Fire, the element, understand the elements role in your life

Fire is the element associated with the Solar Plexus. In the ancient Vedic texts, Agni has 3 forms, fire, lightening and the sun. 

Fire has been an integral part of civilization, in all cultures and religions. Fire can provide light and warmth for us as well as heat to cook our food upon. Fire can smolder and suddenly burst into flames, showing us it’s impulsiveness and unpredictability. Fire is a double edged sword, where we must have the heat from the sun in order to survive, that same heat will destroy us if we find ourselves too close to it.

It is seen as the force burning inside us, giving us the willpower to go for our goals,  allowing us to find the passion that sustains us on our journey to the prize. Fire is the element that sparks and grows with fuel, when we feel that spark ( a desire) and we feed it ( with passion) we are able to use the fire element to push us onward towards our goals.

 The other side of that sword is fire doesn’t know fear or doubt. Fire doesn’t know mercy or shame either. If it wants something, it will get it. Fire doesn’t stop until it loses fuel or is extinguished, it will destroy everything ( with the exception of most stone’s) in it’s path until then. This is symbolic of the solar plexus, as it too can be the driving force behind our success or the obstacle with which we are eternally recreating.Fire, unlike the other elements, does not exist in a natural state. Its physical form can only take place by consuming some other element. Fire is the transformer, converting the energy of other objects into other forms: heat, light, ash, and smoke. This transformation is important as we look at our chakra center that governs our sense of self, how we view ourselves and our own will power.

Fire is associated with inspiration, creativity, compassion, longing and lust. These are all powerful emotions that drive actions within our lives. These are the emotions of action, emotions that excite us, emotions that help us to make a move forward. Fire is also associated with anger, hate and fury, once again showing us the double edged sword of this element. These emotions are also emotions of action, emotions that can at times drive repetitive patterns within our energetic field so that we find that we feel out of control of certain aspects of our lives.

The story of the Phoenix is also associated with fire.The "Bird of Flames", The phoenix is a legendary immortal beast, an incarnation of the Burning God Foiros it is said, which rises again and again from its own ashes, whose eternal flame can never be extinguished. 

There are many stages within fire, from a smolder, to a tiny spark, to a huge destructive force. Light a candle, watch the flame flicker in the wind. The flame can survive a small breeze, but not a strong wind. The wind represents air (logical thought), the flame needs a slight wind to survive and even grow, however while it is still very small, the wind can easily kill the flame. How many times have you gotten very excited about something, only to reason it out in your head and have the desire die down. This is an example of how the elements work within our lives.