What is the Third Eye?🔗

In the Vedic Times, the Rishis, Yogis and the Enlightened Ones lived enlightenment with extraordinary powers tuned to their normal everyday living. As Seers or Mantra Drshtas, their divine eyes gazed beyond the plurality of the ‘seer’, ‘the act of seeing’ and ‘seen’; far from the confines of inside and outside or far and near, past or future, obstructions or space. In other words, they lived with the awakened Third Eye, which is consciously seeing the Reality as it is - beyond the limited perceptions of the mind, senses and emotions.

Third Eye is the ultimate power which is latent in every human being. It is a possibility in every person. Third Eye is not just an eye; it is the very source of Consciousness.

The Third Eye is an intra-organ, beyond the cell membranes of any physical structure within the body, existing and operating with the highest frequency at the brow centre. It is the gateway to understand people, the atmosphere of the Earth, the gigantic planets in orbit and even the Universe itself. It transforms every aspect of the

Cosmos from a far-away object to a tangible, graspable subject within everyone.

Third Eye is nothing but conscious seeing. Third Eye Awakening℠ awakens the non-mechanical parts of the brain, helping the person to experience extraordinary powers like telepathy, materialization, teleportation, and many other extraordinary powers. Third Eye Awakening℠ is the beginning of experiencing the powers of Sadashiva. It is the door to the Cosmos.

Anything can be received through the Third Eye. Similarly, any command can be sent to the Cosmos through the Third Eye. Anything sent through the Third Eye to the Cosmos is immediately experienced!

The concept of Third Eye is the unique contribution of the Vedic tradition. All the Hindu Divinities are depicted with three eyes. It means that only if someone's Third Eye is awakened, they can become Bhagavan, not otherwise! Hindus have

worked so much on Third Eye. Even if someone is born as Hindu, the possibility for opening of their Third Eye is already there, because their ancestors have worked on the Third Eye for ages. The possibility of opening of the Third Eye is programmed in the very DNA of Hindus, because for ages the ancestors continuously kept the bindi, the processed turmeric, on the Third Eye, working to awaken it.

Third Eye Awakening℠ can make someone experience Sadashiva immediately.

Bhagavan minus Third Eye is man, man plus Third Eye is Bhagavan.

In the rare Agama, Sri Netra Tantram, Bhagavan Sadashiva reveals the ultimate sacred secrets of Third Eye to Devi Parvati on the her enquiry to the handsome Lord Shiva.

The tika or commentary on this Agama has been done by Sri Kshemaraja, the enlightend disciple of Sri Abhinava Gupta, the great AdiShaiva Master. Following are the direct Shaastra Pramana, the scriptural evidences on the secrets of Third Eye, Trinetra from the Sri Netra Tantram, first Adhikara.

Seated on Kailasa Peak is the Lord of Devatas, Maheshvara, Hara, the altar of dalliance, with his Gaṇas and his consort Devi Parvati. Having seen the Lord, with desire to enrich the living beings, Devi grasped His feet, and enquired to Parameshwara in a very devoted way.

śrī devyovāca

The all-seeing Divine Third eye, cakṣuh is filled with water [āpomayam], O Deva. How then, does it become fiery and wrathful, flaming and burns up time? Saturn was reduced to ashes by the power of this Eye. Deva, how is such wrath produced, that fire (vahni) which desires to burn time? It consumes all creation, destroying Brahma and all that is permanent.

O Parameshvara, Kāma was burned up by Its play. What is this ferocious, fiery eye (netra), Natha, which is always invisible, yet is the causative source of great miraculous, astonishing wonders?

O Deva, how does fire come to exist, within the space between the Eyes (the Third Eye). Who does it See? How is this Divine Eyes, cakṣuḥ filled by fire (vahni-mayam)? Why is it invisible?

O Jagatpate, Lord of Universe, how is it indeed that from this Divine Eye, Cakṣu, which is streaming forth, raising, and expanding the Whole Cosmos, which is filled with amṛta, the nectarine essence of All-immortality, you reach, enter and pervade the Universe, instantaneously.

Deva, by this graceful, pleasing nectarine pure Eye, Amrta-Cakshu only, you make me blissful and cause the projecting and reaching into the Universe. From where does this fire, known and celebrated as the fire of time (kāla anala) is caused, generated, and comes forth?

O Bhagavan, only you can speak and reveal this to me completely.

The Secret of Third Eye

śri bhagavān ucvā

Shri Bhagavan said:

I will speak about all That, listen Dear, established in Yoga, the uniting space of Oneness with Me. Its real form and nature is without origin, pure, pervading all and having faces everywhere. It is existing within all living creatures and present in the hearts of all things, attained by yoga, difficult to accomplish, hard to attain for all beings.

In my Netra (Third Eye), both Fire (Vahni) and Nectar of Immortality (Amrita) exist, this is the unsurpassable, excellent sacred secret (rahasyam) not told previously, yet.

As the Paasha, the cosmic rope that controls, Body of Time (Kāladeha) and The Burner (Dāhakam), The Cause who enters as Self and expands as the Universe - by entering into the Supreme Non-Dual Source, sphāra - which is svayam-prakasha shining with gold-like fiery light of the cosmic bang, the ultimate space of Oneness with everything - I will narrate and reveal (this netra tantra rahasya) to you. By engaging in space of uniting with Me (yoga-yukta), listen with a deep space of intra-analyzing (antarvimṛśa) to the first words here of the sacred secret (rahasya) of the Ultimate Fire, Paravahni which is the Divine Eye with the inner-essence of Nectar of Immortality, Amritātma-Netra, which is being spoken and expressed to you - its purpose and applied science (proyojanam) is especially for the enjoyment (bhoga) and for liberation (mokṣa) and its indicated counter-effects.

There are Six Relations, saḍ sambandah, which are well-known, starting with parā and ending with adivyā.

It is like my own Vīryam, the Life-energy filled semen, my own self-knowledge, indeed my supreme space. It is the essence of all semen, the strongest of the strong. Certainly, and without any doubt, it is the ojas of all ojas, the perpetual Eternity itself which is immovable and established. From Me, She is known as supreme Iccha Shakti, one with Parāshakti, born from My own nature endowed with all powers.

Just as fire and heat and the sun and its rays are inseparable, so also Shakti herself, the primeval inner cause of all creation, is inseparable from the Universe.

She is the essence and nature of Mahakriya, the great unified power of action; the Kriyā Mātā, the mother of action, one on which all is established. She is the very self of Anima and the rest of the Shaktis, She both performs and destroys.

Thus, these three Shaktis of mine are called Iccha, the power of Will, Jnana, the power of all-knowing wisdom and Kriya, the power of pure action, it is said.

In Me dwell the three playful abodes of the Sun, Moon and Fire - Surya, Chandra, Vahni. In the play and projection of My magnificent Third Eye, TRINETRA KALPANA is the substance of these three. I create, sustain and destroy the Universe.

I am the abode of the three bodies of shristi, manifestation, sthiti, maintenance and samhāra, dissolution, absorption for rejuvenation. From My increasing and expanding effulgence, the Viryam, life-energy filled semen, pervades the light to all.

That filled and intensified Viryam, the life-energy filled Semen is all covered by My fiery radiant essence. With My essence and forms of Iccha, Jnana and Kriya – Will, Knowledge and Action – That (viryam) is the ultimate Eye Nectar of Immortality, netra amrta.

This Viryam, Semen is the supreme abode and is the highest essence and form of immortality, the Nectar, amrta. This Viryam is the Ultimate Bliss, and This is the Ultimate space and goal. That (viryam) is the complete knowledge, pure and the greatest core of the Netra, the Divine Eye. This is called the Mrityunjaya, the conqueror of death and is the giver of liberation, mokṣa to ALL beings.

Because It is of the essence of all-Effulgence Brilliance only (sarva-tejomayam), the Suras and Asuras, Divine Beings and Lower Beings appear and manifest from It.

From My fiery Eye, Netra Agni, I burn everything constant or fixed in just an instant and from that (Netra Agni) only, I again create, expand, maintain and illumine (with enlightenment).

Therefore, there is nothing greater than this certain Life-Energy Filled Semen, Viryam like substance seen everywhere, the essence of all weapons (like Vajra), taking one to the ultimate state of Rudra, like a renowned sword, which is death to all enemies and stops all elementary beings (bhutānām), weapons (astra) and arms (āyudha).

This one Viryam becomes many-fold, diffusing and spreading itself limitlessly into many projections and varieties of existence.

I, Yogesha, the lord of Yoga, through My own Yoga Shakti, manifested this entire Cosmos. She is the supreme protecting power to those who are terrified, frightened and in danger, she is the dispeller of fears to those who are in terrible anxiety and fear. She destroys enemies and She is the supreme giver of liberation, most certainly. O Sundari, Beautiful One, what can even great flowing poetry describe and repeat the greatness of this!

tvādya kathitaṃ devi kiṃ bhūyaḥ paripṛcchasi ।

This great giver of grace, the most excellent boon giver, causes manifestation, maintenance and the great intensity of Rudra. It should be regarded as immeasurable (aprameyam) and that which is to be known (jneyam), sacred knowledge (jnana), the great power and strength of mantra, the protector of all the living beings; it is sacred secret, you should always keep it a secret (gopyam).

O Devi, It has now been revealed to you. What else do you wish to ask?