07-18-2007, 05:50 AM
There are many, many chakras besides the seven "main" ones that are mostly discussed. Here is a picture I found on the 'net that hints at some of the minor chakras:
http://manuela1964.files.wordpress.com/2...hakras.jpg
Look at these:
http://www.mapayoga.com/pix/chakras%20big
Notice the sun and moon symbols in the liver and spleen locations for the Passes.
Some pictures will admit that the chakras do not fall perfectly in a line along the median:
http://www.hermetics.org/images/Chakras_by...org_Gichtel.jpg
I suspect that our western exposure to the ideas of the chakras is standardized, simplified, and watered down. What difference could it make? If you cannot actually SEE them, that is.
http://manuela1964.files.wordpress.com/2...hakras.jpg
Look at these:
http://www.mapayoga.com/pix/chakras%20big
Notice the sun and moon symbols in the liver and spleen locations for the Passes.
Some pictures will admit that the chakras do not fall perfectly in a line along the median:
http://www.hermetics.org/images/Chakras_by...org_Gichtel.jpg
I suspect that our western exposure to the ideas of the chakras is standardized, simplified, and watered down. What difference could it make? If you cannot actually SEE them, that is.