And so it begins...

Not so very long ago I discovered chakras. They seemed to make sense to me; to resonate as something very real and applicable to my life. Some people consider them to be "hogwash" and group them with things like horoscopes and tarot cards...nifty parlor tricks and nothing more. I however researched them for a couple weeks, taking out books from the library and looking online to find out what backed this practice of balancing your chakras. I found many things that reassured me that I was not being my crazy self and that this could actually be "real"; valid even.

However, my practice only lasted a short time before I became ill.

Recently things have turned around for my mental health leaving me with more energy and motivation to better myself. This seemed like a natural course to follow, to look up my chakra info again, to pull out my meditations and readings, and apply it yet again. I also procured a CD and guide system which is helping me learn more about it in a way which is easy to understand. Through this it was pointed out that the chakra points in the human body also correspond to major ganglia and neural hubs. This reassures me further. I love when science backs up this kind of stuff. Gives me a chance to thumb my nose at those who think I'm silly.

So I listened to the intro recording. It was about 42 minutes. It was informing, relaxing, and kinda re lit my fire for this. I'm also pairing these meditations with exercise and eating well. Physical body needs care too after all. But it occurred to me today that I didn't know what religious faction chakras fell under. which is odd after all my research. so I *ACK* wiki'd it (I won't even go into the wiki thing. merely a stepping stone) which led me to look up many other things. and lo and behold it falls under Hinduism. "Ok" i think to myself "let's find out a little more about Hinduism." having never taken a religious class in University and having lead a sheltered Christian life as a child I realized I knew nothing. Well a lot of my personal beliefs about spirituality and acceptance fall amazingly close to Hinduism...so now I have another thing to learn about. Whether I decided to "convert" is one thing but my curiosity is piqued.