NO; lightning bolts can go both ways, up and down; chakra system is a helical vortex going up and down the spine during activation;

that's also the concept behind the Magician tarot card:

P.S. justin_shocknet, u get no opinion in this, u know a big fat zero about this topic, a round goose-egg of symbolic knowledge; it was supposed to be taught in kindergarten, but obviously most state schools rushed thru shapes curriculum;