Chakras and the Christian Faith
- Mark V. & Joshua T.
- Nov 11, 2016
- 6 min read
Ann asks: My question is “Are chakras demonic? One Christian pastor had on his blog one time they were demonic energy centers located along the spine. I Googled it and found where they are referred to as being New Age. We know that Satan likes to counterfeit God, so are chakras of God or of the devil?"
Answer: Ann, this is a great question, and yes, you will get different answers from different pastors. So let me share my answer and why I believe as I do.
First, I don’t see any truth as being a “New Age truth”. All truth is God’s truth! He is the all-knowing One, and He reveals His knowledge to ALL, even evil men (or New Agers, or Hindu or Chinese, or Americans). For example, God gave Pharaoh, the evil king of Egypt, dreams of seven fat cows and seven skinny cows (Gen. 41), which gave him wisdom as to how to provide for his kingdom for the next 14 years. So just because an evil king, or a New Ager, a Hindu or an agnostic American has received some insight, I still call it God’s insights. I never bother to ask if New Agers or unbelievers believe something or not, as it is irrelevant to me what they believe. I do not live in reaction to them or in rejection of what they know. I live in God’s truth, and for sure, they can and do pick up some of God’s truth, and that is not a problem to me. So for example, I believe in aerodynamics, as do many New Agers. Not a problem as far as I can see.
Second, there is nothing in the Bible that specifically discusses chakras. We cannot point to a specific verse that mentions the word chakra to give us God’s view on the topic. So then I ask the question, “Do chakras violate any biblical principle, or are they compatible with any biblical principles?"
We should start by defining "chakra" so we know exactly what we are talking about. Let’s go with the following working definition if we can: “Chakras are believed to be centers of energy, located on the midline of the body. There are seven of them, and they govern our psychological properties.”
Chakras are considered both transmitters and receivers of energy. "Meridians" are energy pathways in the body which this energy flows through. The idea is that one must have balanced chakras and meridians in order to be physically, emotionally, mentally and spirituality healthy. A body can get problems in different areas with blockage or instability in either the chakras or meridian pathways.
So do we run on energy? Are there energy pathways in our bodies? We know for sure there are pathways for blood in our bodies, and pathways for nerves, and pathways for lymph, so why wouldn’t God have created pathways for energy to flow through our bodies? I have no problem believing that He did. I have no problem believing we are energy organisms, infused by God’s divine energy, for the Bible declares that God is all and in all (Col. 3:11) and in Him all things hold together (Col. 1:17). Our high school science class taught us that all atoms have electrons spinning around them, and that it is the flow of electrons that produce energy and current. Beyond any doubt science has confirmed that we are energy beings on the molecular level.
I suspect it may be possible that chakras are spiritual energy centers that receive and release the spiritual life force of Almighty God in and out of our physical and spiritual beings. I know when Jesus laid hands on to heal, there was a flow of God’s energy from Him into those He prayed for (Mk. 5:30), so I see the release of the healing anointing to include the release of God’s energy into our bodies to right things that are messed up. So for me, I believe in energy and energy pathways.
Now if I were going to limit God to being simply a mass of energy, rather than a personal loving God (as some religions do), then I would object to that. God is much more than a flow of energy. Healing is much more than a flow of energy. It begins and ends in the compassion of a wonderful and loving God (Mk. 6:34).
So even though these energy pathways or chakras may be true, and even though Hindus (not New Agers) may have discovered these energy pathways, I would not embrace any belief that reduced my loving Savior to a mere energy field.
The ancient prophet Ezekiel recorded his vision of the ethereal chakras (chakra means wheel" in Sanskrit): Ezekiel 1:19-21; see also Ezekiel 10:17; and very clearly corresponding with the colors of the "bow that is in the cloud after the rain" - Ezekiel 1:27-28 I believe Daniel 7:9 speaks of chakras as well.
The Seven More Wicked Spirits, Chakras and Reincarnation
Jesus states that the unclean spirit who leaves and doesn’t find rest returns to the same house (man’s bodies) and finds it swept and garnished. Why does the unclean spirit return with seven others? Jesus’ use of the number seven is not arbitrary. This is a reference to the seven main chakras along the spinal column, or tree of life. It’s also another subtle yet profound Biblical teaching revealing reincarnation. Man’s seven chakras serve the purpose of receiving, storing, processing and disseminating information / energy between our spiritual and physical bodies. The physical life is in the blood, but man could not be a conscious being without chakras with which to connect his etheric, astral, mental, and causal bodies.
The seven unclean spirits represent the habitation and blockages of negative energy in the seven main chakras. The unclean spirit finds the body of man swept and garnished because, in the next round of birth and death, the physical vessel starts anew and the new house (body) is another opportunity for life on the physical plane (swept clean and garnished). At first the house is clean, but as the man or women did not conqueror the lower nature of his ego in the previous life, he or she will contain some of the same energetic conscious imprints that still have to be conquered. In other words, although new opportunity and physical life is given, old habits still remain.
The seven unclean spirits represent blockages that can also be compared to the seven deadly sins, and it is karma which gives rise to the seven deadly sins.
The seven deadly sins are:
Lust
Gluttony
Greed (avarice)
Laziness (sloth)
Wrath
Envy
Pride
Below is hot they relate to the seven chakras filled with negative information and energy.
The Root chakra: represents lust, and the fear of not having.
The Sacral chakra: represents gluttony, and the guilt as a result of selfishness.
Solar Plexus chakra: represents greed, and the shame that results.
The Heart chakra: represents sloth, a spiritual laziness which rejects the grace of God.
The Throat chakra: represents wrath, lies, and hate
Third Eye chakra: represents envy, and the illusion of lack that others might have, ultimately resulting in sorrow.
The Crown chakra: represents pride, and ultimately the attachment of self, perhaps the deadliest of all.
King Solomon provides parallels to the seven deadly sins in
Proverbs 6:16-19: “These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that deviseth wicked imiginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discard among brethren.”
In Galatians 5:19-21, St. Paul also lists the deadly sins. Although they constitute more than seven as a list, they fall under the seven categories already listed. The scripture states:
“Now the works of the flesh (ego) are manifest, which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idoltry, withcraft, hatred, variance, emulation, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, revellings, and such like…”
Of course this post wouldn’t be complete without listing the seven virtues. You can compare and contrast them to the seven deadly sins and see how they may relate to each chakra. When a man or women replaces the seven deadly sins with the seven virtues of life they are well on their way to crucifying the lower man and gaining higher consciousness. The seven virtues are as follows:
Chasity
Temperance
Clarity
Diligence
Patience
Kindness
Humility
Remember, the seven virtues come from thoughts and emotions that vibrate on a much higher frequency. May we all strive to birth them within.
Source: CWG Ministries & Spirit of the Scripture
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