Base or Root Chakra

The first of the seven chakras is the Base or Root Chakra. It is called the Muladhara which means root or support. It can be found at the base of the spine. It is connected to survival, our sense of grounding and physical identity. It gives us a sense of oneness between our bodies and the physical plane.  Because it has to do with physical identity, it is oriented to self preservation. According to a popular notion, it is also related to basic human potentiality because it has everything to do with physical processes of reproduction.

Speaking of basis for this belief, we can trace the consciousness level of Chakra one, Muladhara, to the Paleolithic period when people were inhibited by the earth cycles. That period is characterized by nomadic existence, where people travelled across the land and lived in caves made of earth. Our ancestors practiced hunting and gathering being offered the bounty and abundance of resources. Matriarchal worship of the Mother Goddess to pay tribute to the miracle of birth and life and richness of the earth prevailed. We believed and stayed connected through our instincts for survival and self-preservation.

At present, it is considered that Base or Root Chakra to be the metaphysical foundation of a material and earthly existence. This draws down spiritual energy to take on a physical existence but it also provides for the promise of becoming transformed into his highest spiritual potential going back to the great Source, Brahma, through the Crown chakra.

Despite its being on the lowest rung of the Chakra system, the Root Chakra is upheld to be very relevant. Containing the primary 8 cells with the knowledge of creation and being the only cells that have remain unchanged in our lifetime, it has the capacity to transform the kundalini from crude existence to one of a fully transformed human being. The sperm cell where the genetic code lies coiled and the ovum, the legendary kundalini, prepared to express itself as a fully developed human being, are both deemed to be of equal importance. It is only through this Chakra that we can bat for survival, earthly existence and material grounding. The base or Root Chakra is associated with the deities Indra, Brahma and Dakini, the element Earth, the color red and the sign of Capricorn. We will have the gift of health, prosperity, security, and dynamic presence if there is proper balance and alignment of this chakra