What do the chakras tell us about Aang?
Pathik: First we will open the Earth Chakra, located at the base of the spine. It deals with survival, and is blocked by fear. What are you most afraid of? Let your fears become clear to you.
Aang sees images of things that cause him great fear, including the Blue Spirit attacking him, General Fong sinking Katara into the ground, himself merging with La at the North Pole, Fire Lord Ozai, and Sozin's Comet, which make him scream.
Katara getting hurt (while he's helpless to save her)
Sozin's Comet (and the danger it poses to the world?)
His own uncontrolled power in the Avatar State
His own uncontrolled power as Kaiju Koi
Pathik: Next is the ...
Aang: Water Chakra?
Pathik: Brilliant! Maybe one day you will be a guru too! This chakra deals with pleasure and is blocked by guilt. Now, look at all the guilt which burdens you so. What do you blame yourself for?
Aang: [Sees the image of him leaving home.] I ran away. [Sees images of him in the Avatar State at General Fong's base.] I hurt all of those people.
Running away and abandoning his people to their fate.
The people he hurt in the Avatar State.
Pathik: Third is the Fire Chakra, located in the stomach.
Aang: [Holding his stomach.] My Fire Chakra would like to eat something other than onion-banana juice.
Pathik: [Chuckles.] Good one! Moving on. This chakra deals with willpower, and is blocked by shame. What are you ashamed of? [Cuts to Aang's vision of his first attempt at firebending, which resulted in him accidentally burning Katara's hands.] What are your biggest disappointments in yourself?
Aang: I'm never going to firebend again. I can't.
Aang feels ashamed over losing control of his firebending and burning Katara.
Pathik: The fourth chakra is located in the heart. It deals with love and is blocked by grief. [Aang smiles and looks at a Air Nomad statue nearby before looking sad.] Lay all your grief out in front of you.
Aang sees images of many airbenders, including Gyatso and Yangchen. He smiles upon seeing them, but becomes saddened as they start to vanish into smoke.
Pathik: You have indeed felt a great loss. [The airbenders appear floating in the clouds.] But love is a form of energy, and it swirls all around us. [Aang is lifted into the air and sees the Air Nomads floating in the smoke.] The Air Nomads' love for you has not left this world. It is still inside of your heart, and is reborn in the form of new love.
The smoke in front of Aang forms a face and shows the first thing he saw upon waking up from his iceberg: Katara. Back in the real world, Aang is starting to cry tears of joy.
Pathik: Let the pain flow away. [Aang wipes away his tears.] Very good.
Aang feels grief over losing his people, and Katara is the antidote for this grief.
Pathik: The fifth in the chain is the Sound Chakra, located in the throat. It deals with truth and is blocked by lies. The ones we tell ourselves.
Aang flashes back to when he, Katara, and Sokka first began their journey to the North Pole.
Katara (flashback): Why didn't you tell us you were the Avatar?
Back to the real world, Aang finds himself answering the question.
Aang: Because I never wanted to be.
Pathik: You cannot lie about your own nature. You must accept that you are the Avatar. [Aang inhales and, seeing an image of himself on a cliff looking down at the ground, exhales, and accepts his nature.] Very good, Aang. You have opened the chakra of truth.
Aang's greatest deception is refusing to accept that he's the Avatar.
Pathik: The sixth pool of energy is the light chakra, located in the center of the forehead. It deals with insight and is blocked by illusion. The greatest illusion of this world is the illusion of separation. Things you think are separate and different are actually one and the same.
Aang: [An image is shown of the world, with the four nations' territories marked.] Like the four nations.
Pathik: [The image changes so the territories become the same color.] Yes. We are all one people, [The territories become separate again.] but we live as if divided.
Aang: We're all connected. Everything is connected.
Pathik: That's right! Even the separation of the four elements is an illusion. If you open your mind, you will see that all the elements are one. Four parts of the same whole. Even metal is just a part of earth that has been purified and refined.
Aang must realize that everything is connected and nothing is separate. This is the only chakra that isn't about Aang.
Pathik: The Thought Chakra is located at the crown of the head. It deals with pure cosmic energy, and is blocked by earthly attachment. Meditate on what attaches you to this world. [Images of Katara appear before Aang.] Now, let all of those attachments go. Let them flow down the river, forgotten.
Aang: [Coming out of his meditation.] What? Why would I let go of Katara? I ... I love her!
Pathik: Learn to let her go, or you cannot let the pure cosmic energy flow in from the universe.
Aang: Why would I choose cosmic energy over Katara? [Aang throws his hands up.] How could it be a bad thing that I feel an attachment to her? Three chakras ago that was a good thing!
Aang: I'm sorry, but I can't let go of Katara.
Pathik: Aang, to master the Avatar State, you must open all the chakras. Surrender yourself.
Aang: Okay, I'll try.
Pathik: Now think of your attachments and let them go. Let the pure cosmic energy flow.
Aang sees an image of him letting Katara go, and a bridge that will lead him to Avatar State mastery. His image looks down, smiles at the bridge, and walks up to the Avatar Spirit, which is an enlarged image of himself in the Avatar State. The Avatar Spirit is holding a ball of energy, and Aang walks directly inside of it. As he does so, his tatooes glow, and he closes his eyes. Right before he is able to completely open the final chakra and master the Avatar State, however, he hears a shriek from Katara and sees a vision of her in chains. At this, he jumps out of the energy sphere and runs away from the Avatar Spirit. The energy bridge that lead him there slowly vanishes behind him until it catches up and falls from underneath him, causing his image to plummet toward Earth. This cuts his connection to the Avatar State, which forces him back to reality.
Aang: Katara's in danger! I have to go! [Prepares to exit.]
Pathik: No, Aang! By choosing attachment, you have locked the chakra! If you leave now, you won't be able to go into the Avatar State at all!
Katara is Aang's biggest attachment, but he was reluctantly willing to let her go until he realized she was in danger.
P.S. As a final note, it's interesting that Katara appears in 5 of the 7 chakras.
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