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Crown Chakra Meditation For Mental Health
These days, many people face mental health challenges. In a world where so many demands are placed upon our time and energy, there never seems to be enough time for relaxation and proper self-care. One way to improve one’s mental health and gain greater clarity is to regularly do some energy work focusing on the crown chakra.
The chakras are a system of energy centers that regulate our physical health, mental acuity, and emotional well-being. Chakra (cakra in ancient Sanskrit) means ‘wheel’ and it is essentially a ‘spinning disk’ or vortex of energy. The chakras represent the flow of life force or pranic energy through the mind-body.
There are seven primary or major chakras in the subtle or light body, spanning from the base of the spine up to the crown of the head. Each chakra has its own frequency, symbolism, color, and function. For optimal health and well-being, the chakras should be kept activated, open, balanced and aligned.
The seventh chakra at the crown of the head, also known as sahasrara padma, is the highest of the primary chakras. It is depicted as a 1000-petal lotus flower and represented by the color violet. This chakra is the energy center of our spiritual connection to the divine, from which all the other chakras emanate. The crown chakra is where we connect to God, Goddess, Source, Spirit, the Divine. It is also my experience that it is at the crown where we engage with our guardian angels and spirit guides.
The Basics Of Reiki
Reiki is popular concept in modern spirituality, metaphysics and energy healing. It is therefore good for anyone interested in these fields to have a basic understanding of this technique to engage in discussions with likeminded people in a meaningful way.
The term reiki is a combination of two Japanese words. Rei means ‘divine wisdom’ or ‘divine power,’ and ki means ‘life force energy’ or ‘vital human energy.’ Reiki is therefore a ‘divinely empowered life force.’
Reiki, or rather the system of Reiki, was developed in Japan a century ago by a Buddhist monk known as Mikao Usui. He was a renowned spiritual man who dedicated his life to being of service to others. While seeking spiritual awakening on Mount Kurama, north of the Japanese city of Kyoto, he was divinely inspired with the gift of Reiki. It was introduced to the United States in the late 1930s by Hawayo Hiromi Takata, a Japanese-American woman who received training in Reiki in Tokyo and became a master practitioner.
Although it is more commonly known only as a form of energy healing, true Reiki is in fact a comprehensive spiritual practice and a conscious lifestyle. Yes, it involves the healing of the mind and body, but it also proposes living in total peace with oneself, and being aware of your own unique purpose and spiritual light within. The system of Reiki seeks to remove the layers of fear, worry and attachments that conceal our innate brightness of being.
The Seven Layers of The Auric Body
Psychic perception or extrasensory perception is the ability to perceive information beyond the five normal senses. This ability is harnessed and used in all forms of psychic readings and mediumship.
The aura, also known as the subtle body, light body and human energy field, is an egg-shaped field of energy that emanates in different colors from us and encloses our entire body. The overall size, shape and dominant colors of our auric field is influenced by our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health.
Psychic connections can be made through different layers of energy in our aura or personal energy field, of which there are seven. Each of the seven auric layers are associated with the seven primary chakras or energy centers of the body, and reflects specific, personal aspects of our being. The auric layers essentially function as protective energy ‘sheaths’ or ‘buffers’ for our light body, similar to the layers of our skin protecting our physical body.
Psychics and mediums can access these auric layers to do many different kinds of readings and energy healing. Clairvoyant psychics do not only feel or sense these energies, but can also ‘see’ the size, color and shape of people’s auric energy.
Today, there is also modern photographic technology that can capture some of these energy layers of an individual’s aura in a visual image. Aura photography dates back to the 1930s and was discovered by Semyon Kirlian, a Russian inventor, when he found a way to capture the energy fields of living beings using high-frequency electrical currents.
Aligning The Svadhisthana Chakra
Svadhisthana chakra, also known as the sacral chakra, is the second of seven primary chakras in the body. The Sanskrit word svadhisthana means ‘where your being is established.’ Swa means ‘self’ and adhishthana means ‘established.’
The sacral chakra is located in the area of the lower abdomen and is associated with creativity, passion, and sensuality. It governs the reproductive organs, kidneys, and bladder.
When the svadhisthana chakra is open, aligned, and balanced, we experience a deep sense of creativity, emotional balance, and vitality. We feel a strong sense of pleasure and contentment in our physical experiences.
On the other hand, when the svadhisthana chakra is blocked or underactive, we may experience a sense of emotional numbness, depression, or anxiety. We may have difficulty connecting with our creative instincts and deriving pleasure from our physical experiences. This chakra is especially blocked by excessive fear.
In contrast, when the svadhisthana chakra is overactive, we may become overly attached to our physical desires, such as sex, food, or mind-altering substances, which can lead to addiction and disconnection from our emotional self.
An open, aligned, and balanced sacral chakra offers the following benefits:
Spiritual Awareness Requires A Soul-Body Connection
A practical way to understand our own spiritual identity within the co-created reality of this world is to think of our soul as the metaphysical software, and our body as the physical hardware. Both software and hardware are needed to have a fully functioning computer that is able to solve problems and complete tasks.
In spirituality, we tend to focus mostly on the mind or consciousness aspects of our existence, such as intuitions, dreams, psychic experiences, paranormal events, our belief system, and altered states of consciousness achieved through various spiritual modalities, including meditation, chanting, trance-inducing rituals, hypnosis, yoga, music, mandala, and so on.
Yet, we seldom consider the importance of the physical experience we are having. This is a vital component in our spiritual evolution that is often overlooked! As metaphysical, energetic beings, we incarnated in human form with a physical body to have a physical learning experience. There is therefore much spiritual value in making the most of our physical embodiment in this lifetime.
The physical body we are born with unique resonates with our soul consciousness and is designed to support us through our journey on this physical plane. But too often we take for granted this amazing vessel that carries us through life. Soon after our birth we become so used to being in our body that we seldom consider its true value.
Sadly, many of us tend to abuse our body in all sorts of ways, for all sorts of reasons, and yet, our body just keeps on doing everything in its power to keep us healthy and strong, for it to continue carrying us through our spiritual journey in this lifetime.
My Shared Death Experiences
After a near-death experience at the age of 20, my perception of reality shifted in remarkable ways. The most significant development was that I somehow became attuned to the experiences of people transitioning to the afterlife, also known as a Shared Death Experience (SDE).
I have since had several astonishing SDEs that offered me rare glimpses into the mysteries of life and the spirit realm. These esoteric encounters revealed to me how our consciousness, choices, and beliefs in this life shape our ultimate journey beyond the physical.
A shared death experience, also known as ‘shared passing’ or ‘shared crossing,’ is an end-of-life paranormal phenomenon in which relatives, caregivers, or sometimes even compassionate strangers, share in a dying person’s transition experience.
In my experience, SDEs are diverse and highly unique for each dying person, but they typically share one common feature, namely that I do not only see a vision of the person at the moment of dying, but also of them being happy, safe and joyous in the afterlife, after they have passed.
Surrounded By Love
My first SDE was when I was working at an adult care facility. One of our residents was under hospice care. As she gracefully transitioned from this world to the next, an overwhelming sense of love permeated the room.
The Spiritual Foundation Of Self-Trust
Do you have difficulty trusting yourself? If so, you are not alone. Clients frequently tell me they find it hard to trust themselves for various reasons. Fortunately, it is never too late to rediscover, recover and heal your divine, confident self.
I struggled with self-doubt for many years, due to experiences that undermined the development of my sense of self in the formative years of my life. I have since dedicated decades to getting to the root of my self-doubt, and in time cultivated self-trust in its place.
My path to healing was intuitively guided by God, Source, Spirit, the Divine, every step of the way. Now sharing the wisdom and insights I have learned from my self-trust journey has become one of the prominent themes in my service to others.
The first major lesson I learned was the importance of becoming anchored in a spiritual conception of the self. I found this understanding in the teachings of two Hindu scriptures known as the Bhagavad Gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam. These ancient texts meticulously explore the eternal identity of the self and how to revitalize it is.
Our true self is the spirit soul present within our physical body. It is the spark of life force, the divine consciousness that animates both our body and mind. This spiritual spark emanates from the Supreme Personality of God and bears its own eternal, individual identity. Although the soul is an atomic particle of God’s energy, it is also a person – the real person who is the self.
We are not our body, mind, or intelligence. We are not the personas we project or identify as in this world. All of those are mere ‘coverings’ of our true soul essence, much like the clothes we wear to cover our body.
