🌌 Chakra 8: The Seat of the Soul — Gateway to Higher Cleansing and Soul Blueprint

The Reiki Hippie
Nov 4
4 min read

✨ Introduction

Most people know the seven main chakras from Root to Crown, but the energy system extends far beyond. The Eighth Chakra, also called the Seat of the Soul, is the gateway to the higher chakras and represents the beginning of your transpersonal journey.

This chakra is more than just another energy center — it holds your original soul blueprint, the energetic code written at the moment of incarnation. Awakening it helps you release outdated patterns, cleanse karmic residue, and align more deeply with your divine purpose.

🌿 What Is the Eighth Chakra?

The Seat of the Soul exists just above the Crown Chakra, forming your baseline for the 4th dimension, just as the Root formed your baseline in the 3rd.

Color: Emerald Green & Violet
Element: Higher cleansing & soul memory
Location: Just above the head (transpersonal)
Theme: Soul Blueprint, Purification, Higher Awareness

When active, this chakra feels like an anchor of light holding your soul essence. It’s often described as “solid and concrete” in the subtle realms, giving stability as you step into higher dimensions of awareness.

🔮 The Eighth Ray of Higher Cleansing

Each higher chakra is associated with a spiritual ray, a frequency of light overseen by ascended masters. The Eighth Chakra corresponds to the Eighth Ray, also known as the Ray of Higher Cleansing.

Luminosity: Violet-Green light
Composition: A blend of the 4th, 5th, and 7th rays, touched with white light
Function: Deep purification, subconscious clearing, raising frequency

The Eighth Ray is especially powerful for clearing out patterns, attachments, and qualities that no longer serve. It works not just on the conscious level, but also in the subconscious mind, dissolving hidden blocks that hold you back.

This cleansing prepares your four-body system (physical, emotional, mental, spiritual) to hold more light and integrate higher chakras like the Ninth (Body of Light).

🌸 Lady Nada — Guardian of the Eighth Chakra

The ascended master Lady Nada is the Chohan of the Eighth Ray. Her name, Nada, means “nothing” — a reflection of her humility and surrender to divine will.

She serves on the Karmic Board, supporting soul evolution and karmic release.
She is often considered the twin flame of Jesus, embodying compassion and service.
She teaches that intelligence must be infused with love in order to become wisdom.

Lady Nada is often depicted with a thousand-petaled lotus over her forehead, representing the enlightenment of both the masculine and feminine aspects of the mental body.

🌈 How the Eighth Chakra Relates to the Lower Seven

The Eighth Chakra acts like a bridge between the seven traditional chakras and the higher transpersonal chakras.

Just as the Root anchors you in the 3rd dimension, the Seat of the Soul anchors you in the 4th.

It takes the lessons of the lower chakras (safety, creativity, love, intuition) and lifts them into the soul level.
Healing work here often clears deep emotional residues stored in the Sacral and Heart chakras.

In this sense, Chakra 8 is like a “reset button” — allowing you to let go of old karmic weight so you can move forward lighter and freer.

🌿 Practices for Activating the Eighth Chakra

🌌 Meditation

Sit comfortably and focus on the space just above your head.
Visualize a sphere of emerald-green and violet light glowing brightly.
With each breath, see it pulsing and expanding, cleansing your aura.
Imagine old patterns dissolving into the violet-green light.

📖 Journaling Prompt

“What qualities or patterns am I ready to release so I can step more fully into my soul purpose?”

“What feels outdated in my life, and what new light is calling me forward?”

🔮 Crystals & Allies

Amethyst — for purification
Fluorite — for subconscious clearing
Emerald — for heart-based alignment with soul purpose

🌺 Affirmation

“I release what no longer serves me. I align with my original soul blueprint.”

🌸 Ritual

Light a violet or green candle. Call upon Lady Nada and the Eighth Ray, asking for cleansing and release of all that no longer serves. Sit quietly as you imagine violet-green light surrounding you.

🌟 Everyday Benefits of Working with the Eighth Chakra

Deep emotional release across lifetimes
Clearer intuition and sense of soul purpose
Lighter energy field, free from heavy baggage
Increased ability to connect with ascended masters and guides
A stable foundation for exploring higher chakras (9–22)

✨ Closing Blessing

“Beloved one, the Seat of the Soul is your bridge to the higher path. As you cleanse and release, you step more fully into who you were always meant to be — radiant, free, and aligned with divine love.”

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