The chakras, sometimes called wheels or lotus flowers, represent seven power centers in the body. They are built on each other, from the most elemental, earth, up to the most cosmic. In some studies they only refer to the lower six. The crown chakra is only accessible by controlling or empowering the first six. It will become clear that the interdependence of the chakras is an interesting challenge of three dimensional modeling.

Throughout history, people have created a variety of beautiful myths and metaphors for the 'kundalini' coiled serpent spiritual energy flowing up through each chakra, base to crown, through the 'sushumna' center channel, and 'ida' and 'pingala' snaking channels of 'prana' life force.

When you read this information, hopefully it will help you solve blocks and problems, but be forewarned. Please be careful with spiritual energies and energy centers. The intent of this writing is to share healing information, and none of it should be used carelessly, without reverence.

The seven chakras each have a position in the body, a sanskrit name, an element, a color, a general sound, an aspect of personality, an endocrine gland, and a 'flower' with a specific number of petals - each petal has a sanskrit letter.

Healers and spiritists use the positions, colors, elements, and the aspects of each chakra to diagnose and heal people.

Visualizing 'prana' life energy flowing up and down the system of chakras is a method of cleansing and strengthening.

Any library will have books with much more detailed descriptions of the chakras as emotional and psychospiritual healing forces, this study is of the system of connectedness of the seven chakras and their Sanskrit sounds.

The main sounds of Sva×dis‡t‡ha×na and Man‡ipu×ra chakras are included in the privious's sounds. Mu×ladhara, the third, has 10 petals, which adds up the previous petals 6 plus 4. The fourth has 12, 4 X 3. The fifth has 16, 4 X 4. The sixth ties it together: the sound Ha, for the right petal, is the main sound of the throat chakra. Ks‡a, the sound for the left petal, combines KA from the fourth chakra, and s‡a, from the first.

So of the sixth chakra, the third eye, the left petal controls the trunk (Moon), the right, the throat (Sun). 4 + 6 + 10 + 12 + 16 + 2 = 50 petals. The system is repeated 20 times in the Sahasraˆra chakra (1000 petals).

LAM - Survival, basic instincts; VAM - Sexual, continuality emotions, measuring love received; RAM - Emotional balance, feelings in a general sense, also ancestors; YAM - Love for the physical plane, as the pivot the meeting of spiritual and physical, eternal peace between mind and matter; HAM - Communication, throat and neck therefore nuances, innuendos, and subtlety, also ability to be heard and recognized; OM - Collective consciousness, as the third eye this is insights, visions, psychic activity, open-mindedness; ..MM.. - Godhead, indescribeable, divinity, seat of the spirit, like the massive number of hairs, that many to that many power to that many power realities - this is where the human first disconnects from the infinite into perception of "I" or identity outside The Ultimate.

Some visualize 'prana' or 'chi' life force on the IN BREATH entering the body through the stomach chakra then the whole system energized, then all healed and released on the OUT BREATH.

For meditation that will consume the thinking brain, internally count heartbeats for each in, hold, out, hold breath cycle, don't force, just count the beats for each (done fully you will overhear other brains' thoughts).

A good general cleansing would be to chant the SOUND, NAME or ELEMENT of each chakra using the major scale (do, re, me..) and for each chakra visualizing the element, color, body parts, and emotional connections.

Tantric methods like these should bring unresolved issues to the mind. Fine. Heal these issues with love for all.