is chakra real? if so, can any one teach me how to use it?

Answer 1

Chakra is a Sanskrit term meaning circle or wheel. There is a wide literature on chakra models, philosophy and lore that underpin many philosophical systems and spiritual energy practices, religious observance and personal discipline. Theories on chakras fit within systems that link the human body and mind into a single unit, sometimes called the bodymind. The philosophical theories and models of chakras as centers of energy were identified through the mystical practice of yoga in Ancient India where they were first codified.
A chakra is a center of activity that receives, assimilates, and expresses life force energy. The word chakra literally translates as wheel or disk and refers to a spinning sphere of bioenergetic activity emanating from the major nerve ganglia branching forward from the spinal column. There are seven of these wheels stacked in a column of energy that spans from the base of the spine to the top of the head. There are also minor chakras in the hands, feet, fingertips, and shoulders. Literally, any vortex of activity could be called a chakra. It is the seven major chakras that correlate with basic states of consciousness...

In other words, chakra are energy centers in the body located at major branchings of the human nervous system, beginning with the base of the spinal column and moving upward. Chakras are considered to be a touch point or nexus of metaphysical and/or biophysical energy of the human body.

Chakra are explained in different ways, depending on who is doing the explaining. In Chinese medicine, they are often explained in relation to acupuncture points. In some Eastern thought, chakras are considered to be gradations of consciousness and reflect states of the soul--these systems rely less on proof than on experience (under the assumption that 'proving' the existence of chakras is asking to 'prove' the existence of the thought process). A mystic may deal with chakra as a model for their internal and external experience, and when talking about 'energy centers', may be talking about subtle electromagnetic forces which connect to the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects of a person.
In the Vajrayana tradition, now preserved mainly in Tibetan sects, it has long been recognized that certain important teachings are expressed in a form of secret symbolic language known as saṃdhyā-bhāṣā, 'Twilight Language'. Mudrās and mantras, maṇḍalas and cakras, those mysterious devices and diagrams that were so much in vogue in the pseudo-Buddhist hippie culture of the 1960s, were all examples of Twilight Language....
The chakra system originated in India more than four thousand years ago. Chakras were referred to in the ancient literature of the Vedas, the later Upanishads, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and most thoroughly in the 16th century by an Indian yogi in a text called the Sat-Chakra-Nirupana. In the 1920s, chakras were brought to the West by Arthur Avalon with his book, The Serpent Power."

Answer 2

"Chakra" means "wheel" and the concept of chakras was developed in Tantric yogic systems in India although other mystical ideologies (such as hermeticism) have equivalent ideas. Theosophists and then New Agers appropriated chakra lore in the 20th century. Chakras aren't necessarily "real"; they are a way of thinking about the spiritual, psychological, and evolutionary nature of the body. I have written about chakras on my 360 blog, which you can access through my profile. They represent energy centers within the body where psychological blockages may reside. You don't "use" them; you meditate on the chakras and what they represent so that you can have insights about yourself and also get over neuroses and psychological complexes that obscure who you really are and thwart the efficiency, creativity, and ability that you can have. Some forms of meditation are esoteric and have to do with moving energy through the chakras. Some believe that chakras are vortexes within the biophysical energy field. Energy healers learn how to sense the energy fields and the chakras to assess health and to revitalize and heal a person.

Answer 3

To learn about the chakras visit http://www.sahajayoga.org

Answer 4

like the chakra in the midle of the ndn flag?

Answer 5

chakras are very real, but you don't "use" them, anymore than you "use" your heart and lungs....they simply are. (energy conduits in your body)