SAHASRARA:  THE CROWN CHAKRA

Each of us has, within us, a subtle energy system.  This system contains seven major chakras; seven major energy centres.  The power that brings these chakras into full blossom is the life force each of us has – the kundalini.  And when this kunalini rises from its home at the base of the spine, up through all the other chakras, enlightening the energy centre at the very top of the head - the sahasrara - our self realisation takes place.

Self realisation – the wonderous transformation that seekers of spiritual truth have always longed for.

Here are the words of a very old, and much-loved song, translated from the Indian Marathi language.  It refers to the life force, the kundalini, as mother, and begs her to rise up through the system to the sahasrara and so bring about self realization – Oneness with the Divine, the Union, the Yoga, the Enlightenment, the Rhu, The Moksha, the Breath of the Holy Spirit.

O Mother Kundalini, You rise, rise, rise!
To kill the evil demons.
O Mother, You rise, rise, rise!
To take away the problems we have, the obstacles,
To take your devotees to their salvation.
Mother we ask for our Self Realization.
Rise, rise, rise, rise, rise, rise, Ho!

I will banish all my  problems
And I will put this garland on Your neck, Mother kundalini.
In my hand I will take the flag of knowledge,
And get rid of all obstructions.

In the nine nights I will do nine types of worship to You..
I will put all questions and doubts to one side
And ask for the boon that is meditation.
I will give up the father-in-law that’s sitting on my head
Making me a bad boy.

Now I will fill up my little basket
With the complete blooming flowers of knowledge.
And all the bad ideas that come into my mind
I will throw into the sea.

There are two horrible creatures within me.
One is lust and the other is anger.
Theses two horrible Creatures I will throw away.
That iss how I am going to make my central pathway clean.

I ask my Mother for the Yoga and promise to keep it very safe in my heart.
When I have the Yoga, which I will store very carefully,
I will thank you for ever for my second birth..
And fall at the feet of God the Almighty.

In the past this process – this self realization – has been achieved individually.  Anyone strongly desiring it would study with a guru or master for a long time – sometimes twenty years and more - clearing each energy centre one by one, until the topmost chakra becomes enlightened.  Sometimes through careful study of God’s creation, or artistic activity - music, painting, writing - the individual’s attention has been brought nearer and nearer to the balance until, eventually, self realisation has taken place.

However, in early May1970, for the first time, this Sahasrara chakra was opened out, in a universal and collective way,  by Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, the founder of Sahaja Yoga.   Since that time, through the practice of Her discovery, thousands upon thousands have gained their connection, their moksha, their enlightenment.   This is the result of what Shri Mataji undertook, and achieved, on May the 5th, 1970.

And this collective gaining of individual self realistion can be very easily achieved through Sahaja Yoga, which was founded by Shri Mataji for just this purpose.