Seventh Chakra Info

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Seventh Day - Seventh Chakra

 

Seventh Chakra...Sahasrara/Thousandfold/Violet

 

Opening to the Mystery of Heaven

 

Western civilization is founded on the belief system

that spirit and matter are separate and distinct. The

Earth is treated as an inanimate object to be used

wastefully, at our own lack of discretion. Science

examines the world rationally and methodically,

pointedly avoiding the more nebulous issue of spirit.

Corporations are built to enhance their economic

prowess, often with little regard for the spiritual

well-being of their workers or the environment.

 

People who give spirituality a high priority are often

considered fringe members of society. for many

seekers and respected masters, spiritual practice is

seen as antithetical to mundane existence. Monks

leave

their homes and families and renounce all worldly

pursuits in order to obtain enlightenment. Nuns

cloister themseles to be closer to God. New Age

ascension philosophy advises transcending the body and

becoming nothing but light. Eastern philosophy tells

us to let go of worldly attachments.

 

The separation of spirituality from the rest of life

leaves us spiritually homeless. In reflection of the

archetypal divorce between Earth Mother and Sky

Father, we are taught to seek enlightenment by denying

the basic nature of our biological existence. This

chasm between Heaven and Earth creates a corresponding

abyss between spirit and soul into which many fall as

they engage in ascetic practices, sign their will over

to gurus, and disengage from the world. Denying our

basic nature in order to achieve unity is a

contradiction steeped in dualistic thinking which will

never lead to unity or wholeness.

 

The seventh chakra is about merging with divine

consciousness and realizing our true nature. The

petty concerns that occupy the bulk of our waking life

often distract us from remembering who we truly are

beneath the jobs and the cars, the kids and the

clothes. It is important to know that we are children

of the divine seeking our way back home--that there is

a deeper meaning to life than is normally perceived.

 

What is valid about this myth of separation is that we

do need to disconnect from the illusions and

attachments we place between ourselves and the divine,

from the substitutions we use to fill the emptiness of

our soul. I believe the ultimate source of these soul

wounds stems from stripping our ordinary existence of

its spiritual meaning, leaving the average person

without purpose or direction.

 

The crown chakra is the thousand-petaled lotus. Most

people think of the petals as reaching up into the

heavens; actually, the lotus petals turn downward like

a sunflower, dripping nectar into the crown and down

through the chakras. In this way, the two ends of the

spectrum are profoundly connected. How can a lotus

bloom without roots in the Earth? How can it reach

Heaven if its roots are not deep and wide?

 

The Rainbow Bridge, like any bridge, is about

connection. The two ends of the spectrum connect the

individual self with universal creation. The middle

section of the bridge takes the combination out into

the world, through appropriate action, right

relationshiip, and creative contributions. Our

purpose in the seventh chakra is to contact the

divine,

but also to manifest divinity in our bodies and

actions

and so transform the world. In the seventh chakra, we

see divinity in all matter and in all its infinite

arrangements. Crossing the Rainbow Bridge is about

stretching to connect the limited with the infinite,

while still retaining both qualities. It is through

that stretch that we grow.

 

To arrive at the fully blooming lotus crown chakra,

our stem needs to be connected all the way to Earth,

our roots deep in the ground. Through this

connection, our lotus is nourished and continues to

bloom, its petals ever unfolding. Our purpose is

indeed to liberate the spirit, but if we are to avoid

getting lost in the infinite we must retain a home to

which the spirit can return. This is the challenge of

a psychologicallly balanced seventh chakra.

 

Basic Issues of the Seventh Chakra: Consciousness,

Awareness, The Witness, Belief Systems, Operating

Systems, Uniersal Identity, Attachment, Higher Power,

Transcendence, Immanence, Divinity, Information,

Intelligence, Meaning, Unity.

 

(these are each a chapter in the book)

 

Seventh Chakra: Element/Thought, Color/Violet,

Purpose/Understanding, Identity/Universal

 

Eastern Body Western Mind by Anodea Judith