The Sahasrara Chakra

The seventh chakra is called Sahasrarain Sanskrit. It is most often described in the Yogic texts as a thousand-petaled lotus. Some texts locate the chakra at the crown of the head, while other tests declare that it is located above the crown of the head in order to differentiate it from the other six.

In Tantra, the awakening of the crown chakra corresponds to the union of Shakti (the feminine principle) with Shiva (the masculine principle). This union, once formed, lasts forever. By achieving this state, a person goes beyond the confines of sequential time and finds himself centered always in the unchanging eternal present. He goes beyond the state where he chooses self unconsciously at every moment to the state where self doesn't exist, where self becomes the entire universe which is contained within it. By being the universe, the person ceases to understand his universe because to understand is to cease to be.

Shih-ton, a Zen master, was asked a question by one of his students concerning Dharma. He answered, "Ask the post over there." The student replied, 'I do not understand" to which Shih-ton replied, "Neither do I."

When the Ajna center is awakened, a person experiences reunion with the All and everything contained in the All. There is no return from this state. There is no death when this state is achieved. There is nothing but emptiness, and in emptiness one finds himself in the All, the universal field of energy and consciousness.

The crown chakra glows with a violet color when awakened. Like the other chakras, it is a channel for higher energies--in this case from the causal plane. However, unlike the others, when fully active it can reverse itself and then it radiates like a central sun creating energy and forming above the head of the individual a veritable crown of pure light and divine energy.

Sahasrara Meditation

When it comes to the crown chakra, no meditation is possible because a person doesn't exist as a separate being any longer but instead at every moment he is in union with the All and the All at every moment is meditating through him.

Sitting quietly, doing nothing
Spring comes, and the grass grows by itself