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Aura : A Bio-electromagnetic Field
31 light" this plexus has 96 petals. 22
(7) The seventh cerebral plexus (Sahasrāra Chakra) is located out side the human body at top of the Sikhā, the highest point on the area of the skull. Its colour is green. Its presiding deity is not mentioned. It is named so because it is associated with the brain. According to Madhu Khanna's book "Yantra" it has one thousand petals.23 While Hands of Light' shows nine hundred and seventy two.24 Not only is the highest level of energy attained but even self realisation and liberation become possible due to activation of this chakra. In different books one can find different in the names of the presiding deity of this chakra. Chakras and Parts of Body: CHAKRA NO. OF SMALL ENDOCRINE AREA OF BODY GOVERNED
VORTICES GLAND 7 - Crown 972 Violet White Pineal Upper brain, Right eye 6 - Head 96 Indigo Pituitary Lower brain, Left eye, Ears, Nose,
Nervous system 5 - Thorat 16 Blue Thyroid Bronchial & Vocal apparatus, Lungs,
Alimentary canal 4 - Heart 12 Green Thymus Heart, Blood, Vagus nerve,
Circulatory system 3 - Solar 10 Yellow Pancreas Stomach, Liver, Gall bladder, Nervous Plexus
system 2 - Sacral 6 Orange Gonads Reproductive System 1- Base 4 Red Adrenals Spinal column, Kidneys
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All these chakras are associated with the different endocrine glands and main nadi chakras of the nerves, which are located along the spinal cord. These chakras receive cosmic radiation or primary energy, life force, Prāņa and make the body healthy by sending them in nadis and nerves, endocrine glands and blood. Each endocrine gland has its own colour. It can be activated on the basis of its colour. Regarding aura, modern science says that aura or
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