The Third Eye Chakra is the center for seeing both physically and intuitively. You see your future and have a vision for your life.
What are Chakras?
Chakras are the “Subtle Energy” center and part of your “Energy Body.”
Throughout history, several philosophies, mystic traditions, religions, and alternative medicine frameworks have included the concept of state, which is connected to overall health and the evolution of consciousness.
Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning wheel, disc, or circle and refers to the shape of this subtle energy structure.
However, accounts seen through clairvoyance describe them as a cone with a tip close to a person’s skin.
As non-physical structures, they belong to the extra-physical dimension.
Therefore, you cannot feel them using your physical senses, such as touch or sight.
Detecting their existence involves perceiving your bio-energies (subtle energies) through psychic ability.
And yes, you can learn and perceive yours through study, technique, and persistence without including religious beliefs, rituals, or innate skills.
The number of Chakras and their position varies considerably depending on which source you are consulting.
In conscientiology, a neo-science of consciousness, the model adopted includes seven main ones while acknowledging that the number can be in the tens of thousands when counting the secondary and peripheral ones.
The Third Eye Chakra is the center for seeing both physically and intuitively.
You see your future and have a vision for your life.
Insight, intuition, awareness, and guidance are the properties of this sixth Chakra.
When balanced, it brings clarity of instinct and intellect.
Location
Forehead between the eyes.
Purpose
Pattern Recognition.
Controls
Intuition, imagination, and wisdom.
Element
Light.
Stone
Amethyst.
Color
The Chakra is associated with the color Indigo.
Mantra
“I am open to exploring what cannot be seen.”
Chakra Bija Mantras
Sham, Aum, or Om.
Message
“I am the witness.”
When the Third Eye Chakra develops
36-42 years old.
When the Third Eye Chakra is Blocked
You may struggle to have faith in your broader purpose if your Third Eye Chakra becomes blocked.
So, you may feel there’s no point in what you’re doing or feel it is insignificant.
You might also be struck by your inability to make decisions.
Some people describe this as a feeling of psychological paralysis.
If you have a blocked Third Eye Chakra, you might have trouble sleeping, feel clumsy, and struggle to learn new things.
When the Third Eye Chakra is blocked, you may have trouble accessing your intuition, trusting your inner voice, recalling essential facts, or learning new skills.
If your lower Chakras are unbalanced, your third eye will likely be as well, which may cause you to act more judgmental, dismissive, and introverted.
A third-eye blockage is associated with a broad range of issues, including depression, anxiety, and a more judgmental attitude—while physically.
In addition, it’s said to cause headaches, dizziness, and other brain-health issues.
Symptoms of a blocked Third Eye include the following:
- Lack of faith in your purpose
- Feeling pointless Indecisiveness
- Finding your work or life insignificant
- Paranoia
Third-eye blockages can also trigger a range of troublesome physical symptoms.
- Headaches (including migraines)
- Eye discomfort
- Back and leg pain Sinus pain
How to Open the Third Eye Chakra
- Put your hands before the lower part of your breast.
- The middle fingers are straight and touch at the tops, pointing forward.
- The other fingers are bent and feel at the upper two phalanges.
- The thumbs point towards you and touch at the tops.
- Concentrate on the Third Eye chakra slightly above the point between the eyebrows.
- Chant the sound OM or AUM.
Balancing the Third Eye Chakra
To open the third eye is to see ourselves fully—to see how we play the victim and project our judgments, insecurities, and assumptions onto others.
Someone with an open third eye is also aware of all the roles they play in the world.
Perhaps you are not the same person with your lover as you are with your mother.
Perhaps your behavior in some of your relationships responds to other people’s assumptions about who you are or the things they project onto you.
An open third eye sees all of this. It leaves us no choice but to move past the illusions that define our existence.
Here are ways to balance your Third Eye Chakra.
Physically
- Practice the Pituitary gland series.
- This Kundalini kriya is an excellent practice for the third eye.
Mentally
- Identity journaling practice.
- Consider yourself as you are today and write a list of sentences that begin with “I am …” Write down as many things as you can think of that feels true right now.
- For example, “I am a writer, a sister, a wife, I am happy, beautiful, lonely, etc.”
- Then imagine yourself ten years ago and create a similar list.
- Choose another one or two time periods in your life and do the same thing.
- Notice the differences in these lists, and reflect on how your sense of self has changed.
Emotionally
- Teach yourself to act through your emotions.
- Acting is a great tool to access a wide range of emotional experiences, and those experiences affect our behaviors and sense of self.
- In this exercise, use your memory to elicit emotions.
- Focus on a funny memory and make yourself laugh.
- Force the laughter until it becomes natural.
- Focus on a sad memory and make yourself cry.
- Focus on a situation that infuriates you and screams words of anger into a pillow.
- Exaggerate the emotions as an actor does, but don’t sit with any of them for too long.
- Remind yourself that no single feeling defines you.
Spiritually
- Keep a dream journal.
- The third eye is naturally active in the dream state.
- The more you remember your dreams, the more connected you become to the unconscious—where all your blind spots live.
- Spend 10 minutes every morning writing down everything you remember about your dreams.
- If you cannot remember anything, spend the time in meditation, clearing your mind before turning on any electronic devices or auditory stimuli.
- Eventually, you will remember!
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