Chakra

The Chakra is a wheel or vortex of energy. There are several in the human body. They follow a vertical line up the back and to the crown of the head. They seem to represent a hierarchy of consciousness.

I have noticed this in many conversations I have had over the years: If I introduce an idea that someone doesn't want aired, they belittle it, deflect attention from it, or ignore it. This action is from grown adults; people with advanced degrees and impressive careers. In George Orwell's book, 1984, a great effort is made to simplify the language so that many ideas simply cannot be expressed. Thought-control is not just a fixture in Orwell's book, where thought-control was combined with fear.

Totalitarian systems of government are successful at keeping people at their most primitive state of consciousness. Reason, the verb, is simply eliminated. Would this be a more base Chakra, or a lower consciousness? Does totalitarianism seek to make enlightenment impossible? How often have I heard the very idea of finding yourself belittled.

Perhaps this base Chakra could be called the fleeing-perceived-danger Chakra. It is a constant state of fear. Was it ever possible for any society to have all possibility of danger or attack from outside removed? Call it Code Orange or heightened vigilance.

There was the ambitious effort to create more enemies in Orwell's book. Eurasia would switch from ally to enemy and back again. It is important to note that the population would never question this. Aquiesence is necessary. All scarce resources were mobilized to fight. The population suffered great hardships, not least of which was the loss of self; no Chakras there.

Beauty is destroyed in totalitarianism. The possibility of an elevated Chakra is removed. The two things are related; beauty and Chakra.