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Sahasrara

Sahasrara

Sahasrara

सहस्रार, sahasrāra

"thousand"

Sahasrara-chakra (or akasha-chakra) is the psychoenergetic center of the human subtle body, located in the crown of the head. It is not always called a chakra, as it is located outside the body and is a space connecting a person with various energies of the cosmos. The sahasrara-chakra is depicted in the form of a lotus with a thousand petals (aspects), here a thousand is a symbol of infinity.  

In sahasrara, the complete fusion of Shiva and Shakti is achieved, i.e. the ultimate goal of the spiritual evolution of the Soul in the corporeal shell; here Kundalini ends her journey, passing through all six chakras. 

Sahasrara reflects the connection of the individual Soul with Paramatma. In the physical body, it controls the mind, the higher mental functions. In "Siddha-siddhanta paddhati" sahasrara is described as sixteen-petalled, probably because it is transcendental, like the sixteenth day of the moon (purnima), combining darkness and light. This is the point of connection of consciousness and the macrocosm, and the number sixteen in this case is a symbol of purnata (comprehensiveness and completeness of experience):

"The ninth is akasha-chakra, [which looks like] a sixteen-petalled lotus turned up. In its center, in the seed box, one should contemplate that upper Shakti, which has the image of trikuta, Her, which is the highest emptiness. It is there that the Purnagiri-pitha  is located fulfilling all desires. So the consideration of the nine chakras is [completed]."



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