What are the signs of inharmonious functioning?

   Inharmonious functioning normally leads to a "swollen head". This means that the person is living almost entirely through their intellect and their reason. But in wanting to solve everything through their mind, they only accept the realities conveyed to them by rational thought. Such people are very likely to have highly developed intellectual faculties and to be endowed with a capacity for detailed analysis, but they lack a broad, global vision and the ability to fit everything into a wider cosmic context.

   It's not unusual for such people to display intellectual arrogance. They only acknowledge factors that can be grasped by the mind and verified using scientific methods. They reject spiritual knowledge because it is "not scientific", "not real". They tend to try to influence people and things using the force of the mind, to demonstrate power or to satisfy personal egotistic needs.

   In general, an attitude like this coincides with an unbalanced Solar Plexus Chakra and a poorly developed Heart Chakra. If in spite of a few blockages, the third eye is relatively open, such actions are always possible, but they are definitely not in harmony with the natural flow of life. The individual feels isolated, and in the long run, doesn't gain the expected satisfaction.

   If the flow of energies is virtually stopped at the sixth chakra, the reality in which people live is no longer that of the visible outside world. Their lives become entirely dominated by material desires, physical needs and irrational emotions. Discussions of a spiritual nature seem tedious and pointless. They reject spiritual realities because they believe they are just products of the imagination or empty and absurd fantasies with no practical connection. Their thoughts tend to agree with prevailing opinions. They can fall into a profound nihilism which stems from their failure to realise their grand ideas and aspirations. But they always get themselves into this situation and it's not the world or other people who are to blame.

   In particularly stressful situations, they can easily "lose their head". They are easily distracted. In extreme cases, their thoughts are confused, woolly and entirely dominated by their repressed emotions.

To sum up: if you lack discernement, if you find it hard to make up your mind, if you often have illusions and can't rely on your intuition, if your vision of life is too negative, if you are incapable of "visualising" positive circumstances or bringing your creative imagination into play, if you are unaware of your own powers and your true personality, this means your sixth chakra is unbalanced.

 

   Once this chakra is "open" and capturing cosmic energy properly, you finally know exactly what you need for your own well-being (and that of others too), and you can focus your attention on a precise aim. Powers like intuition, positive thinking and creative visualisation become spiritual resources that you can exploit in order to build the life you want. You create your own lucky opportunities.