Chakras an energy centre

I've always found the concept of chakras and energy fascinating.
According to some ancient cultures there are seven major chakra symbols which are vital to our health. Negative feelings hamper the spin of these chakras which can have some physical consequences.
A chakra is an energy centre that resides in our bodies that is not detectable by most modern medical means. However, we can now prove how our thoughts impact us on a cellular and physical level through FMRI imaging. This should change everything as what was once seen as mumbo jumbo is now starting to be firmly entrenched in neuroscience.
Interesting that the medical model still struggles with the mind/body connection when science and ancient cultures know otherwise.
With the proof that's now available I can only come to the conclusion that it is money which stops this information getting into mainstream. However, I still look forward to the day when medicine embraces what some of us know to be common sense. I appreciate that this would be extremely challenging for a lot of people as we have been conditioned to believe that we have little or no control over our health.
As adults I believe that we need to accept that we share the responsibility of our health and wellbeing and how we approach it is fundamental to our quality of life. I was exposed to this way of thinking about 25 years ago. What started off as curiosity soon led me down a path of new information which resonated with me. Somehow I knew that my physical self was much more than just flesh and bones but I never had the words to articulate it and learning about the chakras gave me a language that helped me understand myself. I was quick to explore this way of being in the world and it led me down amazing and interesting thought pathways. I was so driven that I opened my own crystal shop here in Whanganui - some might remember The Seventh Ray where I shared what I had been exposed to with others who were also interested in alternative models of health.
However, what I found after a few years was that I almost started to miss the original point! And that point was that the answers to my self understanding and self awareness actually lay IN me and not outside of me. It wasn't until something happened in my life where I had to put all my beliefs to the test and everything that I 'thought' I knew failed miserably.
Where to now? I had nothing left but ME. What I had come to rely on to 'fill' me up was gone and I had to come face to face with me, the good the bad and the ugly. After many years of living what I would call 'holistically' I don't believe it matters what we believe in so long as we have belief in something bigger than ourselves. It's called faith.
I've heard Carlos Santana explain it beautifully in a radio interview, he said, "we need to plug in" to this unseen source which is us and is separate from us all at the same time. We know when we are 'plugged in' because there is a flow and a peace irrespective of what's going on for us and it's highly addictive! And when I feel disconnected, angry or hurt, it's my job to find the pathway back to that sense of connection which almost always requires a change. This change could be big or small and it may even require letting some people go from my life. My drive to be alive is simply to learn and to make sure I live a life that is congruent with what really matters to me. Everything else is just bells and whistles.
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