# 5 blue - the fifth chakra

As we rise to the next chakra, the throat, the color changes to blue. Here we encounter communication, both verbal and non verbal. This is the color of peace, calm, the collected mind. It is also associated with gold, the golden blue light being a symbol of Kryon, an angel associated with the earth’s ascension.

In speaking we establish who we are, we announce our arrival, and we also establish our integrity. Hence the obvious importance of speaking truthfully, and communicating clearly to others. It is here we give vocal expression to the content of our brain. It is here too that the majority of our relationship issues are thrashed out. Communication is how we negotiate. The throat is the gateway of the power chakra. Qi gong masters and martial arts experts are aware of this, hence they often accompany their exquisite moves with blood curling yells.

Speaking presents many interesting and complex challenges, for example, finding congruency between conscious and unconscious thoughts, whether our words heal or hurt, setting our boundaries, and respecting others’. Also how much we gossip (and we all do!), and if this involves triangulation. And speaking up for ourselves when it might be easier to be silent, conversely, not speaking when we’re burning to criticise someone. In a very specific way this chakra is concerned with speaking our truth. Using words in a non violent way. Much of today’s discourse is rooted in violence.

Use these challenges to learn more, not to berate yourself, or seek out shortcomings in others. Everyone has some kind of speech challenges (because everyone communicates, however poorly). Be mindful of the words you use, (or don’t for that matter), their tone, inflection. Are you gushing to tell something, cutting across someone else, trumping their story with a better one of your own? Or do you hold back, use silence to create a barrier? What is the rest of your body doing? What is your hand saying while your lips are talking? Our speech says a lot about us, how available we are to others, how present we are with ourselves.

Throat issues can vary from ailments of the larynx, sore throats, etc., to speech impediments, all the way to life-threatening diseases, such as throat cancer. Why do you catch a cold? What are you holding in? Do you criticise yourself regularly? When you speak do you allow yourself enough air to breathe? Most people don’t!

The voice is the point where we make the interior exterior, where we ‘reveal’ who we are. Let’s face it, pretty much everybody hides something. Of course I don’t mean you give out your bank account number to everyone. By hiding, I mean the things we hide unconsciously, (actually conscious, but unintentional, see another article!).

Example, suppose we think there’s something ‘not right’ about us. We try to hide this, either because we want to deny it, or because we are terrified others will find out. What we attempt to hide we invariably betray. We may betray our ‘secret’ at any of the chakras, but we are most vulnerable at the fifth. Of course, the really important thing to realize is that the original thought was a lie. There is nothing ‘not right’ about us. When we get this, fear abates, and our voice then can ring with its true authentic sound.

Fear at this chakra manifests as a kind of choking, not being able to get words out. Remember a time you were in an interview, or as a child up before the headmaster? It feels as if someone or something is strangling us from within. It’s quite staggering that the biggest fear people admit to is speaking in public. What is it about this issue that brings up all our stuff?

Have you ever heard Maharaji speak? His voice is like a crystal stream cascading down the side of a mountain. Beautiful. Maharaji hides nothing. If you haven’t heard him speak try and find an opportunity, not only to hear his voice, but of course to experience his great wisdom.

Completion of the power centre takes place at the throat chakra. Survival issues, going right back to the base, can still be detected in the throat chakra. Ever notice someone struggling to be heard? There is often a panic in their voice, like if they’re not heard they will die. If we strain to gain control over ourselves or others constriction can occur in the vocal cords. We are literally ‘straining to speak’. Most speech is unconscious.

Enquiry

In the conversations you had today,What part of yourself did you hide?

What part did you reveal?

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