In the expansive cosmology of the Sri Amit Ray 256 Chakra System, the Ray Mandala Chakra, also known as the Mandala Chakra, represents the highest interface between human awareness and universal intelligence. It is not a chakra in the anatomical, energetic, or subtle-body sense; rather, it is a cosmic convergence field where individuality dissolves into infinite unity and consciousness recognizes its universal nature.
Unlike traditional chakras that operate within the subtle body and govern personal awakening, the Sri Amit Ray Mandala Chakra exists exactly twelve kilometers above the physical head. This extraordinary placement marks the decisive threshold where individual realization gives way to cosmic unity, and the journey of ascent transforms into boundless expansion.
Situated in the upper atmospheric and planetary etheric domain, the Mandala Chakra symbolizes complete release from biological identity, psychological conditioning, karmic memory, and even soul-bound frameworks. At this level, consciousness no longer ascends through hierarchical centers; it expands beyond all boundaries, resting in non-dual awareness where Shiva and Shakti are known as one undivided reality.
Ray Mandala Chakra Overview
The Mandala Chakra is the culminating gateway of the entire chakra hierarchy, where the journey of self-realization transforms into cosmic remembrance.
The Ray Mandala Chakra was first discovered and articulated by Sri Amit Ray in 2005, marking a seminal expansion of higher-chakra science by identifying a cosmic center beyond the subtle body where individual awakening culminates in universal consciousness. To activate this chakra, you need proper initiation and systematic meditation and sadhana.
- Name: Cosmic Mandala Chakra (Universal Name: Ray Mandala Chakra)
- Location: Exactly 12 kilometers above the crown chakra of the head, in the planetary–cosmic interface zone
- Primary Function: Unity with universal consciousness and the divine blueprint of creation
At this level, the practitioner experiences harmony with planetary, solar, and galactic rhythms. There is no longer an observer observing the universe; the universe becomes self-aware through stillness.
Purpose and Spiritual Significance
The Ray Mandala Chakra is a part of the Ray 114 Chakra System, functions as a gateway for downloading universal wisdom and aligning personal consciousness with the fundamental intelligence of the cosmos. It transcends ego, archetype, and even soul identity, revealing non-dual awareness beyond time and space.
Rather than producing visions or psychic phenomena, this chakra generates silent clarity, absolute surrender, and a state of pure being. Here, wisdom is not learned; it is remembered.
Color, Element, and Mode of Knowing
The Mandala Chakra radiates a complex and dynamic spectrum of light. Its core shines with iridescent white-gold, symbolizing absolute unity and purity. Surrounding layers shimmer with rainbow fractal patterns, indicating multidimensional intelligence, while the outer edges dissolve into deep indigo-violet, echoing infinite cosmic space.
Its governing element is Akasha—pure ether—expanded to the level of cosmic vacuum or zero-point energy. This is the field from which all forms arise and into which they return.
Perception at this level transcends the senses and intuition, manifesting as direct knowing without cognition.
Spiritual–Physical Connection: The 24 Chakra Vishnu Shaligram
Although the Mandala Chakra exists beyond physicality, it maintains a subtle anchoring through the 24 Chakra Vishnu Shaligram principle. This connection symbolizes cosmic preservation, order, and the sustaining intelligence of creation.
Just as Vishnu pervades all realms without attachment, the Mandala Chakra permeates existence without being bound by form, ensuring balance between transcendence and universal harmony.
Shiva and Shakti at the Mandala Chakra
In classical Shaiva–Shakta understanding, Shiva represents pure, formless awareness, while Shakti represents dynamic creative intelligence. Throughout the chakra system, Shakti ascends toward Shiva. At the Ray Mandala Chakra, this ascent is completed.
Here, Shiva is no longer static transcendence, and Shakti is no longer movement. They are realized as two expressions of the same infinite reality. Creation is understood not as an act, but as a spontaneous self-expression of consciousness.
This is the state referred to in Tantra as Mahāmaithuna—the great cosmic union— not symbolic or ritualistic, but ontological and absolute.
Geometric Arrangement and Cosmic Structure
The Ray Mandala Chakra is visualized as an immense, multi-layered sacred geometric mandala, vastly larger and more complex than bodily chakras. Its structure mirrors the architecture of the universe itself.
Central Bindu: The Unmanifest Source
At the center lies a singular radiant bindu, representing the unmanifest source of all existence. Comparable to Brahman, Tao, or the Big Bang singularity, this point is not energy but infinite potential.
Golden Sri Yantra Matrix
Encircling the bindu is a luminous Sri Yantra–like grid composed of nine interlocking triangles, forming forty-three smaller triangles. This geometry encodes the descent of consciousness into form and its eternal return to source.
Lotus Petal Layers of the Mandala Chakra
Innermost Ring: Twelve Petals
The innermost lotus ring contains twelve violet petals symbolizing completion, cosmic cycles, the zodiacal energies, and the twelve solar intelligences. This layer governs universal timing and evolutionary rhythm.
Middle Ring: One Hundred Eight Petals
The second ring consists of 108 subtly rotating petals, resonating with sacred numerical principles, mantra systems, and micro-chakra networks throughout the subtle body.
Outer Ring: One Thousand Petals
The outermost ring mirrors an infinite Sahasrara, radiating white-gold light and dissolving seamlessly into space itself, symbolizing boundless consciousness.
Seven Concentric Circles of Integration
Seven concentric circles integrate all lower chakras, dimensions, and states of awareness. Nothing is rejected or bypassed; all experiences are included and transcended simultaneously.
Embedded Sacred Geometry and Fractal Expansion
The mandala contains Flower of Life overlays, fractal spirals resembling galactic arms, and self-repeating patterns that reveal the universe as an intelligent, recursive system. This geometry demonstrates that human consciousness is a microcosmic reflection of cosmic order.
Radial Arms and Directional Gates
Twelve luminous radial arms extend outward, each aligned with planetary and cosmic archetypes, linking Earth, solar, and galactic intelligences.
Four cardinal gates regulate cosmic balance, representing emergence, transformation, dissolution, and silent unity.
Triangular Polarity: Descent and Ascent
An upward inverted triangle draws divine intelligence downward, while a downward triangle grounds cosmic awareness into Earth. Together, they symbolize the eternal union of heaven and Earth.
The Toroidal Aura and Planetary Embrace
A vast toroidal energy field surrounds the Mandala Chakra, circulating awareness through Earth’s atmosphere and beyond. This ensures that realization at this level expresses itself as universal compassion and service to all life.
Experiential Meaning of the Mandala Chakra
Activation of the Ray Mandala Chakra results not in visions or powers, but in profound stillness, identity dissolution, and total surrender. The knower merges with knowing, and the universe recognizes itself.
Conclusion: The Crown Beyond Crowns
The Sri Amit Ray Mandala Chakra represents the ultimate horizon of the chakra journey. It is not escape from the world, but total integration with the cosmic whole. In this realization, existence is revealed as sacred geometry in motion, and consciousness rests in infinite unity.