Spleen Chakra #2
Change - Polarities - Movement - Pleasure - Emotions - Sexuality - Tantra - Nurturance - Clairsentience - Socialization - Water
Sanskrit Name: Svadisthana
Meaning: Sweetness
Location:
Lower abdomen, genitals, womb
Element: Water
Function: Desire, pleasure, sexuality, procreation
Inner State: Tears
Outer Manifestation: Liquid
Glands: Ovaries, testicles
Other Body Parts: Womb, genitals, kidney, bladder, circulatory system
Malfunction: Impotence, frigidity, uterine, bladder or kidney trouble
stiff lower back
Colour: Orange
Sense: Taste
Planets: Moon
Metal: Tin
Incense: Orris root, gardenia
Chief Operating Force: Attraction of opposites
MEDITATION
You are water - the essence of all forms, yet formless
You are the point from which each direction flows, and you are the flow
You are the one that feels, you are the one that moves.
You are the one that embraces the other
Shall
we flow together and join our souls in this journey down the river of life?
Shall we flow together to the sea?
The second chakra is located in the lower abdomen centered between the navel and the genitals, although it encompasses the whole section of the body between these two points. It corresponds to the sacral vertebrae and the nerve ganglion called the sacral plexus. This plexus hooks into the sciatic nerve and is a center of motion for the body. Because this is often called the "seat of life".
Classically, this chakra is the center of sexuality, as well as emotions, sensation, pleasure, movement and nurturance.
Desire is the expression of the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the being. From our first moments of life we desire nourishment, warmth and touch. That desire is a necessity - without it we die.
And without the continued nourishment in adult life of food, warmth, touch, pleasure and contact, we don't have the peace and power from being inside ourselves - in touch, fulfilled. From a weak place, we add to the harshness instead of contributing to the softness.
In an alienated culture where our parts are separate from each other, desire is the need to feel the real, the basic, the simple sense of connection; to feel a sense of satisfaction - a counter to pain, tension and estrangement. Desire is the seed of our passion, our joy, our vitality and our power.
Through the attainment of a desire we find satisfaction and free ourselves from need. If we fail to achieve satisfaction we can then, hopefully, let go of the desire as being unsatisfactory and move on to something else. It is not in desire itself that we find ourselves trapped It is rather the repression of desires that put us at cross purposes to ourselves.
If we see our second chakra as the healthy flow of an organism seeking manifestation, what we desire puts us in touch with our needs. To answer the needs we must embrace the desire. When the needs are validated, the object of desire may fall off as being irrelevant.
Desire, however, is a two-edged sword. If our passion to obtain a certain object blocks all other perspectives on what we are doing, then our attachment is throwing us off balance. Our attention is no longer within us, but centered on an external object. It is crucially important within the chakras that the central focus of energy emanates from within ourselves. Only in this way can the energy travel freely up and down the spine.
Affirmations
I am a Sensual Being, my senses are enhanced daily
I am Passion
I flow with emotion easily
I radiate sensuality