Thread by @StewartalsopIII

The idea that there are 7 chakras isn't actually some sort of "indian yogic philosophy"

It was a translation of indian yogic philosophy through the work of Jung (this doesn't mean it's not valuable).

In reality yogic philosophy is a vast storehouse of practices and theory

India, just like Greece, had a lot of thinkers spread over historical time.

There were MANY chakra systems all over the place and the one you used was dependent on the lineage you were brought into usually through caste or other conditions.

Now we live in a world where we can pick and choose which morphology we want to view the physical (and subtle) body.

When you imagine seven chakras it not like they actually exist in the body, like if you were to open the body up you would find a physical chakra.

It's a imagination device that we can share with others to demarcate the landscape of our felt experience of being inside a body.

When you feel someone touching your skin you aren't actually feeling them touch your skin.

You central nervous system is creating an image of touch

In the same way you can find a morphology of the physical or subtle body from many sources, whether it's modern aryuveda, ancient Kashmir tantrik lineage, Chinese medicine or even many western options

This is a gift and a curse. None of it is real but we make it real by using it