Ajna or Brow or third eye chakra, (Sanskrit: आज्ञा) Literally "authority" or "command" (or "perceive") is the sixth primary chakra in the body according to Hindu tradition and signifies the unconscious mind, the direct link to Brahman (ultimate reality).
“The plexus of this chakra is a lotus flower that sprouts from the pituitary gland. This gland is the page or light bearer of the pineal gland, where the crown of the Saints, the lotus of one thousand petals, the eye of Dangma, the eye of intuition, is situated. Psychic clairvoyance by itself, without the development of the coronary chakra, could lead the Yogi/Yogini astray into grave errors.”
― Kundalini Yoga
The third eye is said to connect people to their intuition, give them the ability to communicate with the world, or help them receive messages from the past and the future. The sixth primary chakra that is connected to the pituitary gland of the physical body. It is recognized in the astral body as a lotus with two petals. A developed Ajna Chakra enables clairvoyance. Also called the agni or agniya (fiery) chakra.
"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth..."
Which means:
"And to the angel (or Atomic Intelligent part of your Being) of (the cosmic forces congregated in the Chakra Ajna – Clairvoyant Center, which has the ability to perceive the radiant waves of light of the quanta whose momentum within the internal dimensions escapes the capacity of the eyes of the flesh, but clearly captured by the pituitary gland which is connected to that which in your spinal medulla is) the church in Philadelphia (that is related with the frontal plexus at the height of the forehead, where, Elohim with his Akasic breath blows the Prana of Life into your nostrils) write (reinforce with the Prana of life that descends from above, from the heavens of Urania through the two witnesses Ida and Pingala - by means of your willpower and imagination and by the willpower of the Cosmic Hierarchies - the Fohat of your solar and lunar atoms of your seminal system, and thus enliven and sublimate with Pranayama the Christic Energy throughout your spinal medulla); These things says he (the Christic Fire in the Sushumna Canal) that is (the) holy (Spirit), he (your Innermost) that is true (Fire), he (the Fire) that has the key of David (the Great Arcanum), he (the Fire) that opens (this chakra so that your Innermost can see and understand the mysteries of Daath), and no man (through hypnotism can) shuts (this understanding); and shuts (this chakra in the calumniators so that the Intelligence of the Elohim cannot be seen or comprehended by their Pharisaism), and (thus) no (Pharisee) man opens (this eye of Horus)..."
This chakra is popularly known as the ‘third-eye’. The word ajna means command.
It is through this centre that the disciple in deeper states of mediation receives commands and guidance from the guru.
It is symbolized by a silvery grey lotus with two petals and is located at the top of the spine directly behind the eyebrow centre.
The petals represent the positive and negative energies which converge at this centre. The psychological state of intuition is associated with this Chakra.
This Chakra is a very well-known centre, which is used for concentration in many systems of meditation. Usually, the point used for this purpose is the eyebrow centre, though actually the real seat of ajna is within the brain.
Its corresponding physical part of the body is the pineal gland.
It is the famous eye of intuition and by stimulating Ajna Chakra one may increase all the faculties of the mind: intelligence, memory, will power and concentration.
The Bija Mantra for Ajna Chakra is Om and the sounds of the two petals are Ham and Sham or Ha and Tha.
This chakra is found connected to its marvelous center located between the eyebrows. The Master who directs this center is Paramashiva.
The mantra that makes this chakra vibrate is Om:
Oooooooommmmmmmmm.
"This chakra has two petals. This marvelous chakra has a very pure white color. The cavernous plexus is the one that corresponds to this chakra."
― Samael Aun Weor - Kundalini Yoga - The Mysteries of the Fire
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