LET'S TALK A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Focus On...
The Power To ~ The Power Within
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Your 3rd chakra, also known as the Solar Plexus Chakra' which is located between your navel and the bottom of your rib cage. This is where your strongest sense of self is stored. Here is where all your personal boundaries are set. It is the chakra of self esteem and willpower. Your personal growth and change stem from this chakra. It is the key to transformation.
When In Balance you have a sense of value and uniqueness. You are energetic and confident. People recognize your integrity and personal honor. Your strong sense of personal worth is your advantage in avoiding the pitfalls of excess. You enjoy a challenge, but at the same time you are not a workaholic.
When Out of Balance you can be manipulative of others or easily controlled by others. Your self confidence is threatened and you may have a fear of rejection. Lack of energy takes away your ability to put ideas into action.
Meditation
The benefit of meditation on this chakra comes from its purifying qualities. It helps to transform old thoughts and feelings from negative to positive energizing thoughts and feelings. Meditation with candles burning in the room helps connect with the energy of this chakra.
From earth to water to fire! Our dance grows - we grow in strength - we feel our power rising from the earth beneath us, descending from our visions and releasing joyously from our hearts...to rest on the third chakra - our "power" place.
This is the focus of our inaugural issue of On The Path. As you enjoy the wisdom of our contributing writers, open your mind to re-examine the concept of power. This is essential to develop and heal ourselves at the third chakra level.
Instead of operating in the concept of power that involves domination of one party by another ("power over"), we can develop power as integration ("power within") - that power of connecting with the forces of life. Our intent is to shift your thinking about power. We can consider it an active verb rather than a noun, for indeed, power only exists in the doing, in the 'powering' of changes or ideas. We can now begin to replace the "power over" with the "power to."
I am honored to share this issue with you, and would love for you to share your thoughts about it with me. Write me at [email protected], I'm listening.
~Tracey
Creative Vessel &
Managing Editor
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