My understanding of the chakra system

What are the Chakras:

 The word chakra means "wheel" or "disk," and is a Sanskrit term. An ancient Indian process used the chakra system for healing the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual being.  The general public information follows the traditional Hindu system. Under this tradition we know of seven major chakras that spin at different frequencies, are associated with the colors of the rainbow, and are represented by lotus flowers.  The Hindu path places these flowers into the Sushumna (spinal column) from the coccyx to the head of the body.

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The chakras are the body's energy centers, located about one layer away from the physical body on our etheric body. I think of them as the fuse box in a home or the transformers on the street. The chakras regulate the energy patterns and functions of our auric bodies, organs, brains, emotional centers and nerve centers. Each center is a bed of activity taking in information, processing and then redistributing interpretations, insights, new information and conclusions, to the rest of the body and mind. If we want to expand into the computer era, then we can compare these "disks" to a floppy disk. Each disk is a record keeper of human existence and functioning.  Along this line of thinking our chakras can also become infected with viruses, have glitches, or program break- downs that take us away from our divide plan. These program faults can occur if too much or not enough energy flows through a chakra or an area of the chakra becomes clogged with stagnate energy.  Like computers we can clean our disks.  We just need to work with them on a conscious and informed level.  Meaning we must first identify our chakras, have a means to determine if the energy flowing through them is too fast, too slow or blocked. We must be able to find the reason for the dysfunctional flow and relate it to our life situation. Then we need the tools to bring the flow back to a functional balance.

Healing with the chakra system takes a degree of faith because, unlike our heart or other organs with which we have found mechanical means to test, probe and evaluate, these energetic disks vibrate at a rate that is not normally detected by our human eyes or brain. However, it is a time- tested form of holistic medicine.  Deeply embedded in Hindu culture where it is known that true health comes from understanding the body as an interconnected, integrating vessel.  This culture lives by the belief that all levels/layers of this vessel must be treated in order to achieve complete healing and sustained health.

When there is balance within each chakra and harmony between all chakras the body and the human being is in balance