The Concept of Third Eye

R Ramanand MSW (Medical and Psychiatric Social Work)Research Scholar at Centre for Social Medicine and Community Health Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityNew Delhi

What is third eye Or Divine vision?• The Third eye (also known as the inner eye)

is a mystical and esoteric concept referring to a speculative invisible eye which provides perception beyond ordinary sight. (Richard Cavendish, ed. (1994). Man, Myth and Magic, P. 2606)

Just sight?• No. Sights, Experiences, Sounds, Fragrance

(smell) etc. can also be received/perceived.

Third eye in Scriptures!

Na tu maam shakyase drashtum anenaiva swachakshushaa;

Divyam dadaami te chakshuh pashya me yogamaishwaram.

(Bagavath Geetha Chapter 11; Viswa Roopa Darsana Yogam, verse 8)

But thou art not able to behold Me with these, thine own eyes; I give thee the divine eye; behold My lordly Yoga.

In Islam

“And He (God) revealed his word when He (Mohammed) was on the upper most horizon”

(Chapter 53 Surah- Al- Najm (The star) Ayatt (Verse) 8)

In Christianity

“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you”

“For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.”

(Book– Gospel of Mathew, Chapter 7 Verse 8)

In Taoism“It is better to center on the true essence within”.

“Acts naturally without desire, then everything will be accomplished in its natural order”.

(Tao te Qing Chapter 3 Verse 8)

In Yoga “Thadapi Bahiranga Nirbeejasya”

But even they are external to the seedless (Samadhi).(Patanjala Yogasutram, Vibhoodipadam Verse 3.8)

“Mooordhajyotishi Siddha Darsanam”On the light emanating from the top of the head sight

of the Siddhas.(Patanjala Yogasutram, Vibhoodipadam Verse 3.32)

Verse Number 8Geeta, Quran, Bible, Tao te Qing, Yogasutras Talking about Divine vision. All of them are in different Chapters but Verse Number 8Why 8?What is the importance of 8?• Directions, paths 8• Lakshmi’s, Siddhis, Ganapathis 8 and importance of Ashtami• 18- Siddhas, Puranas , steps and so on..• 108 Puranas, Upanishads, Repeat Chants• 8 Yogas in Yogasutra ( Yama, Niyama, Pranayama, Asana,

Prathyahara, Dhyanam, Dharana, Samadhi)• In Bible : 8 represents a new beginning, meaning a new order or

creation, and man's true 'born again' event when he is resurrected from the dead into eternal life.

DIVINE VISION

HOW IS IT POSSIBLE?

Role of Pineal gland

Biological functions of Pineal Gland

• Of the endocrine organs, the function of the pineal gland was the last discovered. Located deep in the center of the brain, the pineal gland was once known as the “third eye.” The pineal gland produces melatonin, which helps maintain circadian rhythm and regulate reproductive hormones.

• Anatomically: Most vascular gland after Liver.• Situated in fourth Ventricle and immersed in CSF

Pineal Gland and Third Eye

• Third eye is often termed as Pineal eye.• Pineal gland is known as Pinaka Granthi in

Sanskrit Lord Siva (the Hindu Diety with Third eye is Known as Pinaki)

Question : is there a proof to show the relationship of third eye with pineal gland?

Tuatara

Pineal/Parietal/Third eye of Tuatara

Pelagic shark with third eye

Pathanjala Yoga Suthra and Third Eye

Na tu maam shakyase drashtum anenaiva swachakshushaa;Divyam dadaami te chakshuh pashya me yogamaishwaram.

“Mooordhajyotishi Siddha Darsanam”

“The Yogic Way to Knowledge ”

“Samyamani”

DhāranāDhāranā is fixing the mind on the

object of contemplation.Dhāranā is the preliminary stage of

meditation. When we make our mind steadfastly

cling to the object of contemplation we are ready to go to the next higher step, meditation (Dhyāna)

Remember the example of Arjuna seeing the eye of the bird

• Dhyāna is the intense mental concentration.

• It is not easy to meditate.• Mind creates hurdles to meditate.• “One’s mind can be one’s best friend

and also one’s worst enemy” (Geeta 6/5)

• 9 obstacles mentioned by Patanjali (all are products of mind)

Dhyāna

Samādhi• Two kinds of Samadhi

Samprajnatha Asamprajnatha

Key

Third Eye Activation

Sreenivasa Ramunjan“Whenever he began to look into any mathematical problem something began to happen in the middle space between his two eyebrows. Both his eyeballs turned upwards, centering on that middle space. In Yoga, that space is described as the third eye spot. It is called the third eye because if that eye becomes activated it is possible to see events and scenes of some different world in their entirety. It is like looking out of your house through a small hole in the door, and suddenly, when the door opens, you see the whole sky. There is a space between the two eyebrows where there is a small aperture which sometimes opens – as in the case of Ramanujan. His eyes rose to his third eye while solving a problem. Neither Hardy could understand this phenomenon nor would other Western mathematicians ever understand it in the future.”

(Osho:1971, Hidden Mysteries, Chapter 3, The occult science of Third Eye, p.43)

How to read mind? My observations with the Autistic Children

• --Para– Pasyanthi– Madhyama– Vaikhari--• Energy matter circuit. Short cut!• Light, pedal, tyre, Dynamo light (reverse?)• Direct conversion. Is it possible?• Photosynthesis • *

Rationality Paradigm

• Scientificity • Rationality• Logic• All are barriers to understand the

phenomenon• And I believe Spirituality is one of the ways to

understand this phenomenon.

• Thank you!