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The third eye (also called the mind's eye or inner eye) is an invisible eye, usually depicted as located on the forehead, supposed to provide perception beyond ordinary sight. [1] In Hinduism , the third eye refers to the ajna (or brow) chakra .
Ajna (Sanskrit: आज्ञा, IAST: Ājñā, IPA: [ˈaːd͡ʑɲaː]), brow [1] or third eye chakra, is the sixth primary chakra in the body according to Hindu tradition and signifies the unconscious mind, the direct link to Brahman (ultimate reality). [2]
The third eye chakra is the window to the subconscious soul, and you need it to make decisions and choices about your life based on your emotional or gut feelings. Intuition can be a lifesaver ...
A similar marking is also worn by babies and children in China and, as in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, represents the opening of the third eye. [4] In Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism the bindi is associated with the ajna chakra, and Bindu [5] is known as the third eye chakra.
Brahmin (practising pranayama) with tuft of hair at the Bindu Visarga The Bindu Visarga is said to be connected with ajna, the third eye chakra. The Bindu Visarga is at the back of the head, at the point where many Brahmins keep a tuft of hair. It is symbolized by a crescent moon on a moonlit night, with a point or bindu above it.
This conceptual device is explicit in his surrealist texts, The Jesuve and The Pineal Eye. [86] In the late 19th century Madame Blavatsky, founder of theosophy, identified the pineal gland with the Hindu concept of the third eye, or the Ajna chakra. This association is still popular today. [9]
The body represents purusha, meaning Vishnu or Krishna, and the tilaka, or the mark on his head, represents Ajna Chakra (also known as the guru chakra or third-eye chakra), a subtle center of energy that is believed to be located between the eyebrows and along the spinal column, as said by Krishna in Bhagavad Gita.
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