Soul Body

Soul Body gives access to higher and feelings, thoughts and manifestations. This is the sixth level at which one experiences spiritual ecstasy.

Soul Body, Bodies and ChakrasSoul Body is the sixth layer of the Bodies and Chakras which is associated with enlightenment. There is a connection with the sixth Chakra which is the Ajna chakra. It consists of light, also known as visceral level; where one has access to higher intellectual knowledge, wisdom and information available to the collective consciousness. Soul Body is the medium for the manifestation of soul"s energies and the home of the "I Am" presence. It furnishes supervision for the human level.

The following illustrations portray the locations of the seven chakra levels of Soul Body:

1. Physical Level
Four Locations: instep of feet and thumb sides of wrists. Function: fortifies ability to bring the “I Amness” presence into action; gives soul manifestation in the physical level. Too open: obsessed with self; an inclination to disregard others. Blocked: weak feet and hands; holding back, normally from life.

2. Emotional Level
Four Locations: inside legs, just above the knees and inside arms, just above the elbows. Function: "I Amness" running through feelings. Too open: too occupied with the priorities of one"s own feelings. Blocked: weak-knees; pulling arms back to the body; holding back from deeper, more private emotions.

3. Mental Level
Four Locations: inside connections of legs with pelvic area and on the body side of the armpits. Function: "I Amness" uttered through mental reasoning; a rational or healthy attitude towards self, as a person and unit. Too open: anxious with expressing oneself as a person or unit. Blocked: poor posture; not feeling acceptable in life; fragmented between mental and soul areas.

4- Intuitional/ Compassionate Level
Two Locations: ovaries or testicles. Function: maturation of sexual orientation toward self and the world; healthy polarity identities. To open: sensing that one is God"s gift to the opposite sex, Kundalini and the Chakras. Blocked: fear of sexuality and not being religious; fear of unsuitability in male/ female relationships.

5. Will/ Spirit Level
Two Locations: about one inch above lower ribs on both sides of the chest. Function: capacity to take and use the breath of life; swearing one"s right to be. Too open: too much need for space. Blocked: sensing to drown in other people"s energies; lung problems; poor breathing practices.

6. Soul Level
Two Locations: each side of the neck on the curve from the body into the neck. Function: manifestation of self-respect; feelings of importance; holding the head up. Too open: conceit. Blocked: tension in the neck area; inclination to pull neck and head into the body.

7. Divine Level
Two Locations: straight above the ears. Function: experiencing oneself as one with God; self experienced as a unit of God"s cognisance; channelizing one"s life through awareness of God realisation. Blocked: headaches; poor discernment or insight as to one"s fateful energies; a feeling of "losing it".

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