The Third Eye
In ancient Tantric philosophy, the third eye is the window to inner realms of higher consciousness. It is a symbol of enlightenment. With energetic rather than physical presence, it is believed to reside in the centre of the forehead, between the eyes just above the brows. It’s said that an open third eye has individuals see beyond ordinary sight. These individuals are known as seers.
Awakening the third eye involves practice and meditation. To what degree it becomes active depends on your intentionally committed time and effort. Some have it awaken much more easily than others.
One way to practice activating it is to set about clarifying the mind, thoughts, and deeds to instil crystal clear intuitive and spiritual sight and knowing. This involves organising your thoughts and actions and bringing things to completion so that your mental state is not like a floating plethora of malformed thought trains.
Meditation and prayer help with this. Daily ten-minute meditation and/or prayer sessions can help in activating your third eye. Meditation activates the pineal gland through intention. The third eye is connected with the pineal gland so when the pineal gland is activated, it helps to open it.
Writing and journaling help with this. Expressing your thoughts upon the page enables freer space in the mind to simply be, relax and open intuitively.
Daily yoga and chanting help by tasking the mind to focus upon conscious actions of the body. Cultivating power of focus in all that you do increases clarity of mind and can expand your intuitive potential.
There are many other spiritual practices that encourage the third eye to awaken and hence intuition to blossom. When one is ready, the third eye can awaken but it’s a patient process and not something that should have expectations placed upon it or be forced. Too much too soon can lead to cracks in the psyche, meaning psychoses can develop. This becomes a very serious issue then and detrimental to life progress. Any third eye awakening work should not be meddled with and addressed with deep consideration and intent.
You will know when your third eye is activating when you notice physical itching or tingling sensations at the brow centre. You might see dots and flashes of light across your sight or when you close your eyes. You may even begin to see colourful auras of others and spaces and the energy of entities such as angels and demons usually in the form of shadows and orbs of light. You may start to feel an elevated state of being which comes across as peace and weightlessness. Experiencing a sense of déjà vu will happen more frequently, along with vivid visions and lucid dreaming. You may quite instantly become easily able to access your intellectual and creative capacities.
Once the third eye is awake, you will discover that love, peace, and joy are not only found outside of you but within you, sensing their presence flow throughout you in infinite supply when connected through the Crown chakra. Your genius and highest creative potential can also be accessed.
