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Sahasrara (crown chakra) Jan 20, 2021

Sahasrara (crown chakra)

Features

  1. Also Called - Brahmarandra
  2. Mantra - OM
  3. English translation - thousand, infinite
  4. Physical representation - top of the head
  5. Location - at the crown of the head
  6. Asana - Sirshasana (headstand)
  7. Form - lotus flower with 1,000 diamond white petals – pure, divine consciousness. These are arranged in 20 layers, each with approximately 50 petals. The pericarp is golden and within it a circular moon region is inscribed with a luminous triangle, which can be either upward- or downward-pointing
  8. Statement - "I am the convergence when energy and consciousness unite, when the self, the universe and god become one"
  9. Blocked by - earthly attachment (if you die tomorrow, what is the most painful to leave behind?) Let go...and move on
  10. Deity - Adi Shiva (supreme consciousness, the supreme self)
  11. Essence - Adi Tattva or Ishvara Tattva (without beginning)

Characteristics
There are many paths from the muladhara (lowest chakra) to the ajna (third eye). But from Ajna to Sahasrara, there is no path. But once bridged, one becomes ecstatic about life requiring no reason whatsoever. But in this inebriated state, functionality in the physical world cannot be sustained. It is a fuzzy world between the world of the physical and the non-physical.

Sahasrara gives rise to pure consciousness. It is said that all the other chakras emanate from sahasrara, or that sahasrara is the collective of all the chakras. When a yogi reaches this state, he is said to be in samadhi (trance state of meditative absorption). In the yoga sutras of Patangali, it is the final 8th limb of yoga where the meditator becomes one with the object of his meditation - limitations and shackles are broken. This is where all the 72,000 nadis converge, in the same way that streams, creeks and rivers eventually find their way into the ocean.

Sahasrara (crown chakra)
Sahasrara Chakra resides at the very top of the head

Unification
On many levels, activating the sahasrara is a unification or a convergence. In the Hindu pantheon, Shakti (female deity) resides at the muladhara chakra and finds her way through the sushumna (central pathway of the nadi) to be reunited with Shiva (known as "The Destroyer" within the Hindu trinity of three major gods that includes Brahma and Vishnu) at the sahasrara where their union is the perfect divine consciousness and eternal.

For the everyday guy, reaching sahasrara is when his earthly self reunites with the divinity within him and he realizes he is both at the same time - that it took an arduous journey through life to realize this.

Asanas
The asana emulates the journey of Shakti from the muladhara to the sahasrara to reunite with Shiva. With pranayama and kumbhaka, engage the mula bandha and envision the prana vayu reaching up through the sushumna until it reaches the sahasrara. Create and sustain the pressure inside the head by keeping the mula bandha engaged.

Because we need to activate the sahasrara on top of the head, a good asana is the sirsasana (headstand) to redirect energy to that part of the body.

Siddhis

Sahasrara Chakra

  1. perfection is attained
  2. knowledge, knower and known become one and liberated
  3. feelings, emotions and desires are dissolved into their cause. Union is achieved. Non-dual consciousness occurs
  4. all siddhis are obtained
  5. transcends the desire to use those siddhis or manifest his desires
  6. no separation between the experience and the experiencer (I am that)

Ending Thoughts
Because sahasrara chakra is the final of the 7 major chakras, it would be the culmination of many years of practice and devotion - perhaps not even in this lifetime. At best, it's a 'nice to know'. But it would be frustrating to keep that as an objective. I would simply stay focused on my current challenges and work on them, knowing fully well, that these small achievements ultimately lead to the sahasrara.

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Yoga Asana for Sahasrara


Pranayama for Sahasrara


Guided Meditation for Sahasrara


Sources:

  1. A Systematic Course in the Ancient Tantric Techniques of Yoga and Kriya by Swami Satyananda Saraswati
  2. Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha by Swami Satyananda Saraswati
  3. Sahasrar Chakra – Inebriation and Ecstasy by Sadhguru
  4. Sahasrara by Wikipedia
  5. Sahasrara Chakra - Crown Center by Chakras.net

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