As mentioned in previous articles on the first chakra. This energy contains your information about survival in the physical world. In this article I explore general ways in which humans approach survival on planet earth. Think of it as a kind of species wide first chakra program.

Mankind as a species has developed many ways of interacting with the physical world, which are dysfunctional.

There are more people on the planet today than at any other time in written history. The rate of reproduction in undeveloped nations is very high and the population continues to grow. There are many countries where the number of people under the age of 18 outweighs the adults in the population. Yet at the same time opportunities for employment, earning money and surviving according to the western model are few and far between. So they survive by living off the land.

In developed nations, we believe we must survive by controlling the resources of the planet. We own the land and have turned vast tracts of it into factories, mines and monocultures. We consume enormous amounts of the world’s natural resources in our pursuit of more.

We also think that we can only survive if we have leaders, laws, police and armies that control the populace. That somehow we are animals that need restraining should our natural instincts be allowed to dominate.

The distribution of wealth is imbalanced, with a very small percentage of people holding the majority of the wealth. We believe that abundance is limited and this keeps most people on a treadmill of a 9-5 job to pay for their survival needs such as food, water, heating and mortgage.

Do you recognize these beliefs within yourself?

The good news is they are only beliefs, they are not the truth and beliefs can be changed.

You can get to know your beliefs and change them through meditation. Grounding is a very powerful technique that helps you connect with yourself and beliefs about the physical world and then you can use the flow of energy down your grounding chord to release beliefs that are not helping you, your fellow humans or the planet. Centering is another powerful technique that allows you to review your beliefs and those of others from a neutral perspective.