Finding Your Flow Day 14: Activating Consciousness

Journal: Sunday. April 27th 2014. Albany, NY. Sahasrara. सहस्रार. Crown Chakra.
Centering thought: “My life energy radiates the light of Being..” || Mantra: Om Katyayani Namah. “I activate my pure awareness.”

Sunday, we were asked to stay in the flow of awareness for a moment of gratitude just for being alive. Deepak told us to close our eyes and take a breathe then open them. Let the experience of thinking, saying, and doing nothing sink in. When you’re just being, you are expressing your true self. “Learning how to rest into existence, and learning how to let go of stress opens the way for grace and knowing that being here is enough.” 

This meditation is dedicated to aligning with our natural and divine consciousness by activating the energy of the seventh chakra. We learn that enlightenment is not out of reach. By cultivating self-awareness and presence during everyday moments, we experience true wakefulness—we are fully alive in the moment. To experience this awakening, it’s not necessary to radically restructure your life. These moments of presence are available in every breath we take . . . they are there in the gap between every thought we have.

When we are truly conscious, we may experience moments when our pure self shines through and suddenly life flows smoothly, sweetly, and peacefully. Our complete spiritual awakening consists of these moments aggregating and expanding into periods of time, and then into longer stretches of time, until awareness becomes a continuum of “now” consciousness, 24 hours a day. Today’s lesson on enlightenment shows us that we don’t need to struggle to get there. It is enough to simply be aware and be present. Nature takes care of the details. 

Sabrina Reber writes, “The Crown Chakra carries the energies of Enlightenment, Divine Illumination and God Realization. It is located on the top of the head and is the source of our higher consciousness. When fully opened, the Crown Chakra becomes the conduit through which our Holy Spirit, God Self, Christed Self, Buddhic Self or Divine Essence is brought down into our physical being.”

Balanced Crown Chakra: Wisdom, Mastery, Unification of the God Self with Human Personality, Bliss, Intuition, Expanded Consciousness, Knowingness, Transcendence, Oneness, Deep Understanding, Service to Others, Spiritual Energy

Unbalanced Crown Chakra: Confusion, Lack of Understanding, Insensitive, Lack of Inspiration, Apathy, Greed, Overly Rational and Materialistic, Domination of Others, Spiritual Cynicism, Addiction, Attachment, Over Intellectualization, Disassociation to the Physical Body, God, Humanity, the Earth and the Animals, Desensitization to the Realms of Spirit

Trauma to the Crown Chakra: Forced Religion and Blind Obedience
Bodily Symptoms Expressing Blockage: Migraines, Inability to Focus / Confusion, Deterioration of the Central Nervous System, Emotional Depression, Desensitization, Lack of Feeling, Accelerated Aging / Deterioration of the Physical Body.

The Crown Chakra is often called the thousand petal lotus. Throughout history it has been depicted in paintings of Jesus the Christ, Buddha, Saints, Angels and other highly evolved beings as a golden white halo around their heads. When the Crown Chakra is fully opened an awareness of our divinity and the true essence of our being is understood and integrated. The crown chakra will not fully open until all seven of the chakras and corresponding energy fields have been purified enough for divine energy to be released activating the Kundalini. The Kundalini is a divine spiral of energy similar to a coiled snake that lays dormant at the base of each person’s spine (root chakra) until proper purification has occurred within a beings system for it to safely ascend up the chakra column. The crown chakra connects us to our masculine Father God while the root chakra connects us to our feminine Mother Goddess or Mother Earth. If the kundalini is able to move through each chakra and does not encounter any blocks it will move up into the crown chakra opening a pathway for each persons God self to descend into their physical body. Kundalini is Creator energy. It is our divine birthright to activate this part of ourselves so we can become conscious co-creators here on Earth. When our system is properly prepared, the descension of our God self washes over each of the seven chakras breaking the seven seals activating the creation of our divine luminous light body. This prepares us to move forward into Self Mastery where we have the potential to fully activate and embody our Holy Grail becoming a Divine Enlightened Human.

What are some tips to help balance your Sahasrara?

Physical: Eat violet/white fruits and vegetables, and drink plenty of water.  Violet whole foods tend to contain essential phyto-chemicals and fatty acids which are beneficial for the cerebral cortex, pineal glad, hypothalamus and upper brain function, as well as the lymphatic system and White foods are often rich in sulfur and quercetin, which may reduce the risk of cancer and help the body get rid of cancer-causing chemicals. Buckwheat, Cauliflower, Chermoya, Coconut , Garlic, Quinoa, Shallot, Sunflower Seeds, Tofu, Turnip, White beans, White Corn, White Eggplant, White Onions, Basil Flowers, Black Tomatoes, Dulse (seaweed), Elderberries, Kohlrabi , Lavender, Marjoram, Mint Flowers, Mulberries, Passionflower, Passionfruit, Purple Cabbage , Purple Eggplant, Purple Grapes, Purple Green Beans, Purple Peppers, Purple Plums, Rosemary Flowers, Sage Flowers, and Thyme Flowers  all have Sahasrara energy in their colour. Get a cranial sacral massage. Inversions like, Head Balance (Sirsasana); Waterfall or legs up wall (Viparita Karani); Full Arm Balance (Adho Mukha Virasana), Mountain (Tadasana); and Lotus (Padmasana) all do wonders for the Crown. 

Mental: Read spiritual/quantum psychics books about the Universe. Whatever will give you insight into the meaning of life, and cosmos, go with it. Read: “The Alchemist” by Paulo Coehlo, “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle, or “The Spiral Dance” by Starhawk. You could even look into watching the PBS Channel series “The Cosmos.” 

Emotional: Help others for the sake of helping others alone. You will find that this brings you great joy just by seeing a smile on someone else’s face. 

Sexual/Spiritual:  Let go of ego, and Pray/Meditate upon an violet/white mandala, talk with your inner guides about what has happened, and what lessons are to be learned to change your patterns of behaviour. 

Environmental: Therapeutic-grade Essential Oils of Frankincense, Vetiver, and Myrrh, are especially effective. Surround yourself with violet or white light. Colour therapy works!  Wear a violet/white tee shirt, sweater or dress. Put up a picture or white painting. Change your sheets. Change your phone cover or background. Paint a wall/room a nice soothing violet or white to promote relaxation. 

Again, by embracing these, we awaken our inner visionaries, and embrace our power and strength. To do so takes great courage, and we should all applaud our efforts at transformation and coming into our own in our own good and healthy time.

Namaste

Om Katyayani Namah. I am aware. Om Katyayani Namah. I am light. Om Katyayani Namah. I am pure consciousness. 

REFERENCES

1. Sabrina Reber “RAISE YOUR VIBRATION”, HOW TO RAISE YOUR VIBRATION Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/How-to-Raise-Your-Vibration/204840666199710?ref=tn_tnm
   
2. http://www.theyogastudio.com/yoga_articles/understanding_chakras_in_yoga/

Creative Commons Photography courtesy of Kissed by Fire, Mommamia, mafi04, Bogdan, and Khanh.  

Finding Your Flow Day 7: Finding Consciousness

Journal: Easter Sunday. 40° F. Sunny. Robins. Sparrows. Crown Chakra. सहस्रार. Sahasrara. A mountain symphony of “flowing water, chimes, and cello.” Beauty is all around us.
Centering thought: “My consciousness is universal consciousness.” | Mantra: Sahasrara Im “I am pure awareness.”

Today, we completed the first week of our meditation journey.

In the past seven days, we have connected to the core energies of who we really are. We have dispelled insecurity, awakened inner happiness, reclaimed our vital power, opened our hearts, spoken our truths, and seen our own wisdom.

As we align with these natural energy currents we open to a life flowing with peace, joy, and fulfillment. By tapping in, one-by-one, we have learned how to directly access our natural state of security, happiness, strength, passion, creativity, and wisdom. These qualities are always present—what you are experiencing this week is the power of your authentic self.

Today’s meditation focuses on Light. We are alive and pure embodiments of light.

The sun’s photons have traveled so very far to spark life here on Earth. It’s vibrations dance in every cell of our being. Electrical charges flare and flash and dance within our soul. The search for enlightenment has always been to look within. Strikes of genius simultaneously happening all over the world at the same time. Inventions. Discoveries. Pure poetry of universal consciousness. We truly are all connected on a deep deep level. Upon the waves of electromagnetic rainbows.

Light is around us and within us—it is our guide on the path toward self-realization. Light is what triggers us to wake every morning, allowing us to see . . . dissipating the darkness and shadows. As we open to the light within, we connect to the divine light that illuminates our soul, awakening us to our real Self, and the light that connects all things. We find that we are one light connected to all light, universal connection, and consciousness. As this energy is awakened, there is no more searching or striving. Experiencing yourself as infinite consciousness is the state of enlightenment.

Once we recognize ourselves as such, we can then see others as so too. We see the divine connection that we are all a part of. The divine connection that our species has with other species on the planet. Our connection to plants and animals, becomes truth. Our equal divinity and light shines through our arrogance. We can see the consciousness of all life on earth. In every living thing, regardless of human IQ. Human superiority over nature then becomes obsolete and a joke of the past. War becomes obsolete because we see that there is no difference, no driving factor to obliterate other’s ideology, because we see we all wish to be and share our love. Once we awaken, once we reach out for our true enlightened selves, we will make untold new discoveries as a species and look towards our evolution towards light. Towards love. Towards joy and safety and health.

Sahasrara Im. I am conscious. Sahasrara Im. I am love. Sahasrara Im. I am light.

“Once the soul awakens, the search begins and you can never go back.”  —John O’Donohue

Creative Commons Photography courtesy of Jason Ahrns,  Pink Sherbert Photography, Dawn Ellner,