The Sufi Path: Approaching the Qur'an (3)

Question: How does the Qur’an relate to the chakra system.

The human body has seven main chakras. Each chakra governs a particular state of being. In addition, each of these chakras are part of the bigger system of stations. Our understanding of the world depends on our awareness. Each chakra serves as a hermenutical lens. Thus, depending on which lens (chakra) we view the world through, in other words – where our awareness is located, we will perceive others, our environment, the earth, our relation to the divine, etc. As the Qur’an is spoken into the world three things occur. First, each ayat (“verse”) and sura of the Qur’an is meant for a particular chakra; secondly, our understanding of each ayat and sura will depend on where our awareness is located when we encounter that particular “verse” and sura; and thirdly, each ayat and sura can be interpreted differently depending on the chakra.