When we talked about the chakras, we mentioned that from the strictly scientific point of view there was no evidence that they existed, perhaps because of their spiritual quality, as with concepts such as soul or spirit , science has not been able to demonstrate what they consist of-although it has not proven otherwise.In this post we will try to explain what the Third Eye is .
Does the Third Eye really exist?
Let's start by defining it.Obviously you have to go to the mystic , because the Third Eye is like an internal eye, hypothetical, invisible, that gives us the capacity of intuition, of extrasensory perception, of seeing what in ordinary reality does not it is possible to perceive .
In Hinduism it is related to ajna, the chakra located between the eyebrows, and in theosophy it is associated with the pineal gland.
In other traditions (Taoism, chan, Buddhism, new era) the concept is the same, the eye of the mind with which one can immerse oneself in inner visions, in clairvoyance, or the awakening of consciousness (which we could equate with self-knowledge), including co n extracorporeal experiences.
It is one of the main energy centers of the body, and is part of the main meridian of the line that divides the cerebral hemispheres.Up to Christianity, through the American Franciscan friar Richard Rohr (founder of the New Jerusalem Community and the School of Life for Action and Contemplation) has tried to explain this possibility of seeing beyond; For Rohr, the third eye is a metaphor for non-dualistic thinking, it is simply the way mystics can see .
Those who follow the theosophical guidelines suggest that the third eye is in the gland Pineal, and for this they argue that several types of vertebrates, such as reptiles and amphibians, perceive light through a third parietal eye , structure associated with the pineal, to regulate their circadian rhythms and consequently to orient yourself.
In this sense, it is interesting to highlight the correlation with this endocrine gland; It produces melatonin, a hormone derived from serotonin that affects sleep patterns and circadian and seasonal rhythms.It is located in the epitalamo and its shape resembles a small pine cone (and therefore its name).
For some evolutionary biologists, this gland represents a type of atrophied photoreceptor, and that in certain vertebrates it is a vestige of an organ that evolution abandoned.
Even for Rene Descartes (yes, the same one who said “I think , then I exist ”), the pineal gland was very important to establish part of its philosophy, because I consider it the main seat of the soul and the place where thoughts are formed , I even speculate that it was the cause of body movements.However, these anatomical assumptions on which it was based were wrong, both for modern science and for the standards of its time.
The truth is that this Third Eye-that we all have and we can all" open "or stimulate-always relates with spiritual concepts, and many religions agree that there is consciousness and the point of union with the spirit.It is the transcendence of the physical and the mundane to enter the spiritual realm.
Of course you are atheist or excessively scientific, it is likely that none of these arguments convince you, and so we recommend that you read if science can explain why some people see spirits.
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