Symbolism, Terminology and Practices
Radiant Energy Bodies (Aura)
Health = an ordered relationship and rhythmic flow among all energy fields, when calm and happy chakras are able to transform at each level in health and dis-ease.
Imbalance = emotional disturbances, energy discharge is disordered, damages the whole system cutting energy. When all bodies are integrated and in harmony they allow us to function as our true ‘Self’ or ‘Soul Personality’. The physical body is the instrument of our conscious self. Every physical particle has an etheric counterpart.
Etheric (Vital/Double) Connecting link to other bodies. A luminous web of fine bright lines that stand out at right angles from the skin. Pale blue/violet grey. Radiates 5 - 7 cm beyond the physical body. Transmits the stream of consciousness to the brain. Energised by breath (prana), constant interaction with the physical body, transfers vitality from the general or universal fields.
An etheric web of the finest texture protects the etheric from the emotional. A closely knit single layer of atoms along the spine separating the chakras. Opens the door to universal forces when the person is ready, with the rise of ‘Kundalini’.
Emotional (Astral) Vehicle of feeling, emotions are thoughts coloured by feelings, moods and impressions. Our conscious response to our environment; we process information through the chakras to condition and modify etheric energy, and therefore grow and develop. Positive emotions = healthy etheric. Universal, fast moving, shimmering with colour, symbols and images (beauty = uplifting ideas, or fear and anxiety = negative ideas). Within the universal field we have a personal field where we write the story of our lives, loves hates, success and disappointment, courage sacrifice and aspirations. This is the here and Now, a dynamic field of emotions as potentialities realised or unfulfilled. A multi-colored aura 39 - 45cm beyond the physical. Colours reflect the individuals intensity of feelings. The higher expansive feelings of intellectual and spiritual development are above the heart. Harmony = rose pink, meditation or prayer = blue/gold, anger = red, grief = grey. Negative emotions = grey clouds and they impede the energy flow, we then connect to these in the universal field and are thrown out of balance by our environment (thus the need for spiritual or psychic protection, and the importance of monitoring our moods, or vibrational frequency). ‘Like attracts like’ so we draw what we radiate – when controlled and guided we are a truly creative force for change and growth. Meditation and ‘love of all we undertake’ brings self-transformation.
Mental Faster moving, penetrates the astral and etheric, in constant interplay with all aspects of the personality. Energy comes in via a universal mental field. Ovoid shape, larger and less dense than emotional body. The mind is coloured by emotion. Stress, mental confusion and over-use of mind logic at the expense of feelings = imbalance. Health = finely tuned instrument for integrating and assimilating all levels of personal experience (physical, emotional, mental). Extends 90cm beyond the physical. Thoughts (symbolism: swords, arrows, air) radiate out to the environment and strongly influence others. When thoughts are combined with conviction, they have their own transformative power and the ability to break habits and change behaviour. Our thoughts also have the ability to affect others directly, we energise them with our emotions so we must take responsibility for all of our thoughts, as they become actions, and therefore affect behaviour.
Chakras are linked through each radiant body, transmitting and transforming energy at different levels, and flowing it through to the physical body.