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Introduction

Essential Qualities:

Character Strengths

Personality Trait Strengths

Benefits

Symptoms Checklist

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Energy System Guide

4th Chakra: Anahat (Heart)

(Unconditional Love, Compassion,

Security, Confidence, Kindness)

Location: Spinal column at the level of the sternum

bone, in the region of the cardiac plexus.

Vibrations: Anahat vibrations are felt in the little (pinky)

finger.

Associated Element: Anahat is aligned with the essential

element of air.

Associated Color: Red or air/’ash colored.’ Air, having

oxygen in it, is representative of the most critical

element of all for sustaining life.

Physiology/physical regions governed: Anahat’s primary

physiological function is to regulate heart (circulatory)

and lung (respiratory/pulmonary) function. Anahat

also controls the breasts and thymus gland, a small

gland located behind the top of the breastbone involved

in producing the immune system’s T-cells.

Essential Qualities:

• pure, unconditional love

• unconditional compassion

• confidence and security, absence of fear and

anxiety

• healthy, secure self-esteem

• truth

• joy

• kindness

• strong immune system; creation and nourishment

of antibodies

left Heart qualities include:

• the experience of the Spirit or Inner Self, which is a

combination of the ultimate

• truth on our attention accompanied by infinite or

ultimate joy (Satchitanand in Sankskrit);

• positive maternal relationships, dutifulness in

motherhood

right Heart qualities include:

• positive paternal relationships, dutifulness in

fatherhood

• gracious behavior

• moral responsibility

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• respect for protocols and others’ boundaries

The fundamental qualities of the Anahat or Heart

chakra are pure, unconditional love and compassion.

Nourishing this chakra helps fix broken maternal

and paternal relationships. And because we tend

to reap what we sow, maintaining a strong Anahat

chakra helps you attract other individuals into your

life who have strong hearts and can offer you pure

unconditional love, kindness and compassion.

It is through the Heart chakra that we become

confident, secure, morally responsible and emotionally

well-balanced. A balanced Anahat allows us to feel

the pure joy of existence and discover meaning and

purpose in our lives.

Nourishing and balancing Anahat improves these

personality and character strengths…

Character Strengths

unconditional love and acceptance, charity, altruism,

compassion, affection, enjoyment of and appreciation

for others; love unhindered by biases and false

dichotomies; genuine enthusiasm, interest, and

understanding the meaning of others’ experiences

1. unconditional empathy and compassion

(willingness to invest whatever’s necessary to heal

the hurts of others)

2. gratitude (thankfulness, appreciation,

acknowledgement, recognition) — includes both

acknowledging the goodness in your life and

recognizing the source of this goodness

3. transcendence (appreciation for truth, beauty,

goodness, unity)

4. kindness (compassion, altruistic love,

consideration, generosity, nurturance, care,

consideration)

5. self-confidence and self-assurance

6. gratitude (thankfulness, appreciation,

acknowledgement, recognition) — includes both

acknowledging the goodness in your life and

recognizing the source of this goodness

Personality Trait Strengths

1. self-transcendence, self-actualizing tendencies,

self-forgetfulness (especially altruistic acts,

working in the service of others without expecting

reciprocation)

2. empathy, compassion, helpfulness, pure-hearted

conscience, warmth, kindness)

3. sense of security, secure self-esteem, confident,

self-assured

4. rule-consciousness (dutiful, conscientious, respect

for protocols, diplomacy and others’ boundaries)

5. sensitivity (intuitive understanding of others)

6. rule-consciousness (respect for protocols and

others’ boundaries)

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Benefits

Just as the human heart continually pumps blood

throughout the body in order to sustain it, a strong

Anahat or Heart chakra continually infuses us

with love and compassion for humankind. Love, in

other words, is the lifeblood of the soul, and of our

relationships with other human beings. In Sahaja

meditation, the Self of Spirit is reflected in the Heart

chakra. The Spirit may only manifest when our hearts

are cleansed, open and receptive.

A strong Heart chakra helps us understand the true

meaning of love. We develop pure relationships and

love everyone unconditionally, without expectation —

like a mother loves her children. Yet, we don’t become

overly attached to or dependent on those we love. Our

sense of Self is healthy and whole.

Our past conditionings can lead us to confuse love and

compassion with possession or selfishness. After Self-

Realization, energy flows to the Heart chakra, purifying

our attention. The heart is cleansed through pure

attention and pure desire. We become more sensitive,

compassionate, and benevolent toward others without

regard to self-interest. We are able to love for love’s

sake, for pure love gives without interest. It is not

judgmental or prejudiced by differences that we may

perceive in others.

As the Heart chakra is strengthened and nourished,

our preconceived mental or external symbols or

representations of love give way to deeper feelings of

true, unselfish love and compassion. Unconditional

means loving others despite the fact that they are

different from us, or have committed acts that we may

not approve of. We develop more holistic perspectives

of the world, so concepts such as “different classes

of people” may either cease to exist in our minds, or

are easily transcended. We are able to transcend such

black-and-white dichotomies. We develop a higher

tolerance for doubt, uncertainty, and ambiguity — such

states no longer make us feel anxious or insecure.

A strong Anahat ultimately helps us become

transcenders. In forging soulful connections to the

universe, we add deeper meaning and purpose to our

own lives. Transcenders are far more consciously and

deliberately motivated to pursue pure values such as

truth, beauty, goodness, and unity.

It is through Anahat that we develop a greater capacity

for tolerance and acceptance of others, even when

we disagree with their actions. If we must confront

someone, we speak from a foundation of love and

compassion, rather than from ego or the need to impose

upon them our will or expertise. We’re respectful of

the need to respect social rules. Anahat chakra helps

us develop a moral code of conduct for ourselves

and appreciate “proper protocols.” We intuitively

understand how to set boundaries for our own behavior

and respect the boundaries of others. Our relationships

automatically improve. We do not base our choices

solely on convenience or expediency, or make decisions

out of self-indulgence, egoism, or a desire to be the

anarchic or “contrarian type.” Nor are we rule-bound,

overly formal, stuffy, or overly moralistic (self-righteous

and preachy). Our moral codes are rooted in balance,

dutifulness and conscientiousness — qualities that

always take into account the well-being of others, as

well as our own.

Anahat brings out the Good Samaritan in us. A strong

Anahat increases our innate capacity to express

unconditional empathy and benevolence toward others

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— even strangers — without regard to self-interest. You

may begin to process the world differently, devoting

more effort to higher, self-actualizing pursuits, such

as relieving global suffering and seeking solutions to

major world problems — “causes outside your own

skin.” You may find yourself increasingly endeavoring

to play a role, however small it might be, to make the

world a better place. You may experience increased

social consciousness and feel a greater sense of moral

responsibility to humankind, in general. As a result,

you begin to experience that deeper sense of joy and

satisfaction that comes from helping change other

people’s lives for the better.

The Heart chakra allows us to feel the pure joy of

existence and discover our meaning and purpose in the

world. Pure joy is a sustained inner surge of positivity

and optimism, rather than a mood or momentary

state that pivots on passing events. We become better

balanced emotionally. Our confidence and self-image

improves and self-esteem becomes more secure. In

fact, you may find that fears, anxiety and insecurities

— and the problems that stemmed from these emotions

— simply vanish.

Insecurity, anxiety and fears can weaken the Anahat

chakra. In fact, insecurity and anxiety drive many

of the problems we experience in our lives. Through

the confidence, self-reliance and secure self-esteem

instilled by Anahat, we develop stronger coping

mechanisms, and ultimately emotional resilience,

which protects us against future adversity.

A strong Anahat helps build a strong immune system.

The heavy burdens of stress and fear weaken our

immune systems over time, which makes us more

vulnerable to illness. But a strong Anahat promotes the

creation and nourishment of antibodies, which ward

off antigens (toxins and foreign substances such as

bacteria and viruses).

Symptoms Checklist

Experiencing any of these symptoms may be a sign that

your Anahat chakra needs balancing…

Physical Illnesses:

• heart palpitations and heart attacks

• allergies

• asthma

• breast cancer

• lung diseases

• weakened immune system

Center Anahat:

• insecurity, fear and anxiety

• residual unhappiness linked to problems with/

relating to parents

Left Anahat:

• motherhood difficulties (with, or as, a mother)

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• superficiality, shallowness

• anti-spiritual activities

Right Anahat:

• fatherhood difficulties (with, or as, a father)

• aggressive behavior

• inconsiderate behavior

• disrespecting the boundaries of others