The crown chakra, or Sahasrara, is located at the crown of the head (some drawings depict it hovering just above the skull). The crown chakra is our center of spiritual connection and communication, our link to the Source. It is the conduit through which we receive divine energy, wisdom, and knowledge. Dysfunction in the crown chakra will lead to feelings of disconnection, loneliness, sometimes abandonment. The color associated with this chakra is purple or violet, though it is often associated with white light as well. Clear quartz is an excellent crystal to stimulate this chakra; amethyst or clear kunzite are also good choices. A healthy crown chakra regulates the functions of all other chakras, and will allow a person to feel happy, content and even enlightened. The vibrations of this chakra are best served by fasting, or doing a cleanse or detox with things such as ginger and green tea. Activities that influence this chakra are meditation, worship (f one adheres to a particular religious dogma), yoga, and lucid dreaming.
Guided Meditation
1) Begin in a sitting position, with your spine as straight as is comfortable and your legs folded beneath you (or, in a chair, with feet flat on the ground).
2) Take several deep breaths. Use the breaths to relax your muscles and your mind. Keep your belly soft. Let your hands rest palm-up on your knees in the posture of “calm abiding.” Close your eyes and let your mind drift.
3) Picture the crown chakra, as a violet, thousand-petaled blossom on the top of your head. Feel the violet color intensify. Then picture a beam of white light, shining down from above your head, and entering your body through the blossom. The white light is healing and powerful. Let yourself be filled up with it. Imagine all pain, discomfort, illness and negativity as black clots in the body. Let the white light fill you up and flush the blackness out, let it burn away all negative energy until you are a shining vessel overflowing with light. Let your body bask in this light.
4) Become aware of the following truths: This is divinity. This is you. Recognize that you are directly connected to the source. You have no need of mediation or self-doubt. Recognize the divinity within yourself. This feeling goes beyond freedom - you are the universe, imagining itself. All things are possible because with your thoughts and words, you alter the world around it. Your reality is in your own hands. Constraints are illusions, let them go. You are a spiritual being living a physical experience, and you are capable of transcendence.
5) Rest quietly in this new knowledge, letting the light continue to fill you and move through you.
6) When you are ready, bring your attention once again to the violet blossom on the top of your head. Allow the petals to fold inward, like a flower which has had its fill of sunlight. Feel the violet color soften and bathe your body in its glow. When this image is clear and complete, seal the chakra with a cho ku rei (drawn in the air with a fingertip or mentally) and, continuing to breathe deeply, come out of the meditation. You will need a few minutes to become grounded once again. Enjoy this time.
Affirmations for the Crown Chakra
I am one with the Source (higher power, universal energy).
I accept myself as I am, with love and gratitude.
I gratefully accept the blessings the universe has in store for me.
I release all limitations and constraints, for they are false.
I have within myself all the creative force of the cosmos.
I am radiant with love and uniqueness of character.
My mind is open and eager to accept new information.
I endeavor in thought, word and deed to elevate my consciousness.
