EDITContemplative
I can inhabit my whole self, from ground to sky.
A contemplative journey through the seven symbolic centres known from Hindu and later traditions, approached here as a framework for embodied reflection — clearly labelled as modern interpretation and symbolic practice, not as historical Gnostic teaching and not as medical or energetic fact.
Come as you are
Today in this room
Today's prayer
MODModern interpretationMODSymbolic languageEDITOriginal compositionSource of life, flowing through every level of my being,
I travel inward today by an old symbolic road — root, sacral, solar, heart, throat, brow, crown — not as anatomy and not as dogma, but as a map for attention. At the root, let me feel held. At the centres of feeling and will, let me be honest. At the heart, let me be open. At the throat, truthful. At the brow, clear. At the crown, quiet. Whatever these centres are — and traditions describe them differently — the journey through them is real: from survival to spirit, from grou…
Rooted below, open above, integrated within — I am one life, whole. Amen.
I can inhabit my whole self, from ground to sky.
I reach upward only as far as I am rooted downward.
My heart can soften safely, a little at a time.
Moving attention slowly from root to crown, where does your attention want to linger?
Which centre feels nourished right now, and which feels neglected?
What does 'balance' mean as a felt experience rather than an idea?
Where the seven-chakra map actually comes from, how it travelled west, and how to practise with it honestly.