What are the signs of inharmonious functioning?

Problems often arise when someone has suffered from a lack of esteem during their childhood and youth, which prevents them from developing a real sense of their own worth. So in their external life, they seek confirmation of their intrinsic qualities, and the satisfaction they are lacking deep inside.

   When your third chakra is "out of balance", you tend to want to influence everything in your favour, to control your internal and external world, to exercise your power and your conquering spirit. You feel driven by an inner agitation and a profound dissatisfaction which give you no peace. You also develop an intense need for activity to hide this feeling of inadequacy that is eating away at you. You lack inner calm and find it hard to let go and relax.

   Consciously maintaining the attitude that everything is possible, you control or repress your feelings, which you find a "nuisance" and undesirable. Consequently, your emotions are blocked. But from time to time, they break through this wall of denial and control, and swamp you without you being able to handle them properly. You may "blow your top", and when this happens, your annoyance is simply a sign of all the irritations that have gradually built up, without being dissipated.

   If your third chakra isn't functioning normally, this makes you feel weak and depressed. All around you, you see nothing but obstacles to the fulfilment of your desires. Afraid of displeasing your parents, your teachers, your loved-ones, etc., you have tended to hold back on expressing your feelings or to swallow a whole load of things that are "impossible to digest". This has caused the formation of "emotional impurities" which dampen the "fire" of the Solar Plexus Chakra, robbing your actions and desires of all their strength and spontaneity.

   You try to win the appreciation of other people by adapting yourself in some way or another, which means that your own vital emotions and desires are not properly taken into account. In difficult situations, you feel ill-at-ease or so nervous that your actions are agitated and clumsy. You would prefer to avoid facing any new challenges; unfamiliar experiences scare you. In a group situation, you try to attract attention and find it hard to accept those who shine, or try to shine.

To sum up: If you have a poor self-image or find yourself hiding behind a mask, if you feel a need to bully or crush other people or conversely become totally submissive, if you have a quick temper, if you need to dominate or wield power over others, if you only believe the dictates of your mind, if you can't put an end to the perpetual conflict between your own will and the inevitable social restrictions in your daily life, this means that your third chakra is unbalanced.

 

   Once this chakra is fully "open" and capturing cosmic energy properly, this enables you to get back into peak condition: more physical, psychic and mental energy, and maximum vitality. You regain your ability to assert yourself and exploit your creative powers. You know which way to head, because you can trust your intuition and you are very good at judging all kinds of situations and their potential risks. It could be said that you rediscover "the protective Guardian Angel you carry inside you".