Hi Chris and Trinity,
First of all, I would like to say thanks you for all you are doing, it makes me happy to see people like you be on this way and trying to enlighten others.
I also want to say that I've listen to your new documentary 5Gateways like one week ago and it is clearly one of the best documentary I have ever listen to... and believe me, I listen to a lot of them 
So now, what about me... Since forever I have always been open mind and open about all the stuff that is going on around us, I was curious and had a lot of question about the universe, but at that time, I was not very "researching"... it was most about feelings. I feel about 2012 since I was a kid, and I've always find it funny to see how the things has been going on years after years until now.
I really started to research and listen to a lot of stuff like 3-4 years ago and my awakening really started at this point, as I was learning more and more about the reality we are living in and was just confirming all the things I was feeling since my childhood.
In my awakening process, I end up learning about our real self, and how everything is about our connection to the spirit world, and how we can touch all this with changing our perceptions of things.
It's been some time now since I'm working on myself, trying to become a better person overall, trying to feel more the things around me, to listen to the flow... and to let the flow go by itself.
I started to see the difference around me to some degree, for example, I noticed a lot more synchronicity in my life without even looking for it. One of my friend is currently living the same process as me. As we try to help each other in this, we talk a lot about all these things happening.
I also started recently to seriously read about chakras and meditation, because since I see the process I'm into, I realize this is pretty much the next step in my awakening.
Here is my problem, even when I seem to understand what are the chakras and how they are connected to our day to day experience, I don't seem to sense or feel them. I think I might be a little bit unbalanced around my heart chakra, since I have a hard time really FEEL the love associate with it. I mean, I am happy in my life right now, I really am since I live the awakening process.. I do take more time to live, and to live for me, appreciate the little things. I smile to people and try to help when the opportunity present itself, but I don't feel the "love" as the word means to me. Of course it makes me happy and seeing people smile to me when I do something positive in a situation where they would expect me to react in a total different way, it feels great... but is that it?
I'm just trying to see where is the problem, since I don't feel my chakras at all, and I'm pretty sure my firsts ones are Ok right now, I haven't feel that good, relax and balance in my life before.
In the same idea, I have a hard time meditating, ok, I'm really starting with it, but the few time I have start feeling energy around me while I was meditating, it was so overwhelming that I started focusing on this too much and then lose it all... and usually I end up ending my meditation not long after because I can't get there again. But this energy I'm talking about, I didn't feel I was connecting it with my chakras... It's hard to explain.
I have to say that when I meditate, I will do it lying on the back, because I have a hard time sitting the back straight for a long time. Is that ok?
Anyway, this is my story, and at the point where I am, I would really take some guidance and advice because I feel lost a little bit in the process.
I would like so much to be able to join one of your course, but I'm from Quebec and in a position where it would be very hard for me to do it. I've look a lot around where I live for place who do this kind of things and it's not something that I see a lot around here... So I have to work it out by myself.
Again, thanks for everything and thanks for taking the time to read what I have to say.
I wish you a day of love and peace, for both of you, Chris and Trinity!
Renaud
PS: Like I said, I'm from Quebec, so sorry if my English is not perfect, it is not my first language!
Catalyse your spiritual evolution... Openhand Courses
Chakras: - consciousness exchange points
15 July, 2012 - 18:08 — Chris BourneHi Renaud,
Thanks for connecting and posting - you're most welcome here. And glad you found the 5GATEWAYS documentary of benefit. It's been a soulful yearning of ours since the beginning to capture theses experiences on film to share.
So what are the chakras and how do they relate to everyday life?
Also you mention you don't necessarily feel them so often. I'd say this is the case for many people - so nothing to worry about.
Personally I think there's much miscomprehension about them, lots of stories get embellished and become misleading for people.
To me, the chakras are consciousness exchange points - were unity consciousness as the soul flows into separation consciousness as the body. If the chakras are fully functioning as designed, then you really don't notice them because its a seamless flow. It's only when there are blockages or low vibration that you actually feel them at all.
If there is a blockage or convolution in the chakra, you'll feel something there - a kind of resistance. This manifests in the outer world as some kind of disharmony - in our relationships for example.
If we bring attention to the particular chakra we're feeling or notice, then bring energy into it by breathing for example, then we activate it and start to shift energy there. This will then reflect into our outer lives inviting us to change our behaviour in some way. As we do that, unity consciousness can now flow more unhindered through that location and a greater harmony is reached in our outer lives.
I've written about it at length in my book Five Gateways including what distortions we're likely to experience in which chakra and how to work with them. If you're interested, you can read about the book and get a copy here...Five Gateways Book
I hope that helps!
Chris
PS: and here's another related article here...What are the chakras and what is their purpose?
Hi Chris, Thanks a lot for
16 July, 2012 - 16:52 — ThebHi Chris,
Thanks a lot for taking the time to respond to me, I really appreciate it.
Also, from what I understand, that's pretty much something that goes by itself but we can help the flow by "working" the energy around us.
And in the mean time, you can help your chakras opening themselves by evolving your consciousness at a higher level when you are trying to figure out what is "wrong" with you and in your life.
The idea is that, as long as you keep being truthful with yourself, about how you feel and how you perceive the outer world, things will come to you to allow you to learn from these and get over it.
And as long as you go trough these process, your chakras will balance themselves and any blockages that you may feel will finally go away, alloying you to feel right and at the right place as much as a better harmony in our outer lives.
Did I get it right?
Also, if I feel some tension in the nape of the neck, some days more than others, could it be connected to a blockage for one of my chakras?
I don't really relate it to stress, because I'm far from this and it has been a long time now since I do not let things affect me this way.
When I read about chakras, and I have also read the link you gave me from your website, I really feel and know that I'm still working on my heart to throat chakra, because there is still some things not fully balance in there... So it would explain why I feel this tension in the nape of my neck.
In any case, what you said did help, and I thanks you again!
I want to mention that I have order your book because it looks as interesting as your documentary, and because I want to encourage you! It will also allow me to maybe help other peoples to open themselves if they are interested enough to give a look.
Again, an excellent day to you and Trinity!
Renaud
Pages