Chakras: Key to Spiritual Opening

By Mary Ellen Flora

In this definitive book on Chakras, Flora uses her insightful and lighthearted approach as well as decades of spiritual teaching experience to present a clear and concise guide to Chakras and how to access the information in them to benefit your life. As the fourth book of the Key Series, Chakras imparts ancient spiritual information in an easy, comprehendible form, whether you are beginning your spiritual journey or looking to gain further knowledge.

Chakras provides indispensable and fundamental instructions on discovering the purpose and location of the seven major chakras and how to access, cleanse, and use the wealth of information to unlock spiritual potential. The simple and beneficial techniques explained throughout the book will help inspire and encourage the reader with a plethora of spiritual concepts...

-Grounding and Releasing Energy
-Center of Your Head
-The Aura
-Present Time
-First Through Seventh Chakras
-And more....

“This book is amazing. It provides practical information on the chakras that is easy to understand and put to use through the meditation techniques provided. Each time I read it I uncover a new secret about the chakra system and gain a deeper understanding of myself and my life. There are some books that stay with you for a lifetime and can be dipped into again and again and for me this is one of them. I recommend this book to anyone on a spiritual path who is seeking greater clarity about themselves or for spiritual seekers confused by the variety of beliefs about the chakra system presented elsewhere.”
-Lesley Phillips, March 2012, Author of The Midas Tree

“Mary Ellen Flora is a spiritual teacher, healer, and clairvoyant reader who brings her remarkable insights on spirituality, daily meditation, and the Chakras to her introduction to how the chakras affect everything we do. She reveals just what the chakras are and how we can access the information in them to benefit our lives. The text comprising Chakras: Key to Spiritual Opening is clear, concise, and offers techniques to open our chakras, creating the life we truly desire -- and a welcome addition to students of metaphysics and spirituality.”
-Midwest Book Review, Oregon, WI

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mary Ellen Flora
• Release date: Feb 15, 2012
• ISBN: 9781886983304

Mary Ellen Flora

Spiritual teacher, author, and CDM founder, Mary Ellen Flora, has been sharing her insight on spirituality since 1976 through her books, guided meditations, classes and presentations.Mary Ellen is an advocate of the use of daily meditation and has taught thousands of people to enrich their lives by using the spiritual techniques presented throughout her published works. She believes that we are all meant to be fully awake and alive, both spiritually and physically, and shares this belief with amusement, neutrality, and love."For many years I have taught classes focused on spiritual awakening. During that time, I have learned that, more than anything else, people need to learn to meditate. All of the answers to our questions are within us. What remains for us to do is to find a way to turn within for our unique information and our internal path to God. Meditation is the way for us to create what we need..." -Mary Ellen Flora, Meditation: Key to Spiritual AwakeningFlora’s introductory books and guided audio meditations, The Key Series, are a four-part collection that act as guides to the simple spiritual concepts that are a baseline through all her written works. Subjects ranging from Meditation, Healing, Chakras to Clairvoyance are explored with a broad perspective while also distilling these topics into simple, practical techniques that can be used in quiet meditation and daily life.The Energy Series, another collection of four books, focuses on the various energies available for spiritual creativity on planet Earth. Male and Female Energies, Cosmic and Earth Energies and Kundalini are all examined with great enthusiasm and insight, allowing the reader to learn about and use each one in order to get more in touch with their spiritual nature.Mary Ellen currently resides in the Pacific Northwest of the United States where she continues to write, host online classes, and lead online guided meditations – all of which explore the spiritual concepts and techniques included throughout her works.You can read more about Flora and her additional literary works at www.cdmspiritualcenter.org.

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Chakras

Key to Spiritual Opening

By Mary Ellen Flora

Key Series Book 4

Copyright © 1993, 1999, 2012 by Mary Ellen Flora

Cover Art and Illustrations: Jeff Gibson

ISBN-13: 978-1-886983-30-4

ISBN: 1-886983-30-5

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First Edition 1993 Paperback

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You, the spirit, may develop and flourish in conjunction with the proper care of your body and mind. The information in this publication is intended to assist you in your spiritual development and to enhance, but not be substituted for, appropriate medical care from licensed healthcare or mental health professionals.

Neither Church of Divine Man (CDM), CDM Publications, CDM Spiritual Center, the author, nor their representatives shall be responsible or liable for injury or damages incurred by anyone as a result of reliance on or compliance with information contained in this publication.

To All Who Seek To

Know Themselves

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I greatly appreciate the many people who helped with the creation of this eBook. A very special thank you to Caroline Froc for production, proofreading, and making it electronic. A special thank you to my friend, Jeff Gibson, for the beautiful artwork. Many thanks to Laura Petersen, Melissa Carmichael, Sandy Fry, and Karen Packard for organization and production. Lembi Kongas, Jean Carrillo, and Rosemary Leach have been a support in this book as in previous ones through their editing and proofreading skills. The entire CDM staff and Board of Directors has been a team giving encouragement and support.

Continued appreciation to those who helped produce the first books, which are the foundation of this edition. Love and appreciation to the late M.F. Doc Slusher for his encouragement with all first editions.

Love to my husband, Peter Salgot, for support, encouragement, and healing in this project and life.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Lessons to Learn

Spiritual Techniques

Grounding and Releasing Energy

Center of Your Head

The Rose Symbol and Spiritual Creation

Running Energy: Earth and Cosmic

The Aura

Present Time

The Chakras

The First Chakra

The Sixth Chakra

The Second Chakra

The Third Chakra

The Fourth Chakra

The Fifth Chakra

The Seventh Chakra

Chakra Meditation

Spiritual Opening

Other Works by Mary Ellen Flora

About the Author

About CDM Publications

ILLUSTRATIONS

Figure 1: Grounding and Center of Head

Figure 2: Running Energy

Figure 3: The Aura

Figure 4: The Major Chakras

Figure 5: Table – Description of the Chakras

INTRODUCTION

An introduction to the chakra system is something I do with respect and reverence.

To understand chakras you need to know that you are spirit, a part of the Cosmic Consciousness, and that your body is your vessel. The chakra system is the way you store and communicate your spiritual information in the physical world. Activating and using the chakras requires discipline, patience, and a spiritual perspective. It is not something to be undertaken as a fad or temporary pursuit. Consciously activating the chakras is a lifelong journey. It is the ultimate in self-discovery. You must be prepared to meet yourself and all of your creations: the ones you like and the ones you do not like. Opening your chakras is opening the book of you. Reading the book you have written and learning how to manifest it or change it is a great spiritual adventure.

Spiritual techniques are presented first to help you with the development of patience and the practice of discipline. These techniques help you focus your attention on your spiritual experience while staying in contact with your physical reality. By using the techniques, you can activate your chakras in a safe and controlled manner. After an introduction of the basic principles, the chakra information is presented. Chakras are energy centers that contain your spiritual information. The techniques help cleanse and activate the chakras to make it easier to retrieve and use your information.

A friend recently described her spiritual opening as an adventure of learning about herself. She was especially excited because she discovered so many wonderful aspects of herself. She had entered the process fearing she would mainly discover things she was ashamed of or did not like, and instead found a bright, loving spirit, and many exciting creations. Her joy from bringing forth her spiritual nature and talents has inspired others to begin and continue this self-discovery adventure.

I have worked with my chakra system for most of my life. For over 35 years, I have taught others to use their chakras in a conscious manner. Sometimes I have been aware of working with my chakras and other times I have not. I have discovered that the unaware state is filled with problems, setbacks, and disappointments that are not necessary. By being aware, one can take greater control of any situation and make the path easier and more pleasant.

When I was twelve, I broke my arm at the elbow. After the cast was removed, one night when I was half-awake, I looked at my elbow. I saw a brilliant wheel of light at the joint of my arm. There are chakras at all of the joints. I did not consciously know about chakras at the time, so at first I was afraid. I eventually relaxed and enjoyed the show of lights as if I were at a circus watching a Ferris wheel. It was clear to me that other people did not have experiences like this or did not talk about them, so I hid my new awareness inside myself. Even though I hid this experience for many years, it was indeed an awakening to myself, the spirit.

Opening the chakras allows a great deal of personal discovery. We have to be prepared to see what we like and what we do not like about ourselves and our creations. We need to let go of judgment about our interactions with others and our other creations to allow healing to occur. The cleansing and healing of the chakras is necessary for the free motion, full access, and use of the information each chakra contains.

You might think of a chakra like a compact disk in a CD player. If the compact disc is not turning, the system is blocked and you cannot retrieve the information. When you discover the interference and correct it, the disk moves freely and the system is restored to full function. Surely, you would not judge an electrical malfunction in a CD player. Holding foreign energy or a past experience is like the malfunction and needs to be released with as little disturbance as you would create when you repair the compact disk player.

Each individual will find a cornucopia of information in every chakra. There is both useful and inappropriate information in each chakra. We need to identify which is which and clear the past, the foreign, and the disruptive energy, so we can get to what is beneficial and useful. We have to clear what is not appropriate, so we can access the information we need to fulfill our purpose in this life.

There is no correct order in which to open the chakras. Each individual has his or her personal game plan and needs to follow it. The secret is to persevere and clear the doubt so you will continue the process through the difficult times. Just like with physical exercise, in meditation, or self-healing, there are easy and difficult periods, and times when there seems to be no change. If you keep working with yourself, the results will come. Even when you feel you are not progressing, there are subtle changes taking place.

When you become aware of and open your chakras, you learn to know yourself and your God. It is necessary to know yourself in order to know God because your path to God is through you. Your body and energy system are your personal means for communication and creation. As you create your life, you either open or close your communication with God. When you act, think, and live in a spiritually aware manner, your communication opens. When you focus only on physical phenomenon and create disturbance such as hate, fear, and doubt, your communication closes. Learning to access the information in your chakras helps you know yourself. You can then know how to live a life that manifests your communication and relationship with the Cosmic Whole.

How many people have forgotten their relationship with God? We all need to return our attention to the Cosmic Consciousness. We need to return our awareness to our Source and Goal, so we can regain our self-knowledge. Through meditation and opening our spiritual information system, we can consciously focus our attention on God within and around us. The ultimate goal of all souls is conscious unity with God. Our experiences in every life are lessons to help us mature enough to accomplish this purpose. If we learn to know ourselves, we will learn to know all things because God is all things. By living what we know of God to the best of our ability, we will accomplish our spiritual purpose.

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LESSONS TO LEARN

Everyone is spirit and is seeking his or her relationship with God. We are looking for or have found our unique way to manifest ourselves, the spirit, to make an individual contribution to the Cosmic Whole. Regardless of the level of our development, we must eventually open our chakra system and see what we have written there. During this opening, there will be both celebration and sadness. We will discover things we have collected and stored that we want to enhance and use more, and we will discover things we do not wish to keep. Great beauty and power will be part of what we find as we recognize that we are part of God. We will also have to face the choices we made that we do not like and forgive ourselves for them. We can cleanse and heal whatever we need to change so we can focus on what is beautiful within us. Through the healing process, we come to know ourselves and all things.

We, the spirit, write our spiritual story with the concepts, pictures, symbols and formulas we have developed and collected throughout many lives. As spirit, we manifest through the vibration of our experiences and beliefs. Some of these creations we wish to avoid reviewing because we judge them. We do not want to accept the times we have been doubtful, afraid, jealous, greedy, or lustful and done things we deem evil. So we begin to hide the hate, fear, guilt and grief rather than bringing them into the light and clearing them from ourselves. All we have to do is accept what we have created and forgive ourselves for our times of learning or weakness, and we can move on to greater strength. When we learn to accept ourselves as we are, we can change and grow to maturity. By letting go of fear, we release hate and have room for love. As we learn to love ourselves, we can learn to love others. When we clear the things we do not like, we allow the things we like to shine through. By washing the dirt from a window, we can see the view outside and