Originally posted by Tsukin
Ok, so I kind of have an idea of "what" and "where" the Third Eye is. But can anyone tell me what it does? or what you see if you were to open your third eye? Or even 'how' to open your third eye? This has been bugging me for so long and i have yet to find a clear answer.
They call it the Third Eye because of its Position, not because of its function, in the same way that they call a man's penis "the one-eyed snake' -- not because it sees anything, but because, well, it looks like a one-eyed snake.
The designation of Eye of Wisdom is more to the point. I was just reading today, in a bestseller called "Blink" that that particular portion of the brain is where Decision Making is centered. I believe that this Eye of Wisdom helps greatly with the Faculty of True Discerment... what is popularly known as Wisdom or more practically as Common Sense. Once this Chakra is open I can guess that one would have a great good many more Spiritual Experiences, Visions, and encounters with psychic or supernatural phenomena.
I myself am an old High Initiate into Kundalini Yoga and went through a Shaktipat Program with more than several Gurus. Shaktipat is a procedure of raising or opening a Chakra by a Gurus touch or transfer of Energies. It is very convenient, compared to other well known methods of using mental meditations and breathing exercises.
But Shaktipat Gurus, though more plentiful than ever before, are not entirely ubiquitous. I've been experimenting with new students of the Kundalini, based on a text I once read in an old translation of the Upanisads, "that in the presence of a God or Saint, the Eye of Wisdom will unfold". It has been my experience that when I am in the same room or auditorium with a particularly Holy person, I will get a slight pressure sensation behind and slightly above the brows, in the forehead... think in terms of a headache that doesn't hurt. If not paying particular attention to the feeling, one would likely disregard the feeling as... well, as a headache that doesn't hurt. But it is the opening of the Eye of Wisdom. In a Dream it would appear as a radiant light, but while awake, it is perceived as just a pressure sensation.
What one should do if one does feel this sensation, is to focus upon it, point one's fingers into it, and consciously build upon it. If one pays no attention to it, it will diminish and perhaps go back to nothing. But if concentrated upon, maybe 7 or 8 times a day in the first few days, then it will result in a permanent opening of the Eye of Wisdom, and you could consider it a First Initiation. there are several more Initiations after that, but we need not get ahead of ourselves.
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