A wheel, I found, is more than a metaphor. A long time
ago during a mediation retreat I started seeing a spinning
wheel in my head. I had a sense of what it was but was
surprised to see that the wheel was actually the logo
for the type of mediation I was doing. In other words
aside from the fact that it's a common image when
chakras open up there is also the sense that if you
follow certain steps such and such will follow...such
as the image of a spinning wheel. When you tell the
teacher he just says ignore it and continue. I take that
to mean that it is very common and of no particular
importance except that you are doing something right.