Things we may not have realised regarding the Sahasrara - Part I

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Dear All,

 

i would like to explore with the readers of this forum, some of the very

interesting things Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi has told, regarding the whole

subject of the Sahasrara. It will be nice to collectively learn, what we may not

have realised previously, about this subject. It will be in 2 to 3 installments

to make for less lengthy reading in each post.

 

regards to all,

 

violet

 

 

Things we may not have realised regarding the Sahasrara - Part 1

 

Firstly, Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi informs us that if it were not for the opening

of the Sahasrara, that the possibility of giving en masse self realisation to

people, would not have been possible. She says that only a few people would have

been able to achieve it:

 

" It is a great day for all of us, the seekers, that the last work of the Divine,

of the opening the last centre in the great primordial being, was done on the

5th of May 1970. It is the greatest event of all the spiritual happenings of the

universe. It was done with very great care and great adjustments. It is not in

the limits of human understanding, how things are worked out in the heavens. It

is your fortune and God's love, that has worked out this wondrous miracle.

Without this happening, there could not have been the possibility of giving mass

realization to people. One could have done it for one or two persons here and

there, but to have given such a mass awakening would not have been possible. "

(Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - Sahasrara Day Puja Address - Le Raincy, France - 5

May 1982)

 

[shri Mataji explains that the seven main chakras in the body actually have

their " seat " in the Sahasrara. She says that it is from the " seat " of the

Sahasrara, that the 1000 nadis [1000 nerves] look after human beings]:

 

" As you know, in the Sahasrara are the seats of the seven main chakras. [in the

Sahasrara also], there are 1000 nadis [1000 nerves] or as they call it:

" flames " , and each one has 16,000 powers. Every nadi deals with a particular

type of person and with the [different] permutations and combinations of all

these nadis, human beings are looked after. " (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi -

Sahasrara Day Puja Address - Le Raincy, France - 5 May 1982)

 

[shri Mataji explains more about this assemblage of chakras and nadis in the

Sahasrara]:

 

" Sahasrara is actually the assemblage of the six Chakras and is a hollow space,

on the sides of which there are one thousand Nadis (NERVES). And when the light

penetrates into the limbic area, then the enlightenment of these Nadis takes

place and you can see them as flames, very gentle flames burning and these

flames have all the seven colors that you see in the VIBGYOR. When the last

nadi, ultimately becomes integrated, then it becomes a crystal clear flame. All

these seven lights ultimately become crystal clear.

 

So you have the Sahasrara with one thousand petals, as they call it. [it is also

interesting that] if you cut the brain in a transverse section, " horizontally " ,

that all the nerves that are built along the limbic area look like petals, and

if you were to cut the brain " vertically " , you would find many nerves in each

bundle of nerves. [That is why] when the Sahasrara is enlightened, it can be

seen as a burning bundle of flames. " (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - Formal Talk on

Sahasrara Chakra - Hanuman Road, New Delhi, India - 4 February 1983)

 

[This is how Shri Mataji experienced the opening of the primordial or cosmic

Sahasrara, with its accompanying tremendous force of vibrations, light,

fire-like appearance and profound silence, which took place around late night to

early morning at a solitary beach setting]:

 

" As soon as the Sahasrara was opened, the whole atmosphere was filled with

tremendous chaitanya [vibrations] and there was tremendous light in the sky,

with the whole thing coming on earth with the tremendous force of a torrential

rain or waterfall, that I became stupefied and unaware! The happening was so

tremendous and unexpected, that I was stunned and became totally silent at the

grandeur of it!!! I saw the primordial Kundalini rising like a big, silent,

furnace that had a burning appearance, as when you heat up metal and it has many

colors. In the same way, the Kundalini showed up as a tunnel-like furnace, such

as you can see in the plants where they burn coal to make electricity. And the

Kundalini stretched out like a telescope and out came the deities, one after

another: shoot! shoot! shoot! Just like that! And the deities came and sat on

their golden seats, and lifted the whole of the head into the shape of a dome

and opened it. And then this torrential rain completely drenched Me! I started

seeing all that and got lost in the joy. It was like an artist seeing his own

creation, and I felt the joy of great fulfillment. After coming out of this

beautiful experience, I looked around and saw that human beings were so

[spiritually] blind, and I became absolutely silent and desired that I should

get their cups filled with nectar, rather than the stones that were there. "

((Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - Sahasrara Day Puja Address - Le Raincy, France - 5

May 1982)

 

[shri Mataji describes more of Her experience and also explains that the

Sahasrara, is the most beautiful part of our being!]:

 

" Sahasrara is the most beautiful part of your being. It is a big lotus with a

thousand petals of different colors appearing like inflated flames. It is a

thing that has been seen by many people, but to see it pour that torrential

rain, was like these flames becoming a fountain; a fountain of color and

fragrance, like a flower pouring its color and fragrance around. People have

written very little about Sahasrara, because whatever they have seen is from the

outside, and it is not possible for them to see it from the inside. Even if you

reach [to see it] from the inside, and the whole Sahasrara is not opened out,

you cannot see its beauty because when the whole of it is closed, you just pass

through an aperture and are outside of it.

 

But just imagine a huge thousand-petalled lotus, and you are sitting inside it,

on the corona, and looking at all those petals which are all very beautifully

colored, fragrant and pulsating with the bliss of joy! To remain on that

position is the ideal position, however, after the silence, you are filled with

tremendous compassion and love, and are drawn out to the people, who haven't as

yet known, what it is to have [the] eyes [to see]. And then you try to put your

attention to the Sahasrara of millions of people, and then you start seeing the

problems that exist in the Sahasrara. (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi - Sahasrara Day

Puja Address - Le Raincy, France - 5 May 1982)

 

[This has been written in the English way, and the meaning of what Shri Mataji

Nirmala Devi has given, has been retained.]