Nabhi Chakra

The Renaissance period represents a time when European culture was in the centre. After that it moved into the right channel - becoming overactive and overheated. France is the part of the world that corresponds to the liver, or the right aspect of the Nabhi Chakra. The liver is very prone to irritation and over-heating, but it can be cooled down with foot soaking. I feel that the Impressionist artists, some of whom were realised souls, particularly Claude Monet, were inspired by the Kundalini to try to sooth down and cool down the over-heatedness of their culture. Monet is famous for his depiction of the moods of water: lily ponds, rivers, the sea.

His work has been over-reproduced and imitated and this has lessened the sense of how original he was at the time. The Impressionists tried to capture a fleeting moment in time but Monet, because he was a realised soul, managed to convey the sense of Eternity in the present moment. You can see some of his works, and that of other Impressionist artists, at the Art Gallery of NSW at the moment.

The work of realised souls lasts over time because it has a universality that appeals to future generations.

The Nabhi Chakra is made from the water element. It's interesting that some of the main figures in the Impressionist movement were water signs: (Renoir and Ravel were Piscean, Monet was a Scorpio, Debussy was Cancerian).