Spiritual Practices
Here are some examples of spiritual practices—both inner and
outer, based on the chakra system:
- Earth chakra
Inner
practice: A healthy metabolic system, relaxed
bowels, a relaxed body, good regeneration of the whole
system, enough rest and sleep, massages. |
Outer
practice: A healthy life with fresh, local,
uncontaminated food. Access to nature and community
(culture) and lots of exercise. Healing herbs, spices
and teas. A good education and job. A healthy economy.
A simple, active family/community life. No stress.
Restoring Nature. Building sustainable communities. |
- Hara chakra
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Outer
practice: Dancing, singing, love, tantra,
ceremonies, celebrations. You can heal your own body
through humming until your voice starts resonating
when finding the affected area. |
- Solar Plexus chakra
Inner
practice: Watch your dreams. Have a book next
to your bed and write down your dreams. Follow developments;
look for patterns. Do it for a year. Remember: you
produced the dream. Try counseling or psychotherapy.
If you work in a group, the group also has its process,
which will be reflected in dreams. Try expressing your
dreams through art, for example a painting. |
Outer
practice: Dialogue technique (David Bohm);
conflict resolution; helping others to grow spiritually. |
- Heart chakra
Inner
practice: Meditation of all kinds, focusing
on the heart; light in the heart, heart prayer. |
Outer
practice: Help those in need—be it
elderly parents, children, the poor, animals or nature,
the sick. Love thy enemy. “The Mother” spoke
of the four rungs of love, of which the highest form
is unconditional love, where nothing is expected in
return. Love because you cannot help it. Be one with
nature, animals and plants. Create a neighbourhood
based on love or a company based on serving the planet. |
- Pineal chakra
Inner
practice: Notice your thoughts every evening.
Let the day pass by your inner view. Do not judge yourself.
Are there things you regret? Have you taken responsibility
for your thoughts? Affirmation, visualization. Try
meditation. The goal is to stop thinking—to get
the focus from the head to the heart. This is done
by meditation or contemplative prayer; imagine light
in the heart (Sahaj Marg meditation); simple breath
awareness (vipassana meditation); Sufi heart-centered
meditation; Japa or repetition of mantras; self enquiry
of Ramana Maharshi (Who am I?); Centering prayer (Thomas
Keating); visualization meditation (Tenzin Palmo). |
Outer
practice: Positive thinking. Being there.
Read the Bible, the Koran, holy scriptures, spiritual
teachers, good writers. Do as
you think and as you say. Be authentic. Become co-creative
of evolution. Take action. Think of the whole planet.
Act locally and globally. |
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