{"id":3078,"date":"2025-02-27T14:06:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T13:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spazioilsole.it\/articolo-23-quarto-chakra-anahata-il-chakra-del-cuore"},"modified":"2026-08-22T22:05:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T20:05:23","slug":"articolo-23-quarto-chakra-anahata-il-chakra-del-cuore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spazioilsole.it\/en\/articolo-23-quarto-chakra-anahata-il-chakra-del-cuore","title":{"rendered":"Article 23 &#8211; Fourth Chakra Anahata, the Heart Chakra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cLove was born first; neither the gods nor the spirits nor mortals can reach it\u2026 As far as the sky and the earth extend, as far as the waters flow, as high as fire burns, You are greater, Love! The wind cannot reach you, nor fire, nor the sun, nor the moon: You are greater than them all, Love!\u201d                                                                            ATHARVA VEDA 9.2.19<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Fourth Chakra is <strong>Anahata,<\/strong> which in Sanskrit means <em>\u201cUnstruck\u201d<\/em> or <em>\u201cthe sound produced without two objects striking each other.\u201d<\/em> This is because, symbolically, <strong><em>Anahata Chakra<\/em><\/strong> tells us that each of us can rediscover our wholeness, our integrity and our invulnerability within our own Heart, without the intervention of \u201cexternal forces.\u201d When the Heart Chakra is finally free of the wounds inevitably inflicted by the experiences along our path of growth, we can witness a free, innocent, fluid and radiant opening.<\/p>\n<p><u>Physical characteristics<\/u><\/p>\n<p>It is understandably located at the center of the chest, at the level of the sternum just above the physical organ, and it expands all around the <strong><em>Heart<\/em><\/strong>. Besides the Heart, the organs involved are the circulatory system, the lymphatic system, the immune system, the thymus gland, the lungs, the diaphragm, the shoulders, the arms and the hands. On an energetic level it is connected to devotion and surrender; on a physical level, being connected to the thymus gland, it regulates the individual&#8217;s development, controls the lymphatic system, and strengthens and stimulates the immune system.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><em>Fourth Chakra<\/em><\/strong> is located exactly between the three lower chakras and the three upper chakras, which respectively represent <strong><em>\u201cthe Body in all its physicality\u201d<\/em><\/strong> and the <strong><em>\u201cEvolution that transcends it while integrating it.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> It thus marks the passage from a state of consciousness tied to matter to one of higher frequency, connected to our most ethereal and spiritual parts. From the physical world of the body, we rise into the depths of spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Its element is <strong><em>Air,<\/em><\/strong> which indeed lies exactly between Earth and Sky. From an energetic point of view, it represents the point of <em>transformation of physical energy into spiritual energy<\/em>. It is in fact the least dense of all the physical elements and represents lightness, freedom, freshness and space. Air is an intangible yet indispensable element for our life, just like Love. It has a YIN polarity, that is, more feminine than masculine, more devoted to \u201cletting be\u201d than to \u201cacting\u201d; thus connected to \u201cnon-attachment\u201d and to \u201callowing what is.\u201d Love helps heal ourselves and others. But to do this, we must first deeply love ourselves. And to do this, we must come to <em>\u201ctruly touch our own heart with our hands and feel it beating\u201d<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>The Heart Chakra is the gathering center of <strong><em>Prana<\/em><\/strong> (from <strong><em>pra<\/em><\/strong>, first, and <strong><em>na<\/em><\/strong>, unit), that is, of <strong><em>Life Energy<\/em><\/strong>; it is the point of contact between the physical and mental worlds through the <strong><em>Breath<\/em><\/strong>. And it is precisely through control of the breath that one enters the inner space of understanding and of physical and mental transformation. Through transcendence of the Ego and surrender to our Higher Self, we can free our heart from the chains arising from our conditioning and arrive at Peace and Happiness. This Energy Center is indeed commonly associated with Feelings and Happiness, and it is the center par excellence of Compassion, Sensitivity, Love and human Warmth.<\/p>\n<p>Its color is <strong><em>Green-Pink-Gold.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Its sense is <strong><em>Touch<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><em>Crystals<\/em><\/strong> recommended for <strong><em>Anahata Chakra<\/em><\/strong>, the Heart Chakra, are: Rose Quartz, Green Aventurine, Amethyst, Emerald, Lapis Lazuli and Jade.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><em>Essential oils<\/em><\/strong> that can help rebalance the Heart Chakra are: Rose Oil, Bergamot, Sandalwood, Rose Geranium, Melissa (Lemon Balm) and St. John&#8217;s Wort Oil.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Symbolic characteristics<\/u><\/p>\n<p>It is connected to the <strong><em>sign<\/em><\/strong> of <em>Leo<\/em>, whose ruling planet, the <strong><em>Sun<\/em><\/strong>, expresses itself through generosity, emotional intensity and sincerity; to the sign of <em>Libra<\/em>, whose planets, Venus and Saturn, express themselves respectively in the search for harmony, love, communion and the development of the Ego <em>up to its transcendence, which makes unconditional love possible.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It is symbolized by a lotus flower with <em>twelve petals<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Its <strong><em>Yantra<\/em><\/strong> is a light-blue circle with, at its center, two interlaced triangles forming a <strong><em>six-pointed star<\/em><\/strong>, also known as the <strong><em>Star of David<\/em><\/strong>. Symbolically, they represent the <em>\u201cspiritualization of matter and the materialization of spirit.\u201d<\/em> But not only that. This symbol also represents the so-called <em>Sacred Marriage<\/em>, the integration of the masculine with the feminine within us, a manifestation of balance, wisdom and wholeness, which, when manifested in relationships and as a couple, leads to the so-called <em>Tantric Union.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At the center is the <strong><em>Shiva lingam<\/em><\/strong>, with a downward-pointing triangle (<em>trikuna<\/em>) bearing the seed symbol (<em>yam<\/em>). Also represented are <strong><em>Isvara<\/em><\/strong>, the God of Unity, and <strong><em>Shakti Kakini<\/em><\/strong>. Note that at the base of the star, an antelope in motion is depicted, a symbol of freedom.<\/p>\n<p><u>Psychological characteristics<\/u><\/p>\n<p>The most important reason why the Heart \u2013 and thus its energy center \u2013 is located precisely at the center of our physical structure is that this is where all self-conscious reflections begin, concerning all the perceptions in our physical body relating to each specific energy center. Having arrived at this energy center, we not only become deeply aware of <em>\u201cwho we truly are,\u201d<\/em> after having well defined it in the third, but we also enter into relationship with everyone around us. This kind of conscious self-reflection allows us to integrate our psychic parts into the cohesion necessary for our balance, but above all it allows us to consider ourselves <em>interactive<\/em> with the other \u201cunits\u201d in what is a fundamental relational interlocking.<\/p>\n<p>This Chakra is indeed the seat of <strong><em>Forgiveness<\/em><\/strong>, because, the moment awareness pervades our mind, our body with all its subtle bodies \u2013 in particular our <em>causal<\/em> body, which is the only body that follows us in every incarnation \u2013 and our Soul, we inevitably arrive at the concept that <em>\u201ceach of us human beings inevitably does what we can do at the very moment we do it!\u201d<\/em> Forgiveness thus takes on a <em><u>totally different<\/u><\/em> connotation and becomes sacred, deep <strong><em>Gratitude<\/em><\/strong> for everything that the <em>Divine<\/em>, through everything around us, sends us in every instant of our existence in this physical body, because it is exactly \u201cwhat we need at the very moment we need it most\u201d for our spiritual evolution. It thus becomes an act of necessity so that our elevation beyond every <strong><em>expectation<\/em><\/strong> can manifest, since we have transcended the need for an earthly understanding of <strong><em>What Is<\/em><\/strong>! There is no longer any need to forgive, because there is absolutely nothing left to forgive or to be forgiven for: <em>\u201cLife is<\/em> <em>perfect as it is,\u201d<\/em> and everything that happens is preparatory to our evolution and to the unstoppable journey of our Soul.<\/p>\n<p>The Fourth Chakra is thus the <strong><em>control unit of the human energy system<\/em><\/strong>. This energy center acts as an intermediary between Body and Spirit, determining its strength and integrity. More than any other chakra, <strong><em>Anahata Chakra<\/em><\/strong> represents our capacity to <strong><em>\u201clet go and surrender to All That Is\u201d<\/em><\/strong>: this Energy represents the Essence of the Divine, the eternal flow of the nourishing Life Force! As we know, birth is surely the most traumatic experience of the human being! There must be a very specific reason why we come into the world through the single most destabilizing experience of all! Thanks to this, we know that we are not great experts at receiving and giving Love, but we dedicate our whole lives, consciously or unconsciously, to trying to become so.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Loving ourselves \u2013 in order to then be able to truly love others \u2013 is the real challenge of the fourth chakra!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Archetype operating at the level of the heart is that of the <em>\u201cwounded child,\u201d<\/em> and it represents all the limiting experiences, the painful events and the damaged emotional patterns that become misleading deep within us. If we manage to sufficiently put ourselves on the line to have the courage to freely listen to the emotional messages and spiritual directives of our Heart, we will manage to leave the passionate whirlwind of the first three energy centers, and once we reach this level, a totally different vision and set of life conditions open up before us! But in order to be able to do this, it is necessary to manage to \u201csee\u201d <strong><em>our inner child<\/em><\/strong>, to listen to its most pressing needs, to nourish it, and to love it unconditionally.<\/p>\n<p>The Heart Chakra is indeed the place par excellence of <strong><em>Christ Consciousness<\/em><\/strong>. Here we surrender to <strong><em>Unconditional Love<\/em><\/strong>, the most powerful Energy we have; we surrender to God without any resistance, dwelling exclusively in the <em>Here and<\/em> Now. And in the <strong><em>Present Moment<\/em><\/strong>, thanks to the acquisition of this awareness, we manage to rejoice in small things in an <strong><em>exchange between giving and receiving<\/em><\/strong>, with the Gratitude, Generosity and Simplicity of Unconditional Love. It is a clear and resolute <strong><em>Yes<\/em><\/strong> toward Life and toward Its deepest Acceptance from every point of view, and it is from this acceptance that <strong><em>Total and Selfless Service<\/em><\/strong> toward everyone around us springs forth! Having reached this energy center, we become aware that the development of <em>ego-consciousness<\/em> is not our downfall! It has been, and still is, extremely necessary for the development of an ever more elevated civilization and culture. But we must accept that it is a fictitious structure, one that we use to achieve relational goals in our contacts with other individuals and in every field of social action, but which, once used, we must abandon in order to open ourselves to a new, more <em>\u201ctrue\u201d<\/em> dimension. The <em>intellect<\/em> will gladly yield \u201ccontrol\u201d to the <em>intelligence<\/em> that will from now on harmonize all behavior on a sensory level.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Indeed, from here everything can change!<\/em><\/strong> The intelligence arising from awareness will thus transcend the impulsive, aggressive, irrational reactions caused by mere psychophysical stimuli dictated by the so-called <em>survival centers<\/em>, since these three survival mechanisms of the lower circuit do nothing but <strong><em>separate<\/em><\/strong> human beings from one another and from everything around them. <strong><em>Fear, anger, acquisitive will, desire for possession and the need to overpower others will no longer have any reason to exist.<\/em><\/strong> Once at this center, through meditation, by acquiring a new psychophysical education that will allow us to enter a state of non-action, we will simply \u201centrust\u201d ourselves to Silence, to Universal Intelligence, and to the Higher Consciousness that will take care of our Essence. The forms of servitude of our Ego \u2013 relegated to the first three energy centers \u2013 functional for the gratification of the Self, will be divested and will gradually disappear \u2013 or rather, they will be integrated, transforming into \u201csomething else\u201d; we will then enter the dimension of the center of Love, of Compassion, of Connection with all other human beings, which is the true gateway to <em>vertical evolution<\/em>, to free listening and communication with all our brothers and sisters, the prerogative of the <strong><em>Fifth Chakra<\/em><\/strong>, to the intuition and expansion of Consciousness of the <strong><em>Sixth<\/em><\/strong>, to the awareness of <em>All That Is<\/em> of the <strong><em>Seventh<\/em><\/strong>, and finally to \u201cperceiving oneself as ONE\u201d of the <strong><em>Eighth Energy Center<\/em><\/strong>, the <em>Nous.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><u>The demon and the primary fear<\/u><\/p>\n<p>The <em>demon<\/em> of the fourth chakra is <strong><em>pain<\/em><\/strong>. A suffering heart clenches shut. It closes in on itself and cuts off bridges with the surrounding environment in an attempt to avoid being further strained. So the heart, too, seeks self-protection in a state of survival. We try to survive where, in truth, there is no longer any life. This happens when we do not give voice to our pain, when we even deny it! Over time, this closure crystallizes, and inner coldness contributes to its \u201cfreezing.\u201d A frozen heart is thus psycho-emotionally <em>dead<\/em>. It is only when we deeply and completely accept this block, and gradually become aware of our pain, that we begin to bring ourselves back to life. By first expressing it verbally, and then allowing ourselves to \u201cfeel it in the body,\u201d this <em>coldness<\/em> thaws. But to do this, we must first face and defeat Fear, and in particular its primary fear.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>primary fear<\/em> of <em>Anahata<\/em> is essentially the fear of <strong><em>being alone<\/em><\/strong>, of committing oneself totally to something, and of following the <em>\u201cheart\u201d<\/em> as opposed to the <em>\u201chead.\u201d<\/em> Many people persist in the mistaken belief that the mind is the one in charge, but we now know that the Heart&#8217;s energy is the true engine of our life system. Love is without doubt a divine power given to us, and it is up to us to learn to use it correctly and appropriately for our needs and our goals. Ultimately, our life is nothing but a \u201clesson on Love\u201d! And, as we have seen previously, our Love for others is often based precisely on <strong><em>compassion for our own pain<\/em><\/strong>. Using our own suffering to transform it into understanding, compassion and union is without doubt the most valid path for the expansion of this energy center. Here too, everything starts from the awareness of \u201cwho we truly are\u201d and of what our own psycho-energetic superstructures are that distance us from this Truth, in order to finally arrive at the spiritual awareness that <strong><em>Spirit inevitably passes through the Heart<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most powerful affirmation to direct at ourselves regarding the Heart chakra, I personally believe, is the following: <strong><em>\u201cI love myself, I approve of myself and I deeply respect myself! I unconditionally love all the people around me, and by them I am deeply loved! I humbly accept all this Love and I am deeply grateful for it.\u201d<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is in our lower energy centers that the deepest and most unconscious resistances dictate the law, precisely because they are unconscious and fundamentally tied to our oldest experiences and to survival. So give the Ego what it needs to strengthen itself, and stop crying, weak like a <em>\u201csuffering child,\u201d<\/em> unaware of what it itself carries within and what it will one day <em>become<\/em>. Only in this way will you be able to detach yourself from your resistances toward the fourth energy center. But remember that the next step involves not only no <em>attachment<\/em>, but you will manage to truly love yourself only when you detach from any separation: you will truly love yourself when you have fully included any person or past experience, so that no wound can cause any further harm, neither to those we deny or grant forgiveness to, nor \u2013 and to a much greater extent \u2013 to ourselves. A famous saying goes: <em>\u201cResentment and hatred are like a poison that, hoping to take revenge on the other, we drink ourselves.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Caroline Myss<\/em><\/strong> writes:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe energies of the fourth chakra draw ever closer to spiritual maturity and carry us beyond the parent-child dialogue with the divine, beyond prayers seeking an explanation for what happens, beyond the fear of the unexpected. In the eyes of the \u201cwounded child,\u201d the Divine operates a system of rewards and punishments, which includes humanly logical explanations for every painful experience. The wounded child does not understand that every experience, no matter how painful, contains spiritual insight. As long as we think with the mind of the wounded child, we will love conditionally and with a great fear of loss.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\"><strong>[1]<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>From the moment, then, that one fully understands that <em>\u201cEverything Is perfect as It Is,\u201d<\/em> <strong><em>Forgiveness<\/em><\/strong> will first become Compassion, then Gratitude, and finally Selfless Service, and Love, from a \u201cgood in demand,\u201d will become an \u201cinfinite capacity to give,\u201d and the road toward the Realization of the <strong><em>Self<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 which is nothing other than <strong><em>God Within Us<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 can finally be undertaken. This, then, is precisely the path toward Unconditional Love, which is the supreme goal of <strong><em>Anahata,<\/em><\/strong> the Heart chakra.<\/p>\n<p>The proper development of the <strong><em>Fourth Chakra<\/em><\/strong> thus leads to the awareness and expression, at the personality level, of the <strong><em>right to love and be loved<\/em><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>From the <strong><em>Fourth Chakra<\/em><\/strong> flow the <em>commands<\/em> of the human energy system, and from its opening, its expansion and the awareness of its power, the interactions develop both between the three lower chakras and the upper ones, and between our inner and outer selves, that is, between ourselves as individuals and the whole world around us. When we act in Love, we are one with the surrounding world, and this is precisely the most important lesson to learn in every incarnation. But, paradoxically, precisely because our relationship becomes unified, we no longer need to know ourselves in relation to someone else, but only in relation to ourselves. Here we discover what our needs are for our balance, for fully respecting ourselves and for feeling good both alone and with others, and for extending our well-being also to those around us.<\/p>\n<p>The most important lessons to learn about the <strong><em>Heart Chakra<\/em><\/strong> and its opening consist in becoming aware that Love should not be analyzed, should not be weighed, and to be <em>truly<\/em> Love it must not be mixed up with the affairs of the mind! The opening and expansion of this Chakra communicate to us specific, fundamental information: always listen to your Heart! <strong><em>It promotes the Life within you<\/em><\/strong>. Always seek <strong><em>Truth<\/em><\/strong> from a relational point of view, from what the Life Energy within you perceives in relation to the surrounding world, and never live in falsehood. This means always listening to the Divine. Deeply thank whoever allows you to evolve, to grow, to confront others, even if they have been \u2013 or are \u2013 a cause of suffering, but above all for having allowed you to constantly confront <strong><em>yourself<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>your limitations<\/em><\/strong>, so that you can truly learn the lessons you still need to make your own. What needs to be understood is that <strong><em>struggle is not the way to integration<\/em><\/strong>: you must not wage a revolt against others, nor even against yourselves! The only \u201crevolt,\u201d if we can call it that, will be exclusively against what we call \u201cresistance\u201d to Love, to Compassion, to Union and to Interaction. It is exclusively in \u201c<strong><em>exchange<\/em><\/strong>\u201d that everything happens! And it is, indeed, Love that allows this exchange of Information and Energy! Without this permeating and allowing oneself to be permeated, nothing can happen: this is the only \u201crevolt\u201d that can be accepted, and this will lead to the true revolution of your Consciousness!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cLove is the dynamism that infallibly brings the unconscious to light.\u201d C. G. Jung<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <em>main outcome<\/em> of <strong><em>Anahata<\/em><\/strong> is thus to awaken <strong><em>Christ Consciousness<\/em><\/strong> in ourselves and in those around us, if they are ready for this transformation. For thousands of years, within a culture obsessed with power, deep within us, in our most remote needs, we are nevertheless guided by the need to <strong><em>love and be loved<\/em><\/strong>, which is the fundamental right of the Heart Chakra. Indeed, <strong><em>Anahata<\/em><\/strong> is the Chakra of Balance, and it is no coincidence that it is located at the center of our body. And balance is achieved through deep inner listening and a continuous reformulation of actions and reactions, creating experiences that in fact connect past events with the new awareness acquired in the Here and Now, allowing the connection of <em>mental images<\/em> and <em>emotions<\/em>. <em>Balance is the basic structure for the longevity of all existing things<\/em>, and it is therefore also fundamental in the relationship between the various dual aspects of ourselves \u2013 mind and body, as well as the masculine and the feminine, the material and the spiritual, as well as the three lower centers with the three upper ones \u2013 as much as in the relationship established between ourselves and the world around us \u2013 union and separation, as well as giving and receiving. Only in <em>balance<\/em> can a healthy, lasting relationship be established, an exchange that respects both parties and their evolution. Nature seeks <em>balance<\/em>. Balance that unites without limiting, that creates intimacy and distance at the same time! But, beyond promoting deep Love for ourselves and for those around us, the path to the awakening of the <em>Christ Consciousness<\/em> that resides in <strong><em>Anahata Chakra<\/em><\/strong> inevitably passes through an ever-increasing reduction of the distance between us and the divine! Seeking God \u201coutside\u201d of ourselves is synonymous with separation, the prerogative of the first three so-called \u201csurvival\u201d energy centers, in which one lives predominantly in \u201clack\u201d and \u201cdemand,\u201d dictated by the childish needs of our <em>\u201cinner child.\u201d<\/em> When the path of awareness and integration reaches the Heart, this search shifts from outside to within ourselves, becoming ever more mature. That is, one begins to close that <em>gap<\/em> of separation that \u201cplaces the divine outside of us,\u201d because of which we would remain stuck in a position of prayer stemming from an inner lack, begging for \u201csomething that is already within us!\u201d And this shift is simple as soon as one truly becomes aware that our Self is the \u201cdivine spark within us\u201d: an infinitesimal part of <strong><em>Creation<\/em><\/strong> shining within us, considered as a point \u2013 at the center of our Heart \u2013 that manifests \u201cwithin consciousness but is beyond consciousness,\u201d and that is in continuous and total connection with the Whole, beyond \u201ctime\u201d and \u201cspace.\u201d Moving thus toward a vision of <strong><em>unity with the divine<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 considering all differences and separations to be arbitrary \u2013 \u201cprayer\u201d begins to take on an evolved meaning of co-creation with <strong><em>Him\/Her\/The Whole<\/em><\/strong>, that is, <strong><em>Creation itself.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>Functional characteristics<\/u><\/p>\n<p>When <strong><em>Anahata<\/em><\/strong> is <em>in balance<\/em>, the emotions felt and radiated are Joy, Union and Love. Anyone around us will be pervaded by them, and Compassion and the desire to help others will be instinctual, natural emotions. Feelings will be immune to inner turmoil or to any conflict or uncertainty coming from outside us, and Serenity and Harmony will be the stable basic condition. The feeling of being alive will grow to the point of coming to understand the true meaning of \u201cLife\u201d in its most original and authentic form, that is, the expression of Eternal Love and Divine Bliss, and to wish to transmit it to everyone around us.<\/p>\n<p>When <strong><em>Anahata<\/em><\/strong> <em>is not in balance<\/em>, the willingness to help others unconsciously has its roots in the expectation of recognition and gratitude, which inevitably leads to the emotion of disappointment. Or, the feeling of helping and being available will not actually be connected to the Source of Love, and one will feel strong and powerful to the point of thinking one can give away a bit of this strength, thus remaining in a state of inability to accept the love others try to give us, and difficulty in opening up to receive.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>dysfunction<\/em> of <strong><em>Anahata<\/em><\/strong> thus concerns the most widespread energetic block: <strong><em>the difficulty of loving ourselves.<\/em><\/strong> How can we love others if we cannot truly feel love for ourselves? And Love for ourselves obviously includes the Respect we have for ourselves, for our Dignity and for our overall Well-being! To do this it is necessary to establish intimate contact with ourselves, with our sufferings, with our fears, with our needs and with our deepest hopes. The ability to love ourselves therefore inevitably passes through intimate knowledge of ourselves and of the most suitable ways of interacting with those around us, through which we manage to value ourselves and value our relationships.<\/p>\n<p>The absence of Love for oneself indeed makes one extremely vulnerable to offense and\/or dependent on the affection and attention of others. This triggers two different vicious circles: the first, in which, to compensate for the lack of Love, friendly and helpful behaviors are adopted indiscriminately toward everyone, with total lack of awareness and discernment; the other, in which the wound of rejection leads us to total closure, mistrust, sadness, depression, and terror of opening our Heart again. Total closure, over time, leads to indifference, coldness and insensitivity.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Love leads to spiritual Awakening, and the most effective way to invite Love is to offer it first!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Certainly, but not as a symptom of a veiled request for that <em>romantic love<\/em> on which we, children of lack and demand, have depended for centuries, disguising it as the only kind of <em>Love<\/em> that nourishes us and helps us evolve! In fact, it is something else entirely. Nor is it that love which compensates for abysmal emotional voids. One cannot heal a wound that is still open, and even less so from the outside! An open, suffering wound inevitably leads to a dependency that in fact represents an \u201cemotional black hole,\u201d impossible to fill by filling it with attention. The only way to integrate this void consists of an awareness that can only come from \u201cwithin us\u201d! And this healthy behavior can only manifest if the <strong><em>Third Chakra, Manipura<\/em><\/strong>, the Chakra of personal power, is balanced. This is because the eventual \u201closs\u201d of Love can produce deep despair in those who have a weak, deficient Third Chakra, in which secure self-esteem has not been structured and the demon of Shame and Hypercriticism is still very strong. The Fourth Chakra, together with the Third, allows us to transform and integrate the wounds of our inner child, experienced and suffered in the <strong><em>Second Chakra<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Svadisthana<\/em><\/strong>, so as to detach ourselves from Attachment, Anger and Victimhood, which clog our energy channels, the very channels that allow the free flow of <strong><em>Energy and Information<\/em><\/strong> in favor of our true spiritual evolution. If in the Third Chakra the need was to learn the energetic principles of <em>holding on<\/em> and <em>letting go<\/em>, in the Fourth Chakra it is instead essential to commit to <em>reaching out and welcoming<\/em>. By transforming Fear first into \u201copenness\u201d and then into Trust, the integration of Pain experienced in the past is favored, thus averting a block of the Heart Chakra.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIdeally, the demon of shame has undergone a transformation in the third chakra, allowing us to be ready to enter the heart with an honest respect for the sacredness of our being. When we love ourselves, the actions we take toward ourselves are full of respect and responsibility; we take pleasure in being in our own company when we are alone; we respect our limits and tell the truth. More generally, self-love is the act of treating ourselves the way we would treat everyone we love \u2014 with respect, with honesty, with compassion, with feeling and understanding, with pride and patience.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\"><strong>[2]<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Anodea Judith<\/em><\/strong> continues:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOne of the primary areas of balance of the heart chakra is that between mind and body, which occurs when one learns to decipher the body&#8217;s messages. A precise inner listening is therefore necessary, on the part of the mind, to the body&#8217;s subtle communications, which often lead to recovering past memories and allow us to work with trauma, to release accumulated tension, and to bring unresolved emotional issues to completion.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\"><strong>[3]<\/strong><\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Through meticulous self-analysis work, becoming the \u201cwitness\u201d who, from outside oneself, observes oneself, one can become aware of what our perceptions are in relation to our traumas, our deficiencies, our needs and our automatisms, and, simply by being able to observe and analyze them, they will release all the emotional charge that kept us blocked in suffering.<\/p>\n<p><u>Tool for balance<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Its Bija Mantra is <strong><em>YAM<\/em><\/strong>, and it is founded on gratitude toward the Universe, toward others and toward ourselves, and on the desire \u2013 almost a necessity, more than anything \u2013 to <em>\u201cIlluminate every living being with the Light one perceives springing from one&#8217;s own Heart.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Caroline Myss, <strong>Anatomia dello spirito<\/strong>, p. 202. ANIMA EDIZIONI<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> Anodea Judith, <strong>Il libro dei chakra<\/strong>, p. 290. NERI POZZA EDIZIONI, I COLIBR\u00cc<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" name=\"_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> Anodea Judith, <strong>Il libro dei chakra<\/strong>, p. 292. 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