"The path to awakening is always a process of release and liberation, never a process of activation and stimulation. You want to be liberated from the chakras,

"The path to awakening is always a process of release and liberation, never a process of activation and stimulation. You want to be liberated from the chakras, not empower them. Do you want to strengthen your base urges, or do you want to rise above them? Now some of the chakras are particularly difficult knots to unravel, Muladhara is commonly known to be a difficult knot to unravel because we are all naturally attached to the earth element (earth includes all physical matter, which includes the body). The Vishuddha chakra is another really sticky one. What do humans love to do? Create and communicate. It's difficult to let these things go." - pmward