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Vishuddha / Throat :=: Near larynx :=: Throat, thyroid, neck vertebrae, mouth, teeth, gums, hypothalamus, etc :=: Expression. Will, self-expression, judgment, faith, etc.

Will power, self-expression, following your dream and trusting life are all part of this energy center. An important point to consider here is that of will and trusting in life, as it brings about a lot of confusion. You have free will, a right that cannot be taken away from you. But this free will needs clarification. And this is where some people revolt against what you are about to read next.

You have heard of divine will, no doubt. Divine will is not some command handed down to you by some God. Not at all. In giving you free will, God meant that you do have free will that cannot be punished for nor revoked. You are not some robot that has to follow some orders. But you are much bigger than you think you are. You are not a body. You are spirit. Spirit, you, chose this journey on earth for a specific reason, a purpose, to experience and fulfill certain missions and enjoy life in certain ways. This purpose was arranged for and agreed upon before birth - you co-authored it and helped plan for the potentials in your life. All the appropriate situations and locations were arranged to assist in fulfilling this mission. You had a choice in the whole matter, and in fact it was your decision and agreement with Life. You can call this a sacred contract, a path chosen. This is your Divine Will. It is your own spirit's will. Separation does not exist, and God's will and Your Will are one and the same thing. Now, in coming here, you forgot much of that, just like you forget much of your dreams when you sleep at night. But your spirit has not forgotten, and it is still in contact with you through your higher mind which prompts you with intuition, instinct, coincidences, synchronicities and a lot of help if you just care to listen. It expresses it's/your divine will, and on the human plane you still have free will to follow your ego's will or your divine will. Divine will is actually an energy current of Your own making and it flows whether you want it or not. You can choose to flow with it (makes life easy) or not (makes life harder because there is not much support that way). Does all this sound too crazy? Think about it. Why would you buy a car? To drive it, of course! Why would you cook some dinner? To eat it! Why would spirit embody itself and come to earth? To fulfill its reasons! And you are spirit. Just because you forgot your choices does not mean you did not make them. There is a good reason to forgetting. The experience depends on it, the motivation depends on it, and the limited consciousness of the current human level calls for it for it cannot handle such a high amount of content at one go so it has to be 'drip fed' on a moment by moment basis as required.

So your free will is really that you have the choice to follow your Self Chosen path or not. That is what it boils down to. Did you know that prosperity is a word that is derived from the phrase 'to be in the flow'? Although you have free will, you can choose to follow personal will (which often ends up being your ego's will and leads you into all sorts of trouble for ego does not know) or you can follow divine will, which is really your own spirit's will and choice in coming here and not some will imposed on you by God. Divine will is in harmony with the whole universe, and when you flow with it you gain the support of the entire universe and beyond. You are walking as One with All That Is. How can you possibly fail then? It is impossible.

This chakra seeks to develop will power. The first step is having your own will power, your own authority and expression instead of depending on other people's will and expression. It is very OK to ask for help and to help others; we all need occasional help. But becoming fully dependent where you can instead use your own will is harmful to you.

At its ultimate development, this chakra enables you to choose to embrace Your True Will, the one people refer to as divine will. You are Spirit. It is the Thought of Spirit that is higher, more powerful and all knowing, and not that of ego (lower mind). In your past, you have feared loosing control, being denied your will by society, your parents, the government, religion, your boyfriend or girlfriend, and so on. And in that same fear, you probably have feared losing your will to God, feared that this is similar to abduction where you are commanded to go become a Mother Theresa against your will. Divine will is not another entity's will; it is Your Own Spirit's Will. And it is very much in line with what makes you happy. It is, to put it in another way, the prompting to follow your heart's true desires. If you love nature, you will find that it is in line with that. If you love abundance, you will find that it is in line with that. If you love construction, you will find that it is in line with that as well. It is not all about going to some poor country to help refugees and preach! Divine will is not about you losing material comforts and wealth; that is the domain of ego. Divine will is wholly empowering and in fact material comforts are a part of its provision so that you may focus on other aspects of life instead of worrying about bills all the time. Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find - these are actual guarantees. Only your false beliefs block you from realizing them all the time.

The trick with shifting to divine will is to surrender to it and trust that life will provide the next step needed at the right moment. Ego fears and wants all steps planned and laid out in advance. And it cannot do that. The best ego can do is scare you from making a change, for change gets you into the unknown. But you cannot discover new lands unless you lose sight of the shore. Life is always safe, but ego makes it out not to be. And to the extent you trust your fears, they become a reality to you. Divine will is from your spirit, and your spirit will never seek to hurt you. You hurt yourself with your own errors in thought. Sure, some lessons that spirit may need you to learn may appear painful, but they are only there to unblock blocks that you may have built up over time within you. Without the blocks and reluctance to learn consciously and trust, there would be no need to release you from your fears and illusions.

Surrender means surrender. It does not mean to stop caring, or to pretend to surrender for a short while so that you may be rewarded in a way that your ego says you should. It is purely surrender and acceptance without judgment or an 'it should be this way instead' mentality. You do not remember your chosen path, so how can you possibly know how it should be? Another key to following your spirit's guidance along your chosen path is to be aware, and to always ask within about everything you wish to know. Always ask, ask, and ask! You have more help than you realize. But you must ask first, for spirit and your helpers will not usually interfere with your free will except in very critical junctions. You must ask! There is no formula to asking. Just simply direct your question within, ask for answers and then watch and let go. You must let go of the problem completely, for your involvement and attention to it actually interferes with it being solved for you. The answer and solution will be brought at the right time, perhaps in a book you see, a person you talk to, or any other way. It may very well be something very different from what you expected it to be. But it will be the right answer at the right time. Don't insist on a particular answer and particular timing. You do not have vision over the whole picture and the possible outcomes of all possible solutions. In fact, you don't even know of all the possible solutions, and that is why you are focused on only one. And of course, you must follow the guidance you receive immediately. At the end of the journey, you will see how it really was a fantastic solution! Remember, the same spirit that created the universe and all its galaxies is the exact same spirit that You are part of. There is only One, expressing Itself in seemingly many separate forms.

Poor development in this chakra allows fear to enter our will and self-expression. This totally kills faith and erodes our power to follow our desires. With this comes guilt, denial, deceit, blocked emotions and suppressed expression. Its poor development also causes an over- reliance in your ego's choices and these are bound to have weaknesses because ego is, literally speaking, a collection of thought forms based on fearful reactions in the past. Your True Self, on the other hand, is spirit and Its will is extremely powerful, with literally nothing that can oppose it for it is One with All That Is. Equally as disempowering is poor development in this chakra that leads to one becoming judgmental and critical of themselves and others. You become what you judge. For example, you cannot judge something as disgusting and unworthy unless you hold that concept to be true in your mind. And what you hold as true ends up appearing in your life. This is how judgment comes back and bites us in the behind when we are not watching. Do unto others what you would like to be done unto you is a very practical piece of advice. It is not only what you do, but what you think, feel and say as well.

This is also the chakra of faith, which is needed in trusting that spirit will provide the next step on a step- by-step basis as you follow your chosen path. This chakra is also the one that empowers us to follow our dream. You see how these are all related? Do not settle for littleness, for less than what you desire. Desire and intend! Without desire and intent, nothing happens! Do not be embarrassed about any of your desires, for they are yours! Embrace and accept them all and see where they lead you. Each has a purpose and it will lead you to uncover a new experience, an enjoyment or a lesson. These are the stepping stones in your journey. Whatever area they may lie in, accept and honor all your desires. Remember, this universe is all just One system. There is no conflict of will from a spiritual perspective. Your desire to have something is reciprocated by a desire in someone else somewhere to produce that very thing. From a spiritual perspective, from the big picture, free will is never violated, and thought always leads to corresponding effect. This may not be so apparent from the physical viewpoint, especially because some things may have been chosen in previous lifetimes or by our higher self, but it is a law that never breaks down. As such, guilt is a construction of our own. And it limits people more than anything else other than fear. Totally pointless, and that is why you are asked to forgive yourself and others all the time. There is nothing wrong with desire; what gets people into problems however is the obsession and neediness that they let themselves fall into regarding a desire. Neediness creates needs; the Truth is that you have no needs. Have desires, but don't fall into neediness.

Reach for the stars; settle not for littleness; desire! Express yourself! Desire, intend, but be detached from expectations of what 'should be' in the current moment. Attachment is neediness. Trust always that the current moment is a perfect outcome of your choices, those that you are conscious of and those that you are not, the ones that are being made by your higher self.