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As per the dictionary, a crown is the top of a head, society, hill etc or a governing body. Similarly, the top or the ruling chakra of the body is called the crown chakra. Placed at serial number seven, it connects us to a higher-self, a universal power or God, as we call it. It acts as a shielding body which looks after all the other chakras under it. The other chakras can only function properly when the crown chakra is working properly. In other words, it is the lever which sets other chakras in motion. This chakra is often pictured as a thousand petals lotus flower. It provides us with a spiritual gateway for our higher self. It also controls our head and nervous system. In Sanskrit language, it is accredited as “Sahasrara” and is associated with the color violet.

So why this chakra does possesses such importance? The answer is hidden in the benefits it provides us with. When the crown chakra is in harmony, it forms a passageway for us to connect to a higher self, a higher power or god. In modern language, its perfect health keeps our ''head straight''. It stimulates our right to aspire and acquire more. A harmonious crown chakra allows for an extended awareness on an emotional level and shows that one has attained peace with God, oneself and the universe, as a whole. This allows inner peace and happiness.

However, if the crown chakra falls out of harmony, it is bound to surround us with thorns of problems. The routine or working of the other chakras is thrown out of balance. For instance, if Sun stops rotating, then all the planets, that are dependent on it, will go haywire and collide into each other causing destruction. Similarly, the crown chakra acts as the Sun of the body, which’s ill-working can cause major destruction in the body. A feeling of abandonment fills us a person since he/she start thinking that their spiritual guide has stopped communicating with them. There is a lack of confidence and desire to achieve. The grave results of an unbalanced crown chakra can be depression, mental illness, epilepsy, Parkinson’s and bone or genetic disorders.

Now the question arises, how to save oneself from falling prey to the ill-health of the chakra. Various methods have been provided by spiritual experts to help one curb the imbalance of crown chakra. Meditation, yoga asanas and prayer target the magnetic field of the chakra and stimulate its movements.

Other than that, using violet colored objects like violet colored clothes, bangles, bags or consuming edibles of such color also helps in maintaining its harmony.

Since the governing body affects the working and functioning of the body, its health is of prime concern. Therefore, one should be alert about the working of the crown chakra and if encountered with any problem, must get it diagnosed.