Generous Kingdom

  Sanskrit Name; Meaning  :  Svadhisthana ; Sweetness Location  : Abdomen, sexual organs, lower back and hips Affirmation :  “I feel.” Center : Creativity, Sensuality, Emotion Element  : Water [1]   Mind If we were to think about the physical body as being the cup and base of the physical experience, it is the second chakra that gives it a watery flow that can make it both turbulent and peaceful. Emotions, with exception of rage, all emanate from this place. As does your feelings of creativity, lust, sexuality, and pleasure centers. Emotions have regularly been likened in traditions to that place of feeling and flow, just like the ebb and flow, coming and going of emotions. Also consider that this flow of emotions in the physical world allows there to be that flow. Because things are constantly changing states, and your emotions can always be in flux, water is the element to associate with this chakra. From an unorthodox position, you can also think of...

  Sanskrit Name; Meaning  : Muladhara; Root Location  : Base of the Spine Affirmation  :  “I am.” Central Power  : Survival Element  : Earth [1]   Mind Just like any good system, you need a foundation, framework, or a base to build from. Considering that the first chakra is based in the earth element? It is best to see that this earth-like container is quite literally your whole physical body. Without the physical, the “I am” of existence, you wouldn’t be able to build into anywhere else. Before you can be molded, you must first start with the clay. The basic survival, such as the need to eat food, drink fluids, and to have things such as shelter, physical safety, and basic comfort, is what is rooted here. The first chakra is best understood as the cup that begins to hold together the rest of the system. It’s direct connection to the earth, quite literally found when you are sitting on the ground, is the first place that the etheric flow goes in a...