Copyright 2001, Colin C. Tipping

seventh
(crown) chakra carries data about spiri-
tual awareness and connection to Source.
• The 
eighth
chakra, which lies above the head, rep-
resents our contract or agreement for incarnation and
contains our life’s mission.
Though central to eastern medical traditions, the chakra
system gets zero attention from western medical sci-
ence, and there exists very little recognition generally
in the west of its central importance to our health, spiri-
tual well-being, and vibratory rate.
In truth, the chakras are crucial. When these energy
centers become out of balance — as they do when we
become emotionally upset or traumatized for instance
— they reverse rotation, become very erratic and in
some cases close down almost entirely. Anger, resent-
ment, and hurt will tend to close the heart chakra and
the throat chakra, guilt and lack of trust will weaken the
sacral chakra, and so on. The effects of such energy
imbalances will be felt as lethargy, a general malaise,
low sex drive, inability to speak our truth and a whole
host of symptoms for which a medical cause cannot be
found. If the chakras remain out of balance for a long
time, however, it is inevitable that an effect will indeed,
sooner or later, manifest as disease in the physical
body. As we noted with the subtle bodies, disease al-
most always begins in the energy fields — which in-
clude the chakras — and moves into the physical body,
appearing finally as disease or physical breakdown.
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Fortunately, chakras can be restored to balance quite
easily. There are practitioners who are sensitive
enough to feel the energy of each chakra and have tech-
niques for rebalancing them. Most forms of energy
medicine such as acupuncture, homeopathy,
aromatherapy and many others act directly on the
chakras and bring them into balance.
(For a thorough explanation of how our evolution can
be explained by reference to the chakras, see
“Anatomy of the Spirit,” by Caroline Myss, (Three Riv-
ers Press, 1996.)
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