In this photo, we are looking at two different views of the same picture. The lighting is different, giving us the illusion of two different things. The third chakra energy governs eye function and vision; this one picture gives us a view of ‘seeing’ with the two outer eyes and also seeing with the inner third eye. Fire: the energy/power of combustion and transformation. This force triggers the release of one atom from another, breaking apart covalent bonds and liberating electrons, photons of light, and at a lower frequency, heat. Energy lines from the universe cross at an angle of 36° to create the elemental force that we most easily recognize as energy itself. When electromagnetic lines weaving the fabric of the universe intersect at such angles, they spark the element of fire. It’s another holographic part of the illusion. We don’t need to look far out into the universe to see this one: the sun itself is the most blazing example of this transformative firepower. Propelled by this power, matter is continuously being changed into energy which we experience as light and heat. Without it we would not see anything at all, nor would any organic life exist. Just as the sun provides heat for things to grow on the planet, within the microcosm it is the solar center of each atom, the radiant nucleus that gives life energy, heat and light to each atom, and subsequently to each cell. At the level of groups of cells called organs, it is the transforming power of the digestive process that breaks down food into the components to build and energize the body. On the other hand, at the cellular level, it can sometimes create too much heat and terminate cell activity, as in a high fever. Fire in its destructive nature can burn. Taken too far and without the balance of the other elements, this fire can dehydrate and wither things, evaporating the water out of them and thus destroying the life that was originally there.

It is an expansive force that moves out from the center; the opposite of gravity. Anahata is the power that makes our lungs expand when they fill up with air, and also the force that moves oxygen throughout the body (out to the extremities) to nourish all cells. This subtle force moves outward, distributing and expanding the atoms of our being and thus constitutes the essence of the energy that makes us expand as we are growing up. On a microcosmic level, this type of prana it is called Vyana, while on the macrocosmic scale, this energy causes the entire universe to expand, and is referred to as Vayu. It is a powerful force at least equal to that of gravity and is always counterbalancing that inward pull. We have said nothing here of the power of air as wind in our everyday world. Think for a moment about tornadoes and hurricanes and what power is there. The ancient Summerians venerated “Enlil,” lord of air and wind, as their top deity. Subtle as the air element may be, it becomes quite powerful at times. It is also the same repulsive force that keeps us from falling through the floor – when the zillions of little molecular (atomic) magnets in our feet push away from the molecular magnets in the wood floor – nothing ever really touches. This tiny repulsive force counterbalances gravity, and if not for this, matter would collapse as it does in black holes (where all material in and on planet earth would condense into a ball the size of an orange; imagine how tiny we would be!)

The element of Ether, is an ethereal element that in modern terminology it electromagnetic vibration. Vishuddha is energy in its unbound state, the free-flowing, vibrant power filling the cosmos. In the perceived material universe, the space in between material things is permeated with electromagnetic energy in the form of light and a large variety of other frequencies that our normal worldly senses do not pick up. In fact, our senses are seduced into the illusion that we are seeing and feeling solid reality, which is in “reality” made up of compressed energy. Drawn into the concept of being in a human body, we adapt for survival on this planet, otherwise, we would perceive it too much as a dream and we would not take it seriously, dissolving ourselves back into the ocean of possibilities like a drop of water merging back into the ocean. This fifth chakra vortex is energy in motion, constantly vibrating and moving – radiating – out in all directions from each of the infinite numbers of stars that comprise our physical universe. When we look at the stars at night, what we see are the trillions of electromagnetic waves coming at us from those stars. Visible light is only a small part of what is actually coming toward us. Normally we do not have the heightened sensitivity to perceive this phenomenon directly.

With technological inventions, we have expanded our awareness of this whole realm. Once called ether it is now called the electromagnetic spectrum. The spectrum includes radio waves, microwaves, infrared light, visible light, ultraviolet light (UV), X-rays and gamma rays – plus an array of vibrant frequencies which we are not yet named, though we are capable of
observing and measuring. Electronic and nuclear technology is still taking us further into this phenomenon. As we are in the yuga age of Dwapara, ( a Hindu term for the age of technology), this knowledge is rapidly expanding each enlightening year.