(Please note that you do not need to understand chakras in order to know how your mind works, that is if you are not familiar with chakras. You can still figure out how your mind works without needing to know chakras, so you don't need to worry about that. However chakras do provide evidence that we are naturally Good. We are ALL Good.)
I suggest reading these posts in order , so search search: "The Puppeteer and Your Mind part 1" and Duality & Desire: How to Begin to Be Free of Your Mind" and "Making Peace With Your Mind"
The more the chakras are open, the more we are in union with our nature. This means the natural union of mind and matter. For example, the red chakra which is known as the Root chakra, grounds us to the Earth/Reality .... Acceptance of all that is. It controls our survival and balances Fear. When open we are naturally strong in Foundation, to reality, rooted to the Earth. The key to be what we really are is to open all chakras. No one can do it for you, you must locate and do this yourself. You must locate all the emotional thoughts -- your personal beliefs -- you are holding on to and physically let them go. Physically letting them go means accepting that you are holding on to it without any resistance and then changing the False Judgement that has you holding on to the emotion into the correct judgement. You must discover what your thinking mind is judging. It only judges things as bad or good, which it does not have capabilities to discern because our thinking is ONLY the conglomeration of our past experiences + DNA. If we keep sticking to this, we will remain Damned, literally damned. You will be stuck in the same place until you die, it is just a very slow progression if anything. Therefore we must be intelligent. We must judge the judgement one by one, and being as honest and authentic and realistic as possible: what is True and what is False. If we take what is False to be True this immediately causes poison/or imbalance in the corresponding chakra. If you are not familiar with chakras then observe that if you take the False to be True it affects your Reality and strengthens Illusion, an obstacle to long-term and real peace and happiness. We must always always always Judge the Judgement, our true selves will reveal itself the more we discard all False Judgements. We need all chakras to be opened so that we can now begin our true lives, literally expanding the soul by taking in NEW information, pure wisdom. We progress the Soul. When all chakras are open, we are in a state of Peace. This is a STATE. This is the Truth. The longer Peace resides within me it takes me to a STATE of Ecstasy. In this state I can lock into union of mind with matter (body) and what I say and do flows naturally and on time and in real time, soul begins to talk, begins to be creative. I am floating and gliding with all that is. I am no longer divided with Reality. There is Union.
We make False Judgements either because (1) we judge the thought as 'Bad', as in we self-sabotage or punish ourselves as a result. A thought is not alive, it is just a thought. Just information, it does NOT have a conscience. There are no bad thoughts, only bad choices; (2) of Ignorance. For example ignorance includes Expectations because we can't predict the future. Expectations are also because we are holding on to our Story. You can plan but don't have expectations, because if things don't go your way you will most likely have a harmful reaction, such as anger; (3) or because we believe our Story, such as we believe we are our past. What we are is just the result of experiences, but we are not the actual experiences. Also when we believe we are our Story (and the story we project to be to others) we therefore feel we need to protect our Story. Our story is important but it is not who we are. When we do believe in our Story this immediately gives us harmful emotions such as being Offended. We are just defending our Story. Usually because we think our Story is being Rejected by others, that is why we get offended. Jealousy, Vanity, Anger, Gossip, Fear, Impure Confidence, Self-Sabotage, Superiority/Inferiority, Regret, Guilt, Comparison to others, etc etc are other types of harmful emotions. For more on you 'story' please read Don't Get Attached to Your Story; (4) judging others story is False as we are ignorant of them
It is simple as that. It is the mind that confuses and complicates matter. Once we remove all False Judgement everything becomes crystal clear! All you have to do is be 100% honest and authentic with the beliefs you are holding on to. (Please also refer to Psychegnosis.com which will guide you to understanding your mind.)
"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world. Speak or act with an impure mind (False Judgements) and trouble will follow you .... Speak or act with a pure mind (True Judgements) and happiness will follow you as your shadow, unshakeable."
- Dhammapada (The sayings of the Buddha)
I can go into even more details, especially on the False Judgments because of Ignorance (which is very important, it has to do with us being impatient or mind always rushing, always worried about time, non-acceptance of Reality, non-acceptance of others right to happiness, quick to judging others, etc etc because many don't even know that these are all related to Ignorance, so I can for sure go into details as this is equally as important to the Story!) but this will suffice for now. I will go into more details where/when I feel it is necessary. If you do have questions please do not be afraid to ask, no question is deemed stupid at all, so feel free.
The Practice: Make it a routine to consistently judge your judgements:
- Thoughts judged as Bad is False.
- Thoughts judged based on Ignorance is False.
- Thoughts judged based on your Story is False.
- Thoughts judging Another's Story especially inflictive judgements is False.
Once you get the hang of it, you will be able to start to practice by just saying 'True" or "False". Remember your mind judges many things and it also sends you emotions, so ALSO observe your emotions, they are the result of an emotional thought. It is important you do my suggested readings before to be clear what is FALSE. Very important.
