The Lights and Planets
Earth or Heart Chakra
The next planet inside the Mars orbit is Earth, as all of
us know. If Mars has to do with feelings and emotions—
with what drives us—then Earth represents the very
essence of meaning, the essence of what it all means. If
Mars energy is endlessly referring or driving us onward,
then the Earth chakra is at the very heart of meaning,
and is the end of referral; Earth is, itself, just what it
means. Here we are getting very subtle indeed. Also,
this will be true not only for the Earth chakra, but for all
the chakras inside of Earth as well.
The Earth chakra is the heart center, what has been
called the Christ center itself, the "I AM THAT I AM,"
and for no other reason. We are done with reasoning
(Jupiter); we are done with meaning (Mars). We become
our own meaning—this is the point of life here on Earth;
or, as the philosopher Hegel wrote: "We go behind the
curtain of the Self, to see what is there, but mainly for