Astronauts of the soul ascend upwards by nurturing themselves as much as they would love a helpless babe. The body feels increasingly light and the mind increasingly clear. They rocket beyond faith into the science of conscious evolution.

The throat chakra is the seat of expression and alchemy.

To have the kundalini move to this point, we must freely express our hearts, our insights, our shame and guilt until the past no longer holds us back.

Then we become endlessly creative.

To ascend higher, we must learn to transmute this energy into something more subtle.

We see that emotions, intellect, and the arts can inspire us up to the crown chakra--but not into the next octave. Inner light and music must become our inner art.

 As ice turns to water, then to vapor, so does
breath turn to prana (the kundalini), then to light.
Light is a higher octave of the same life-force principle.

It requires all our courage and focus to reach the third eye. We see love and light equally in everything.

We learn to consciously enter light without a near-death experience. This is the art of dying to live (Week 48). "Those afraid to die never learn to live."

Inwardly, we enter a bright white light while our physical bodies bathe in a healing bliss.

The enchanting call of celestial music guides us further within. Meditation stops being difficult and becomes a delightful adventure inwards.