The Universal Law of Reflection

As above, so below

Everything you see in your world is a reflection of that which you hold within yourself. This concept can be difficult to accept as human beings have a tendency, a default setting, to search for external fault or cause for the circumstances of their world and their lives. Acceptance of this fact is the crucial first step towards taking control and having true influence over the events in your life and in your world.

It is your energy, your vibration, sent forth by way of thoughts, feelings and actions that create your external world. Likewise your external world beams back and impacts and molds your internal world. This is the revolving door of unconscious creation. The external locus of control that keeps us stuck in repeating patterns and undesirable cycles of creation. But you are the source of it all and true acceptance of this fact is integral to affect true and everlasting change.

When you begin to diligently observe, acknowledge and direct your internal world, your thoughts, feelings and actions you will begin to see changes in the external world. When you begin to specify and refine your thoughts, feelings and actions you will have the power to create your life, your world anew.

Every situation in your life presents you with an opportunity to learn something about yourself. If you are angry or pleased with a person or a situation resist the temptation to blindly react, turn your vision inward and examine where this anger or pleasure lies within you, what are its roots? Any stimulation, positive or negative is a beautiful gift to locate, heal or affirm a part of your internal world. A gift that also affords you the opportunity to choose your response, your thoughts, feelings and actions and therein lies your true innate power.

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The Sacral Chakra

This is the second of the 7 major chakras.  The sacral chakra is located in the genital region, between the pelvic bone and the navel.  This chakra is linked to the gonads and is often called the sexual chakra. It is symbolised by the 6 petaled lotus, coloured orange or vermillion.   Each of the 6 petals has an associated quality - indulgence, suspicion, disdain, delusion, all-destructiveness and pitilessness.  These are the negative qualities one must overcome and transform to achieve clarity of purpose and true consciousness.

The sacral chakra has the elemental quality of water and is therefore considered the chakra of emotions and centre of karmic activation.   As energy travels from the base chakra to the sacral chakra it divides and takes on a dual nature, sometimes referred to as yin/yang, ida/pingala, receptive/expressive.  This duality assists in the interpretation of the events in one’s internal and external world and it is through the sacral chakra fuelled by our emotional responses that we express our reactions to these events.  

Yin energy is receptive and facilitates the interpretation of one’s own feelings and creative drive while also facilitating one’s interpretation of the feelings of others.  Yang is expressive and facilitates the expression of one’s feelings. As one interprets and responds to inner and outer stimuli the interpretation and resulting choices create one’s personal identity and reality.  The universal law or reflection states that everything you see in your world is a reflection, and intimate projection of that which you hold within yourself and the ultimate goal is to respond rather than react.

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