[UA] American Chakra

[Steven Howard]

In <3.0.1.32.20000902095410.010eff78 at pop.mindspring.com>, on 09/02/00 
   at 09:54 AM, Gregory Paul Stolze <holycrow at mindspring.com> said:

>So... what I'm asking y'all is this.  If Chicago is the heart chakra,
>what cities in the U.S. correspond to the others?  The other chakras,
>along with some of their traits, are...

>Muladhara, the Root chakra.  Associated with the will to survive.
>Unbalance produces reckless aggression and fear of change.  

When I try to associate an American city with the phrase "will to
survive," I think first of a lot of tiny frontier towns in the West,
then I think of places like Pittsburgh and Buffalo.  When I think of
"reckless aggression and fear of change" I think "that's the whole damn
country, isn't it?" -- so this chakra must be unbalanced.

Peeking ahead, I see you've got LA down for this, which works with your
west-to-east scheme, but I don't think it fits all that well with "will
to survive".  

>Swadhisthana, the Navel chakra.  Known as "the sex chakra."  Unbalance
>means inadequacy, possessiveness, envy & self-regret.

Los Angeles, New Orleans, or Las Vegas.

>Manipuraladhara, the Solar Plexus chakra.  (Sometimes just "Manipura.")
>Governs confrontation, in the sense of dealing with your problems I
>guess. Unbalance yields materialism, egoism, but also lethargy,
>distrust.

Wichita, Kansas.  Kansas is the "bread basket of America" ("bread
basket" = solar plexus) and Wichita is the headquarters of Boeing, a
major defense contractor ("confrontation").

>Anahata, the Heart chakra.  Upside is love unconditional.  Imbalance =
>low-self esteem, fear, jealousy, "martyr" syndrome.

And we've already determined this is Chicago.

>Vishudda, the Throat chakra.  Governs intuition, communication &
>expression.  Imbalance = criticism, gluttony, consumerism, emotional
>excess.

New York or Los Angeles are the obvious choices for "communication and
expression."  My personal free-association response to "what's the
throat of America?" would be "the St. Lawrence Seaway" -- so we could go
with Erie, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, or Toledo.

>Anja, the Third Eye chakra.  This stands for insight, unification.
>Imbalance = see only the obvious, forgetfulness, sadism, ignorance.

Boston, Philadelphia, or Washington.

>Sahasrara the Crown chakra.  This one means wisdom, ability to receive,
>and connection to the divine.  Imbalance = misunderstanding, sorrow,
>gloom, mob mentality, schadenfreude, envy. 

Same answer.  Boston, Philadelphia or Washington.

>So what I'm currently thinking is...

>Muladhara = Los Angeles.
>Swadhisthana = Las Vegas.
>Manipuraladhara = ???  Maybe White Sands?
>Anahata = Sweet home Chicago.
>Vishudda = New York City?
>Anja = Washington, DC
>Sahasrara = Philadelphia

>Those fit fairly well symbolically (more or less, I suppose) but the
>last three aren't in geographical order.  Ideally the whole thing would
>have a smooth progression from west to east, with the easternmost city
>being the connection between the US and the divine unity.  

What about:  Los Angeles -- Las Vegas -- Wichita -- Chicago --Detroit --
Washington -- Boston?  Can we get away with New York City not being on
the list?

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Steven Howard                    
mrblore at earthlink.net


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