Sep 07 2008
The Sahasrara or Crown Chakra
The seventh and highest of the chakras is located at the crown of the human head or just above it and is called the Sahasrara or crown chakra. Often referred to as the thousand petaled lotus, the crown chakra is the most subtle of all chakras and is the one from which all the other lower chakras emanate. The crown chakra is the chakra associated with pure consciousness and union with the Divine. The crown chakra represents one’s connection with one’s physical or birth father as well as one’s heavenly father. The color associated with the crown chakra is violet, and the element is inner light. Physically the crown chakra relates to the pineal gland, the brain, the top of the head, and the entire nervous system. The crown chakra enables the individual to see him or herself as creating the Universe and being connected to the created Universe. Imbalance in the crown chakra can show up in the physical body as headaches, photosensitivity, mental illness, schizophrenia, confusion, neuralgia, nervous disorders, epilepsy, skin rashes, and coordination problems. Qualities associated with a well-balanced crown chakra are reverence for life, self-sacrifice in the service of others, idealism, and a gift for seeing the appropriate path to growth of the higher self. When chakra energy is triggered during kundalini yoga, the crown chakra is the point at which Divine union occurs. Energy literally rushes up the spine through all seven chakras and exits the body into the Divine through the crown chakra. This experience of union is called samadhi in Sanskrit.
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