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| A '''chakra''' is an energy node in the human body as taught in ] and its spiritual systems of ] and some related cultures. The human body has 7 major chakras and countless minor ones. The pathways along which ] (life energy) flows to and from the chakras are called '''nadirs'''. | |||
| ] relies on a similar model of the human body as an energy system. Chakras are also believed in by some ] adherents. Chakra means 'wheel' in ]. | |||
| ==General Information== | |||
| A chakra is a locus of life energy. There are seven chakras in the body - each is an interface for the flow of life energy. A chakra vitalises a physical body and is associated with interactions of a physical, mental nature. | |||
| Current technology is not capable of measuring life energy or chakras. | |||
| The seven main chakras are described as being present in an ascending column from the base of the ] to the top of the head. Each chakra is associated with a certain color, multiple specific functions, an aspect of consciousness, a classical element and other correspondences. | |||
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| <tr><td>'''chakra'''</td><td>'''color'''</td><td>'''primary<br>functions'''</td><td>'''associated<br>element''' | |||
| </td></tr><tr><td>Root chakra</td><td>red</td><td>instinct,<br>sexual energy</td><td>earth | |||
| </td></tr><tr><td>Navel chakra (Hara)</td><td>orange</td><td>emotion</td><td>water | |||
| </td></tr><tr><td>Solar plexus chakra</td><td>yellow</td><td>intellect</td><td>fire | |||
| </td></tr><tr><td>Heart/lung chakra</td><td>emerald green <br>or pink</td><td>devotion,<br>love,<br>compassion,<br>healing</td><td>air | |||
| </td></tr><tr><td>Throat chakra</td><td>cyan</td><td>speech,<br>self-expression</td><td>ether | |||
| </td></tr><tr><td>Third eye </td><td>indigo</td><td>intuition,<br>]</td><td>time | |||
| </td></tr><tr><td>Crown chakra <br><small>(just above the head)</small> | |||
| </td><td>silvery-white; <br>may assume color of<br>dominant chakra</td><td>connection<br>to god</td><td>space | |||
| </td></tr></table> | |||
| The author ] in his book The Ringbearers Diary describes the chakras in great detail, including why they look as they do and what their exact function is. | |||
| ==Origin== | |||
| The earliest known mention of chakras is found in the late ] (including, specifically, the ] and the ]). | |||
| These vedic models were adapted in ] as ] theory, and in the ] ] theory of chakras. | |||
| ==Variant models== | |||
| '''Chakrology''' (from the ] Chakra=wheel and the ] Logos->logy) is a modern word (]), some times used by ] practitioners or esoteric philosophers, for the study of chakras. | |||
| There are many different chakrologies, some of them based on ancient ]n Hindu ] esoteric traditions, ] interpretations, Western ] analyzations etc. There are some references for ancient Greek and Christian chakrologies too. | |||
| As the ]n esoteric philosopher and physicist ] states, it is very difficult to develop a unified coherent chakra science that would integrate all the elements of present chakrologies. | |||
| ===The Tantric Chakras=== | |||
| Tantra (Shakta or Shaktism) describes seven primary inner chakras: | |||
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| ===Hesychastic centres of prayer=== | |||
| It is alleged by modern mystics that in ], the '''centres of prayer''' were points of ] or ] on the ], used during the hesychastic ]. Compare with the Tantric chakras and similar doctrines in Tibetan Buddhism. This terminology is not used in ] and it is not part of Hesychasm as practiced within the Orthodox Churches. | |||
| Four centres were specified (source: ): | |||
| # '''Cerebrofrontal centre''': Positioned between the ]s (compare with ]). | |||
| # '''Buccolaryngeal centre'''. | |||
| # '''Pectoral centre''': Positioned in the upper and median region of the chest. | |||
| # '''Cardiac centre''': Positioned near the upper part of the ] (compare with ]). | |||
| It is interesting here to refer to Tibetan Buddhism where the centres' sequence is very similar with the hesychast one. The sequence begins with the eyebrows and goes down to the heart, which symbolizes the highest ]. | |||
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