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By Tony Cuckson April 17, 2014

Balancing the Chakras – A 3 Stage Journey of Life

In this article writer Tony Cuckson shares with you the journey of balancing the chakras as a three stagejourney of lif e.

This three stage outline of lif e’s journey as mapped by the 7 Chakra system leads to living a lif e ofpurpose, passion and true prosperity. At the end of this article I share with you what balancing the chakrasis NOT about.

“The chakras are specialized energy centers which connect us to the multidimensional universe.The chakras are dimensional portals within the subtle bodies which take in and process energyof higher vibrational nature so that it may be properly assimilated and used to transform thephysical body.” Richard Gerber in Vibrational Medicine

The Three Life Stages?

The three stages of lif e’s journey that aligned with the 7 chakra system are as f ollows:-

Stages of Life byThomas Cole

Stages ofLife

Chakra/s Process Age/s

First Half ofLif e

Root, Sacral and SolarPlexus

Development of thePersonality

0-35 years

Mid Lif e Heart Chakra Period of Transit ion 35-50 years

SecondHalf of Lif e

Throat Chakra, BrowChakra Crown Chakra

Surrender to theSpirit

50 years andbeyond

A Balanced Chakra System

In all stages of lif e the 7 major chakras are active but they have not been f ully aligned. An individual whohas a f ully aligned chakra system is able to allow the will of the Divine to express through their earthly f orm.

Using a Star Wars movie phrase they are able to f eel the Force.

The personal and the universal within them is in balance and is able to move into and out of balance. Thehuman and the being are in harmony. This balance is not easily gained because what is loved at one stageof lif e becomes the resistance that drives the transit ion to the next stage. Along the way there are manydeaths into an experience of rebirth.

Chakra Balance Journey – Stage I

How strange that the nature of life is change, yet the nature of human beings is to resistchange. And how ironic that the difficult times we fear might ruin us are the very ones that canbreak us open and help us blossom into who we were meant to be.” ? Elizabeth Lesser, BrokenOpen: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow

This stage, broadly speaking covers the ages of 0-35 years. It is called the stage of ascent. This is theascent we all take in our various ways through the experience of embodiment (1st chakra) relationship (2ndchakra) and personal power (3rd chakra).

In the f irst half of lif e the task is ego development and the claiming of our personal power. It is were welearn to create boundaries and develop a self image that we present to the world.

In the f irst half of lif e our f ocus tends to be outer directed. The world is about I, me and mine and how I amgoing to make my mark in the world. In psychological terms this is a very masculine approach to the journeyof lif e.

Chakra Balance Journey – Stage II

We reach mid lif e. We have had various disappointments. The promise of youth may not have been mademanif est. We f ind that f or the f irst t ime we are closer to death than we are to birth.

Many of us panic. We move into a f ull blown mid- lif e crisis. We want our youth back or the promise thatwas contained therein which we f eel we have lost. We want to return to the youth that we never allowedourselves to be and to f eel.

This is the phase of chakra balance that pushes us to open the heart more f ully in order to realise what isbeyond the limited ide of personal development and success.

On any given day, in any given moment, something could happen that opens up for you anentirely new path. Be still, be alert, be ready…” – Marianne Williamson

The age covered by the mid- lif e phase is that between the ages of 35 and 50 years although this is not setin stone. This period of lif e’s journey is called the period of transit ion.

Chakra Balance Journey – Stage III

This is the stage I ref er to as the stage of elderhood. When one lives f rom a balanced chakra system thisstage leads you to living as one who experiences whet we in Ireland ref er to as the Tir na Nog experience.This is where metaphorically speaking you live in the land of the f orever young.

While the body ages the veil between the worlds of t ime and that dimension beyond time become thinner.

One begins to live a kind of quintessential lif e. This is a lif e of f low and magic.

This is a lif e that is experience as living twixt and between matter and non-matter. While the lif e of thebody begins to close the realisation beings to deepen that you are the eternal One lif e expressing throughthe f orm that you are.

The third stage of the chakra balance journey is ref erred to as the decent. This is not to be considered anegative experience. It f eels negative to the ego but it is a lett ing go phase into what the poet NormanMacCaig ref ers to as the emptiness that you can fill.

Presents - by Norman MacCaig

I give you emptiness,I give you a plenitude,unwrap them carefully.-one’s as fragile as the other-and when you thank meI’ll pretend not to noticethe doubt in your voicewhen you saythey’re just what you wanted.

Put them on the table by your bed.When you wake in the morningthey’ll have gone through the door of sleepinto your head.Wherever you gothey’ll go with you andwherever you are you’ll wonder,smiling about the fullnessyou can’t add to…and the emptinessthat you can fill.

The three stage journey of chakra balance is a phase of doing you lif e, surrendering your lif e and beingyour lif e. Each phase is needed.

Too many get stuck in the f irst phase. Too many never transit the second. Too many try to journey to thethird phase without ego boundaries and a developed sense of personal power. One needs personalboundaries and power to surrender to the boundless that is beyond powerf ul.

What Chakra Balancing is NOT

Chakra balance is not f or the f aint of heart. it is a journey of init iation and a staged journey of death intolif e and love.

What you love at one stage of the journey becomes the resistance that gives you the energy to transit intoa higher stage. Chakra balance isn’t simply listening to f luf f y etheric music or reading about chakra balance.

It isn’t simple about f eeling good. Chakra balance is about becoming a f ully realised human being.

You can listen to as many videos as you want or read as many articles as you desire. It might make youf eel good f or a while. There is noting wrong with that but it is not real education and it does not lead to the

revelation of your magnif icence.

It is f or the most part a kind of escapism if what is view or read is not acted upon. Viewing videos andreading articles is not taking the road less travelled.

It is merely reading the signposts. It is like reading a map of a place one might journey too but never takethe adventure to go to that very place. In this way you avoid the call to adventure that invites you tobecome your own hero and live your one wild and precious lif e.

In Healing the Heart Chakra – 21 Ways to Follow Loves Message I invite you to f ollow the call to adventurethat is the journey of true Chakra balance and alignment. I do this through invitations f rom guidedmeditations, mythological stories and mystical poetry. I also include old and modern song lyrics, sacredgeometry, stages of lif e, colours, shape and the essential practices that you are invited to commit to.

This in order to realise your purpose, passion and true prosperity.

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Tony Cuckson is a Writer of Chakra Guided meditations, Chakra prayers,Blessings and Stories. He uses a unique combination of storytelling, poetry,song lyrics, archetypal images and personal and spiritual developmentpractices to guide you into living your one wild and precious lif e. He isauthor of Healing the Heart Chakra – 21 Ways to Follow Love’s Message. He is presently writ ing Healing the Root Chakra – 21 Ways to EmbodyLove’s Message

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