Ajna Chakra Symbology | How does Agya chakra look like?
Traditional symbology
Ajna is symbolized by a two petalled lotus. According to the scriptures it is a pale color, light grey like a rainy day. Some say it is white like the moon, or silver, but actually it is an intangible color. On the left petal is the letter ham and on the right Ksham. Ham and ksham are inscribed in a silvery white color and are the bija mantras for Shiva and Shakti. One represents the moon or ida nadi and the other the sun or pingala nadi. Below the chakra the three nadis merge- ida on the left, pingala on the right and sushumna in between.
Within the lotus is a perfectly round circle which symbolizes shoonya, the void. Within the circle is an inverted triangle which represents shakti- creativity and manifestation. Above the triangle is a black shivalingam. Shivalingam is not, as many people believe, a phallic symbol. It is the symbol of your astral body. According to tantra and occult sciences, the astral body is the attribute of your personality, and in the form of shivalingam, it can be one of three colors, depending on the purification or evolution of your consciousness.
In mooladhara chakra the shivalingam is smoky and illdefined. It is known as dhumra lingam, and we can compare this with our state of consciousness when we live an instinctive life. We have no real concept of ourselves or what we are. Ajna chakra has a black lingam with a very consolidated outline. It is called the itarakhya lingam.
Here, in ajna, the awareness of `what I am’ is more sharply defined and various capacities are being awakened.
In sahasrara the consciousness is illumined and therefore the lingam there is luminous. It is called the jyotir lingam.
When a person of unevolved mind concentrates, he experiences the shivalingam in the form of a smoky column. It comes and then disperses comes again and disperses, and so on. With deeper concentration, as the restlessness of the mind is annihilated, the lingam becomes black in color.
By concentrating on that black shivalingam, the jyotir lingam is produced within the illumined astral consciousness. Therefore, the black lingam of ajna chakra is the key to the greater spiritual dimension of life.
Over the shivalingam is the traditional symbol of Om) with its tail on top and the crescent moon and bindu above that. Om is the bija mantra and symbol of ajna chakra, and above its form can be seen the raif, the trace of sound consciousness. Paramshiva is the deity of ajna chakra and he shines like a chain of lightning flashes. The goddess is the pure minded Hakini whose six faces are like so many moons.
Each chakra is considered to possess a tanmatra or specific sense of modality, a gyanendriya or organ of sense perception, and a karmendriya or organ of action. The tanmatra, gyanendriya and karmendriya of ajna chakra are all considered to be the mind. The mind is able to gain knowledge by subtle means rather than by the input of sense data from the various sense organs, which are the gyanendriyas of the other chakras. The mind perceives knowledge directly via a sixth or intuitive sense, which comes into operation as ajna chakra awakens. This sense is the gyanendriya of the mind. Similarly, the mind can manifest actively without the aid of the physical body. This is the faculty of astral projection, which manifests with the awakening of ajna chakra.
Therefore, mind is considered to be the karmendriya of ajna. The mode of operation of this center is purely mental and so the tanmatra is also the mind. The plane is tapa loka, where vestiges of imperfection are purified and the karmas are burned away. Along with vishuddhi chakra, ajna forms the basis for vigyanamaya kosha, which initiates psychic development.
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