#2 orange - the second chakra

The red softens to a kind of orange glow when we move up to the second chakra, also known as the sacral. It is situated in the lower stomach. This is the orchard chakra. The season of change, renewal, moving forward. We are now in the realm of the appetites, sex is a big drive at this chakra. Now sex is a hunger in itself, wanting to satiate its own needs for the pleasure’s sake, rather than serving any survival instincts that we had at the first chakra. This is where we explore tastes, experiences, and other means of fulfilment. It can also give rise to a great many insecurities. With the need to be ‘filled’ also comes the (false) perception that we are empty. We begin to look outside of ourselves to fill this void.

Relationship issues arise. What if you don’t fulfil my needs? What if it turns out that you don’t have that which I expected you to have, that which I saw lacking in myself and decided to find it outside of me?

When we set about establishing new partnerships we encounter intangibles such as trust, integrity, we learn to evaluate others, and make independent choices. This is even more so in intimate relationships, trust being a cornerstone of that. As we learn trust we also learn discernment, and we deepen our faith in ourselves too. This serves to build good character, but it also is where we learn to make judgments, and it emphasises us as separate beings. The world becomes me and not me. I start to see aspects of myself that I have rejected in other people. I evaluate everything solely on the evidence of my senses. I begin projecting.

Many illness are associated with the stomach, sexual organs and that whole area. Diet has become a huge issue in our times. What we put into our body, and what we’re not putting into our body both can kill us. There is almost a danger attached to food today, it comes with labels, it comes with warnings. It is a hugely loaded subject.

Unlike the sharp stabbing fear of the first chakra, the fear here is a sickening one in the stomach, a sinking kind of feeling. We’ve all had it. It’s that feeling of, ‘I’m not good enough’. It is like the stomach caved in and all your organs are being squashed. It feels like your world is collapsing. It tastes like disappointment.

Trust means taking risks. This introduces uncertainty. Risk entails the possibility of failure. This thought engenders fear, fear engenders shame, and this can mean a lapse back to the first chakra. When I say ‘lapse’ I mean to the energetic level or ‘mood’ of that chakra. Adolescence is, although not exclusively, an example. The steady progress toward adulthood interrupted, some regress to a ‘safer’ childhood form. Also in adulthood; trouble in work, a business venture or marriage gone sour can be causes.

A great deal of resentment can reside at this chakra, addictive behaviour, appetitive urges, victim consciousness. In seeking fulfilment, I may discover I am not filled with what I thought I would be filled with. I am full but I am not complete.

It is the color chakra of the child beginning to explore his new environment, orally fixated, discovering his new world through the taste buds, as well as the adolescent dipping a toe into territory unknown. We move from dependence to interdependence, as we realize survival can best be won by combining with others.

Enquiry:

How satisfied are you with life?

Does it feel, at times, that your world collapsing in on you?

If so, how often does this happen?

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