Awaken Within - Journey through the Tree of Life

By reconnecting outer knowledge with inner knowing we are able to awaken to our truth and begin stepping out of fear and into love. 

Awakening the Tree of Life Within - The nine levels of perception

The following chart and subsequent pages are designed to help integrate the basic concepts of how to journey through the Tree of Life that is your physical, spiritual and energetic body.  Through this series of mandalas based in sacred geometry and world belief you can begin to sense the journey of awakening within....



The word Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning "Sacred Wheel". They were first described by ancient yogis in deep meditation. There are nine primary chakras that connect our mind/body/soul to each other. These chakras provide a roadmap for your journey.....

1. Root Chakra - base of spine - Container of Life - Earth - Red

2. Sacral Chakra - reproductive area - Portal of Life - Water - Orange

3. Solar Plexus Chakra - stomach area - Seed of Life - Fire - Yellow

4. Heart/Soul Chakra - heart - Flower of Life - Love - Green

5. Throat Chakra - throat - Fruit of Life - Air - Blue

6. Third Eye Chakra - senses - Knowledge of Life - Intuition - Violet

7. Crown Chakra - top of head - Star of Life - Connection - White

8. Spirit/Soul Chakra - within - Circle of Life - Oneness - Full Spectrum

9. Source Chakra - beyond - Tree of Life - Infinite - Black/White Matrix



Connecting with the Tree of Life Within You

A simple exercise to help you connect in the present moment, is to take a walk in nature, find a tree or a river to sit near. Feel the ground, the stones or the water. Smell the air surrounding you. Open yourself to all that is around you and breathe in the beauty of the emotions that fill you. During the day, look to the sun and the sky.  When it is evening, look to the stars, moon and deep space, and remember that they have been here since time began. Listen to the sounds and the silence. Focus on your heart beating within you and allow yourself to feel that you are one with everything. Feel yourself rooted deeply in the earth, yet floating with the stars. Honor the ancestors that came before you and the ones that are yet to be born. Be aware of your breath as you sit in silence and reconnect to yourself and the world around you. Allow yourself to let go of judgement or outcome and enjoy the present moment of being fully alive and awake. Connect with each of your energy centers or chakras and meditate on what you are feeling. Begin at the root and travel up to the crown, then envision surrounding your entire body with a sphere of light. Open your heart and allow the core of who you are to shine through. Sit in that light and enjoy being alive to feel this connection.

Visit Sending Tree a blog and website with more detailed information, timelines, and inspirational quotes based on each of the Worlds Major Religions.

For more information call Laural at 920-544-4047
e-mail: lwauters@new.rr.com

"Loving kindness is my religion" - Dalai Lama

The primary Branches of World Belief

1 – 2.1 Billion – Christianity (Roman Catholic 48%, Protestants 20%, Others 14%, Orthodox 12%, Anglicans 6%)

2 – 1.5 Billion – Islam (Sunni 83%, Shi’ite 16%, Sufi 1%)

3 – 1.1 Billion – Non – Religious (Agnostic, Atheist, Secular etc…)

4 – 900 Million – Hinduism (Vedanta, Shaivism, Vaisnava, Tantric, Sakta, Smartism)

5 – 400 Million – Indigenous/African Traditional (Pantheism, Animism, Shamanism)

6 – 398 Million – Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto

7 – 360 Million – Buddhism (Mahayana, Vajrayana, Theravada, Tibetan, Zen, others)

8 – 23 Million – Sikhism (blend of Islam (Sufism) and Hinduism)

9 – 19 Million – Juche (North Korean state run belief system)

10 – 15 Million – Spiritism (Communicating directly with the spirit world)

11 – 14 Million – Judaism – (Orthodox 7%, Reformed 42%, Conservative 38%)

12 – 7 Million – Baha’i (offshoot of Islam that teaches oneness)

13 – 4 Million – Jainism (Jain Dharma)

14 – 2 Million – Unitarianism, New Thought, New Age

"I was seeing in a sacred manner the shape of all things in the Spirit, and the Shape of all Shapes as they must live together like one being and I saw that the sacred hoop of my people was one of many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of one mother and one father. And I saw that it was holy." – Black Elk