Awakening of a Blue Moon

Before giving a straight answer when there is really none  (so far) – this question – how many chakras do we have – raises many questions and when you google it, you might get 100 000 results! So, I would like to start with the most important information I learned, when I started my Reiki courses, and then proceed with what I found when  researching  to compliment that data, and  to conclude (or not) to how many chakras we have , after all. At this point, I would like to say that I don´t like to use the word “ chakra ” but only do it because it is wide spread, and so, it´s easier to identify. I do like to use “ energy points ” or “ energy centers ” as what they really are in the English language. In order to better educate ourselves regarding this matter, let´s first review what is a chakra and the origin of the word. According to the Merrian-Webster dictionary a chakra is: any of several points of physical or spiritual energy in the human body according to yoga philoso

Where is and what is the right road? One day talking to someone who has been awakened for much longer than I, I was asked: - don´t you see you are walking on the wrong road? To which I asked - what road? I was then advised to close my eyes and visualize the road I was taking, and so I did. I saw myself walking barefoot on a dirty road; my feet were dirty, icky and achy. I carefully walked in zigzag as I didn´t want to step on the rocks and hurt myself even more. As I described what I was visualizing I was told to look to the sides – what do you see? I saw, next to me at my right - a white straight road, and I was told to cross it and walk on that path. I then asked: - may I? I was told:  - You may do whatever you want!  And so I crossed to my right and started to walk the white straight path while laughing like a little kid, as I felt the soft, tingling,  warm path covered with white talcum powder; as I continued to walk and the “talcum powder” rising softly up in the air, I smel