Third eye

For other uses, see Third eye (disambiguation).

17th century representation of the 'third eye' connection to the 'higher worlds' by alchemist Robert Fludd.

The third eye (also known as the inner eye) is a mystical and esoteric concept referring in part to the ajna (brow) chakra in certain Eastern and Western spiritual traditions. It is also spoken of as the gate that leads within to inner realms and spaces of higher consciousness. In New Age spirituality, the third eye may alternately symbolize a state of enlightenment or the evocation of mental images having deeply-personal spiritual or psychological significance. The third eye is often associated with visions, clairvoyance, precognition, and out-of-body experiences, and people who have allegedly developed the capacity to use their third eyes are sometimes known as seers.

Jesus Christ's scriptural teachings on the Third Eye

Jesus Christ's scriptural teachings on the lampstand of the body constitute an example of the use of the third eye. 1john 1:5;[God]] is light the light in your eye, also known as The Holy spirit. This is how mankind learns about Heavenly things, the Treasure in Heaven is found when the lampstand of the body becomes alive. The third eye in the bible is called the Seal of the living God rev 7:2 or the lampstand of the body Matt 6:22.

Matthew 6 6:22 Matthew 6:22;

Treasures in Heaven

22"The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light. 23But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. And If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! 24"No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.

11:33 Luke 11:33;

The Simile of Light

33 " No one who lights a lamps hides it away or places it [under a bushel basket], but on a lampstand so that those who enter might see the light. 34 The lamp of the body is your eye. when your eye is sound, then your whole body is filled with light, but when it is bad, then your body is in darkness. 35 Take care, then that the light in you not becomes darkness. 36 If your whole body is full of light, and no part of it is in darkness, then it will be as full of light as a lamp illuminating you with its brightness."

Jesus goes over how your third eye is the lampstand of the body. The goal is to wake up with light in ones body and this is the only way man can put an end to decay. This is also the only way a prophet can return to the Lord or the source of God.

7:2 Revelation 7:2;

The 144,000 sealed

2Then i saw another angel come up from the East, holding the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who were given power to damage the land and the sea, 3"Do not Damage the land or the sea or the trees until we put the seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God."

corinthians 15:52 1Corinthians 15:52; The bible is very clear that the Lord returns during the last trumpet or 7th. The seal of the living GOD located in the forehead is a spiritual gift from God that keeps the faithful safe during the great tribulation.

Revelation 7:2 is talking about the seal of God located in ones forehead. Also known as your third eye. There are seven seals or seven lampstands in the body. The seven seals represents a persons Christ like spiritual body.

corinthians 15:44 1Corinthians 15:44; 44it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45So it is written: "The first man Adam became a living being" The last Adam, a life-giving spirit. 46The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. 47The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven. 48As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the man from heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. 49And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so shall we[f] bear the likeness of the man from heaven.

Jesus christ returns to our earth and establishes the New earth and New heaven. Now mankind is above darkness and death is no more.

Symbolism

In Hinduism and Buddhism

Shiva head with third eye

In Hinduism and Buddhism, the third eye is a symbol of enlightenment (see moksha and nirvana). In the Indian tradition, it is referred to as the jjanacaksu, the eye of knowledge, which is the seat of the 'teacher inside' or antar-guru. The third eye is the ajna chakra (sixth chakra) also known as brow chakra or brow centre. This is commonly denoted in Indian and East Asian iconography with a dot, eye or mark on the forehead of deities or enlightened beings, such as Shiva, the Buddha, or any number of yogis, sages and bodhisattvas. This symbol is called the "Third Eye" or "Eye of Wisdom", or, in Buddhism, the urna. In Hinduism, it is believed that the opening of Shiva's third eye causes the eventual destruction of the universe.

Many Hindus wear a tilak between the eyebrows to represent the third eye.

In the Upanishads, a human being is likened to a city with ten gates. Nine gates (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, urethra, anus) lead outside to the sensory world. The third eye is the tenth gate and leads to inner realms housing myriad spaces of consciousness.

Chakra	Color	Primary Functions	Associated Element	Location	Open or Balance	Foods	Symbol
Third eye ājñā, आज्ञा	indigo	Direct perception, intuition, imagination, visualization, concentration, Self-mastery , Extra Sensory Perception	time / light	Between the eyebrows.	Meditation, guided visualization.	Dark bluish colored fruits, Liquids, Spices

In the Western Wisdom Teachings

According to Max Heindel's Rosicrucian writings, called Western Wisdom Teachings, there are in the brain two small organs called the pituitary body and the pineal gland. This last gland is also called by medical science as "the atrophied third eye"; however, these teachings describe that none of them are atrophying: the pituitary body and the pineal gland at the present time are neither evolving nor degenerating, but are dormant. It is said that in the far past, when man was in touch with the inner worlds, these organs were his means of ingress thereto, and they will again serve that purpose at a later stage. According to this view, they were connected with the involuntary or sympathetic nervous system and to regain contact with the inner worlds (to reawaken the pituitary body and the pineal gland) it is necessary to establish the connection of the pineal gland and the pituitary body with the cerebrospinal nervous system. It is said that when that is accomplished, man will again possess the faculty of perception in the higher worlds (i.e. clairvoyance), but on a grander scale than it was in the distant past, because it will be in connection with the voluntary nervous system and therefore under the control of his will.

Elsewhere

The third eye is used in many meditation schools and arts, such as in yoga, qigong, many Chinese martial arts, Zen, and in Japanese martial arts such as Karate and Aikido.

In terms of Kabbalah, the Ajna chakra is attributed to the sphere of Chokmah , or Wisdom, although others regard the third eye as corresponding to the non-emanated sephirah of da'ath (knowledge).

Technique

In Taoism and many traditional Chinese religious sects such as "chan", "third eye training" involves focusing attention on the point between the eyebrows with the eyes closed in various qigong postures. The goal of this training is to allow students to have the ability in tuning into right vibration of the universe and gain solid foundation into more advanced meditation levels.

In theory, the third eye, also called the mind's eye, is situated right between the two eyes, and expands up to the middle of the forehead when opened. It is one of the main energy centres of the body located at the sixth chakra (the third eye is in fact a part of the main meridian, the line separating left and right hemispheres of the body). In Taoist alchemy the third eye is correlated with the upper dantian.

Physical basis: the pineal gland?

Some researchers, including Rick Strassman, have suggested that the third eye is in fact the partially dormant pineal gland, which resides between the two hemispheres of the brain. This concept is supported by the pinealocytes, one type of cells within the pineal gland, having a strong resemblance to the photoreceptors of the eye. Additionally, the pineal gland is said to excrete dimethyltryptamine (DMT) , which induces dreams, near-death experiences, meditation, or hallucinations. Various types of lower vertebrates, such as reptiles and amphibians, can actually sense light via a third parietal eye—a structure associated with the pineal gland—which serves to regulate their circadian rhythms.

See also: Pineal gland and Melatonin

In fiction

Three Eyed characters commonly appear in fictions and folklores of Asian cultures. Some of these characters, belong to the so-called "Three Eyed Race", and possess supernatural powers.

• Pai Ayanokoji (綾小路 パイ) - 3 eyed girl from the Japanese comic 3×3 Eyes.
• Tenshinhan (天津飯) - character from the Japanese comic Dragon Ball.
• Hiei - character from the Japanese anime series Yu Yu Hakusho
• Hosuke Sharaku (写楽保介) - 3 eyed boy from the Japanese Anime Series The Three-Eyed One.
• Erlang Shen (二郎神) - Chinese God with a third true-seeing eye in the middle of his forehead that exists in folklores who also appears in Chinese fictions, Journey to the West and Fengshen Yanyi.

See also

• Chakra
• Kundalini
• Mental body
• New Thought
• Syncretism
• The Voice of the Silence

References

• Sagan, Samuel MD (2007). Awakening the Third Eye (3rd ed). [ISBN 0-9586700-5-6]
• Hale, Teresa (1999). The Book of Chakra Healing. [ISBN 0-8069-2097-1]
• Radha, Siviananda (2004). Kundalini Yoga for the West. New York: Shambhala [ISBN 1-932018-04-2]
• Sharp, Dr. Michael (2005). Dossier of the Ascension: A Practical Guide to Chakra Activation and Kundalini Awakening. [ISBN 0-9735379-3-0]