One’s Energy system has 7 main energy centers known as ‘chakras. ’ The word "chakras" is from Sanskrit meaning " wheels." Each wheel is an Energy center, a spinning vortex located down the center of one’s body. Ezekiel chapter 1 is the most obvious reference. The prophet saw in vision 4 creatures with the likeness of a man having wheels of colored brightness up and down. Ezekiel said "the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels" and "their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps...." Ezekiel said one wheel was like the color of a beryl (a green gem), and above their head it was the color of the terrible crystal and above the firmament over their heads it was the color of a sapphire stone (deep blue.) The color of amber was seen above the loins and from the loins downward "I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about." Those colors seem to match the location and color of the 7 main chakras!
Their appearance and work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. Wherever the spirit was to go, they went. They had dreadfully high rings which were full of eyes. All of that fits with the literature on chakras. Verse 11 has a cross reference to D&C 77:4. "Q. What are we to understand by the eyes and wings, which the beasts had? A. Their eyes are a representation of light and knowledge, that is they are full of knowledge; and their wings are a representation of power, to move, to act, etc."Apparently, the "dreadfully high rings" contained light and knowledge, precisely what one would expect concerning the rings of the complete circuit of energy. D&C 93:29 teaches us that intelligence is the light of truth. D&C 88 teaches that the light of truth shines and that it is the same light that quickens our understandings. Quantum mechanics tells us that at levels well below protons and electrons there is mostly space. And that in that space -what exists? Information. The First Presidency has written, "There is a universally diffused essence which is the light and the life of the world... which proceedeth forth from the presence of God throughout the immensity of space, the light and power of which God bestows in different degrees to ‘them that ask him,’ according to their faith and obedience." (Improvement Era, Mar 1916, 460 quoted by Boyd K. Packer, Ensign, Apr 2005, 8)
Those who can see subtle Energy systems also write of a cord connecting our Energy body/physical being to our "Source" in heaven. Eccles.12:6-7 says "Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it." In other words, when the silver cord that connects our Energy system from a heavenly place to our physical being is loosed, our spirit returns to God. That fits fine with my belief system.
Some people’s minds seem closed to new ideas, yet the Lord says we are to "be instructed more perfectly in theory, in principle... Of things both in heaven, and in the earth, and under the earth. (D&C 88:78-79) I can think of few other subjects to study that purport to be in all 3 of those places other than our complete system of energy. (Some of our Energy centers are located a few feet under our physical feet, or "under the earth.") I feel fine learning about my Energetic body which is above, on and below the earth as long as I stay firmly planted on the rock of Christ which is His gospel. (See D&C 11:24) Orson F. Whitney wrote, "[The gospel] embraces all truth, whether known or unknown, it incorporates all intelligence, both past and prospective. No righteous principle will ever be revealed, no truth can possibly be discovered, either in time or in eternity, that does not in some manner, directly or indirectly, pertain to the gospel of Jesus Christ."
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Dear Tamara.
I hope your blog is still up and riunning. I am a friend of Judy Smith. She gave me your site over a year ago and I have used it time and time again for not only me, but to send my clients to that I do energy work for. Thanks for all your research and VALUABLE information. Especially for the LDS doubtfuls. Teresa Olsen
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Daniel 7:9 says this - "I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire."
So Daniel saw the wheels/chakras of the Ancient of days and they were filled with fire/light/intelligence! This fits in perfectly with your thoughts on chakras described in the Bible.
Nice additions, JH! The topical guide lists these and Ezek. 10:9 under the heading "Wheel."
Can I post your post on my blog? (A blog about energy work and kundalini Yoga with in the LDS perspective )I will give you full credit and a link to visit your blog's home page. Thanks for your thoughts and putting what I want to say more eloquently than I would.
Dont know if this site is still up, bit as a aerospace engineer (go utah state) and a active lds member, i love this. It matches so much of the scienece i have learned. I love conecting science to god:) here is my question, how do we know there are 7 of them? I know for a fact that emotions is nothing more than energy in motion. So the subtle energy people talk of is nothing more than emotion and it HAS to have a pathway to move from physical to spiritual realm and thats where chakras come in. They are the emotional gateway from earth to heaven and heaven to earth. Emotions are what connect the physical to the spiritual. My personal belief is that we have millions of these epicenters because we have millions of cells and ewch cell is connected to the spirit, but we have 7 governing ones:) but where in bible does it actually specify 7 wheels:) thanks
Thanks for asking. I simply took the prophet Ezekiel's words in Ezekiel 1:28 at face value. He said the brightness round about was "as the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain." We're taught that a rainbow has 7 colors with the acronym ROYGBIV. Assuming that is correct, there were 7 colors in the "appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord." It is profound that Genesis teaches we were made in His image.
Supporting evidence is found in what Ezekiel spoke previously. He speaks of "the colour" or "appearance of" a colored object in Ezekiel 1:7, 16, 22, 26, and of at least two colors in Ezekiel 1:27. Ezekiel names several colors AND their locations. (See my comments in and after the post "How Do Chakras & Life Force Energy Fit with LDS Beliefs?" for more on this.) The locations and colors Ezekiel noted match what ancient traditions have taught for thousands of years about energy centers or chakras! In my mind, this is not a coincidence. All truth fits together.
Similar to your beliefs, I was taught by the Rapid Eye Institute that there are hundreds and hundreds of minor chakras. Rapid Eye uses a basic model of twelve chakras, pictured in my first book. It has been fascinating to run Chakra "clearing scripts" with Rapid Eye Technology for specific Chakras in 1-12 for people and then hear back the related shifts that occur.
I, too, love making connections between science & religion.I think you would like the quotes I found from Korotkov on people emitting light and also Fritz-Albert Popp on bio-photons in my book Healing Arts. John A. Widtsoe wrote, "In the fundamental laws that underlie all nature, there is a perfect harmony between science and 'Mormonism.' Few religions can say as much." (Joseph Smith as Scientist, 141) I agree. I wrote a book about that! :)
Very interesting.
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