On the news a half
million people died.
The result? A million more people loose their lives.
I asked my sources,
but they denied
That much had
happened to the other side.
It makes me angry
that they lied
And said not one
civillian died.
They fight for oil,
they fight for pride
While they trow away
the children's lives.
They asked me to
fight
And when I defied
They said Peace was
an illusion in my mind
An imaginary thing
I could not find.
- Shay Sampson, 2001
I wrote this poem
after the fall of 9.11.
The picture was drawn
at some point after after the birth of my daughter in '02.
It shows an alien
with the chakra system fully active.
The 7 energy centers
in the body, running along the spine
Show the full
spectrum of light.
From red, at the base
of the spine
Representing the
primal needs
Food, shelter, warmth
What is necessary for
the body's survival
To orange, our center
for feeling and emotions
In the center of the
abdomen.
Each chakra is
circular,
And would appear
anywhere from the size of your fist to the size of a CD.
The light energy in
each one swirls.
At the Solarplexus,
the yellow chakra, your gut instinct,
feelings of intuition.
Moving up to the
heart, the green chakra our center for Love
and appreciation.
Our chakras exchange
energy with the world around us
Anytime we interact with the world on one of
these levels.
In the case of the
green chakra, when we give love,
Energy flows from our heart center.
When we recieve love,
energy flows into our heart center.
Up from the heart
chakra, at the throat
Is the blue chakra,
the center for communication.
When one of our
chakras is not flowing smoothly,
the circle of colored
light energy reflects the problem.
In the case of the
blue chakra, communication problems can arise.
When communication is
blocked, the energy is constraned,
And the chakra
becomes smaller and darker without a healthy swirl.
When there is too
much communication,
The energy is weak
and lacking in clear boundaries.
There is a lot of
talk, but very little of substance,
And the chakra reflects
that.
Above the throat
chakra, is the indigo chakra at the location of the third eye.
This is the center
for thought, perception and telepathic communication.
Interacting with the
world telepathically is exchanging
Energy to and from the indigo chakra.
At the top of the
head is the violet, or crown chakra,
The body's spiritual
center.
When we pray, it is
from the top of our heads.
Interacting with
people, animals and Nature on a spiritual level
Is sending and
recieving energy from the violet chakra.
The gold sun chakra
sits over our heads, our interaction with
spirit and light.
It contains the full
spectrum of light.
From the gold sun
chakra, a field of light extends around our body,
Like a bubble or a
force field.
Also white are
smaller chakras in the hands and feet.
These allow us to
send and recieve energy through our hands and feet.
There is a ground
that extends from the base red chakra to the center of the earth.
Picturing this in
your head is an excersize of grounding meditation.
I have also drawn a
tether leading from the alien figure to a baby,
My daughter Venus.
It can be said that
we are connected to the things we love by a silver thread.
If you would like to
make a donation of $10, I will send you a glossy 8x10 print of this art, which
I have entitled Chakra Peace. I will
also include a printed copy of today's blog post. If you are not able to, or do not wish to
donate, you are still welcome to the information in my blog. I believe knowledge should be free. Thank you for reading.
-Shay
