Healing into Wholeness Using Chakras – Day 6
Healing Into Wholeness Using Chakras Day 6
By Nancy Robinson and Lynn Zambrano
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth. ~Benjamin Disraeli
The sacral chakra is located below the navel and is influenced by the element of water. This is fitting because as the tide rolls in and out in fluid movement, as do emotions. The theme of this chakra is “the right to feel”. This is your center for creation and what you create is tied to what you feel and believe. Your feelings about abundance, prosperity, and sexuality, influences the reality you create. These feelings along with your sense of well-being, determine the boundaries you set and how you perceive the world. Because what you are feeling is so powerful in how and what you create, you need to examine closely why you are experiencing a particular emotion and what beliefs that might reflect. Feelings are a good thermostat to help you understand your belief system. Pay close attention to attitudes around “deserving”. What ruler do you use to determine what others deserve and what you deserve? Do you feel the need to earn love? What must you do in order the feel the “right” to receive love? The archetypes for this chakra are martyr and empress/emperor.
The martyr is stuck in suffering and the belief that sacrifice is necessary. Feeling a limited sense of control the martyr gives up its power. When this happens the martyr also releases the right and responsibility for its own well-being. Relying on others for approval, the internal compass is lost and it is unable now to enjoy life. Energy depletion is common, negative attitudes and resentments which lead to feelings of isolation. Feeling that its own happiness is not as important as others, it relinquishes its right to happiness and fulfillment in order to provide others with stability and balance. The martyr lives an incomplete and unfulfilled life feeling it must suffer. Issues of hopelessness, depression, anger and guilt will manifest. The martyr judges and jails itself imposing the suffering it feels it deserves. The martyr blocks its life-force energy and develops co-dependent relationships. Social attitudes help to enable the martyr. Sacrifice is seen as a virtue in many cultures, and acknowledgement of how much they give up for others is for the martyr a reward. So whether it’s done for approval or from a desire to be loved and accepted, the result is disempowerment. It is also a pattern of behavior that may be passed down to children. Manipulation can also be a theme of the martyr, because it has sacrificed, it wishes others to do so as well. This in turn helps the martyr feel control and that its pattern of behavior is correct, while what is happening is further devaluation. The first step out of this role is to acknowledge that it is your right to be happy. You “deserve” and have the right to make the choices that support you. You have the responsibility to embrace life, learning and growing as you journey through. Experiencing the life you created, you are able to release the need to rescue and “fix” other peoples.
