What are you supposed to see with your third eye?

Answer 1

The third eye is a metaphorical concept referring in part to the ajna (brow) chakra in certain Hindu spiritual traditions. 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 developed the capacity to use their third eyes are sometimes known as seers.


Symbolism

In Hinduism and Buddhism

In Hinduism and Buddhism, the third eye is a symbol of enlightenment (see moksha and nirvana). This is commonly denoted in Indian and East Asian iconography with a dot, eye or mark on the forehead of dieties or enlightened beings, such as Shiva (God of Destruction), 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 is the end of the universe.

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


In The Nation of Gods and Earths

In this movement, Clarence 13X has proposed that the mind is a third eye.


In Surat Shabda Yoga

In Surat Shabda Yoga, initiation by an Outer Living Satguru (Sat - true, Guru - teacher) is required and involves reconnecting soul to the Shabda (the Audible Life Stream) and stationing the Inner Shabda Master (the Radiant Form of the Master) at the third eye (tisra til) chakra.


Elsewhere

The third eye is used in many arts, such as in yoga, in Chinese martial arts like Kung Fu (with Ch'an training, the religion of Shaolin), and in Japanese martial arts like Karate and Aikido (both use Zen Buddhism as a philosophy).


Technique

In Taoism and some Chinese martial arts, "third eye training" involves focussing attention on the point between the eyebrows with the eyes closed in various qigong postures. The goal is at first to be able to fix one's attention while other physiological changes are happening in the body. Eventually, this training is designed to allow one to keep one's attention properly on the opponent or opponents in a physical confrontation. Students who undertake such training often report experiencing feelings of pressure, pulsing, tingling and other sensations between the eyebrows and around the forehead area.

In theory, the third eye, also called mind's eye, is situated right between the 2 eyes, and expands up to the middle of the forehead when opened. It is one of the main chakras (the third eye is in fact a part of the main meridian, the line separating the left and right hemispheres of the body). This chakra point can easily be stimulated by approaching something to it, whether by a finger or an object, or just by pressing the tongue on the upper palette of the mouth just over the 2 middle teeth, with the eyes well opened. Using proper breathing technique, whether from yoga, zen or any other kind of meditation, to make the ki (c'hi) flow through it is the most efficient way to feel it. The third eye allows to feel the vibrations (or just to feel the presence) of anything that is alive around the person. Some talk about very experienced people use it for different purpose, but they then have to go to higher levels of energy than ki (c'hi).

Some claim that the chakras can be opened via chakra gemstones, and that to open the third eye requires an amethyst that has been cleaned under flowing water before use.


Physical basis: the pineal gland?

Some, 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 of the 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 is believed to be a chemical precursor to dreams, near-death experiences, meditation visions, and other forms of awareness that aren't well understood yet. While still speculative, this indicates that the pineal gland could be the physical manifestation of the third eye.

Answer 2

There are a number of techniques used to "open one's third eye". You could lie down and use a blue or indigo stone like sodalite over it, and do a chakra meditation to open it up. Though I've seen many people debate that the brow chakra and the third eye are two different things, the brow chakra being in the middle of the forehead and not between the eyes. One book that goes into the subject in detail is "The Opening of the Third Eye" by Douglas M. Baker.

Answer 3

I see hynogagic visions in my third eye. They occur when I am very very relaxed. I receive images that are more symbolic. They have meaning and messages for me. I can also ask questions and receive answers with a picture. I can interpret their meanings. They're pretty cool!

Answer 4

you can see things in many ways with your third eye that in yourself that in others of which to heal and that which is in your eviroment in which needs cleansing I use the third eye to do all of these things you just have to master it and you can see what it doe for you beynd un believievable

Answer 5

supposedly to have objectivity about one-self and survive through tough periods, though i think its a lot of nonsence cause its not really possible to be objective about one-self.
The third eye idea is man-made, with the only plausible function, to determine the size of one's but

Answer 6

the third eye is in reference to being able to see beyond the surface surpassing reality in a search for the truth(in a way a branch of psychology)..understanding that what you see, think or feel may not really exist as you percieve it giving you new insight to what is really important in life allowing the understanding that you controll you in every aspect...meaning that you are your only obsticle(worst enemy) and that mind over matter really is a power that we each have..................................................thus bringing you to a point of complete acceptance in the world arround you removing the unnecessary stress granting you a new sense of peace and happiness within your self....................................................................................................................... remember though things of this nature dont really have a right/wrong answer because is all about perception

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Visions of past, present, and future yours or someone elses.

Answer 9

I don't know but, finding sunglasses would really be an experience.

Answer 10

from what i understand its a way to draw energy from the world around you