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The Chakras are energy vortices of the energy body that comprise part of the energy system. When perfectly open and balanced, one is lead to the experience of a harmonious reality, connection to the Oneness in everything, and ultimately to union with the Divine Consciousness.
Svadisthana and Emotional Issues
This chakra has developed its imprints and subsequent responses to the birth of our consciousness of feelings. When it is stressed in adults, this may be the result of our early years in which we learned how to understand our self in relationship to our mother. In the seven-year cycles, it is appropriately linked to the years 8-14.
Sexual Problems
Stress to this chakra causes us to put up defences to avoid our true feelings, especially concerning someone of the opposite sex. During love-making, as kundalini rises from the first chakra to the second, it may hit a ‘wall’ of blockages, and a real feeling of bliss will not be able to arise through the subsequent chakras. So stress in this area may cause us to go from one lover to another, seeking satisfaction and a deep longing to unite with the other half of our soul. Alternatively, we may provide a ‘phantom lover’ for ourselves or for our sexual fantasies.
When the radiance of Svadisthana begins to flow more freely, the ability to to feel both pain and pleasure increases - sometimes in bitter-sweet love affairs. This can make it a real test of courage to move beyond our defences, regain our true self and experience loving intimacy. It is necessary to let go of past fears, disillusionments and disappointed romantic expectations - all unneeded energy imprints held in this chakra.
If we are unaware of our Sacral Chakra energies, we unwittingly fuel feelings of rigid control, over-protectiveness, jealousy, anger and the inability to receive love. Svadisthana is associated with addictions of all kinds, and with a desperate need for approval. Shamans and some spiritual healers are able to drain toxic waste from a negative imprint in this chakra and then dissolve the imprint itself.
Conversely, when we are fully aware of the positive energies of Svadisthana, we create the right conditions for our subtle and physical bodies to unite with another person. This can take us into a blissful flowering of the soul on a path of enlightenment. Such a state requires a beautiful, tender type of love that we give and receive unconditionally. Unconditional love has no rules, no expectations, no payback - it is the type of love a mother naturally gives to her child, and can be found in mature loving partnerships.
