The body is a vehicle of consciousness

From the great spiral galaxies, thousands of light years across, to the trillions of atoms swirling in a grain of sand, the universe is composed of spinning wheels of energy. Flowers, tree trunks, planets and people--each is made of tinny wheels turning inside, riding upn the great wheel of the Earth, spinning in its orbit through space. A fundamental buidling block of nature, the wheel is the circle of life flowing through all aspects of existence.

At the inner core of each one of us spin seven wheel-like energy centers called chakras. Swirling intersections of vital life forces, each chakra reflects an aspect of consciousness essential to our life forces, each chakra reflects an aspect of consciousness essential to our lives. Together the seven chakras form a profound formula for wholeness that integrates mind, body and spirit. As a complete system, the chakras provide a powerful tool for both personal and planetary growth.

Chakras are organzing centers fot the reception, assimilation, and transmission of life energies. Our chakras, as core centers, form the coordinationg network of our complicated mind/body system. From instinctual behavior to consciously planned strategies, from emotions to artistic creations, the chakras are the master programs that govern our life, loves, learning and illuminatio. As seven vibratory modalities, the chakras form a mythical Rainbow Bridge, a connecting channel linking heaven and earth, mind and body, spirit and matter, past and future. As we spin through the tumultuous times of our present era, the chakras act as gears turning the spiral of evolution, drawing us ever onward toward the still untapped frontiers of consciousness and its infinite potential.

The body is a vehicle of consciousness. Chakras are the wheels of life that carry this vehicle about--through its trials, tribulations and transformations. To run our vehicle smoothly, we need an owner`s manual as well as a map that tells us how to navigate the territory our vehicle can explore.


From: Wheels of Life: A User's Guide to the Chakra System (Llewellyn's New Age)