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In the Kheprian system, whenever we write about the chakras, we typically start
from the Crown and continue down through the Root. This is a uniquely Kheprian
progression. In almost all other systems you will encounter, the numbering of
the chakras is reversed. Thus, when you consult a non-Kheprian text, the first
chakra is actually considered to be the Root chakra. So why do we go top-down
when practically everyone else relates to the chakral system from the bottom
up?
For a while we really didn’t understand why there was a difference, but
after giving the matter some serious thought, the reason became logically apparent.
In the traditional view, energy / spirit travels up from the Root, which is
most connected to the body and material reality, and culminates at the Crown,
striving out of the flesh and into the realm of pure spirit. We Kheprians have
always felt “right” measuring down from the Crown to the Root.
The difference is a matter of perspective. The majority of traditional writings
on the chakras are coming from systems written by incarnated beings who are
looking from a physical perspective at the realm of spirit. Yoga, for example,
is a discipline that attempts to release the individual from fleshy existence
so they move beyond the physical realm. It makes sense then, that such a system
would begin at the lowest chakra, the one closest to earth/body/matter, and
end at the highest chakra, which is furthest from these things.
We Kheprians come from the opposite direction entirely. Our natural state is
as beings of spirit. We already have a self-aware subtle existence. When we
incarnate, we are essentially “coming down” into a body – therefore
the progression to us is from the Crown to the Root, spirit moving down through
the various levels of fleshly existence. And to be honest, many of us lack a
firm connection to the Root, as it’s simply too grounded.
As an example, almost all of the Priest caste have no solid connection to the
last chakra (first chakra by other systems), and this significantly affects
our ability to ground. Most beings ground through the Root, by way of energy
channels that travel from the Root, down the legs, and to the minor centers
at the souls of the feet. This energetic system very literally connects people
to the energy of the ground, or earth. The Priest caste either have to consciously
reconstruct / reinforce these channels (an approach that has variable results
depending on the individual) or they should ground through their hands, where
they have a much stronger set of channels, by laying their hands directly on
the ground when and if they feel the need for grounding.
There are other variations in our perception of and interaction with the chakras
that we are only learning through our comparisons of our knowledge with that
of other people. But all of this only goes to show that even on the level of
subtle anatomy, there is room for individual variation, and simply because someone’s
energetic structure is different from what is seen as “normal” –
i.e., the majority – does not mean that system is abnormal or unhealthy.
If that structure functions healthily for the being who possesses it, there
is no reason to judge it as “wrong” or seek to fix it.
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