Guide to the Third Eye Chakra * Spotlight My Health

The third eye chakra brings up many thoughts when it comes up in a conversation. And for most of us, our third eye is very mysterious. I believe part of the mystery is brought on by things we have heard about our third eye. So, I’m going to try and change the mystery into fascination. I think the more I learn about our third eye, the more fascinated I am. Let’s see if you agree.

What is the Third Eye

Our third eye is located in the middle of your forehead in between your eyebrows. It is your sixth chakra and is an energy vortex like your other chakras that I have written about before. See Chakras for Beginners for an overview of what chakras are.

“Ajna” is the Sanskrit name for the third eye. It means “to command” or “to perceive.” By activating your third eye, you can take command of gifts that you probably don’t know you have.

Color: indigo or royal blue

Element: light

Essential Oils: sandalwood, lemon and frankincense

Crystals: Lapis Lazuli, Black Obsidian and Sodalite

What does the Third Eye Do?

This is our sixth chakra, and it has many functions. Because it is believed that your third eye controls your ability to perceive, it would naturally control your self-awareness, creativity and therefore your imagination. Our third eye is our “sixth sense;” allowing us to use our intuition and helps with our ability to manifest. Science believes this chakra is our pineal gland. This gland is located in the middle of our brain between the two hemispheres. It produces melatonin for our body.

We may see with our eyes, but we really “see” what is going on with our minds. When the third eye is open and activated, we are able to use the power of our minds much more. But for your third eye to help awaken your intuitive skills such as clairaudience or clairvoyance, both hemispheres of your brain need to be in perfect working order. In other words, they need to be in balance with each other. A little about each side of our brain.

The left side of our brain is set up to control:

-Science and math

-Reasoning

-Logic

-Analytical thinking

The right side of our brain handles:

-Creativity

-Arts/Music

-Intuition

-Dreams

-Imagination and Visualization

A left-brained person leans toward having an underactive third eye chakra while a right-sided brained person has less difficulty awakening this chakra. And in order to fully awaken your third eye, your complete brain needs to be in sync and balanced. You need to think clearly and be creative, basically at the same time.

How to Know if Your Third Eye Chakra is Blocked

Here are some symptoms of an out of balance third eye chakra.

Underactive Symptoms Overactive Symptoms

Bad Memory Being overly paranoid

Trouble planning for the future Tendency to space out

Trouble setting goals Difficulty concentrating

Lack imagination Preoccupied

Unfocused intuition Struggling through daily life

Unaware of psychic nudges Setting unrealistic goals

Feeling narrow minded Nightmares

General Symptoms of a Blocked Third Eye

Frequent headaches

Lack of imagination

Trouble sleeping or insomnia

Unsure of what to do with your life

Confusion or anxiety about decisions you need to make

Poor memory

Ways to Open Your Third Eye

In order to open your third eye, several things have to happen. A big step is believing in and using your intellect and feelings at the same time. You need to expand your awareness to use your “higher” self.

You need to let your intellect believe and trust your intuition. And that can be hard if you have an analytical brain; but it can be done.

Yogi Bhajan, Kundalini teacher, once said: “Going through life without intuition is like driving a car which has no side mirror and no rearview mirror. All you can see is just straight ahead.”

Other things to work on:

-Learn to honor and love yourself

-Live from a place of trust, patience and faith

-Believe you will receive inner guidance even if the circumstance at the moment is making it difficult to believe

-Pay attention to your dreams

-Try new things

Techniques to Help Open Your Third Eye

-Meditation or Yoga

There are many types of meditation and yoga that you can do. You just need to find a type that you like and YouTube can help with that. You can find guided yoga or a 10-20 minute guided meditations which is a good place to start if you are new to it.

-Breathing

There is a type of breathing called Nadi Shodhana, also known as alternate nostril breathing. This is a breathing practice that brings balance to the right and left brain hemispheres.

-Affirmations

You can never go wrong reciting a favorite affirmation throughout your day. Some affirmations that are good for help to open your third eye are:

“I am an intuitive”

“My thoughts are calm, clear and peaceful”

“I feel connected and trust my intuition”

“I let my inner wisdom and intuition guide me”

-Lucid dreaming

Start a dream journal and keep it next to your bed. Writing about your dreams in detail, will help improve your dream recall. Also set an intention right before going to sleep that upon awakening in the morning you will remember your dreams.

-Stones and crystals

After your stones and crystals have been cleaned and cleared, you to be ready with a clear intention or purpose for the crystals. The intention and purpose needs to be clear and non-conflicting.

If your intention isn’t clear because you don’t know exactly what you want your crystal to do, then you lack the right energy and understanding. Therefore, that puts you at a disadvantage for anything working.

You can wear these crystals as jewelry or carry them in your pocket or sit them around you as you meditate or just sit around your house or bedroom.

Amethyst: helps with and represents wisdom. It will relax your mind and is also a powerful protection stone.

Purple Fluorite: helps to clear up muddled thoughts

Black Obsidian: promotes a balance between emotion and reason

Lapis Lazuli: is also a protection stone; it enhances vision and balances yin/yang energy, helps with dream work and opening of your psychic abilities

Sodalite: stimulates the pineal gland and brings together logic and intuition

Apophyllite: helps to strengthen the connection between things physical and spiritual. If you are serious about in psychic and spiritual work this stone is a must have. Apophyllite helps make access to clairvoyance, astral travel, even the Akashic Records easier.

-Essential Oils

Oils can help harmonize your circadian rhythm, especially when used in a diffuser or aroma humidifier. But one of the best ways to use these oils is to rub directly onto to your forehead or use to massage feet.

Oils to use for healing your third eye would be chamomile, sandalwood, rosemary, frankincense and lemon.

-Nature

You can never go wrong with spending time outdoors. Go out in your bare feet and do some grounding, or take a walk, or sit on your back deck with a cup of coffee and admire the nature around you. It’s all good!

-Sun Gazing

This is an ancient practice used by those that also practice yoga. They believe that sun gazing stimulates the pineal gland. Sun gazing should only be done during the hour after sunrise or before sunset because of lower UV rays at those times. Start your sun gazing for 10 seconds and add 10 seconds each day. It’s even better if you do your gazing barefoot.

-Energy Healing

Probably the most well-known healing modality is Reiki. It’s a Japanese healing technique that works to promote balance with the human energy force and treat our chakra imbalances when needed.

Signs That Your Third Eye is Opening

-Increased feeling of being connected to everything

-You’ll begin seeing synchronicities, coincidences and warning signs in your life. For instance, I see the numbers 1111 a lot which means I need to pay attention to things around me as they may be changing.

-Self-awareness and your intuition will get much better

-May become sensitive to light and sound during the day and during your dreams

-Begin to feel how others are feeling from a distance

-You will no longer judge others

-You may start seeing life, including yourself in a different light

-Colors begin to appear brighter

-Ability to see auras begins

-Increased intuition

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Final Thoughts

When was the last time someone kept coming to mind? It bugged you until you finally reached out to that person. Or the phone rang, and you knew who it was before looking. Or somehow you knew it was better to take a different route home, or you had a flash of insight about something. This is your third eye and intuition doing their thing.

When your third eye is working properly you will see as well as understand. That understanding will be felt in every fiber of your body. It won’t occur to you to doubt what you know.

I have to tell you that opening up your Third Eye Chakra does not guarantee you will become a psychic, medium, or tarot reader. Instead, a balanced third eye may offer subtle changes and knowledge. It may broaden your perceptions, so the truth comes to you easier.

Opening your third eye is a slow process and not a road to take lightly. If all you want is to learn to depend more on your intuition and belief in yourself, then by all means, get moving down that path. You may learn much about yourself along the way.