Chakras
Center of the Soul


Within the context of all Touch Therapies: Reiki, Therapeutic Touch and Healing Touch is the common belief in imaginary structures within the body called Chakras, Meridian Line and Marma Points. What are these structures exactly and why are they called imaginary?

Practioner’s of Touch Therapies borrow this terminology heavily from Eastern Religion and philosophy. It is primarily rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine and its influence from Taoism as well as Buddhism and Hinduism. The theory goes something like this:

• Chakras: Within the body are seven energy vortexes or ports that receive energy from the Universal life force. These ports begin with the crown of the head, the neck, the solar plexus, the genitalia and so forth down the body. The idea of a Universal Life Force is primarily a Buddhist idea based on the Pantheistic idea that ‘god is all and all is god’ This force is radiated from all living things and empowered by the life force of all living elements together. As the flood of Buddhism conquered the East, the idea of the chakra system became of common feature of Hinduism and folk religion as well.


• Meridian Lines: Meridian lines evolved largely from Traditional Chinese Medicine and practices such as Chinese massage, acupuncture and acupressure. The idea is that there are 12 primary and 2 secondary energy lines that connect with the chakra system and act as conduits to move the Universal Life Force energy from the chakras throughout the human body to each of the major organ systems in order to effect their healing power. Of course there is absolutely no medical evidence that chakras or meridian lines even exist.

• Marma Points: Meridian lines are the 450 where the power of the Universal Life Force is directly absorbed from the Meridian Lines into specific points needing the efficacy of healing power. This is a major concept behind the ideas expressed in acupuncture, Chinese Massage and even many Chiropractic techniques.

There is absolutely no medical information to support the theory of the Chakra System and continues at best to be a religious belief based on Pantheism and its concept of the Universal Life Force.

The only life force that we as Christians are to be connected to is the life force as found in the saving work of Christ on the Cross. His resurrection is the life force which promises us complete healing and guarantees our resurrection as well. Christian understand their relationship to their Creator . . . He is God and beside Him there is no other. We also understand that the Universal Life Force is under the supervision of Satan, after all, he is the “Prince and Power of the Air”.

Millions involved in Hinduism, Buddhism and Traditional Chinese medicine have been blinded by the “god of this world”. They desperately need Christ and we have a responsibility to help them find Him.