The following article was written by Mr. Kim, who is from Pakistan. He is a student of neuro-psychology, and interested in topics related to self-improvement, social relationships, mind sciences and metaphysics. 

What Are Chakras?

The term chakra is now not an alien term and many people understand the concept well enough. However, in this article we will try to understand this from a novice perspective assuming that reader has no prior knowledge of the subject.

The information which you will read may sound strange and unusual compared to the commonly held beliefs regarding chakras, therefore I invite the readers to think and reflect upon this knowledge with logic and openness to new perspectives.

Ancient Knowledge Regarding Chakras

Chakras have been much discussed and discovered during ancient times, especially in Vedic periods. Hinduism is believed to have led the founding stone for this knowledge.

Many Hindus have written in great detail about this subject and the holy Upanishads of Hinduism discuss in great details what chakras are.

In a nutshell, according to the ancients, chakras are said to be energy centers which provide energy to the body. They say that our body lives upon some sort of energy and in order to maintain this energy, we need a constant flow. Chakras are the centers which provide this energy and let it flow throughout the body.

Chakras are said to be disc like astral-bodies which cycle in an anti-clockwise motion. Each chakra is connected to a specific part of body and controls that area by providing energy to it.

If the chakra is open and in motion, the associated body part/emotion works properly. But if it is closed or cycles very slowly, then there are negative effects accordingly.

One of the most interesting aspects of this knowledge is its mentioning in almost all major religions, except Islam, and spiritual cults.

In New Age religion also, this subject has a prominent presence. They are widely recognised for healing abilities and are used to heal body and soul through different methods.

Scientific Evidence For Chakras

So far, science is unable to recognise chakras and it neither supports, nor rejects this theory. However, some scientists have argued their presence and experiments designed to detect chakras have mostly not met with success. See “these notes” of Wikipedia for example.

Interestingly, some scientists say that a chakra healing and a placebo treatment are synonyms to each other. This means that just like a doctor gives a placebo and it works due to the belief of the patient, similarly when we believe upon the supposed existence of chakras and then are treated for their proper functioning, this is our belief which helps us to recover from the diseases.

This theory gets more support logically because we see that each chakra is associated with a specific organ in our body. Mostly, we don’t pay individual attention on our internal organs and rather would see or cure our body as a whole.

When we focus our mind/subconscious towards a specific organ/area of our body and intend for that area or organ to work properly, it just hits the rock and results are more evident.

For example, if you run a full scan of your computer with an antivirus, it would take considerable time to scan, detect and remove the viruses. But, if you would just scan a particular drive or folder, the results would be faster.

Similarly, trying to heal whole of our body is a slow process which gives results slowly but its results are long lasting.

However, if we would try to heal our body step by step (organ by organ), the results would be quite faster but, it may not be having a long lasting effect unless all interconnected and interdependent organs are healed accordingly.

I will discuss more about healing and how to successfully cure some of the most problematic and life threatening diseases in a future article of this series.

Summary

Speaking about chakras, each chakra is associated with a specific organ and thus when someone tries to open and clean that chakra, they basically, indirectly, intend for the healing and proper working of the organ associated with it.

Why most people are unable to successfully take advantage associated with each chakra is because of no or very little knowledge about them.

And as according to the Law of Intention, our mind can manifest only those things of which we have knowledge.

Therefore, if a person has knowledge of what a chakra is and which organ it is associated with, they would definitely experience success.

In the next article we will discuss what a chakra is, how many there are and what their functions are.