How to Open the Third Eye?

[dECLAN]

I haven't really delved into this area but I have come across it many times and am interested to find out more from others who have done so.

Is it like intuition (precognition) or more like spiritual sight where you can perceive other entities?

How do you open the third eye?

[Serafin]

I don't know if this is a good idea to open your third eye on purpose. Because if you haven't sorted your life completely out yet, you just add some new problems to deal with. Think of visions of your own death or the huge responsibility that comes with it.

But maybe I'm wrong and it's just a fantastic new option?!

[taylor]

If you can get to Love or Unconditional Love, it begins to open of its own. You begin to look at things in terms of essence rather than linear content. So a good way to begin is to let go of having an opinion about everything and making judgments about everything. Be open minded and heal any harsh positions you hold.

There are exercises that are supposed to help with the third eye. I'm not sure how effective they are though. I haven't researched them in particular depth. Most exercises in this vein involve breathing white light to the chakra you wish to activate. I always thought it was more the intention than the mechanics that had the effect.

Good luck!

[Erin Pavlina]

I'll add this to my blog list. I have a lot to say on this subject and I want everyone to benefit.

[Antarananda]

It's not as easy as some new agers would have you believe. The ajna chakra aka third eye "opens" only once you have managed to bring Kundalini Shakti all the way up to that level from your Mooladhara chakra at the base of the spine. Most people rarely have their consciousness go higher than the Mooladhara. Even bringing it up to the Anahata or heart chakra is a major accomplishment in itself.

What you can do fairly easily is cleanse the Ajna chakra and energize it. The Ajna is blocked by ego, or a sense of personal doership as a separate physical entity. Surrender to existence or an enlightened Master whom you trust helps create greater awareness of the third eye. Gazing with an unfocused look at the flame of a wick lamp filled with ghee (clarified butter) is a yogic exercise which can help create that awareness as well, but is a slow method.

Repeated deep meditation experience of Samadhi (where only pure consciousness remains, and experiencer and experience have merged into the void) is the best way to start functioning from the higher chakras.

If you'd like to see an interesting video about the third eye as demonstrated by SPECT scan brain imaging, check out this podcast.

[Acting Like Godot]

I have not paid much attention to chakras in my meditation (just happens that I follow the "non-chakra" traditions) -

but there is something that can be relatively easy to feel in meditation, if you want to, and it happens to be right in the middle of your forehead, where ajna is supposed to be.

All you have to do is breathe deeply, clear your mind and focus your attention around your head region. Pretty soon you will feel a mild but distinct pressure in the middle of your forehead where ajna is supposed to be. It's like a finger pressing against your skull, but from the inside.

[justinf77]

Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot

All you have to do is breathe deeply, clear your mind and focus your attention around your head region. Pretty soon you will feel a mild but distinct pressure in the middle of your forehead where ajna is supposed to be. It's like a finger pressing against your skull, but from the inside.

I was browsing through older posts and had to give this one a bump. This is exactly what I experience on a daily basis, but not only when I meditate. Whenever I really bring myself into present moment awareness, or do any visualization, I get the feeling of strong pressure in the third eye area. Has anybody else experienced this? Am I supposed to do something to open this chakra, or just acknowledge that it's happening and continue my meditations?

[Maguru]

Originally Posted by justinf77

I was browsing through older posts and had to give this one a bump. This is exactly what I experience on a daily basis, but not only when I meditate. Whenever I really bring myself into present moment awareness, or do any visualization, I get the feeling of strong pressure in the third eye area. Has anybody else experienced this? Am I supposed to do something to open this chakra, or just acknowledge that it's happening and continue my meditations?

Obviously, the 'third eye' is a metaphor. What is it in real terms?

[amixa]

well did Erin actually post a blog on this? I just did a quick search and didn't see it...

[blueeyes]

Hi, I am new to this forum (my first post) and I am hoping I've placed this under the correct area.
I have been meditating in a group environment (after exercise) for 3ish years (at least once weekly).
Strange things have been happening to me and I am wondering if anyone can provide insight as to what it all means and what my next steps should be.
I'll start with just one thing ...
After meditation I rubbed my hands together and was then told to place then over my eyes. When I did this I felt an extreme power pushing my head back (that almost knocked me over) and then I got a brutal headache.

Anxiously awaiting opinions.

[Old Soul]

Mine just opened on its own.... i think we as intuitives have times when we are more in tune and other times when we are not.....

the kundalini works out our blockages in areas too.... and i did not see this out , i do think* ( not absolutely sure yet) that is what has happened to me just this year

[torilink]

I guess from reading the other posts here, I view the third eye a bit differently.

I see it as perceiving truth. Perception is for the most part dependent upon our belief filter, which isn't always the same as correct perception.

When we let go of the past, identity formed beliefs, judgment and so forth, and are open to the present moment & unconditional acceptance - we then have the "eyes to see" & "ears to hear" or "true perception" which imho = knowledge & understanding.

This to me isn't the same as clairvoyance, but is more about not being bound by egoic beliefs & judgments.

[Old Soul]

Originally Posted by torilink

I guess from reading the other posts here, I view the third eye a bit differently.

I see it as perceiving truth. Perception is for the most part dependent upon our belief filter, which isn't always the same as correct perception.

When we let go of the past, identity formed beliefs, judgment and so forth, and are open to the present moment & unconditional acceptance - we then have the "eyes to see" & "ears to hear" or "true perception" which imho = knowledge & understanding.

This to me isn't the same as clairvoyance, but is more about not being bound by egoic beliefs & judgments.

Clairvoyance is "Clear Seeing" :-)

another good source for Kundalini

Biology of Kundalini - Definitions

[Old Soul]

[quote]It's not as easy as some new agers would have you believe. The ajna chakra aka third eye "opens" only once you have managed to bring Kundalini Shakti all the way up to that level from your Mooladhara chakra at the base of the spine. Most people rarely have their consciousness go higher than the Mooladhara. Even bringing it up to the Anahata or heart chakra is a major accomplishment in itself[/QUOTE


This is in my opinion thee best resource on the net about Kundalini....... I've been reading this and using it as my main reference, as I relate to much of it from my own Kundalini experience........ there is so much more to the Kundalini then what is being discussed here thus far..

Biology of Kundalini - Definitions

[torilink]

Originally Posted by Old Soul

Clairvoyance is "Clear Seeing" :-)

another good source for Kundalini

Biology of Kundalini - Definitions

ok, you are correct -

I was just trying to convey that in my estimation it isn't about seeing the future or some kind "psychic" ability - but about perceiving clearly.

[Old Soul]

I was just trying to convey that in my estimation it isn't about seeing the future or some kind "psychic" ability - but about perceiving clearly.

what exactly is the difference between the eye of the soul, intuitive gifts and inttuition verses the eye of a person who can see the future ie) prophets

[torilink]

I guess the difference lies in what I believe.

If I believe there is a separate outer reality, then there is a place in that reality for a prophet or seeing the future.

If I believe the outer reality is a reflection of an inner state of being, then it takes on a different meaning, one of perceiving truth.

I prescribe to the second example but for those who do not I can understand the belief in seeing the future & psychic ability.

In each belief there is the movement from identity based belief to knowledge.

[andrew112]

I have heard that walking barefoot on bare earth activates the pineal gland, or the "third eye". I got this information from the following site:

Solar Healing Center

[Rene2]

Originally Posted by andrew112

I have heard that walking barefoot on bare earth activates the pineal gland, or the "third eye". I got this information from the following site:

Solar Healing Center

Well then my 3d must have opened in childhood:-) As my parents said they could never get me to wear shoes. they said every time they turned around I had thrown my shoes off and ran out to play in bare feet

freedom is walked in bare feet :-) hehehe

[Wax Frog]

Originally Posted by justinf77

Whenever I really bring myself into present moment awareness, or do any visualization, I get the feeling of strong pressure in the third eye area. Has anybody else experienced this?

To me it's more like a combined tightness and mild itch. I also see swirling purple lights at times, which I take to be related.

[mercuryrising]

Originally Posted by Wax Frog

To me it's more like a combined tightness and mild itch. I also see swirling purple lights at times, which I take to be related.

I'd really like to see someone to do an experiment with this... it seems to be universal.

When it happens to me, I'll feel the top of my head open up as well. If I focus on other chakras, a similar energetic feel will happen.