, or obstructions are removed, allowing the Chakras to act as efficient energy conduits. These filters can involve long standing emotional issues as well as little annoyances that might crop up on a daily basis. Releasing any emotionally charged negative energies could be effectively accomplished via hypnosis, self-hypnosis, EFT or other energetic modalities. Essentially, we want to “clear” a path for the unobstructed energy flow between our Chakras and the Universal Energy Field.
Remember I stated that the Chakras both receive and send energy? Imaging that, if we follow the optimal flow between each Chakra and the UEF, the path traces a figure “8”, the infinity sign. This pattern is repeated in the optimum exchange of energy between each of the Chakras. The ancient Vedic texts describe this movement as two channels – the Ida, the yin, negative, cool, left, and feminine current, and Pingla, the yang, positive, warm, right, and masculine current. Energy constantly flows if no obstructions impede this infinite dance of energy.
When we can maintain a steady flow of this life-force energy, or chi, we achieve symmetry between the incoming and outgoing energies, the right and left side of the body, and the yin and the yang. This symmetry is what we refer to as “balance.” When our Chakras are “in balance”, the energy exchange between our systems and the UEF, is stable and constant. In this state of energetic equilibrium, all channels are effectively communicating.
We must remember that “balance”, in context of our human energy system, our Chakras, is an on-going, continual process and not a static, end result. Keeping h