Commander Reiki
and Chakra Khan  Posted
Oct-11-2005
Prismatic Colors and Universal Life Energy
The title is punny, but this isn't about a well-endowed
singer or Star Trek Generations. It's about another artistic
frontier that I'm not afraid to explore. A New Age spirituality,
if
you will: Healing Arts.
My openness to exploring new areas doesn't
necessarily indicate that I embrace
every new idea, opinion, or belief system that
I come across. It
does mean, however, that I enjoy learning new points of view
and
desire to understand the belief systems other people have.
To me, this is another interpretation to thinking 'outside the
box.'
Curiosity is one of the Seven da Vincian Principles,
after all (courtesy of Michael Gelb's book How
to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci). Sometimes my open-minded
curiosity leads me to interesting places. Yes,
da Vinci
continues to inspire me with his
endless three-way sketches and insatiable curiosita. Here's
a quote for you:
"If I wasn't curious, I'd be dead."
— Chris
Dunmire
My enthusiasm over the creative process has me thinking a
lot about energy. What fuels the innate desires of an artist?
Some say we are made in God's (or your higher power name
of choice) image. The highest deity in the Bible was occasionally
referred to as the "Grand Creator." No wonder we're
so creatively driven, it's embedded in us.
Naturally, in my contemplativeness, my exploratory
attention has been geared towards energy
work.
In
particular, the energy-healing Reiki,
and by association, the ethereal inner energy vortexes of
the Chakra system. I just love those Chakras. Did you know
that their colors correspond with the rainbow (ROYGBIV)?
(To brush up on your Chakra system knowledge,
visit Carolyn
Myss online. She's got a very cool interactive-digital
chakra model you can play with).
I
recently crossed paths with a Reiki Master at a workshop
I attended. I listened to her speak for several hours and
learned quite
a bit
about Reiki, Chakras, and their related accessories. We could
even say that on one level, I'm much more attuned to understanding
this healing art.
Plus, now I can relate to a whole new segment of people.
When one of them says, "Chris, your explosive creative
urges are
emanating
from your orange Sacral Chakra" I can politely nod my
head and understand what she means. Then I can touch my abdomen
right below my navel and think "navel + orange = creativity."
Now there's some enlightenment for you. I wonder if Sunkist
knows about this? (© 2005 Chris Dunmire) •
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