What is the relationship between the Sahasrara Chakra and Moksha?

In the yogic and Vedantic traditions, the awakening of the Sahasrara Chakra is the direct experiential counterpart of the realisation of Moksha (liberation). Moksha, in Advaita Vedanta, is not an event after death — it is the recognition in this very life (Jivanmukti) that one true nature is the infinite Brahman — pure consciousness beyond birth and death. The Sahasrara is the energy centre that, when fully awakened, allows this recognition to occur. When Kundalini Shakti unites with Parama Shiva at the Sahasrara, the individual soul directly experiences its identity with the universal soul.