The seventh chakra sits on the crown of the skull. It’s at the top of the chakra ladder, which begins from the Root chakra that grounds us to the Earth and the material plane, and progresses upward and “outward” to the immaterial, the Divine, the Source of all Creation.
Color: White or Gold/Silver
Location: Top of head or Crown of Skull
Element: Light / Fire
Development stage: Throughout Life
Challenge: Transcending the Parent-Child Communication with the Divine
Our God, Our Selves
The mainstream view of the Crown Chakra is that it brings our relationship with the Divine to our awareness. I submit that the lifelong journey of the maturation of the Crown Chakra is a challenge to accept that our relationship with the Divine reflects the relationship that we hold with ourselves.
A Crisis Of Faith
It's called The Dark Night Of The Soul for a reason.
You've been trudging along your spiritual awakening journey, learning about mysticism, pop psychology, manifestation, maybe even explored new religious practices. You might even have cultivated a practice that led you to establish a relationship with your Spirit guides! You have healed, gone within, drawn boundaries, followed your intuition, voiced your intention, made the changes, done the work, accepted the call of the Divine... Now what?
Crickets.
After months, even years of feeling connected to All That Is, your personal God has now suddenly (and finally) decided to shut up. And here comes the Soul Crisis - a crisis of faith - If everything I was doing was right, why is it all turning out wrong?
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