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Chakra Healing and Karmic Awareness

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I bought this book because I thought it spoke of clearing the energetic bodies of residue from psychologically tramatic experiences and accumulation of exposure to negative individuals, programing, family karma, etc. through focus on the chakras. While the author makes much ado about karmic baggage and how chakra activation should involve clearing of karmic baggage, the exercises don't mention the clearing part. They only focus on tuning into the chakras on multiple levels of consciousness, which is fine - but don't call the book "Chakra healing".

Secondly, the author comes across at times as 'confused'. Although well versed in Hindu theology and philosophy, he quotes extensively from Christian texts and takes on a very ascetic viewpoint to spirituality that would irritate readers who have no desire to renounce the pleasures of the body and spirit. To top it all off, the non-physical beings that the author speaks of as requiring banishment from the energetic body includes spirit guides, totems, guardians and even deities. As a matter of fact, even the monotheistic concept of God is considered unhealthy in promoting condensed areas of karmic baggage. The only recourse for such 'symptoms' is to banish all such entities (which are nothing more than parasites attracted the prana of the Self) from the energetic body. The individual will then experience a lightness of being that is no longer tied to the individual ego. This is the first I've heard of deities being referred to as pranic parasites - exceptions to this, of course, are bodhisvattas and other characters of the Hindu pantheon. While the author is entitled to his opinion, the alternative - a non-theistic approach to spirituality - it isn't very attractive to me, nor does it provide me any incentive to incorporate the techniques into my practice. A personal relationship with deity is what drives me towards spirituality and here is this person calling such a relationship a karmic hindrance. As the author repeatedly promotes this view through out the book, I am unable to appreciate the book even for its technical aspects. Frankly, I find his tone a turn-off.

I admit: I'm only partway through reading the book, but when I reached the (apparently first) section that mentions deities, angels, spirit guides, animal totems and the like as "pranic parasites," I immediately came here, to see if others had the same reaction I did.

The book has a lot of detailed information, though upon first glance one would not think one was getting into such a lengthy dissertation on all the levels of spirit, dimensions, worlds, etc. Like another reviewer, I have yet to see much if anything on "chakra healing," and then when I got to the part mentioned above it stopped me short.

Basically, the author insists that in order to create healthy auric boundaries, on all levels and dimensions, one must take the "Three Commitments" -- casting out all unwanted nonphysicals from the energy bodies (good so far) -- and then "keep them" -- meaning never speak to, try to communicate with, invoke, etc., these beings ever again.

Huh?

Since the author includes angels, masters, avatars, and the like, I essentially hit a wall with this part. Angels have been a large part of my life for quite some time, having saved me more than once from certain disaster and even physical death. Never communicate with them again???

Not sure about the rest of the book, or even whether I will keep reading. But this bit has certainly given me pause . . . perhaps for good.

I have read all Keith Sherwood's previous books and like them all.
I have personally met the author years ago at a workshop he conducted. He is the real deal! A master at his craft! I am
waiting for his next book to come out in English.

Hi All,

I have bought and read Keith Sherwood - Chakra Healing & Karmic Awareness, as also his former book Chakra Therapy, because I was and I am still interested by the chakra subject.

My background as a reader of yoga and related stuff going up to astral voyage, occultism, etc. would allow me to be pretty accurate - I suppose- in the evaluation of this book.

The author wants to cover in his book "all the worlds and dimensions of chakras, of microcosm and macrocosm", as he is repeating over and over again.

I would not doubt the author good intention, but the book will not be able to bring you the final light on the chakra subject, despite the fact the author is trying.

Based on the chapters' titles you'll probably get excited that finally one is going to explain all and everything. Sadly you'll be probably even more confused by the end, which is disappointing and frustrating.

This is either because he wants to explain more then he knows, or because he just doesn't know how to explain. This is a narrow limit between them, and I was not able to break it down and understand which one of these statements keeps true. It may be also the author intention!?

In resume, this book is pretty complex, and brings definitely new points about chakras, not found in other books. However, you'll keep asking yourself from where does he know all this new stuff?