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.jpg)  These chakras, or energy centers, function as pumps or valves, regulating the flow of energy through our energy system. The functioning of the chakras reflects decisions we make concerning how we choose to respond to conditions in our life. We open and close these valves when we decide what to think, and what to feel, and through which perceptual filter we choose to experience the world around us. The chakras are not physical. They are aspects of consciousness in the same way that the auras are aspects of consciousness. The chakras are more dense than the auras, but not as dense as the physical body. They interact with the physical body through two major vehicles, the endocrine system and the nervous system. Each of the seven chakras is associated with one of the seven endocrine glands, and also with a group of nerves called a plexus. Thus, each chakra can be associated with particular parts of the body and particular functions within the body controlled by that plexus or that endocrine gland associated with that chakra. Crown Chakra Also known as: Cosmic Consciousness Center, "I AM" Center, Sahasrara Location: Top of the head Color: Violet Parts of the body: This Chakra is associated with the top of the head, the brain, and the entire nervous system Endocrine Gland: Pineal Gland Sense: Sense of empathy, unity, experiencing another person's experience as if you were inside that person, being that person. Consciousness: The Crown Chakra represents that part of our consciousness concerned with perceptions of unity or separation. Just as the Root Chakra showed our connection with Mother Earth, this chakra shows our relationship with Our Father in Heaven. It represents our connection with our biological father, which becomes the model for our relationship with authority, and ultimately, with God. It's the level of the soul. Brow Chakra (third eye) Also known as Consciousness Awareness Center, Third Eye, Ajna Body/Mind Associations: Location: Center of the forehead. Color: Indigo, Midnight Blue. Parts of the body: This Chakra is associated with the forehead and temples, with the carotid plexus. Endocrine Gland: Pituitary Gland. Sense: Extra Sensory Perception, all of the inner senses corresponding to the outer senses, which together are considered spirit-to-spirit communication. These include, for example, clairvoyance (inner sense of vision), clairaudience (inner sense of hearing), clairsentience (inner sense of touch), etc. Consciousness: This Chakra is associated with the deep inner level of being we call the Spirit, and with what we consider spirituality and the spiritual perspective, the point of view from that deeper part of our being that western traditions consider the subconscious or unconscious. It is the place where our true motivations are found, and is the level of consciousness that directs our actions and, in fact, our lives. Throat Chakra Also known as Cornucopia Center, Visuddha. Body Mind Associations: Location: Base of the throat. Color: Sky blue. Parts of the body: This chakra controls the throat and the neck, and the arms and the hands. It is associated with the brachial or cervical plexus. Sense: Sense of Hearing. Endocrine Gland: Thyroid Gland. Consciousness: The aspects of expressing and receiving. Expressing can be in the form of communicating what one wants and what one feels, or it can be an artistic expression, as an artist painting, a dancer dancing, a musician playing music, using a form for expressing and bringing to the outside what was within. Expressing is related to receiving, as in "Ask, and ye shall receive." Heart Chakra Also known as Living Love Center, Anahata. Body Mind Associations: Location: Center of the chest. Color: Emerald Green. Parts of the body: This Chakra is associated with the heart and the blood circulatory system, and the cardiac plexus, as well as the lungs and the entire chest area. Endocrine Gland: Thymus Gland, controlling the immune system. Sense: Sense of touch, in its aspect of relating to the person inside the body, and distinct from the sensation of the Orange Chakra, which is more about the sensation one feels from ones own body. Hugging, therefore, is a Heart Chakra activity. When one hugs, one is aware of what the person inside the other body feels, and that person is aware of what you feel inside your body, and there is a sense of relating to the person inside the body. Sensitivity about being touched indicates heart chakra sensitivity. Consciousness: Perceptions of love, relationships (relating) with people close to your heart, e.g. partner, siblings, parents, children. Difficulty with breathing, or with the lungs, the organs of air, indicates tension in the Heart Chakra. A person's relationship with air reflects their relationship with love. Solar Plexus Chakra Also known as Power Center, Manipura. Body Mind Associations: Location: Solar plexus. Color: Yellow. Parts of the Body: The parts of the body associated with this chakra include the muscular system, the skin as a system, the solar plexus, the large intestine, stomach, liver, and other organs and glands in the region of the solar plexus. Also the eyes, as the organs of sight, and the face, representing figuratively the face one shows the world. Endocrine Gland: The pancreas Sense: Eyesight Consciousness: Parts of the consciousness associated with this chakra include perceptions concerned with power, control, freedom, the ease with which one is able to be themselves - ease of being. Mental activity and the mental body is also associated with this chakra. The solar plexus chakra is also associated with the level of being we call the personality, or ego. Sexual Chakra Also known as Sensation Center, Spleen Chakra, Hara, Svadhisthana. Body Mind Associations: Location: The center of the abdomen. Color: Orange. Parts of the body: Reproductive system, sexual organs, lumbar plexus. Endocrine gland: Gonads. Sense: Sense of taste, appetite. Consciousness: This chakra is associated with the parts of the consciousness concerned with food and sex. It is about the body's communication to the being inside, about what the body wants and needs, and what it finds pleasurable. The person's ability to have children is also associated with this chakra. If there is not a clear relationship with the element of water, associated with this chakra, the person's relationship with water is a reflection of their relationship with the parts of their consciousness associated with this chakra, i.e. food, sex, or having children. Root Chakra Also known as Security Center, Muladhara. Body/Mind Associations: Location: The perineum, the point between the anus and the sex organs. Color: Red. Parts of the body: Lymph system, skeleton system (teeth and bones), the prostate gland in men, the sacral plexus, the bladder and elimination system, and the lower extremities (legs - feet, ankles , etc.). Also the nose, since it is the organ of the sense of smell, and associated with survival. Endocrine gland: Adrenal glands. Sense: Smell. Consciousness: Security, survival, trust, the relationship with money, home, job. Ability to be grounded, to be present in the here and now. Ability to allow one's self to be nourished, in the sense of allowing one's inner being to be satisfied. This chakra also reflects a person's connection with mother, and with Mother Earth and how the person feels about being on the earth. Connection with the physical body 
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