Sunday, November 25, 2012

CHAKRA ONE (BASE OR ROOT)




Your first chakra is located at the base of your spine. It corresponds to your coccyx bone and your coccygeal plexus,  the lowest nerve bundle in your body. Each chakra has an elemental correspondence and this one is Earth because it represents form, stability and your most concentrated state of matter so it is at the lowest end of your chakra spectrum. Visualize this chakra in a deep vibrant red. Red is the color of beginning, the color of life. It is also the color with the longest wave length in the human spectrum of sight.

The Sanskrit name for this Chakra means 'root' or support. This is it's job, it is your first line of support in your energy system. Your sciatic nerve runs from this chakra area to the ground. This nerve keeps you connected to the sustaining Earth.

Here is where your survival impulses are. Things like food, shelter, clothing and the health of your physical body. Your energies must be balanced, just like everywhere else. If you are too worried about these things they dominate your life and you can't live well. You need these things to love but you can't be overly concerned about them.

When you are properly connected to Nature (the Earth, sky, seasonal changes and animals) you will be more balanced in all of your life. You still have these issues, enough money to buy what you need, a job to make the money you require, and a way to get to the places you need to get to. All of these issues are here in your first chakra.

If you are out of balance here you can get sick, feel spacey, depressed, or too attached to 'things' of the physical world, (being a hoarder, or shop too much)

You know you are balanced here when all of your basic needs are comfortably met and you aren't worried about your survival and you feel that all is right in your world.

The goal of chakra one is to make you consciously aware of what is going on in your body so you know when something is "off" and when it is right. It is also to make you aware that the physical world is not your goal, it is a tool for you to use to learn what you were put here to learn.

RECAP;
your adrenals
located at the base of your spine (L5-S5 lumbar and coccygeal plexus)
is your first connection toward Spirit
is your at home on earth
is your security and survival

PHYSICALITY;
it covers your spine, feet, Immune system and skeleton

ISSUES;
survival, physical needs, tribal associations

BLOCKED BY; fear

UNBLOCKED BY; surrendering your fears to the flow of Universal Energy.

© Chessie Roberts 2012 All rights reserved.
Chessie Roberts is a Singer/song Writer, Spiritual Teacher, Mind-set Mentor, Meditation Coach, Author, Lecturer and  the Founder/Creator of Evolution of Self; Journey into Body, Mind, Spirit Balance. Her experience with severe,crippling arthritis was her catalyst to share her healing, experiential self improvement program with those who wish to rediscover their balance of Body, Mind, Spirit. Her ability to put things into an easy to learn package allows participants to fine tune their healing intentions, identify personal goals and clarify the path they wish to devise in order to heal themselves and grow into their own Spiritual Evolution. You can find Chessie's programs and products at  www.evolutionfoselfforme.com http://croberts1.zeropointglobal.com

Sunday, November 18, 2012

What are Your Chakras and What Can They Do For You



Chakras are wheels of energy that are located along your physical spine. Like your nerves and blood vessels feed your physical body, your chakras feed your energetic body. For them to do this efficiently they should be aligned and free spinning. You keep them that way by your awareness of them and how they feel when they are misaligned or blocked.

What misalignes them? Stress is the biggest factor. You hear of “good stress” and “bad stress” but the truth of the matter is that stress is stress, there is no good or bad. Your idea and notion about whether it is good or bad can and does add to the intensity so you may want to consider changing you paradigm around this subject. A neutral attitude about stress will make it easier for you to detach your emotions about  the subject that is stressing you and allow you to calm down, thus helping lower the stress.

As you learn more about these wonderful things in your body/mind system the more fascinating they become. They can let you know something is amiss before you feel bad or sick. They can give you guidance about whether a food or product is beneficial to you before you buy it. As you become more adept at using your energetic system you will be able to make better judgments and choices that impact your life.

In this series of articles, I will tell you a bit about each chakra area, what it affects and other information about it. The series will begin with the first chakra and rise to the seventh. To get you started, I have compiled a list of  them with some of their lesser known attributes. Having never seen the mantras written, and only heard them chanted, I have taken the liberty of using (my version) phonetic spellings of the Sanskrit words  so that they can pronounced. The Sanskrit is in the parenthesizes.

CHAKRA ONE ; “mu-la-dara” (Muladhara)
LAW                  ; Law of Karma
MANTRA          ;  Om kree om ne-ma
MEANING        ; My actions are in alignment with cosmic law.
NA                      ; Earth
FINGER             ; Ring
CHARGE           ; Neutral

CHAKRA TWO ; “saf-ris-tina”  (Svadhisthana)
LAW                   ; Law of Least Effort
MANTRA           ; Om dack-sham ne-ma
MEANING         ; My actions achieve maximum benefit with minimum effort.
MA                      ; Water
FINGER              ; Pinky
CHARGE            ; Negative

CHAKRA THREE ;”Mauny-poura” (Mamipura)
LAW                       ; Law of Intent and Desire
MANTRA               ; Om re-tam ne-ma
MEANING      ; My intentions and desires are supported by Nature's intelligence.
SHI                  ; Fire
FINGER          ; Thumb
CHARGE        ; Positive
                             

CHAKRA FOUR   ; “Ana-har/ta”  (Anahata)
LAW                       ; Law of Giving and receiving
MANTRA               ; Om var-tam ne-ma
MEANING             ; I nourish the Universe and the Universe nourishes me.
VA                           ; Air
FINGER                  ; Pointer
CHARGE                ; Positive

CHAKRA FIVE      ; “Vish-u-da” (Vishuddha)
LAW                        ; Law of Detachment
MANTRA                ; Om aun-dum ne-ma
MEANING              ; My actions are blissfully free from outcome.
YA                            ; Space / Ether (where magic happens)
FINGER                   ; Middle
CHARGE                 ; Negative


CHAKRA SIX         ; “Azsah- na” (Ajna)
LAW                      ; Law of Dharma
MANTRA                ; Var-u-num ne-ma
MEANING              ; My life is in harmony with cosmic law.

CHAKRA SEVEN   ; “Sha-swar-a”  (Sahasrara)
LAW                         ; Law of Pure Potentiality
MANTRA                 ; Om bawan ne-ma
MEANING               ; I am absolute existence. I am a field of all possibilities.  

To your enlightenment and wellness, Bright Blessings, Chessie.

© Chessie Roberts 2012 all rights reserved
Chessie Roberts is a Singer/song Writer, Spiritual Teacher, Mind-set Mentor, Meditation Coach, Author, Lecturer and  the Founder/Creator of Evolution of Self; Journey into Body, Mind, Spirit Balance. Her experience with severe,crippling arthritis was her catalyst to share her healing, experiential self improvement program with those who wish to rediscover their balance of Body, Mind, Spirit. Her ability to put things into an easy to learn package allows participants to fine tune their healing intentions, identify personal goals and clarify the path they wish to devise in order to heal themselves and grow into their own Spiritual Evolution


Sunday, November 11, 2012

IN MEMORIAL REMEMBRANCE AND IN GRATITUDE


In  December,1977 my two children and I took a trip from Virginia to Mississippi on a well known bus line. My daughter was about four and my son was around six. We were going down to visit my maternal grandparents for the Christmas Holiday, the children's father had to work and could not go with us, so was sending us on the bus.

The children had out grown every thing they had that year so I had spent many hours at the sewing machine making new clothes for them for Christmas presents. The Shipyard where their father worked had been on strike for a while and money was excruciatingly tight so the clothes and the trip were their entire Christmas.

We were all excited about the trip, Memaw and Papaw were some of our favorite family members and we hadn't seen them in quite a while so it was a treat all the way round. On the day before we were to leave I was packing  up to go my little daughter asked me if she could take her best loved bed toy, a stuffed mouse she had named Bripe-eyes. She was trying to say Bright-eyes but being so little her words were still baby sweet and expressive. I explained that it would be alright if she put her doll in her suit case so she would not get left behind and lost. After much discussion, she acquiesced and the Bripe-eyes went into the suitcase with all the new clothes.

We ended up with two suit cases, one for me and one for the children. Off to the bus station we went, hopes and expectations high and excitement off the charts! Goodbyes were said, hugs all round, onto the bus and away we went. We were leaving from the city of Newport News in Virginia. Our route took us north to the capitol city of Richmond, this was about eighty some miles in the opposite direction  of our destination...I begin to think this might not be the best trip ever, but, I held out hope.

By the time we were on the road thirty minutes,my doubts became reality, my son had developed the worst case of motion sickness I have ever seen in my life. We were sitting about half way back and his mad-dash trips to the bathroom were beginning to wear out the carpet. In Richmond we would change buses and head south. When we finally got to the depot for the change over, I was able to ask the driver if, because of the severity of the motion sickness, we could sit behind him. This positioned the child’s head in the path of the air leak from the door giving him fresh air that stopped the throwing up. He was still quite ill and weak from it so was having to be carried while I tried to keep a hand hold on the busy, nosy four year old. We got permission for the desired location and, with a sick little rag doll head in my lap and a squirmy anxious seat partner, off we went again.

The remainder of our trip was a series of bus changes, waiting in terminals of dubious and smelly nature, more throwing up (remember the smelly part) questions (mostly in ringing whispers and of an embarrassing nature) about the patrons around us, awful food from vending machines, if one dared, and forcing ourselves to get on the next bus. Every one required the talk with the driver about the air from the door to alleviate the worst of  the motion sickness and , most of the time we got the seat. The kind person would nod in understanding and move. Once or twice, there was someone who had an affinity for  the seat and would not move. When the vomit made an appearance, they changed their mind. On one bus that was quite full we had to sit way back in the back. There was no seat for the three of us together so the little one had to sit across the isle from us so was annoying everyone around her with questions. About ten minutes into this leg of the trip, a man sauntered past with a news paper under his arm, headed for the restroom. Really? A news paper in a bus bathroom! I said as he went past “ the boy is sick and may need to get in there suddenly.” our hero shrugged, made a rude comment and went in for his daily constitutional. After fifteen minutes my volcano began it's next eruption. He was so empty by now that there was a moment for him to jump up and bang on the door. “Wadda ya want?” was the response. “I have to throw....” and he did, bringing the man out of the lavatory and grossing out the entire bus. Luckily we were only a few miles from the next stop. As personae non gratae we had to wait to be last to get off and the word sorry lost all meaning. I was officially stressed, it was about two in the morning and thank goodness this was the last transfer.

We got off  the reeking conveyance and went into the nicest terminal yet, bright, clean, fresh, a lunch counter with food from the same century we were in and clean bathrooms. Our layover was to be about an hour and a half...relief, of sorts.

I took the children into the wash room and gave them both a bird bath in the sink, more to help my feelings than theirs but I did hope to make my little sicky not so sticky. We washed our faces and teeth and began to feel almost human again. Then to the food counter to get some ginger ale and toast into Vesuvius, hoping it was nourishment rather than a reload. I got coffee, hot strong coffee and gave squirmy something  soothing. Too soon it was time to leave.

With tears in their eyes, mine too probably, we approached the next bus. I saw our suitcases being loaded into the bottom hatches, and, just as my foot touched the bottom stair, I was stopped. “Lady, you are going on the express bus to Meridian, the white one over there.” “But our suitcases are on this bus.” I answered, I was told they would be moved.

Exhausted, worried about my son and our luggage, thinking I could not take one more thing, I turned and dragged my two little ones the length of the building to the express bus. I climbed it and began to explain the door-air thing to the driver as he sat there looking at me as though I had grown two heads.
The bus was only about half full and most of them were soldiers. People were scattered about throughout the bus so that there was no place for the three of us to sit together. There was one soldier behind the driver. The driver informed me that I should just stop my whining and sit somewhere and stop bothering him. As I stood there fighting the tears of fatigue, frustration and anger the Commanding Officer stood to attention, he was located somewhat in the center of the bus, and in his best drill instructor voice intoned, “Solder, there is a lady with a sick child a tten-hut!” the entire bus came to attention, even the civilians. “Get that seat empty you!, Bring the boy a ginger-ale! Bring the baby a blanket, Mam do you require anything? Soldier give her a pillow!”  The activity was immediate and huge. When it stopped I was comfortably seated behind the driver with a pillow for my head, a blanket was tucked in around squirmy girl, Vesuvius had a fresh cold, tummy settling soda and we were off again. I turned in my seat to say thank you but everyone was either asleep or busy with other pursuits and I was too tired to push it.

Let me explain what express bus means in these parts. The bus travels at the speed of sound and, if you  happen to be in the back seat you feel like you are on the last hair of a happy dogs tail. There are no stops, the trees go by like pickets in a fence and the roads through the swamp are like rick rack. We were doing alright in our seat behind the driver. He and I were the only two awake on the bus flying through the darkness. The only light to be seen was the occasional dim flicker from a poor hut out in the swampy woods.

As we zoomed on our way I sort of drifted in and out of awareness while staring at the face of the driver in the rear view mirror. Suddenly I was snapped out of my lethargy by the slowing of the bus. The driver's face went ghost white and we stopped all together. He jumped up, opened the door and stood there gawping at the road behind us. He turned to me and said stay there and say nothing. Yeah, right I got up to see what was wrong, so did everyone else. Windows opened and heads poked out and the gasps rippled through the passengers.  Our Commander once again barked a command an all of the soldiers got up and went to work. Spread out on the black top as far as we could see was the luggage and the continents of said luggage. The doors of the cargo space under the bus had opened and everything was out on the road. The soldiers were double timing down the road picking up everything they could carry. The passengers who were able got out and helped. I counted three trips before the driver said we had to press on.

We got to our destination by mid morning. My children's suitcase and belongings were gone,new clothes, bed doll, their whole Christmas, never to be seen again. But my point in telling you this is my memory of what those soldiers did. With grace and determination they served in a way that the regular people didn't care to do. It was a small thing, both times but it made such an impact on me that thirty five years later I am still grateful for everyone of them. I never found out any names, ranks or where they came from. I don't know where they are now or what the are doing but I so feel that they are remarkable people and on this special day of remembrance I want to say thank you for all you have done for our country and its people over the years. THANK YOU ALL!

© Chessie Roberts 2012, all rights reserved
Chessie Roberts is a Singer/song Writer, Spiritual Teacher, Mind-set Mentor, Meditation Coach, Author, Lecturer and  the Founder/Creator of Evolution of Self; Journey into Body, Mind, Spirit Balance. Her experience with severe,crippling arthritis was her catalyst to share her healing, experiential self improvement program with those who wish to rediscover their balance of Body, Mind, Spirit. Her ability to put things into an easy to learn package allows participants to fine tune their healing intentions, identify personal goals and clarify the path they wish to devise in order to heal themselves and grow into their own Spiritual Evolution. You can find the program at www.eos4me.com

Sunday, November 4, 2012

FREQUENCIES AND YOUR HEALTH


Most of you know that frequencies are all around you all of the time but do you have any idea what they are doing to your body and its energetic field? Do you know how that will affect your health and well being? In your life journey, being consciously aware of just what is going on around, through and inside you is your best defense in creating a healthy vehicle in which to function.

Every cell in your body has its own electromagnetic signature. The healthier the cell is, the  better it communicates with the rest of your body. In his book “The Body Electric,” researcher and author Robert Becker demonstrates that our cells actually communicate with each other via bio-electrical signals and electromagnetic fields. These natural EMFs help regulate important biochemical processes of all kinds. Maintaining balance in those cellular electromagnetic fields is crucial to your physical health. Communication is key to having wellness in your biology or illness.

Your body is also surrounded by a field of bio-electrical-magnetic energy, you may have heard it called your Aura. This field is your natural protection to all manner of disrupting, harmful things that can and do make you make you sick. Not just physically ill but mentally and emotionally too. This happens because when one part of you becomes weak, the rest of your defenses try to fill in the gaps. This, in turn weakens them and you have a domino effect that is not a good situation.

Here is a graphic of a persons energy field



As you can see there are holes and spikes in the stressed bio-field that allows pollutants, toxins and disruptive energies into your biology. These disruptions get it in and cause harmful events around your cell's membranes that create biochemical changes within the cell itself. This cascades out into the areas between each cell creating physiological effects in your organs which directly affects the health of your body. Your body is easily penetrated by these frequencies so understand that they are not only around you, they are in you. In the picture of the unstressed bio-field you see that the person has a strong protective shield from which to handle life's stresses.

The United States Government tell us the anything above two mGauss (milliGauss is how these frequencies are measured) is harmful to the human body. Let's take a closer look at just what kinds of energies we exist in.

You may be wondering where these harmful Electro Magnetic Frequencies (EMFs) come from so here is a quick list to help you identify some of  them:
high voltage power lines
the lines used to bring power into your neighborhood
underground systems that protect from lightning strikes
ground fault systems that protect from faulty appliances.
OPERATING ELECRTICAL APPLINCES including;
microwave ovens
electric stoves, aquariums, table fans (10-20 mGauss output), electric space heaters
computer monitors ( 20-30 mGauss output), electric clocks and clock radios and Ipods (25-40 mGauss output), heated waterbeds
electric blankets, hair dryers (12-15 mGauss output), cellular phones (6-8 mGauss output
hair dryer (12-15 mGauss output)
computer terminal (20-30 mGauss output)
plasma TV (20-50 an LCD TV 15-30 mGauss output)

There are different classes of EMFs that can adversely affect your health:
ELF (extremely low frequencies ) these include appliances and power lines
HF and LF high and low frequencies) these include AM radio transmission
VLF (very low frequencies ) these include TVs and video display terminals
VHF (very high frequencies) these include TV and FM radio transmissions
and SHF (super high frequencies) these include microwaves

The wiring inside your home if properly done, will have background levels of low frequency EMF that  should be quite low (less than 0.3mG) However, if you have old worn or improper wiring you will have higher background EMFs. You may  find you have “hot spots” close to items such as electricity meters (especially the older rotating disc kind) main distribution panels, fuse boxes, battery-based back-up power supplies and major wiring ducts. These hotspots generally extend for about four to five feet from their source before their EMF radiation fades to background levels.

So what can you do about all of these EMFs flying around you? Some suggestions are;
1) Stay away from the sources. The strength of a magnetic field drops quickly just a few feet from the source. Do not sleep or sit for long periods of time near electrical devices, especially those with motors.
2) Stay at least  18 inches away from a video display terminal (VDT). Turn it off when you aren’t using it. Don't sit close to the back or sides of a monitor even when it is in another room or behind a partition.
3) Where it is possible, turn off or unplug your waterbed heaters and electric blankets before going to bed. Unplugging and turning these appliances off stops their electric field.
4) Stay several feet away from all sides of a television (including TVs located in another room against a wall. The wall does not stop the frequencies)
5) Don't put a  bed or crib against wall with any major appliances nearby or on the other side of the wall. Move electric clocks, clock radios, and telephone answering machines at least 4 feet away from the head of the bed.
6) Fluorescent bulbs generate stronger fields than incandescent lamps. Estimate 1 foot for incandescent bulbs and 3 feet for fluorescent lamps.
7) Try not to  use electric blankets and hair blow dryers
8) investigate the new products that block or change the EMF fields to see if they work for you. There are several out there so do some research to find the one you like the best.

To your continued health, Chessie

© 2012 Chessie Roberts, all rights reserved
Chessie Roberts is a Singer/song Writer, Spiritual Teacher, Mind-set Mentor, Meditation Coach, Author, Lecturer and  the Founder/Creator of Evolution of Self; Journey into Body, Mind, Spirit Balance. Her experience with severe,crippling arthritis was her catalyst to share her healing, experiential self improvement program with those who wish to rediscover their balance of Body, Mind, Spirit. Her ability to put things into an easy to learn package allows participants to fine tune their healing intentions, identify personal goals and clarify the path they wish to devise in order to heal themselves and grow into their own Spiritual Evolution.