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There are seven major chakras that are quite well known, each connected to a function that has been well-documented over time. However, the chakra system is a bit more complex than most of us realize; actually, between each of the seven chakras, there is another one. According to the tones of our musical scale, there are twelve chakras within our physical body and some more in the subtle bodies above. The system is not complete with seven chakras -- we can compare it with Astrology. The seven personal planets have ruled for many centuries and lately more planets have been discovered that rule the "transpersonal" domain in our lives, the things that we are not able to influence ourselves and that we often call "destiny". The chakras "in between" are the representatives of the half tones like C#, D# etc., and function like a bridge to the next level of understanding and life expansion. The chakras in our subtle bodies connect us to the Divine Self or Higher Self, and are the transmitters of cosmic life energy to enable us to live on this planet. The Heart Chakra and the High Heart Chakra are the gate to higher consciousness. Most people have only the chakras below the heart activated and therefore their whole life-experience is based in the consciousness of fear and survival. The Heart and High Heart Chakras are leading to a consciousness based in love and therefore to a life in abundance, joy and satisfaction. Activating the High Heart ChakraNow we want to have a look at the High Heart and how it relates to the Heart Chakra. The Heart Chakra is our expression of love. This love includes every thing that we can see, feel and understand. Many of us have experienced an open Heart Chakra when we fell in love. This is a great opportunity to open ourselves to receiving and giving love. It's love that is personal, we can understand it, and is still "touchable". You love someone or something that you can see, feel and understand to a certain degree.
Falling in love is actually our biggest chance to move on to a higher consciousness and a great gift, for it can also open the High Heart (connected with the Thymus). The High Heart is the gateway to peace, wisdom and finally to enlightenment, the complete and total acceptance of all that is, and leads to the understanding of the Divine Order. The majority of people don't use this chance, they are not educated to understand! This would be a threat for our organized society and religion. To be able to keep the Heart Chakra open, we must allow ourselves go a step beyond personal love and allow the High Heart to open. We have to move into the quality of unconditional love, a kind of love that isn't understood by the mind anymore and goes far beyond personal boundaries. We can only move on if we understand. Ignorance can't lead to understanding of a higher order peace and wisdom. It is so true what the Dalai Lama said at a symposium in Davos some years ago: "It would be very easy to have peace on this planet. There is only one little thing to do: change yourselves and don't try to change others or the world."  But how would you go about activating the High Heart Chakra and keeping it open? In ancient times, they knew how to activate the chakras with subtle frequencies such as flower or gemstone elixirs, crystals, and sound, but most of that knowledge got lost in the dark ages of the last centuries. Now we have rediscovered many of their methods. Sound is a very powerful tool for activating the chakras. Monks of all traditions chant, and healing with sound has a long tradition with all the mantras and different instruments. Even classical Church music can activate the Chakras! I play the singing crystal bowls, and the chakras align amazingly fast with the sound. (F# is the tone I use for the High Heart.) The same applies to subtle essences as catalysts to open and balance the chakras and in-between chakras. For the best result, however, we also have to be willing to put effort into letting go of old habits and ways of thinking -- probably the most difficult thing for most of us to do. Holly is the flower essence that will help to open both the Heart and High Heart Chakras and keep them open. Holly -- A Powerful Catalyst for the Heart and High Heart ChakrasEditors' Note: The following material about Holly is excerpted, with Katharina's permission, from her book, Flower Healing Power -- The Bach Flower Therapy from a Spiritual Point of View. 
The Holly flower helps us return to a state of Love, to the feeling of connectedness with the Divine Self at the core of our being. It guides us to the bliss of true Love. Holly represents the center, or heart, of the 38 Bach Flower Remedies. It is the key to the heart and the Heart Chakra, and health in our physical, emotional and mental bodies. Holly energy leads us to true happiness. As the name Holly implies, this flower relates to being Holy or Wholly Divine. Blocked Holly types have closed heart chakras, and the older they become, the more problems will appear because of this blockage. Keywords for unresolved Holly symptoms are: heartlessness, rigidity, hatred, jealousy, envy, anger, aggression, and violence. Redeemed Holly personalities have a calming and reassuring aura felt by everyone they encounter. Small children and animals, for instance, instinctively trust these personalities. There is a pure light in their eyes that places them above the norm. Healthy Holly types are open to the world and their fellow human beings. They have the ability to form relationships that are not only expressed in the physical act of love, but go far beyond ordinary love. True Love is impossible to express in words. It makes us sing with joy, or even weep in gratitude; it thrusts us into a completely different level of being-ness, into an ocean of wellness, joy, and peace. See more about Holly from Vibration's archives here. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Katharina Bless, who lives in Thailand, has taught courses supporting people's spiritual growth and worked as a therapist for alternative healing methods since '81. She works with many different holistic healing methods like Flower Essences, Singing Crystal Bowls, Colors, etc. She also is an Astrologer working with Skyview Astrology, based on the real astronomical star constellations. She has always immediately included her new knowledge and put it into practice in her therapies, and slowly over two decades has developed her own methods. In 1992 she moved to Asia and founded Silver Dove Center to support spiritual growth worldwide. She facilitates workshops and organizes international congresses, and was invited as speaker at several such congresses. She is in the process of developing a line of Asian flower essences. You can find more information and order her book at the Silver Dove website, or contact her by email. (In Europe, her book is distributed by Louisa Dreisin of Serpentina Books at www.serpentinabooks.com.) Another excerpt from this book appeared in our November, 2005 issue. DESIGN CREDITS: The pendants this border is based on were created by Vibration's co-editor, Deborah Bier. You can see more at: Spiralbeading.com. Other art from Clipart.com.
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This is usually as far as most people allow the experience to go. The Heart Chakra opens for as long as we are in love, and especially when the couple gets married. When the relationship becomes routine, what happens to the sweet love they once had? The Heart Chakra closes again and people live from the energy of the Solar Plexus Chakra, from the ego.