Reflections upon a Path to Union
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Reflections upon a Path to Union
Exploring Esoteric Healing: Energetic Systems, Chakras, and Soul Consciousness
Could your health issues be rooted in energy imbalances you never knew existed? Join me, Penny Frampton, on this enlightening episode of "Reflections on a Path to Union," where we uncover the hidden world of esoteric healing and energy medicine. Promising a transformative journey, we'll explore the intricate energetic systems within us, focusing on the etheric body—a network of energy lines that serves as a blueprint for the physical form. We'll analyze how these energy lines govern the flow of prana, and the consequences of blockages and overstimulations. You’ll also learn how chakras, or energy vortices, are intricately linked to the endocrine glands and how they impact your physical and astral bodies.
Moving beyond traditional concepts of healing, discover the profound idea that genuine recovery stems from soul consciousness. We'll discuss how true healing occurs through one's own soul connection or through the influence of someone radiating soul-level energy. Additionally, we break down the seven primary chakras, their connections to the endocrine glands, and the potential health issues that arise from imbalances. In a deeply moving segment, we touch on end-of-life energy healing, where serious diseases may signal a soul's decision to leave the physical form. This episode aims to shift your understanding of health and healing, emphasizing the necessity of a deep soul connection, lifestyle adjustments, and dietary changes for true well-being.
Welcome. My name is Penny Frampton and I am the host of the podcast Reflections on a Path to Union, which is a series of talks about esoteric philosophy from a practical and experiential perspective. I will be presenting intellectual concepts, but from the point of view of how they impact our lives and our spiritual journey, how those ideas work out through our ordinary lives, in other words, how to live an ordinary life in an extraordinary way. Now, in previous podcasts I have talked about the fundamentals of spiritual practice from the aspect of man, know thyself, and I've covered physical, emotional and mental health. In the last podcast I also talked a little bit about esoteric psychology and the working with the shadow self. In this podcast I'm going to talk a little bit about healing from an esoteric perspective. So with any understanding of esoteric healing, a basic knowledge of the energetic systems that make up a human being, of course, is essential, and there are all sorts of books out there written about the energetic systems and healing using those systems. So I'll only give a very basic outline here. First of all, obviously we have the physical, which is in itself an energy body, and within the physical body there are three systems that are essentially important to esoteric healing, and they are the nervous system, circulatory system and the endocrine system and the endocrine system. However, when we come to esoteric healing or the esoteric understanding of the energy systems, the most important system is what is known as the etheric body. Now, the etheric body is a network of lines of energy and it forms a blueprint upon which the physical form itself is built. It's shaped, therefore the same as the physical form, but it extends a short distance from the surface of the skin. And actually, if you lift your hand and spread your fingers against a neutral colour background white or grey is good and you focus just on the edge, the very outside edge of your fingers, you may actually see a sort of shadow violet or grey that extends out from the edge of your fingers and that is the etheric body of your fingers. And that is the etheric body and, depending on the vitality of your particular energy body, it would extend maybe an inch or more from the skin and it's through this network of energy that the life force flows. Life force is sometimes known as prana or chi and, of course, this is the foundation of Chinese medicine.
Speaker 1:In Chinese medicine, where there is a blockage or a stagnation of energy or, similarly an overstimulation at points within this energy, and that's what they work upon either the stimulation or release of that stagnation or on slowing down of any overstimulated points. But further to Chinese medicine is the concept or idea where there are many lines of energy crossing, they form a vortice of energy, and there are some 49 of these vortices, even the seven that we know or are most familiar with and are commonly known as chakras. And again, there are many books written about the chakras and the way they are described. But they are probably best thought of as discs of rotating energy, and each of the chakras have a different number of discs superimposed one upon the other and each disc is rotating at a different speed or may not be rotating at all. If you have two semi-transparent disks spinning together one on top of the other, you will actually see lines and shapes and patterns, and that's very much what the chakras look like, giving the impression of petals, if you like. Now these vortices draw energies into and out of the physical body on one side and into and out of the astral or emotional body on the other. They are a bit like a doorway where energies pass backwards and forwards through that centre and, depending upon the state of that chakra, whether it is opened or closed. The speed at which it's rotating depends on whether there is stagnation or overstimulation in that area of your etheric body, around that particular centre. Now, on top of that, each vortice or chakra is linked energetically to one of the endocrine glands within the physical body and will affect it. These glands, through the use of chemical signals carried throughout the body by the circulatory system, affect most of the functions of the body. So how the vortices are moving, what energies are coming through them, link directly to the endocrine glands and then directly affect every aspect of the health of the physical body.
Speaker 1:The level of functionality of each of these chakras is also related to the spiritual evolution of the individual. Some centers may be more open than others at particular points in your spiritual growth, and this is really important because it dictates how open, how the chakras are moving, how the chakras are spinning, etc. It's unique to every individual. It's also dependent upon other things, such as karma, the soul, lessons that have to be experienced in that lifetime, the state of the physical body, even inherited weaknesses of the physical body. So this is where I start to get into trouble, because if someone ever offers to balance your chakras, please say no. There is no one alive today that I would allow to meddle with my chakras and those that I would know better than to do so Now. This is because the state of your chakras is so uniquely individual and to try and balance them is actually against your natural spiritual evolution. It affects you, it will affect your physical body, it will affect you emotionally. It may even set back your spiritual progress quite substantially. So please don't let anyone balance or meddle with the energies of your chakras.
Speaker 1:So you can start to see what a complex, intricate energy system we are. And then, if you add to that fact that the individual etheric web is interconnected with other energy forces from our planet, from beyond our planet, it also directs life, prana, direct from the sun via the violet divas. It also directs three kinds of etheric energies from our planet itself. It circulates all these different energies through our own individual energy systems, where they're transformed and transmuted. Then it directs these energies back out into our environment, back to the planet, back to the divas and elementals. So it's like a clearing system of energies from our planet and from our sun, transmuting them with our own energy systems and then passing them back out into the world and back out into the energy systems of the world. So once again, I'm going to make myself really unpopular.
Speaker 1:If someone is doing energy healing, please ask them what they mean by that. If someone comes to you professing to affect healing by channeling energy, start to ask them questions like what kind of energy are you channeling, how and where are you directing it? What kind of energy are you channeling, how and where are you directing it? Don't be satisfied with terms such as oh, universal energies or your subconscious will know where to direct it. Ask specific questions. Is it life force from the sun? Are you directing that through the appropriate violet divas? Is it life prana from the Sun? Is it divine love or light? Is it one of the seven rays or forces? Is it the etheric energies from the planet? Is it Christ energies, buddhic energies, soul energies? There are so many forms of universal energy. Please also be sure to ask what they are using and are you using guides? Are you using an external focusing point to channel those energies? Are those guides from an astral, mental or soul-based level of consciousness?
Speaker 1:There are so many different things you need to know. You know where are you directing these energies Through which of my bodies, through which of my chakras? Make sure they know what level of spiritual evolution you're at. Make sure they know what your karma is. Do you know what your soul lessons are in this lifetime? Do you know what the physical and etheric weaknesses of all my energetic bodies are, and so on. There's so many questions that you need to ask before ever allowing someone to just simply use an energetic form of healing, form of healing and, of course, the very obvious if someone practices energy healing through channeling, and particularly through channeling those energies through themselves, then that opens up a whole new set of questions. How are those energies going to be affected by the energy system of the healer through which they're passing? There's a simple allegory. If you think about water passing through a hose, is it a new, clean hose? Is it dirty? What passed through it before you know? Is it tap water? Is it rainwater? Is there dirt in the hose? There's so many variables and you really do need to be aware of these things.
Speaker 1:So, having said all of that, what actually is true esoteric healing? Well, from my point of view and I may differ from a lot of people, and I'm sure I do, but true esoteric healing to me only takes place from the level of soul consciousness, either through your own connection and union with your own energies, or through someone who is connected and unified at soul level themselves and can be a simple point of radiation or magnetic force, not a channel directing it, simply a point of radiation or magnetic force. And even then that person must have an understanding of all that I've been describing. That person must have an understanding of all that I've been describing and in the end it's always better to allow a natural personal soul connection to develop in order to become your own healing system. So let's move on and describe in a little more detail what I mean by how the vortices are linked energetically with our endocrine glands and how each of these areas can actually affect dis-ease, if you like, within your physical body. Dis-ease, if you like, within your physical body. So again, we're just looking at the basic seven chakras of the etheric body and how they link with the endocrine glands of the physical body, and we'll just look at the main seven that most of us actually know.
Speaker 1:So first of all, you have the chakra which is at the base of the spine and this is energetically linked to the adrenal glands. Now these glands sit over the kidneys, and the energy that is based and concentrated in this area of the body, at the base of the spine some people call this kundalini energy is actually the energy that is the life force and heat center of your entire energy system. In a way it's like the sun is to the solar system. So this center at the base of the spine is to your entire energy system. It holds within it the heat, the electricity, the fire that warms and gives life force to the rest of your systems and this part of the body. This energy center affects the spinal column because the kundalini energies use the spinal column, or at least the energetic representation of the physical spinal column, to direct those energies up the spine and throughout the body. So if you have a blockage of that chakra, if the chakra is not functioning properly, you will have a problem with the functioning of the spinal column and the other nervous systems that radiate out from that spinal column column.
Speaker 1:If we move up the chakra center, you come to the sacral center. The sacral center is energetically linked with the endocrine glands, the gonads, which of course are the male and female reproductive system. Simply, if there's a problem of under or over stimulation of the sacral center, there will be problems reflected within the reproductive system. And of course be very careful if you're drawn into the practice of tantric sex, because that can cause overstimulation of this centre, which can of course cause quite a damage energetically and will reflect in the physical body as well. Just take care.
Speaker 1:Moving up, we have of course the solar plexus centre and the solar plexus, as you know, sits kind of at the base of your rib cage, right in the centre of the body, and it is energetically connected to the pancreas. So once again, if you have under or over stimulation of this centre, you will have a physical reflection of the problems within the liver, the stomach or the gallbladder. These are all organs in that area of the body which will be affected by under or overstimulation of that particular centre. Moving up, of course, we have the heart centre and this is energetically linked to a gland that is not well known and is very much in an underused form at this time in human evolution and that's the thymus gland, which sits kind of halfway between the centre of the chest and the throat and obviously if there is under or overstimulation of this particular centre, it directly affects the heart and the function of the heart. Moving up, we have the throat centre, which is connected to the thyroid gland, which many of us have a passing understanding of how this endocrine gland can strongly affect people and their health. But it also affects the voice, bronchial system and the lungs. So again, under action or over action of this particular chakra will cause problems in these areas of the body.
Speaker 1:Now an interesting thing to note is that, depending upon your spiritual evolution, depends which of these chakras are functioning and which are not, and how they are functioning and how open they are. As your spiritual evolution progresses, the energies from the sacral and solar plexus centers start to rise into the higher three of the heart, throat and Ajna center, which is between the eyes. So if you are further along your spiritual path than most of humanity at the moment, you are more likely to have problems that affect the heart, the throat or the head centers. So spiritual disciples, adepts, initiates, tend to have psychological problems, heart problems or thyroid problems, more than, say, with other organs like the liver or the stomach and so on. So then we move up to the head centers now.
Speaker 1:Now most people know about the Ajna center, which is between the eyebrows and the head center right at the top of the head. But actually there are three centers in the head and when you come far along your spiritual path you are then focused within those three centers. Your spiritual path you are then focused within those three centres and it is the linking of those three centres that becomes the focus of attention. But when it comes to how they affect your health, the asana centre between the eyes is linked to the pituitary gland and again, overstimulation or understimulation will cause problem in the eyes, the ears, the nose and the sinuses. And this is why I keep saying to people please don't try and affect your chakras yourself, because over stimulation will unnaturally cause real physical problems.
Speaker 1:Now, of the two centres in the head, everyone knows the thousand-petal centre, which is the head centre right at the top of your head. This is energetically linked through the endocrine system to the pineal gland. It's the centre where you start to link to soul consciousness and as this centre becomes active it will start to affect the pineal gland and that will affect the brain itself and the functioning of the brain. The function of the pineal gland is all about chemistry, namely the chemical signals that it sends out to the rest of the body, namely the chemical signals that it sends out to the rest of the body. So when you get to a level of spiritual evolution where you are starting to connect to soul consciousness, then you become aware of how that may affect the brain chemically and therefore psychologically, and how that may go on to affect your life and your physical body.
Speaker 1:Now the third centre in the head which isn't mentioned very often is called the ultra major centre and it's linked to the carotid gland. This centre is at the base of the skull, the top of the spinal column, and it's linked through the spinal column energetically with the base of the spine. The energetic flow from the base of the spine up to the ulta major center. And that is what comes into play when you have what is commonly known as the rising of the kundalini. And again, be very, very careful on this, please do not work with kundalini yourself. Let it happen naturally, because when the heat and the energy and the electricity of that energy at the base of the spine rises before its time, unnaturally it will affect the ulta major center and the carotid gland and you will have problems psychologically and directly with the functioning of the brain.
Speaker 1:So I'd just like to talk a little bit about the effects that you get at various stages along the spiritual path. This is why it's so important that if you're doing any form of healing, that you look into the different aspects of your potential patient. You should be looking, most importantly, where upon their spiritual path of evolution they are, because that directly affects, as we've been discussing, which of the chakras are likely to be involved. If using energy at all, please use it from a soul consciousness perspective. If you're going to direct it at all, then look at the parts of the body that is actually affecting and direct it towards the chakra that is nearest that point of the body.
Speaker 1:However, if you're not aware of other things, like karma, for instance, there might be an experience that that individual in this lifetime has to undergo karmically, a lesson to be learnt from that experience that is karmically linked. So to presume that it is their destiny, if you like, to be healed of that particular disease might not actually be the case. And karmically, their actual experience is to experience that disease in some way or form so that they can come to understand it or release some energy that's bound up in a past life or situation. It's also a form of clearing house, if you like, because the further along your spiritual progress or path you travel and I'm talking lifetimes here you start to clear karmic situations and karmic energies. And you may be working with a patient who is actually chosen to use this particular lifetime to do a huge lot of karmic clearing, and that's what they're doing. Very simply. They might be in a lot of pain, they might have a lot of disease and discomfort, but they are just, in a sense, simply clearing karmic energies. The other important thing to think on when you're directing energies is karmic again, but it is also involved in being inherited genetically from your parents.
Speaker 1:There are weaknesses within the physical form and also within the etheric form that can be quite dangerous. Within the etheric form, that can be quite dangerous. I'll try and explain this. For instance, like myself, I have a slight double scoliosis of the spine. Now that means that the spine is the normal S shape from the front, which is normal, but from the side there's also like an S shape. So there's a physical weakness which causes compression on the spine itself, even on the nerves of the spine at a particular point, and this reflects into the etheric energies as well.
Speaker 1:Now, if someone were to direct energies directly, for instance, into my sacral center, those energies would increase the level of danger at that point in my energy system. It would also find that weakness and it'd be like having a leak in a hose. They'd be pouring energy in from the top. It'll be finding this weakness and it'd be like an explosive spray of energy at this particular point in the hose and that energy would leak out into my system. It might not just leak out, it might be forced out into the system through that weakness and cause some real damage energetically at that level of the body. So again, it's very important that you understand the weaknesses in the physical body and the etheric bodies of any particular patient or even yourself. And again, it's why I'm so particular about it and I'll keep repeating it, it's why I tend to avoid anyone else working on my system.
Speaker 1:I know my system really well. I know my physical problems, I know my energy problems. I know at what level I'm on my spiritual journey. I know which of my chakras is open, which the energies have transmuted and changed. I know how my energy flows through my chakras as I'm working on my spiritual practices. I'm also aware of how they affect me physically and particularly when I need to rest after a particularly stimulating spiritual practice. So these things you have to be so aware of, not only personally but if you're going to be attempting a healing with somebody else. All these things are important and to simply naively allow someone to channel energy into your own energy form is actually asking for trouble. I know I'll be in trouble for saying this and I'm popular in many circles, but that's my belief and it comes from experiencing my own form, my own energy forms, my own energy forces and the circulation of my own energy.
Speaker 1:Personally, I only heal through the use of my own soul connection, using magnetic or radiated energy directed through a soul link with a patient. I never direct energies through or channel energies through my own energy body. I only use a direct link soul to soul at a soul consciousness level. I also do a very complete analysis of a patient before I work with them. I try and ascertain everything that I've been discussing today before I even attempt to work with them, and I also work on what we were talking about the last few weeks. You know esoteric psychology. It's also important to ascertain which of the seven rays their personality is upon and respond to which of the seven rays their soul is upon, and then I can therefore use some of those energies, or I can simply direct divine love. There is also a caveat I never tell someone that I can heal you. There's a caveat because I do this energy work, I never tell someone that I can heal you. There's a caveat because I do this energy work. It may be that, karmically, this is not supposed to heal you. It may be, karmically, that you have a lesson to learn from this and therefore there may not be a healing taking place.
Speaker 1:Finally, something else to be aware of. If someone is experiencing a very serious disease and I'm talking about cancer or something as serious it may be simply that the soul has chosen to leave the form, the physical form. The physical form has contracted a disease in order to bring about the end of the life of that physical form. And a patient may come to you at that point in their life and it's difficult to have that conversation and you may choose not to have that conversation. It'll depend upon how receptive your patient is to that idea.
Speaker 1:But you must always hold in your awareness that, as well it may be the case, it may just be that time in the life of that particular person. But then there are a whole different use of energy in that situation, which is actually to help that person pass onward with ease and with peace. So I'll close up now that person pass onward with ease and with peace. So I'll close up now. Today I've talked a lot about the basic fundamentals that anyone attempting healing must become aware of. True esoteric healing is a complex skill that as yet, very few have even a basic understanding of and at the present time, true healing comes from your own connection with soul, consciousness, along with a change of lifestyle and diet. So I've just covered the very simplest fundamentals of esoteric healing in my podcast today. It's a very complex skill to learn and please, please be aware, if anyone approaches you or you approach someone else to undertake some energetic healing, that you are aware of the things that we've discussed here today in this podcast.