Balancing the Root Chakra for Health and Stability

BALANCING THE ROOT CHAKRA FOR HEALTH AND STABILITY

The root chakra, which is located at the base of the spine is the chakra responsible for stability, security,survival, safety, protection, being grounded and for having our higher desires manifest in the physical world where we live in.

Our previous article on BALANCING THE CHAKRAS FOR HEALTH gave a short background about the chakras and their role as energy centers of the body. It also gave a brief insight on how the balance of these chakras are important for the health of the physical body.

I would like to start by explaining the root chakra because this is the chakra most often neglected by many, especially those in search of higher knowledge and powers. Each chakra has a role and the role of the root chakra in our health cannot be discounted as this is the chakra that affects the following parts/ organs of the body:

1. feet/ legs
2. blood
3. bones
4. colon
5. rectum
6. immune system

Hence, when there is an imbalance in our root chakra, the body becomes prone to the following diseases:

1. chronic fatigue
2. knee problems
3. constipation
4. diarrhea

Before it manifests in the physical realm however, there are hints or redflags that can alert us to do something and avoid the consequences of an imbalanced root chakra.

Try to answer the following questions for a start:

1. Do you feel unsure of the future and anxious of your financial position?
2. Do you lack the confidence that you can handle the situations you will encounter in real life?
3. Do you feel lost and without a real life purpose that could give meaning to your life?
4. Do you find it hard to feel grounded and to connect to people around you?
5. Do you feel so attached to material possessions that you feel you couldn’t survive without your current properties and bank account?

If you answered YES to any of these questions, you could be suffering from an IMBALANCE in your ROOT CHAKRA. Your root chakra could either be UNDERSTIMULATED OR OVERSTIMULATED.

UNDERSTIMULATED

When your root chakra is understimulated, you feel detached and ungrounded. You feel lost, like you have nothing concrete you could hold on to. You feel uncertain. And no matter how GOOD or PURE your intentions seem to be, you can’t seem to manifest them in the real world.

OVERSTIMULATED

When the root chakra is overly stimulated, you feel that the material things around you are everything that matters to you. You may have a lot of money already, but you are never satisfied and always crave for more. Your peace of mind is dependent on the size of your financial wealth.

ACHIEVING BALANCE

When balanced, the root chakra is meant to give you stability and security. You feel confident. You are well grounded and connected without feeling too attached in material things. You can make things happen in real life. You are still guided by our good intentions but you are not self righteous nor cold.

There are different ways of balancing the chakra:

1. By sound
2. By color
3. By visualization
4. By exercise
5. By the use of elements
6. By taking off the mask

I will try to discuss the first five ways in my next articles because I would like to focus on the last one here.

BEGIN BY TAKING OFF YOUR MASK

TAKING OFF YOUR MASK means knowing yourself, knowing the true condition of your soul and shedding off disguises, pretenses, social conditioning and stereotypes you’ve followed and believed in all your life but does not really tell you who you are.

Who am I? What is the real state of my soul? Why am I doing what I’m currently doing in my life?

EXAMPLE:

1.  WHO AM I?

I’m a nobody, a sinner cursed to suffer all my life.

2.  WHAT IS THE REAL STATE OF MY SOUL?

I am angry at God because He made me this way. He made me poor. I can’t be rich because rich people are greedy. But I hate it that God allows those rich people to do bad things and abuse the poor.

3.  WHY AM I DOING WHAT I’M CURRENTLY DOING?

I’m sabotaging my own success because I’m afraid that if I succeed, I would turn to be like those successful people I hate.

In taking off your mask, in being true to yourself, you find out that you are NOT SATISFIED with your PHYSICAL REALITY. You may also find out the you BLAME GOD for it. But what if God says He won’t stop you from succeeding because He knows you will be a good person and that you an help many people? Can you now allow yourself to ACHIEVE that success?

The SELF may answer:

I’m afraid I CAN’T. I’ve avoided it for so long I don’t know if I could transform my intentions into reality. I don’t know if I have the strength. The fact is, I feel weak right now. I never realized this weakness until now.

You can start from that answer. You can start BELIEVING in yourself.

Your will be done on EARTH as it is in HEAVEN.

It will not be a matter of magic to gain the strength needed to develop the root chakra you have neglected for so long. But you can begin now.

Jesus says, “Come, take up your CROSS and follow me.”