Hi guys, welcome back to the second session of Pure Chakra Inner Circle! I'm Stephanie, and today we'll be tackling another interesting questions handpicked from the many that we've received. Thank you all again for your continued support! Remember to keep sending in your queries and we'll do our best to answer them to your satisfaction. Let's get to the first question of this session, from Aaron: Hi Stephanie, I'm quite new to the chakra system. I read your book and also some stuff on the internet. I came across some content about the third eye. Apparently it does have nice benefits and uses, but it also causes some side effects like seeing demons and spirits? I feel very uncomfortable about this. I want to open some chakras, but which one and how should I go about it? Most likely I don't want those which has negative side effects like the third eye. Thanks for your help! Hey Aaron, kudos for taking the first step in treating your chakras! There really is nothing to fear when it comes to opening chakras. In fact, when they are used properly, they can bring abundances of blessings into our lives as well as superb health and deep spiritual and physical connections. Keep in mind, that s IF they are used and maintained properly. After reading my book I am sure that you understand the benefits that can come from each chakra and what can happen when our chakras are not balanced. Just to make sure you remember, let s do a quick recap. Our chakras can be used as sources of power and energy to get us through a variety of situations in life, as well as provide us with many different types of abundances. Keeping each chakra balanced is highly essential if you want to experience the abundances that can be offered.
As you know if you read my book, one chakra becoming imbalanced can quickly cause a chain reaction throughout all of your other chakras. Before you know it, there is a lot of work that needs to be done on all seven chakras. For this reason it is best to intervene immediately. Our chakras are constantly functioning, whether we are aware of it or not. Hence it is best to be aware of chakras and understand how to use them to our advantage rather than fear them and try to avoid them. Understandably, people tend to be a bit hesitant when trying new things. This seems to be especially true when it comes to something like chakras and connecting to spiritual energy. To ease your fears Aaron, chakras really are entirely safe to accept into our lives. To help you feel a bit more comfortable, here is a suggestion for what order you should activate your chakras for the best results. The first chakra you should begin with is your root chakra. This is the chakra that grounds you to the earth as well as the universe. This connection is highly essential in self-growth as it is what provides us with the feeling of safety and security in life as well as our basic instincts. After working on the root chakra, I feel that you should begin working with the chakra that is related to problems you may be having in life. For example, if you are having problems connecting with other people or are having a hard time dealing with your emotions, you may want to consider tending to your heart chakra. While moving through the chakras, I recommend you start with all of the chakras that need the most attention. The reason for this is the fact that, as I said before, imbalanced chakras can cause a chain reaction. Therefore, all progress you put into another chakra may be dragged down by one that is still imbalanced and we surely do not want that. Leaving the crown chakra and the third eye chakra for last is probably a good idea. One reason would be the fact that you are already a bit apprehensive about the third eye chakra and another would be that these two chakras are a bit more in-depth than the others. The third eye chakra is here to help us, Aaron, so don't worry.
Once you can tune in to your third eye chakra and accept the wisdom it has to offer you, life will forever appear in a different way. Your intuition will become much stronger, you will be able to receive messages that guide you from the universe and it will feel like you have your own personal cheerleader who watches out for you during every step you take on your journey through life! To help you feel a little more relaxed about activating this chakra, you may want to consider boosting it in small amounts. This will allow you to gradually become accustomed to the experience of activating this chakra rather than just jumping straight into it. Relax and go slow! Next up we have a question from Michelle: I read a number of books on personal development, and I love the idea of affirmations and stuff physical things which serve as tools to enhance our mind like the affirmation picture or poster. What I am wondering is can I adapt it to chakra too? If I were to make an altar dedicated to the root chakra, what items can I include and why? Hi Michelle! It really excites me to hear that you enjoy the idea of affirmations as well as using physical objects such as affirmation pictures and posters to enhance your mind. The fact that you also read books on personal development shows that you are serious about creating a blessed future for yourself. Since you enjoy the idea of affirmations so much, you will likely be pleased to hear that affirmations can be used for and applied in chakras. The combination of affirmations as well as balanced chakras could provide you with a real advantage when it comes to personal development! I noticed in your question that you are curious whether or not creating an altar would be a good idea. Creating an altar is not necessarily a bad idea but it may not be the most convenient. However, if you still choose to create an altar dedicated to the root chakra, you will need to be sure to include certain items. Since the root chakra is associated with the earth and everything within in, it is best to include items that have to do with the most basic building blocks of the earth.
For example, you may want to include items such as soil since that is where everything that is on earth is grown from. You may also want to include some type of bone as that is the most basic construction for most living and walking things on earth. Also, making your altar yellow in color or set upon a yellow square is advisable. The color yellow is believed to have tremendous power when it comes to balancing and healing the root chakra. I think I have an idea for you that might be a bit more convenient, Michelle. Since you already stated that you like the idea of affirmations, do you think it might be a bit more convenient to use affirmations that are geared toward boosting, balancing and healing the root chakra rather than an altar? Affirmations are not limited to increasing our confidence and self-belief. Believe it or not, affirmations can be used to improve nearly any situation, including imbalanced chakras. For example, the root chakra can benefit from affirmations such as, I am grounded to the earth and my roots make me strong. You can create your own affirmations as well, just make sure they pertain to the chakra you are trying to heal. In this case it would be the root chakra. Here is another idea for you. You said that you particularly like the idea of physical objects like drawings and posters when it comes to affirmations. This leads me to believe that drawing a red lotus flower with four petals could be a very effective approach to balancing your root chakra without having to dedicate an entire altar to it. The red lotus flower with four petals is tied in very deeply with the root chakra. It is believed to deepen our roots into the earth and provide us with great strength which is channeled through our root chakra. If you are not the best when it comes to artistic things, it doesn't matter! The picture you draw will be for you and for you only. Place it somewhere in your house where you won t have to explain it to every guest who shows up but where you will still see it plenty of times throughout the day.
Michelle, you have already begun the process of personal development, now let s take it one step further! Combining the power of affirmations with the power of chakras is sure to create an unstoppable force that will bring abundances of positive things into your life. Let's hear from Geri, who asks the following question: My heart chakra experiences pain whenever I feel affection or love. There are no problems with my heart, I got it checked out at the doctor. I just feel a surge of intense energy when I feel some form of affection or love. My impression is that my heart chakra is overflowing. It's like being able to see the heat and waves from an oven in action! Love, Geri. Geri, I m sorry that you are currently experiencing the issues that you are. I would like to start off by saying that I m glad that you have had your heart checked and there are no physical problems with it. At the same time, this leads me to be curious about what could possibly be causing the pain you feel every time you feel affection. I think you may have hit the nail right on the head when you determined you heart chakra is to blame. This chakra is highly important when it comes to our ability to connect with other people, especially on an affectionate and emotional level. My first question is, have you ever experienced any type of heartbreak when it comes to a relationship? By relationship, I do not necessarily mean one between a significant other or a spouse. I mean any type of relationship with any person who meant a lot to you and you loved. If you re answer is yes, you must understand that most people will experience this at least one time in their lives. Many people spend a lot of time trying to repair the damage that is caused by this. Sadly many of them take much longer to get it done than they need to. The quickest solution to getting over a heartbreak so that you may continue your life is to attack the source of the imbalance in your life.
In this case, it would be your heart chakra. If it was not a relationship issue that caused this pain to originate in your heart chakra, I have another idea of what it might possibly be. What is your life like on a daily basis? Are you constantly under stress in your day to day life? If so, how do you deal with it? It is quite common for people to bottle up emotions and feelings, especially when they are at places like work where they may not be able to express them without possibly being fired. Does this sound familiar? If so, you need to understand that this is no different that poisoning your heart chakra. The more negative emotions and feelings you hold in, the more imbalanced you will cause your heart chakra to become. The trick to making it from day to day is not to learn how to hide your emotions! Rather, the trick is to learn how to express your emotions and feelings in a way that everyone can understand and respect. I know, this is something that is way easier said than done, especially under certain circumstances. However, I assure you it is possible! The next time you see something funny happen I want you to allow yourself to laugh out loud. Also, the next time something makes you sad, allow yourself to cry. Allowing yourself to once again express emotions will remind you that they exist and will also remind you of how good it feels to express them! Here is something that you may want to try as well, Geri. Since our heart chakra is what allows us to connect to others on emotional and affectionate levels, you can easily boost and balance this chakra by providing yourself with more love and affection. Please keep in mind, this may bring forth some discomfort at first. However, the more you surround yourself with people and learn how to express yourself to them when it comes to all matters, including those relating to emotions and love, the more repair you will be doing on your heart chakra. Don t worry Geri, you are not doomed to an affectionless life. However, the process of repair will not begin until you put the gears in motion.
Love and light to you, dear Geri! For our final question this session, we have Carol, who asks: Lately encountered some negativity among my friends and at work. The other day, I felt some negativity vibe enclosing me. Is there any way to cleanse myself of the negativity, for instance, in the bath? Carol, it seems as if negativity can hunt us down at times, doesn t it? No matter how hard we may try to be positive and spread that positive vibe around, there always seems to be someone else who has nothing but negative vibes that follow them around. The first thing I would suggest is to keep yourself away from people who have negative vibes that follow them. I understand that this may not always be possible. For example, in your question you mentioned that this negative vibe happened while at work. Surely you cannot just get up and leave work, at least if you want to keep your job! However, while at work you do not necessarily need to go out of your way to associate with others, especially those who have negative vibes. Of course you always need to remain professional and maintain a certain level of communication but this does not mean that you have to be best friends with everyone there. Do not feel as if this makes you an unsocial person as you can associate with anyone who you please; it is just advised that they all be positive people. Now to answer your question. In my book, Pure Chakra Healing, Chapter 5 talks about using baths to boost your sacral chakra. While this may be a little bit different than cleansing, it is actually much of the same concept. We can adapt this method to apply to your affected chakras and cleanse the negativity away as well. The environment that you are in can impact your chakras, both negatively and positively. We can do nothing to stop it, aside from secluding ourselves in a room somewhere. However, we can take measures to repair damages caused to our chakras by our environments. A shocking truth is that it may not even be your environment that caused you to feel the bad vibe.
This vibe may have actually originated from within you due to imbalanced chakras. The next time you take a bath, consider the following: Adding certain flowers to baths is known to work wonders when it comes to repairing certain chakras that may cause us to feel a bad vibe. Something you may want to do in order to pin-point which flowers to use would be to determine which chakras may be suffering from an imbalance. The following information should help you to determine what flowers you may need to add to your bath. If you are having problems with your root chakra, you should consider adding some clematis to your bath. If you feel as if the problem may be stemming from your sacral chakra, hibiscus is a good option. The solar plexus chakra seems to respond very well to golden yarrow and chamomile. The heart chakra is closely associated with being comfortable when establishing relationships with people as well as building new ones. For this reason, it is highly likely that this chakra is damaged in one way or another if you feel bad vibes when you are around others. I recommend that you add some California wild rose to your bath or even possibly some poppy. For the throat chakra, I recommend you use cosmos flowers or larch flowers. If you are having issues with your third eye or brow chakra, you should consider using Queen Anne s lace or Madia in your bath. Here is another option as well: Visualization is a very powerful technique when it comes to overcoming many things in life, including bad vibes and imbalanced chakras. The next time you take a bath, you may want to consider conducting a visualization exercise. Do this by envisioning yourself being surrounded by positive light and positive energy. Then envision the same positive light and energy flooding into your body and filling your chakras. At the same time, envision the negativity flowing out of your body and out into the water which will eventually go down the drain. This simple exercise is highly effective.
I wish you the best of luck Carol, and I believe that if you use some of these tips, that negative vibe will be gone in no time. And that's all we have time for in this session. Do keep those questions and comments coming in, we appreciate every single one of them. Till next time, this is Stephanie signing off! Love and light to you all.