There’s no such thing as being alone in the universe, and so there’s no such thing as creating alone. Everything – every impulse, every creative gift of beauty, everything is a co-creation.
~ Gary Zukav, Author of “The Seat of the Soul”
Dear Wise Women,
We arrive at the most enchanted of all the chakras, the place where everything meets at the end of the rainbow. And synchronistically we are here at the time of the summer solstice, the most supportive time of the year to access the power of light! As we watch the fruit trees blossom and vegetables sprout, we are reminded of (and nourished) by the miracles that are co-created when the Earth’s feminine abundance is united with the Sun’s masculine radiance.
With our clear and balanced energetic pathways, let us draw down the bright light into our bodies and ignite the force of co-creation. This is the reason our souls chose to incarnate… to create through our bodies. For as the legend of Shiva (Divine Masculine) and Shakti (Divine Feminine) says, “If Shiva is united with Shakti, he is able to create. If he is not, he is incapable even of stirring.”
When we open the crown chakra we wake up from the illusion that we are separate and alone.
We invite the divine to co-create with us.
As always, we do it together!
Love Patti
“Benois Madonna” also known as “Madonna and Child with Flowers” by Leonardo da Vinci
It is through the seventh chakra, or crown chakra, that our Divine Self is manifest in a physical body. This is the seat of transcendence, Divine Union with the Infinite Wisdom, and an understanding of ourselves as part of the Whole. The halo that is seen around the heads of angels and other ascended beings in art is indicative of an awakened seventh chakra. It can be observed in paintings of Ra, the Egyptian God, with a solar disk above his head, and in Roman art depicting Apollo, the Sun God, with a beaming halo surrounding his head. Countless pictures of Jesus and the Buddha have been painted with halos, and one of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous paintings, entitled Benois Madonna, captures Madonna with a baby Christ, both with semi-transparent rings encircling their heads.
Once we have awakened the third eye, and the crown chakra, it is said that divine intelligence can stream through the crown and give us ‘sight’ into our true nature, which is, in fact, Divine. We remain ‘grounded’ on earth, but stream divine awareness through this awakened eye, therefore we have what is called Cosmic Consciousness, or, enlightenment. Those souls who have been depicted with a halo around their heads in art through the ages, are thought to have achieved this sate of awareness.
~ Author, Christina Sarich
Artwork: “Shamanic healing sacred crown chakra” by Roberta Orpwood
The Crown Chakra, your crown of holy connection to the Divine, sits at the top of your head, a bright violet disk of light that emanates what we call the Violet Ray of compassionate and protective light. When your Crown Chakra is open and functioning well, you feel intimately aware of your connection to God/Source/Creator energy. When it is blocked or inactive, you feel disconnected from the Divine, and unsure of your relationship to God/Source/Creator.
While most empaths and psychics find it easy to keep an open and clear Crown Chakra through supportive exercises, such as daily meditation and recitation of mantras, many others struggle to find the Divine. It can be difficult to break free of the monotony and routines of everyday life in order to plug into a higher power. And yet we are spiritual beings having a human experience—not the other way around. Thus, the Spirit part of us will always long for a way back to Source. Answering the call of your spirit is a powerful gesture. When you say yes to your soul’s development, you also say yes to the collective evolution on the entire planet. You are one powerful piece of the broader matrix of energy that surrounds you. Your words, actions, thoughts, and decisions affect everyone around you. The Crown Chakra, your energy sanctuary, is the center of our comprehension of this interconnectedness. When we lose our spiritual way, this is the place we return to remember who we are. Here at the Crown Chakra, you learn that life is not meant to be a constant struggle. There should be flow and ease. You will find both here, waiting for you.
The Crown Chakra is literally your crown of divine wisdom and contact with the divine. Here you are working with the first layer of spirit guides and angelic beings who serve as intermediaries between this realm and theirs.
~ Athena Perrakis, “The Ultimate Guide to Chakras”
Arriving at the top of the chakra system is the Crown, or Sahasrara, located at the very top of the head. This chakra has the ability to connect with energies beyond the self, bringing divine light down into the body. Sahasrara is all about consciousness, wisdom and connection to the higher self. In Sanskrit, Sahasrara means “thousand petalled”, as the crown is likened to a thousand-petalled flower, for it’s ability to expand and connect with endless divinity. The colours of the crown are violet and white, and there is no element associated with it because it is pure consciousness and spirit.
An open crown chakra will bring deep wisdom, peace, and a sense of connection to the universe and all of life. It is like a umbilical cord to the divine, a receiving channel for higher consciousness. If this chakra is overactive, there can be feelings of judgement and a need to exert power over others. Likewise, if it is blocked there can be a lack of purpose and certainty, and feelings of isolation and loneliness. A balanced crown will receive the endless love from the universe, but without any ego or attachment to it. In this way, the nourishing light of love can be drawn in through the crown and flow through the entire chakra system, bringing heavenly wisdom into the body.
Focusing on the divinity within the body is a great way to tune into the crown’s energy. By honouring the connections that exist between everything in life, and the universal energy that unites it all, the crown can open to receive this beautiful light. By opening the gateway to the heavens that is the crown chakra, we can then embody this magical energy in our everyday lives, bringing connection and peace into all that we do.
- Ayla Wardlaw
