Pineal Gland & Third Eye: Proven Methods to Develop Your Higher Self
Author: Dr. Jill Ammon-Wexler
Date: 2014-01-09T05:00:00+00:00
Keywords: Religion & Spirituality; Occult; Other Religions; Practices & Sacred Texts; Mysticism; Esp
Description: OPEN THE GATEWAY TO YOUR HIGHER SELF Science Meets the Metaphysical ...The Amazing TRUTH About Your Third Eye! DO YOU WANT A DIRECT EXPERIENCE OF HIGHER STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS? Mystics, philosophers, religious teachers and shaman throughout time tell us the third eye is the gateway to our higher self and deeper life meaning. This unusual book de-mystifies the third eye and explains its true nature in the brain as the pineal gland. Major research studies say at least 85% of us are capable of exciting higher self and 3rd eye experiences. Contains 15 proven-effective step-by-step methods to acti
Publisher: Quantum Self Group, Inc.

Pineal Gland and Third Eye

How to Develop
“Conscious Self” Psychic Abilities

EXPANDED THIRD EDITION
February 2012

By Dr. Jill Ammon-Wexler
http://www.BuildMindPower.com

Copyright © 2011-2012 by Jill Ammon-Wexler. All international rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form or format. No part of this text may be transmitted, reproduced, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system in any form, whether electronic or mechanical, without the prior express permission of the author.

This book is presented as educational material only. It is not meant to replace the support of your medical, alternate health specialist, psychologist or counselor.

Topics Covered

YOUR THIRD EYE CHAKRA – The concept of a “third eye” goes straight to the ajna Chakra of many spiritual and metaphysical traditions. It is the gate leading straight to our inner realms of higher consciousness.

YOUR REAL THIRD EYE – Connection with one’s “higher self” has been proven to have exact correlates in the brain. Discover what the research findings mean to YOU.

DETAILED STEP-BY-STEP METHODS – Fifteen detailed and specific methods YOU can immediately use to activate your third eye.

THE ISSUE OF “MOTIVATION” – Learn an interesting theory of motivation, how it controls what level of consciousness you experience, and what you can DO to expand your consciousness.

STEP INSIDE YOUR BRAIN – The secret to developing access to your higher self is easily understood by learning a bit more about how your brain does what it does. This is an amazing life changer!

HOW TO GET STARTED – Any boost in consciousness has to start with you are today. Here’s an easy way to clarify exactly where you are right now.

BUILD YOUR SELF-AWARENESS – Steps to take to identify exactly WHAT to do next to increase your consciousness.

ARE WE ALL PSYCHIC? – The fascinating scientific research that proves you already DO have innate psychic abilities.

RESOURCES – Live links and references to truly useful and interesting higher states research and tools.

Forward

“Knowing others is intelligence, knowing yourself is true wisdom.”
--The Tao Te Ching

DECIDING TO OPEN your third eye is a direct path to increased self awareness – which in turn leads to exciting higher states of consciousness and deeper meaning in your life.

This second edition takes you step-by-step through 15 PROVEN methods you can use to activate your pineal gland and open your third eye!

This information-packed 70-page book is an invitation to expand beyond your everyday reality, and take a quantum leap into a higher state of conscious awareness.

Opening your third eye directly improves your mind. Your wisdom, intuition, psychic abilities, clairvoyance, higher consciousness, divine experiences, out-of-body and astral projection experiences, remote viewing, telepathy and higher states of awareness are ALL directly related to your third eye.

Part II of this book focuses on science-based methods and exercises you can use to consciously tap into your higher self and reach new levels of consciousness.

By “higher self” I am referring to that aspect of yourself that connects you to extraordinary mental states occurring outside of your everyday “ordinary” consciousness.

The concept that there is part of you that transcends your ordinary conscious mind may seem questionable; but scientific evidence suggests we do indeed have access to a source of unlimited intelligence we can tap into through our own super-conscious mind and an open third eye.

In terms of modern quantum physics, the higher self IS you! The only reason I refer to “connecting” to it is because we’ve been trained from birth not to focus on that aspect of our being.

So what IS your higher self? It is the very highest and best you’re capable of being and expressing. And opening your third eye puts you in direct contact with this wonderful, totally natural aspect of yourself.

Enjoy the journey!

Dr Jill --

CHAPTER ONE

History of the Third Eye

THE BELIEF WE have a “higher self” we can access through a “third eye” goes far, far back into history. Mystery schools once flourished throughout the ancient civilizations of Greece, Egypt, India, China and South America. These secret teaching centers guided students through a metaphysical education that included a series of “wisdom trials” and initiations.

In a fascinating book -- Mystic Americanism -- author Grace Morey explained: “The All-Seeing Eye -- symbolic of the pineal gland or third eye – has been found amid the ruins of almost every civilization upon the globe.” [8]

These ancient schools were actually universities of the higher self. The shared goal of these ancient mystery schools was the conscious realization that we are each directly connected to one universal source of life.

Interestingly, this same concept of our connection to a universal source of consciousness in now supported by the findings of modern Field Theory and Quantum Physics.

Ancient Egypt

For more than 3,000 years the mystery schools of Egypt epitomized the ultimate in secret wisdom and knowledge. In ancient Egypt the third eye was the eye of Horus, or Ra.

Many modern scholars and researchers feel that the great teachers of the Egyptian mystery schools had to originate from some unknown extraordinary place.

Some believe these advanced teachers might have survived the destruction of an ancient civilization and made their way to early Egypt, where they helped elevate it to a level of greatness far in advance of other cultures of the day.

Buddhism

In Buddhism, the third eye is a well-known symbol of a higher state of consciousness and enlightenment. Most educated people from around the world are familiar with the symbol of the Buddha, with both the third eye and crown Chakra clearly portrayed.

Channeling

Channeling, the process of receiving information or inspiration said to flow from dimensions beyond our normally perceived physical reality, is commonly said to be connected to an active third eye.

Where does the channeled information or inspiration originate from? You may have heard of people who feel they are channeling spirit guides, angels, extraterrestrials and ascended masters. Could channeling come from an ability to simply connect to one’s higher level of consciousness through an activated pineal gland? Possibly!

Whatever the source, the channeling process can only be as clear as the individual “channel.” To achieve the required levels of mental clarity, most people commit to a journey of personal growth to learn to consciously enter into higher states of consciousness – including efforts to activate their third eye.

Hinduism

In the East Indian tradition, the third eye is referred to as the gyananakash – “the eye of knowledge.” It is also referred to as the antar-guru – the seat of the “teacher inside.” The ancient Upanishads likened a human being to a city with ten gates. Nine gates (eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, etc.) lead outside to the sensory world. The third eye is the tenth gate, and was said to lead to inner spaces of higher consciousness.

According to Hinduism, the third eye Chakra is also the exit point for one’s Kundalini energy. Hindu men and women often apply marks to their foreheads to retain that energy, and to strengthen and protect their third eye focus and concentration.

The tilak (from the Sanskrit tilaka, “mark”) is often seen on the foreheads of Hindu men. The tilak consists of one or more lines, and often indicates the man’s sectarian affiliation. In addition to its religious symbolism, the tilak also has a cooling effect on the forehead believed to aid third eye concentration and meditation.

Hindu man with a tilak on his forehead

A dot of red sandalwood paste, a bindi, is often applied to the forehead of women between and just above the eyebrows in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. In some of these cultures this may indicate a woman’s marriage status, but always also represents protection for their third eye.

Kundalini Yoga

In the East awakening the third eye or ajna Chakra is often approached through Yoga, and especially Kundalini Yoga. In ancient Sanskrit, “kundalini” means “illumination” or “enlightenment,” and refers to the internal light you experience when you awaken your third eye.

The yogic tradition holds that the proper way to activate the third eye is to balance two opposite energy channels in the body (ida and pingala) around your central vertical axis called the sushumna.

This balance of opposites creates a third force that unites the opposites and awakens the third eye, allowing you to see your true essence. Achieving this balance is generally an experience that is conferred upon a seeker by a Kundalini Yoga master. [10]

Freemasonry

The image of a single eye is also common to Western Secret Societies, and is a key symbol in Freemasonry. This third eye symbol is found on both Masonic temples and aprons.

A Masonic apron

Since their understanding of the third eye was forbidden during the intellectual intolerance of the Dark and Middle Ages, the Freemasons of that time designed third eye symbols into the architectural facades of churches, castles and buildings around the world – often using a particular symbol of a multi-pedaled rose (often as a window) surrounded by two columns, as also appears on the Masonic apron.

Founders of the USA

Have you ever wondered about the “eye-in-the-triangle” positioned above a truncated pyramid on the back of the US $1 bill? This is apparently a “salute” to the metaphysical Masonic fraternity that is still present worldwide.

The early founders of America, who were obviously either Freemasons or were familiar with Masonic principles, also memorialized this symbol on the “Great Seal” of the United States.

Hawaiian Huna

In the ancient Hawaiian Huna tradition, the symbol “Waha Hamama,” meaning “to reveal secrets” or “the open mouth,” is believed to be very powerful when meditated upon while focusing on your third eye. In the Huna of Kuauhaoali'i, Daddy Bray, Poppa Bray, and Taneo Sands Kumalae, this symbol is said to open up and reveal both mundane and meaningful secrets, and to reveal psychic visions and hearing things which are “subtle, hidden, or far distant.” This lineage believes it is highly effective when meditated upon in the 3rd eye. It implies enlightenment into the secrets of the soul and why you are here. Information on this and other ancient Huna symbols is available. [37]

The Huna “Waha Hamama” Symbol

Ancient Huna teachings were not openly discussed or written down, but have been passed from initiate to initiate from one generation to the next. The initiates are called kahuna, meaning the “Keepers of the Secret.” Huna methods are often taught at the Nine Gates Mystery School in California. You can inquire here: http://www.ninegates.org/ [11]

New Age Spirituality

In modern New Age spirituality, the third eye symbolizes the state of enlightenment, and also the evocation of mental images with deep personal spiritual or psychological meaning. The third eye is often associated with clairvoyance, ESP, visions, precognition, remote viewing, astral travel and out-of-body experiences.

CHAPTER TWO

The Scientific Evidence

MODERN SCIENCE IS now confirming what mystics and shaman have claimed for thousands of years – we have a “higher” aspect of our being, and it is directly connected to a dynamic source of conscious energy that is far more expansive than our individual selves.

Did you realize that your body actually does have three physical eyes? This mysterious “third eye” has been long been pondered by mystics, who believe this “inner vision” is our natural connection to this higher energy.

The Pineal Gland

Let’s take a closer look at your third eye. You may be surprised to learn that such a “third eye” actually DOES exist. It’s a tiny gland in your brain – the pineal gland, also called the “epiphysis.”

Your pineal gland is located in the exact geometric center of your brain, and is said to expand out to the middle of your forehead when your third eye is opened. Interestingly, its position in the center of the brain correlates to the location of the ancient Great Pyramid that sits in the center of our physical planet.

Your pineal gland is about the size of a pea, and is located in a tiny cave behind and above the pituitary gland. It is located directly behind your eyes, and is attached to your brain’s third ventricle.

And yes, it’s real!

The pineal gland has many characteristics of your exterior eyes. It has a lens, and contains a complete map of the visual field of the eyes. The pineal gland’s pinealocytes photoreceptor cells are equivalent to the photoreceptor cells found in your eyes. [19, 20]

The pineal gland secretes melatonin when you are relaxed and visualizing, and also responds to electromagnetic energy. Interestingly, although this gland is deep inside your skull, it is directly activated by light and manages to control your body’s natural biorhythms.

Although the physical presence of the pineal gland was not confirmed until recently, mystical and esoteric traditions have long felt this tiny portion of your brain connects you to alternate realities and higher levels of consciousness.

The true function of this mysterious pineal gland was long contemplated by philosophers and spiritual adepts. The ancient Greeks believed the pineal gland to be our connection to universal “Realms of Thought.” The great philosopher Rene Descartes spent years of effort studying the pineal gland, and called it the “Seat of the Soul.” [16]

In terms of modern science, it was asserted by Stephen Phillips in his book – Extrasensory Perception of Quarks – that the third eye's microscopic vision is actually capable of observing objects as small as quarks. [9]

So then, what would “opening your third eye” be in more practical terms? Can we somehow stimulate our pineal gland to achieve an awareness of things not perceived by our natural senses? Would it be like that that occurring from a head injury or electro-convulsive treatment (ECT)? [17] Or is it something entirely different?

The “Opening” Experience

How can you know if your third eye is open, or is in process of opening? You know your third eye is at least partially open if you can make accurate intuitive decisions and evaluations about your life, work, creativity, relationships and the intentions of other people. You may often know things without being able to describe how you know them. You have a clear sense of direction and picture of where your life is headed.

You can know your third eye is still “under development” if you feel indecisive, have a lack commitment to your decisions, or have a history of making wrong decisions. You may also feel disconnected, not have a clear life purpose, and tend to get headaches and tension in your forehead. [28]

When you actually open your third eye you may experience a vibration or pressure in your body or a popping sound in the back of your head. Both of these sensations are perfectly normal. You may also have the experience of going through a tunnel with a beautiful purple or white light at the end of it.

Once you have connected with your third eye you may feel a sense of floating in a sea of energy. When the third eye then opens, your mind will be flooded with light, insights, and inspiration. This may happen gradually over time, or quite suddenly. [5,6.14]

Here’s a great 9-minute video that will allow you to experience how it feels to open your third eye: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewapKUCHXyc&feature=related

The Case of DMT

The pineal gland is now known to excrete dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a powerful totally natural psychedelic known to induce dreams, near-death experiences, remote viewing deep spiritual experiences, channeling, and out-of-body and shamanic-travel experiences.

Doctor Rick Strassman, a medical doctor specializing in psychiatry, has extensively investigated the effects of dimethyltryptamine (DMT). Strassman is convinced that this powerful psychedelic is produced in the human pineal gland. DMT is also found naturally in various natural plants. It is directly related to your brain’s neurotransmitters, including serotonin, and the melatonin secreted by your pineal gland.

Salvia Divinorum, a psychedelic sage

There’s a lot of speculation about the role DMT plays while we are dreaming. However once you enter the rapid eye movement (REM) stage of sleep, minute amounts of this natural psychedelic are apparently released directly into your bloodstream. [21] This might explain why our dreams can sometimes seem so “crazy.”

Over the five-year duration of a research project, Strassman administered an estimated 400 doses of DMT to 60 human volunteers. He soon then started to refer to DMT as the “god molecule” or “spirit molecule,” because many of his research subjects said DMT brought them into contact with god-like or religious beings. (It’s interesting to note that Strassman’s research subjects had not previously taken any psychedelic substances.)

Strassman’s projects were conducted at the University of New Mexico’s School of Medicine in Albuquerque, New Mexico where he was an Associate Professor of Psychiatry. [21]

Doctor Strassman has also noted that DMT is first produced by the human fetus on the forty-ninth day of development – the exact point of life said by Buddhism to mark the “beginning of the soul.” [22] He has since also conducted similar research using psilocybin, a natural psychedelic found in hallucinogenic mushrooms. [23]

Other Psychedelic Substances

For thousands of years, many cultures have ingested natural and manufactured concoctions with the goal of altering the user’s state of consciousness. Many scientific studies of such substances have been conducted.

In 2006 the US government funded a Johns Hopkins University study of the spiritual effects of psilocybin. The study involved 36 college-educated adults (average age of 46) who had never tried psilocybin, did not have a history of drug use, and who stated they did have religious or spiritual interests. The participants were closely observed for eight-hour intervals in a laboratory while under the influence of psilocybin. [24]

The highly reputable study concluded that the active ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms (psilocybin) produces a “higher states” experience with lasting positive effects. Psilocybin is a plant alkaloid that affects the brain's serotonin system, and in particular the 5-HT2A receptor.

A psilocybin mushroom

One-third of the participants stated that the experience was the single most spiritually significant moment of their lives, and more than two-thirds reported it was among their top five most spiritually significant experiences. Some reported a sense of being able to “see beyond the physical appearances” of their environment.

Two months after the study, 79% of the participants still reported increased well-being or satisfaction – friends, relatives, and associates confirmed this. They also reported anxiety and depression symptoms were decreased, or completely gone. [24]

"Under very defined conditions, with careful preparation, you can safely and fairly reliably experience a mystical experience that may lead to positive changes," says study leader Professor Roland Griffiths.

Ian McGregor, a professor of psychopharmacology at the University of Sydney in Australia, says he isn't surprised this study confirms the ability of psilocybin to induce a spiritual state. “Psilocybin and related hallucinogens have been used since ancient times in religious rituals … and this study is really formalizing what many people already know. [But] to see a positive effect two months later is quite striking,” he concludes. [35]

Professor David Nichols of the Purdue University School of Pharmacy feels it’s likely that psilocybin triggers the same neurological process that produces religious experiences during fasting, meditation, out-of-body experiences, sleep deprivation and near-death experiences (NDEs). “Psilocybin can occasion mystical-type experiences having substantial and sustained personal meaning and spiritual significance,” Nichols says. [36]

Meditation and the Brain

Over 45 years of research and investigation have produced evidence of something meditators have claimed for centuries – meditation physically changes the brain, allowing long-term meditators to achieve remarkably high levels of awareness and consciousness.

The Tibetans have a centuries-old tradition of intensive meditation, and the Dalai Lama was interested in having a scientific researcher scientifically explore the monks' meditating minds. A study was set up with neuroscientist Richard Davidson of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, who was already convinced that meditation definitely produces changes in the brain.

The Dalai Lama and Dr. Richard Davidson

Davidson used EEG to study the brain’s electrical activity of the Tibetan monks as they alternated between periods of meditation and a neutral state. The monks had been trained in the Tibetan Nyingmapa and Kagyupa traditions for an estimated 10,000 to 50,000 hours over periods of from 15 to 40 years. As a control, 10 student volunteers with no previous meditation experience, but who were taught a similar meditation technique they practiced for one week.

As the Tibetan monks shifted from a neutral state to a meditative state they showed “a very sharp transition to prolonged periods of high-amplitude, synchronized oscillations in the Gamma (brainwave) frequency range,” Davidson said. He also found that the movement of the brainwaves through the brain was significantly more organized and coordinated than in the control group. Some of the monks produced Gamma wave activity more powerful than any previously reported in a healthy person, Davidson said.

He now explains meditation higher states experiences as “high-frequency Gamma brainwaves and accompanying brain synchrony” (hemispheric balance). “Long-time practitioners (meditators) show brain activation on a scale we have never seen before,” he says. “Their mental practice demonstrates that the brain is capable of being trained and physically modified in ways few people can imagine.” [25]

NOTE: You can teach your brain to duplicate this “hemispheric balance brain synchrony” brainwave state using the “Whole Brain Sync” MP3 in the audio collection related to this book. Explore it at => http://www.BuildMindPower.com/audios.html

The intense Gamma brain waves and brain synchrony Davidson found in the meditating monks has also been associated with higher mental states, third eye activation, and dramatically heightened awareness.

Brainwave Training

The research of the brains of meditators has created a booming interest in the use of brainwave training to create altered states of consciousness. Brainwave training is based on the natural tendency of your brain to “follow along” with a regular beat, such as the way we tap our foot to keep time with music.

At brainwave frequencies of deep Theta and high Delta, for example, the sense of your ordinary ego boundary often vanishes.[14] You become less concerned with your normal “physical” existence, and more connected to higher states of consciousness and awareness. According to many ancient traditions, this is when your third eye begins to activate and exhibit its special powers. [3]

NOTE: A special collection of specially engineered stereo-quality downloadable MP3s is available to help move your brain into the highly desirable deep Theta/high Delta brainwaves associated with third eye experiences: [15]

CHAPTER THREE

Opening Your Third Eye

THERE ARE MANY ways to approach opening your third eye. The most popular methods are explored in the following pages, along with a series of proven-effective exercises for your use.

According to ancient traditions, our third eye is the gateway or portal to space and time. It is said that when the pineal gland “awakens,” we may feel an unusual pressure at the base of our brain.

The pineal gland is then said to activate as the third eye link directly into higher states of consciousness. Interestingly, the bony plates of the skull directly in front of the third eye reportedly tend to become thinner in long-time meditators and serious “seekers.”

Acupuncture and Acupressure

It’s said that Sigmund Freud used a touch procedure to help his patients access information they didn’t seem to know consciously. Freud would place his index finger on his patient’s face between their eyebrows and ask them to think of what they needed to know. He told them that when he removed his finger, they would suddenly remember what had been hidden away.

Reportedly this worked. It seems Freud was using a simple acupressure technique by pressing on his patient’s third eye! [26]

According to traditional Chinese acupuncture, we have a complex network of channels (meridians) within our body along which energy, or qi travels. Acupuncture points are located on the surface of the body where the qi flows closest to the surface. There are 12 main meridians, with an estimated 365 acupuncture (or acupressure) points located along these meridians. [27]

The Third Eye Point

In addition to these primary points, we also have some special points located outside of the specific pathways. One of these is the Yintang point. The term “Yin” translates as seal, or central hall. So Yintang can be translated as “Hall of Seal” or “Central Mark.”

Portrayal of the Yintang, with the OM symbol in the center.

Your Yintang point is located on your forehead -- midway between, and just above, your eyebrows. Many sources refer to this point as the third eye, which is able to see what is "unseen" by the physical eye.

Many acupuncturists report that when their treatments include this point, patients feel a sense of clarity, get new insights into their lives, and are better able to make decisions that change the course of their lives. [2, 27]

Method 1 – Third Eye Acupressure. Acupressure, a method of traditional Chinese medicine, is massage based upon the same concepts as acupuncture. You can stimulate your own third eye Yintang point using controlled finger massage and pressure to adjust the flow of energy to your pineal gland/third eye.

The Yintang is located on the midline of your face, directly between and just above your eyebrows. Feel for a slight depression beneath the skin. By using the end of your fingernail on this acupressure point, you will quickly feel the effects of this mild stimulation.

Some tips:

•  Breathe deeply and slowly when performing acupressure on yourself or another person.

• Focus your mental attention on your third eye acupressure point as you apply stimulation.

• Acupressure stimulation should feel strong, but should not involve an uncomfortable level of pressure.

Brainwave Training

The use of brainwave training to initiate higher states of consciousness is more and more popular today. Also known as brainwave “entrainment,” this method commonly uses audio stimulation only.

Method 2 – Brainwave Stimulation. At certain brainwave frequencies such as deep Theta, a sense of our ego boundary often vanishes. [14] Our consciousness is then less concerned with our “physical” state. According to many ancient traditions, this corresponds to when our “third eye” begins to exhibit its special powers. If you have access to Alpha-Theta brainwave audios, using them can increase your probability of opening your third eye. [3,12]

A source of third eye brainwave audios specially engineered by the author, a pioneer brain/mind researcher, is also available. [15]

Chakra Stimulation

Chakra stimulation is an ancient art used by yoga practitioners and meditators to heighten their awareness of their higher self. According to the ancient Chakra system, your nervous system network connects your sensory organs to the brain. Your Chakras, in turn, are energy centers that function as pumps directing vital energy through this system.

For example: Earth energy is drawn up through your lowest “root Chakra” and channeled up to your “sacral Chakra.” The energy is then pumped up to your solar plexus Chakra – then to your heart, throat, third eye (brow), and crown Chakras. [33]

The Chakras are as less dense than the physical body, and are said to interact with the physical body through two physiological systems – our endocrine and nervous systems.

The Seven Chakras

When functioning well, many yoga and energy-based philosophies have long believed that our Chakras are a conduit for the flow of energy throughout our entire body. It is said that tuning up your Chakras can make an enormous difference to your sense of well-being and mental energy.

Two of these Chakra energy centers serve as the gateways to your higher self – the crown Chakra, and the third eye (ajna) Chakra. Activation of your important Crown Chakra is believed to be the key to fully experience yourself as “an integral part of the one omnipresent source of life” – the universal mind, or one consciousness. The third-eye Chakra is the primary focus of this book.

The major Chakra enhancement techniques include: Meditation, certain forms of yoga, Kundalini yoga initiation, Chakra visualization, sound meditation, breath work, acupressure and acupuncture, and brainwave entrainment. Many of today’s medical doctors are also using “energy medicine” techniques to balance their patient’s Chakra systems – respecting the ancient theory that the body is governed by a system of energy vortices.

Your Third Eye Chakra

Each of your Chakras controls a specific aspect of your life. Your third eye Chakra controls your intuition and “knowing.” This Chakra is known in Sanskrit as ajna, which means “command,” or “summoning.” It is also spoken of as the gate leading within to the inner realms of higher consciousness.

With the opening of your third eye Chakra, your intuitive “sixth sense” sharpens and you become more in tune with the universe. Your normal eyesight only lets you see the world through the filters of limited beliefs, limiting your picture of the real world. Since your third eye does not have such filters, you can presumably then view reality unlimited by your personal beliefs. [28]

Radiation Emanates From the Chakras. Doctor. Valerie V. Hunt, Professor Emeritus of Physiological Science at the University of California at Los Angeles, has international acclaim in the fields of physiology, medicine and bioengineering. Her groundbreaking research has led to the first truly scientific understanding of the relationship between energy field disturbances, disease and emotional imbalances.

While conducting experiments with an electro-myograth, a medical device used to measure the electrical activity of muscles, Dr. Hunt, discovered radiation in the bodies of her subjects that emanated from the sites traditionally associated with the Chakras. [29]

Concentration on a Chakra Activates It. After developing an instrument designed to detect minute electrical, magnetic and optical changes in the Chakras, Dr. Hiroshi Motoyama conducted a scientific experiment on a normal person, and a yoga practitioner with experience in Chakra Healing.

After monitoring the centers of his test subjects’ stomach and heart, he found that the heart center of the yoga practitioner showed a considerable intensification of measurable activity during periods of concentration.[3] Doctor Hiroshi Motoyama is the founder of the International Association for Religion and Parapsychology.

Method 3 –Third Eye Chakra Meditation. Your third eye Chakra offers you the opportunity to experience different dimensions. Many people spontaneously experience their third eye when they meditate. If you want to consciously open your third eye during meditation, the following method will help.

Once settled into your meditation, visualize a vibrant indigo color or image behind your closed eyes. Gently focus your eyes on your third eye area. You may begin to feel a tingling sensation or slight pressure or vibration in that area. This is an indication your third eye Chakra is awakening, no matter how slight the sensation.

You may also begin to see the colors of the third eye Chakra. Often people begin to see shapes and colors of grey, white, purple and indigo before they actually get a clear vision of the third eye Chakra. The more you meditate and practice, the stronger colors you will see, until you finally open your third eye.

Sit quietly, clear your mind, and take a few slow deep breaths. Focus on the image and colors in your mind. Watch them, relax, and breathe deeply and slowly. The colors may begin to take a shape.

Here’s what you are experiencing: When you concentrate on a point inside or outside of your body, the chi energy of your body moves toward that point. Wherever you focus your mind, the energy follows. The chi will then collect and mass at that point, creating a silver light from the friction caused by the energy. Once you open your third eye you’ll be able to see lights within and around your body. [3.6.28]

The region of the third eye is a major collection point of chi stretching all the way from the perineum to the top of the head. If the chi channels below or above your third eye Chakra are blocked or obstructed, little energy will reach your third eye Chakra.

The goal of this practice is to learn how to fix your mind on a single point with unwavering attention. Your chi from below will then rise up into the upper Chakras, and quiet your mind so that you can enter an advanced meditative state called “samadhi.” This technique is practiced in many schools of Taoism, Yoga, and Buddhism.

An Excellent Resource: Go view this excellent 9-minute video to get a clear picture of the results of third eye opening through meditation: [5] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewapKUCHXyc&feature=related

Chanting

Visualizing or focusing on your third eye while chanting is an especially powerful tool for directing your inner energies to activate your third eye. Many systems claim that by focusing the mind on the midway point between the pineal gland and the pituitary body, a vibrating magnetic field is created around the pineal gland. One way to accomplish this is to chant certain sounds during your third eye visualization, or while meditating on an image of the third Chakra.

Method 4 – Third Eye Chanting. Sit in a comfortable position and do a bit of deep breathing to relax your body and mind. If you have access to brainwave training, you will benefit greatly by first listening to an Alpha or Alpha/Theta brainwave training. [12]

•  Step 1. Sit in a comfortable posture with your back straight, and lean slightly forward from the back of your chair.

•  Step 2. Take a few deep breaths in through your nose all the way down to your lower abdomen, then exhale it out through your mouth and let it remove all of your tension.

•  Step 3. Once settled in, begin to gently focus your eyes on the point just above and in the middle of your eyebrows. This is commonly called the shambhavi mudra. You do NOT have to actually focus your physical eyes on this point – you can also simply visualize looking at that point. Relaxed your eyes – do not overly strain them.

•  Step 4. Imagine an indigo or purple color in front of your third eye. Watch it, and sense its pulsating energy.

•  Step 5. Chant a C tone you can feel tingling in your head, throat, and especially on your forehead. The OM chant works very well for this, and is the best sound for third eye activation. Women: If you have a high voice, allow your voice to drop down lower in your throat until you can feel the vibration as you chant.

•  Step 6. Continue to chant and focus on the resulting vibration in your head. Do not force a picture to appear, and simply observe any that do appear without comment or analysis.

NOTE: If you are not familiar with the OM or AUM sound, here is a free audio you can either listen to, or download: [13] http://mp3.tamilwire.com/chanting-om-vinayagar-murugan.html

Hypnosis and Guided Visualization

Hypnosis is being touted by some New Age hypnotherapists as an excellent method of opening one’s third eye. Although it’s not impossible to achieve this end result, no research evidence has yet surfaced.

However guided visualization and hypnosis can be excellent for preparing yourself for such an experience. The benefit in this case is the proven ability of these tools to induce the “Relaxation Response.” Research suggests that hypnotic subjects are fully awake, are focusing attention, and yet are deeply relaxed. [30]

Method 5 – Guided Visualization. One of the best methods of relaxation to prepare yourself for third eye opening is the “Progressive Relaxation” method developed by physician Edmund Jacobson on the 1920s, and now preferred by elite athletes from around the world. Progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) involves systematically and alternately tensing and relaxing the muscles over your entire body. [31]

NOTE: A 7-minute guided downloadable visualization that will effortlessly guide you through Progressive Relaxation is available as part of a complete “Third Eye Audio Collection” => http://www.BuildMindPower.com/audios.html

Mudra Method

You can use an ancient East Indian Yoga “mudra” method to open your third eye Chakra. Mudras are special hand positions believed by yogis to have the power to direct more energy to particular Chakras. To enhance the effect for third eye activation, simultaneously chant the AUM or OM sound.

Method 6 – Third Eye Mudra. Here’s how you can use the third eye mudra for pineal gland/third eye activation:

•  Position your hands in front of the lower part of your breast.

• Your middle fingers should remain straight and touch at the tops while pointing forward.

• Your other fingers are bent and touch at the upper portions of the fingers.

• Your thumbs should point toward you and touch at the top.

•  Close your physical eyes and mentally focus your inner vision on the position of your third eye Chakra on your forehead – in between and just above the eyebrows.

• Do not strain your physical eyes.

• Chant OM or Aum while remaining relaxed and contemplative.

Reflexology

Here is a great tip that may surprise you – applying reflexology to a certain point on your big toes can greatly stimulate the vitality of your pineal gland.

Method 7 – Big Toe Reflexology. Use your index finger to press in and down on the little ledge on the medial side of your big toe, just above the bump and even with the base of the nail.

Third Eye Reflexology Point

Kundalini Activation

A fully achieved Yogi master can awakened your Kundalini by a direct transfer of their energy to you. This powerful experience, known as Shaktipat, activates your dormant Kundalini. “Shakti” means power or energy in Sanskrit and “pat” means transfer. Thus Shaktipat is a transfer of energy that opens the flow of energy through all of the Chakras, including your third eye Chakra.

Method 8 –Shaktipat. The transmission of energy to an aspirant is accomplished by the touch, gaze, sound or thought of a yogi master. The process of Shaktipat can be performed only by advanced yogis who have gained complete control over their life force – referred to as prana in Sanskrit.

Some people have fears about activating their Kundalini, but it is absolutely safe to practice Kundalini Maha Yoga under the guidance of a fully realized spiritual teacher.

AUTHOR’S NOTE: I personally experienced a Kundalini Yoga Shaktipat initiation from Shri Anandi Ma, the spiritual heir of Shri Dhyanyogi Madhusudandas, an East Indian saint and renowned Master of Kundalini Maha Yoga born in Bihar, India.

Shri Anandi Ma gazed at me while touching my forehead with a peacock feather. The force of the touch of that feather unexpectedly catapulted me backward to the ground, and instantly opened an entirely new state of reality that has continued to flourish to this day.

Shri Anandi Ma – Kundalini Maha Yoga Master

Shri Anandi Ma can be contacted at the Antioch, California Dhyanyogi Center. [10] She also travels regularly throughout the USA, India and Europe offering meditation programs and Shaktipat Initiation to sincere seekers. In addition she offers periodic workshops and retreats during which she personally instructs students in ancient yogic practices and techniques only passed down from teacher to student. The center’s is: http://dyc.org/

Tapping

Although many “tapping experts” recommend tapping the third eye position as part of a tapping series, only one I’m aware of recommends specifically tapping just the third one chakra – Carol Tuttle.

Method 9 – Tapping the Third Eye. According to tapping expert Carol Tuttle, the time to tap your third eye Chakra is when you are already feeling “joy, hope, happiness, excitement, peace or any other positive feeling” and you want to “anchor those positive energies.” [34]

“This chakra assists you with insight, intuition, seeing the bigger picture, connecting with your soul-knowing, all the energies that help you feel good. When you want to anchor in a positive emotion,” she says, “tap on this point with your fingertips for about 20-30 seconds.”

At the same time Tuttle recommends you say the following out loud or to yourself: “I am grateful I am feeling better and better more and more of the time.”

Tuttle’s method may seem to have limited third eye activation effects, but it could also take advantage of the acupressure sensitivity of your third eye Chakra.

TIP: There’s a recommended video and ebook to help you tap to clear all your Chakras included in the Reference section. [4]

Yogic Breathing

Your nose is directly linked to your brain and nervous system. Indian yoga pranayama breathing dates back thousands of years. The evidence is that breathing only through your left nostril accesses the right “feeling” hemisphere of your brain, and breathing only through your right nostril accesses the left “thinking” hemisphere of your brain. Consciously alternating your breath between your nostrils can therefore allow you to activate and access your whole brain.

Method 10 – Alternate Nostril Breathing. Alternate nostril breathing is a yoga breathing technique that calms the mind and energizes the third eye Chakra. You can perform it as follows:

•  Rest the base of the palm of your right hand on your chin, and your three middle fingers on your forehead. If necessary rest your elbow on a table or your desk.

•  Gently press your left nostril closed with your little finger, and breathe in through your right nostril.

•  Now close your right nostril with your thumb, and slowly breathe out through your left nostril.

•  Next, breathe in through your left nostril, while your thumb holds the right nostril closed.

•  Finally, breathe out through your right nostril, while holding your left nostril closed with your little finger.

•  Repeat this process until your mind is clear of thoughts and feels relaxed.

•  Once your mind is quiet and relaxed, rest your hands on your lap or a table and begin slow deep breathing through your nose.

•  Eventually, you will slip into a deep meditative state.

If you have enough residual energy from this breathing exercise, your third eye or crown Chakra will awaken, you will see brilliant flashes of light in your mind, and will feel a sensation of bliss.

NOTE: Do not hold your breath if you have high blood pressure. Practicing on an empty stomach works best.

Method 11 –Third Eye Breathing. Here’s an exercises to specifically open your third eye Chakra using alternating nostril breathing.

•  Start by closing your right nostril with one finger. While keeping your right nostril closed, begin to take a long deep breath through the left nostril.

•  Visualize the stream of breath making its way to the center of your forehead where your third eye Chakra is located.

•  Now, close your left nostril and slowly exhale through your right nostril.

•  Visualize that same stream of air traveling back from your forehead and out your nostril.

•  Keeping your left nostril closed, inhale once again out your right nostril. Close that nostril, and exhale out of the left. Repeat the visualization of the stream of air traveling back into the third eye Chakra in your forehead.

NOTE: This is a time-tested yoga technique, but it’s not good to overdo it. Do not exceed ten rounds of this style of alternate breathing.

Yantra Meditation

Your Chakras are energy vibrating in an orderly sequence of seven distinct frequency vibrations, just like the notes of the musical scale. The colors of the spectrum also represent a series of seven vibrations in a logical and orderly sequence.

Music played in a certain key vibrates a particular Chakra. You may not be consciously aware of it, but you also tend to feel certain emotions when you hear music in each key. Our relationship with a certain color also says something about our relationship with the part of our consciousness (or Chakra) that color represents.

The third eye ajna Chakra corresponds to the musical note C, and to the colors indigo and violet. It therefore follows that focusing on these colors, or listening to or chanting in the key of C, will help activate your third eye Chakra. [28]

In the Yogic tradition, mantras, the Sanskrit syllables inscribed on yantras, are essentially “thought forms” representing divinities or cosmic powers, which exert their influence by means of sound-vibrations. [32]

Method 12 – Yantra Meditation. Yantra meditation is a long-standing yogic method of developing your connection to a specific Chakra and its properties. Try focusing on the following third eye OM yantra with soft eyes during a meditation or contemplation session. You can even further the strength of your meditation by chanting “OM” as you do so.

If you’re using this during a work break, just soften your eyes and allow the color and symbols to fill your consciousness.

Yoga Pose Method
Method 13 – Balasana Pose. Gently rocking your forehead while doing the Balasana (child’s pose) to massage the brow center can also open the energy flow to your ajna Chakra.

•  Kneel on the floor or a yoga or exercise mat. Touch your big toes together and sit on your heels, then separate your knees about as wide as your hips.

•  Exhale and lower your torso down between your thighs. Broaden your sacrum across the back of your pelvis and narrow your hip points so that they rest down onto your inner thighs.

•  Lengthen your tailbone away from the back of the pelvis while you lift the base of your skull away from the back of your neck.

•  Place your hands on the floor alongside your torso with palms up, then release your shoulders toward the floor.

•  Allow the weight of your shoulders to pull your shoulder blades open across your back.

•  Finally, hold this position from 30 seconds to a few minutes. Rock your head gently on the floor or mat.

•  To come up, first lengthen your torso, then inhale and lift slowly from your tailbone.

Visualization

Visualization is always a very powerful way to activate your pineal gland and encourage your third eye to open. This method may seem much more comfortable to you if you are not a meditator, and do not practice yoga.

Method 14 – Third Eye Visualization. To prepare for your third eye visualization, begin by settling into a comfortable position, either sitting up or lying down. If you fall asleep easily when lying down, sit upright instead.

• Take steps to relax your body.

• Once your whole body feels relaxed, shift your focus to your breathing. Visualize feeling lighter and lighter with each inhale, and letting go of any tension or worry with each exhale.

• Focus with open eyes on the below picture until you can close your eyes and still see the image behind your closed eyes.

Visualize your pineal gland located in the center of your brain directly behind your forehead.

• To begin your third eye visualization, shift your attention to the place between your eyes on your forehead.

• Imagine your head surrounded by the glowing indigo light in the picture you meditated on.

• Visualize your pineal gland as a glowing area directly in the center of your head.

• See a bright fluorescent light streaming out of your pineal gland. Picture the light becoming brighter and brighter until you can feel it tingling and heating your forehead, and especially the area above and between your eyebrows.

• When you feel ready to finish your third eye meditation, slowly move or wiggle your fingers and toes, then open your eyes.

NOTE: If your third eye area ever feels uncomfortably overheated, stop your exercise, breath in some lavender oil, and place a cool wet washcloth over your forehead.

Essential Oils

The third eye chakra governs the brain, your entire neurological system, your eyes, ears, nose, and pituitary and pineal glands. Physical dysfunctions of this chakra are believed to be the possible cause of brain tumors, strokes, blindness, deafness, seizures, panic, depression and confusion. [1,26]

Exercise 15 – Essential Oils. Essential oils believed to support the third eye are said to carry a high energetic frequency. The most popular of these oils include: frankincense, rose, neroli, elemi, rose, jasmine, melissa, lavender and sandalwood. A good method is to apply a bit of oil to a handkerchief or collar.

Headaches and migraines can be related to a stressed and tense third eye Chakra. Common essential oils for such headaches include: lavender, tea tree, eucalyptus, jasmine, peppermint, hyssop, melissa, chamomile, marjoram and rosemary.

PART II

Developing Your
“Conscious Self” Psychic Abilities

CHAPTER FOUR

Are You Already Psychic?

DOCTOR CHRIS ROE places a pair of enormous fluffy earphones over the head of a blonde 20-year-old woman. He then carefully slices a ping-pong ball in half and tapes each piece over her eyes, switches on a red light that bathes the woman in an eerie glow, and leaves the room.

After a few moments, a low hum fills the laboratory, and the woman begins to smile as images of distant locations begin to flow through her mind. She says she can sense a group of trees and a babbling brook full of boulders. Standing on one boulder is her friend Jack waving at her and smiling. She begins to describe the location to Dr Roe.

Half a mile away, her friend Jack is, indeed, standing on a boulder in a stream. Somehow, the woman has been able to see Jack in her mind's eye, even though common sense says this is impossible.

Doctor Roe, a parapsychologist based at the University of Northampton, is investigating whether it’s possible to project your mind to a distant location to observe what’s happening there. His early findings suggest that up to 85% of us are naturally clairvoyant and possess remote viewing abilities. And he believes that with only minimum training, we can ALL develop these psychic skills.

“Our results are significant,” Roe says. “Psychic skills are something that should be taken seriously."

An increasing number of scientists agree. Professor Brian Josephson, a Nobel Prize physicist at Cambridge University, says: “The experiments have been designed to rule out luck and chance. I consider the evidence pretty clear-cut.”

In 1995, the US Congress asked two independent scientists to assess whether the millions the government had spent on psychic research had produced anything of value. The conclusions proved somewhat unexpected. Professor Jessica Utts, a statistician at the University of California, discovered that remote viewers were correct 34 per cent of the time – a figure far beyond what chance guessing would produce.

Utts concluded: “Using the standards applied to any area of science, you have to conclude that certain psychic phenomena, such as remote viewing, have been well established. The results are not due to chance or flaws in the experiments.”

Developing your “conscious self” psychic abilities begins with refining and developing your awareness of who YOU are. The remainder of this book focuses on this from a very practical science and psychology focus.

Regardless of your metaphysical or religious convictions, this simply comes down to how your individual “persona” chooses to deal with your day-to-day reality.

CHAPTER FIVE

The Challenge of Self-Awareness

UNTIL FAIRLY RECENTLY science told us we were separate from the rest of life; but modern Field Theory and Quantum Physics now suggest a totally different view of what exists “in here” and “out there.”

One of the most interesting concepts of modern Field Theory is that ALL of life exists as a single unified conscious field – an interwoven consciousness in which each part affects the whole at every moment. Understood in these terms, your “higher self” is already connected to this conscious universal source of life.

Here’s the science behind this: As scientists explore smaller and smaller portions of what was once thought to be the smallest (the atom), they finally end up exploring something far different yet. The term “zero-point field” was created to refer to this unknown invisible field that seems to exist at the very core of sub-atomic reality.

Science has now confirmed that, at the most extremely small immeasurable level of reality, there is still some unknown force present. This is true even at the temperature of absolute zero, when all known forms of energy seem to vanish.

But reality at this level isn’t exactly “energy,” nor is it a field of empty space. It is described by physicists as a field of information. Physicist Ervin Laszlo calls this field the “A-field” – referring to the ancient Vedic concept of the “Akashic record,” a nonphysical repository of all knowledge in the universe, including all human experience.

Laszlo says, “The ancients knew that space is not empty; it is the origin and memory of all things that exist and have ever existed. This insight is now being rediscovered at the cutting edge of the sciences [and is emerging] as a main pillar of the scientific world’s picture of the twenty-first century. This will profoundly change our concept of ourselves and of the world.”

The Key to Personal Empowerment

Any personal empowerment goal has to begin with where you are today. So let’s start by asking how clear and aware you are right now? In short – what’s the current level of your self-awareness?

We all automatically assume that we ARE self aware; but there are actually different levels of self-awareness. Have you ever been in an automobile accident? If so, you probably experienced everything (including your thoughts) moving in slow motion. You were super aware of both each tiny detail of your situation, and of your ongoing thought process.

What was happening? You stepped into hyper-awareness of the timeless and spaceless universal field of consciousness Field Theory is referring to.

Such a state of extremely heightened self-awareness only lasts a few milliseconds; but during that time your senses are ultra acute, your thoughts very ordered, and hopefully your actions are very appropriate.

There are other levels of hyper-awareness that are much more inviting that those you experience when facing possible death. With practice you can learn to enter into these types of heightened states.

There are also many levels of self-awareness below hyper-awareness. You have likely experienced exhaustion in your lifetime – the physical and mental wipe out that leaves you listless and collapsed on the couch. How self-aware were you then?

Why Develop Your Self-Awareness?

Developing your self-awareness is an important step to opening your third eye and experiencing higher states of consciousness.

Where you focus your attention, emotions, reactions, personality and behavior absolutely determines what you can achieve. Self-awareness is a core aspect of success in any aspect of life.

Refined self-awareness allows you to make better decisions to shape your future. It also gives you a sense of having a purpose and direction, and makes you more effective in your work, business, relationships, and every aspect of your life.

A Hyper-Awareness Experience

Many years ago I had the pleasure of spending Sunday afternoons with a small group of like-minded people while visiting philosopher Alan Watts on his houseboat in California’s colorful Sausalito Bay.

Just in case Alan’s name is not familiar to you, he was a British writer and speaker best known as a popularizer of Eastern philosophy. Watts wrote over 25 books and articles, including The Way of Zen (1957) – a bestselling book on Buddhism. He also explored human consciousness in his popular book, The Joyous Cosmology (1962).

We spent those Sunday afternoons enjoying crisp ocean air, red wine and San Francisco sourdough bread as Alan reflected on the nature of life. He shared the insightful wisdom of the Asian philosophies, and often reminded us of one simple key: “If you want to achieve enlightened consciousness, you only need to do one thing – BE HERE NOW!”

Let’s explore the universal consiousness using a “Circle Breath” exercise Alan would occasionally lead us into during those enlightening Sunday afternoons. The following is the first of a series of exercises and questions to help you tap into hyper-awareness on an actual brain level.

•  Settle into a comfortable position on a chair, or sit on a cushion on the floor, and let your mind begin to lightly and naturally follow your breath.

•  At first just notice how you draw your air in and out totally naturally.

•  Become comfortably aware of your breath as an effortless “steady flow.”

•  Once comfortable, begin to create a rhythm by breathing through your nose to a count of 1 - 2 - 3.

•  When you reach 3, pause, and gently hold your breath for a count of 1 - 2 - 3.

•  Once you reach 3, slowly and gently release your breath in a steady stream to a count of 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 – 5.

•  Repeat the pattern. [At first practice this method for 2 to 3 minutes. As you become better attuned to breath control, extend your time.]

•  When you feel ready, just return your attention to your normal breathing pattern.

NOTE: Most of us never think of controlling our breath; but this exercise can open the door to higher states of awareness and consciousness. Eventually your breathing will become a continuous circle. What comes along with such an experience of :circle breath” is an ecstatic experience of momentarily stepping into the timeless universal consciousness.

TECHNIQUE NOTES: This breathing method may obviously not feel natural at first. Just relax, follow your “in” breath, pause lightly, and then release your “out” breath. Your breath control should come from your abdomen, not your chest. Let your abdominals pull your breath in deeply and quietly without strain, and then use your abdominal muscles to push the air back out very gently.

While doing this exercise avoid being tense in your chest, stomach and face. If your body gets tense, just relax and just continue to focus on your breath.

CHAPTER SIX

Motivation and Higher States

BACK IN THE 1940 an American psychologist – Dr. Abraham Maslow – came up with a brilliant explanation of what drives us to reach toward higher states of consciousness. His explanation is so clear that you’ll immediately “get it.”

Maslow stacked our basic human “needs” in the shape of a pyramid. He then explained that, although we are naturally motivated to climb the pyramid, we have to climb it one step at a time.

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Maslow’s understanding is: Until you have satisfied the “needs” at a lower level of the pyramid, you aren’t motivated to step up onto the next higher level.

So if you are mentally focused on a “survival level” desire to satisfy a physiological need for food or drink, you won’t be motivated to strive toward the top level of higher states (self actualization) that could include third eye activation.

This obviously makes sense. Let’s review how this works in your brain.

Motivation and Your Brain

Your state of consciousness and self-awareness reflect your ability to enter into certain brain-based mental states. Let’s take a closer look at how Maslow’s levels look in terms of your amazing human brain:

The Survival Level. “Survival” level challenges activate your lower “brain stem.” The brain stem is NOT a conscious “thinking” center. It basically watches incoming sensory information to determine if what’s happening is important enough to notify your higher brain centers.

The brain stem, home of
your “Reptilian Brain.”

If you’re lost in the desert and need water, your brain stem will scan every possible external clue trying to direct you to water. This does NOT activate the portions of your brain used to experience higher states of consciousness.

The Emotional Level. As you move up on Maslow’s pyramid you focus in a higher portion of your brain – the limbic center. The limbic center is an “emotional center,” and dominates the large center of your brain.

The limbic center of your brain

When you are caught up in an intense emotional response to something, this is where you are focused. In such a moment, the limbic center overrides your cortex – the part responsible for rational and logical thinking. This is NOT the part of your brain that connects you with your higher self, although it IS active in higher states experiences.

The Logical Level. As you begin your search for greater self mastery, you focus more and more in the rational, logical portion of your brain known as the cerebral cortex. Your cortex is a sheet of neural tissue that’s wrapped around the outside of the brain and is often called your“thinking cap.” It plays a key role in your memory, attention, awareness, thought, and both ordinary and higher states of consciousness.

The cerebral cortex is the gateway to your higher consciousness, but there’s something special that has to occur for you to get beyond its emphasis on logical analysis.

The Higher States Level. Having direct access to your higher self (and opening your third eye) is a unique experience that feels like a light bulb suddenly turning on in the brain – or may seem like a gentle “glow” and wonderful feeling of well-being.

The two hemispheres of your cortex

Notice in the above picture how your brain is split in half right down the middle. A higher states experience occurs when these two sides are balanced and resonating at the same brainwave frequency. This creates deep experiences of:

•  A glowing feeling of well-being,

•  Great peacefulness,

•  Third eye activation,

•  Higher states natural psychic abilities,

•  Increased intuitive understanding and knowing,

•  Unusually clear senses – including vision, hearing and touch,

•  Possible experiences of feeling as though you are out of your body, or somehow extend beyond your physical body.

Level of Motivation Exercise

How can this higher state be experienced? Remember the connection between your level on Maslow’s hierarchy and your brain state?

Let’s start by you answering the following questions to determine your own current level of motivation:

Q. My current level of motivation falls at the ???? level of Maslow’s pyramid.

Q. Is this level adequate for my higher consciousness goals?

Q. What action can I take to lift myself to the next higher level and beyond?

CHAPTER SEVEN

Build Your Self-Awareness

AS YOU INCREASE your awareness of your own thoughts, emotions and behavior – you will automatically move toward more exciting levels of higher consciousness.

Self-awareness is refined by beginning to consciously focus on your own moment-to-moment thoughts and behavior.

As you become more and more self aware, you’ll begin to notice aspects of your personality and behavior you didn’t see before. If you feel frustrated, for example, you’ll now clearly understand what created your feeling of frustration.

You’ll also notice you can consciously choose how to interpret something. In your heightened awareness you’ll instinctively make better choices long before a knee-jerk emotional reaction erupts.

Capturing the Moment

Remember Alan Watt’s recommendation to just BE HERE NOW?

Is it challenging to totally focus in the present moment? Oh yes! Our normal everyday “monkey mind” prefers to roam around from the past to the future. Being totally focused and present NOW is the goal of most meditation programs, serious yoga practices, and any effort to open your third eye and develop your natural intuitive and psychic abilities.

The “Monkey Mind” we have to tame to open to higher states!

Committing to become aware of your thoughts and behavior will move you toward “being here now,” as Watts recommended. Changing your thoughts and behavior becomes far easier when you develop your self-awareness, and you can catch undesired behavior and thought patterns before they gather momentum.

Getting to Know Yourself

The purpose of increasing your self-awareness is to better understand yourself, then use that knowledge to make ongoing life improvements. But before you can make positive changes, you have to know what you have to work with.

If you really DO have a desire to attain higher levels of consciousness, you’ll want to put aside some time each day to reflect on your thoughts and actions. Open to a deeper understanding of your dreams, values, beliefs and assumptions.

An important component of self-awareness is emotional awareness. This involves the ability to recognize the emotions you experience, understand the feelings associated with them, and be aware of what you think and do as a result of your emotions.

Emotional Awareness

Emotions are very powerful indicators of your level of self-awareness. They rise up out of an older portion of your brain (the limbic center), and are accompanied by a resulting biochemical response that affects your physical body.

There is nothing inherently wrong with emotions – they are a natural component of our human expression and experience. Refine your ability to recognize and understand them, and you will develop the ability to use your emotions as a key to develop higher states of consciousness.

An Emotional Awareness Exercise

The goal of the following self-awareness exercise is to learn to avoid knee-jerk emotional outbreaks to events and emotions, and refine your ability to CHOOSE your emotional response to any situation. Analyze what’s happening with your emotions, and your self-awareness will skyrocket.

•  Begin to carry a little notebook around with you.

•  As soon as possible after you experience an intense emotion, spend a few moments noting what happened.

•  Write down the emotion you experienced, and what you felt at the time was the “cause” of your emotion. If a driver cut you off and you got angry, note something like “other driver.” If you felt stressed because of a deadline at work, note “bosses’ deadline.”

•  Then note what happened just before that event, and how you were feeling at the time.

•  Finally, try to reframe your emotion by thinking of it as your RESPONSE to the other driver, or your RESPONSE to the stress at work.

You may experience a conflict in your mind about who or what was “responsible” for your emotional reaction. Use higher self-awareness to remind yourself that it was your own personal RESPONSE to what happened that created any undesirable emotion.

This process will immediately raise your self-awareness and ability to remind yourself that you have a choice. You can execute a knee-jerk emotional reaction to what happens, OR you can CHOOSE to respond in a more self-aware manner. This moves you up on Maslow’s pyramid.

A Higher Awareness Exercise

Practice the following exercise to expand your level of awareness. Although this may seem “mundane,” it will create some important changes in your brain that will move you toward higher levels of awareness and consciousness.

Pick an everyday activity for this exercise, and repeat it at least once a day this week. Select something you normally do on “automatic” without thinking about it – perhaps like making your bed, eating lunch, showering, or washing dishes. Your goal is to go into hyper-awareness while doing this activity – to stop time, and operate in “super-conscious, higher awareness slow motion.”

•  The following example is for washing a few dishes left from lunch. [Translate it to your selected activity.]

•  Walk to the sink and “position yourself” to wash dishes. Notice the sensation of your feet on the floor, and bend your knees to take the pressure off your lower back.

•  Roll up your sleeves one at a time.

•  Turn the hot water faucet on. Notice the feel of the metal against your hand. Look at the faucet and notice the seal of the manufacturer, the arch of the spout, and how the water comes out of the spout.

•  Adjust the water to the correct temperature and notice how the hot water feels on your hands. How do you describe the sensation? Look at your hands in the water. How is the water flowing? Are there bubbles or splashes?

•  Briefly look out the window above the sink. How does the view impact your emotions? How many different colors can you see? How many shapes?

•  Pick up the sponge in one hand and the bottle of dish soap in the other hand. What is the weight of each? Notice how your hands automatically balance the difference in weight between the two.

•  Wet the sponge, then squirt a bit of dish soap on it. What color is the soap? What color is the sponge? What is the look of the soap on the sponge? How would you describe its consistency? Is there a scent? What does it remind you of?

•  Place the bottle of soap back on the counter-top and lift the first plate. What is the feeling of the plate in your hand? Notice the design. Are there any chips or scratches? What do you think its weight is?

•  Use the sponge to apply soapy water to the surface of the plate. How does the soapy water feel on your hands? What changes occur in the surface of the plate?

You get the picture! Bring as much consciousness and awareness to your actions as possible. Take your time and BE HERE NOW!

CHAPTER EIGHT

Your Higher Intelligence

IS THERE AN inside secret to turning on your higher mental states and activating your third eye? YES, and it’s most easily understood by learning a bit more about how your brain does what it does.

With few exceptions, our parents and educational systems focused on developing our “rational, logical” minds – often at the expense of our intuitive, natural connection to our higher selves. How does this impact your ability to explore your higher self? To better understand this, let’s first explore the nature of what we call “intelligence.”

What IS Intelligence?

You really have several different layers of what is commonly called “intelligence.” Let’s take a brief look at them.

Your IQ Intelligence

I’m certain you’re familiar with the most common description of your intelligence – your IQ. IQ stands for “Intelligence Quotient,” and is a score that is assigned to you based on your score on a standardized intelligence test developed many years ago.

For many years a person’s IQ was assumed to be a true measure of their level of intelligence. If you scored 100, you were of “average” intelligence, 110-119 indicated you had “superior” intelligence, 120 to 139 equaled “very superior” intelligence, and 140 and over made you a genius.

BUT the test that measures IQ was only designed to measure a certain type of intelligence. Your IQ is primarily a measure of your linear, straight-line logical way of thinking. It is 1+1=2. This way of thinking primarily uses the information you stored in your brain from formal learning experiences. Remember learning your “times tables?”

Your EQ Intelligence

Your EQ is your “Emotional Intelligence,” and is based on your “life experience” practical intelligence. EQ is not straight line, logical thinking like IQ thinking. EQ thinking asks your brain to search for new meanings to your life experiences.

Many companies today give EQ tests to potential new executives. The evidence is that EQ predicts a person’s communication skills, thinking flexibility, and leadership potential far better than their IQ.

Your HQ Intelligence

Here’s one you might not have heard of before – your HQ, or “Higher Intelligence.” Your higher intelligence is a very special part of your mental processes. HQ is the source of the unusual synchronized wave of energy that ripples over your cortex when you connect to your higher self, get a brilliant idea, or snap open your third eye.

During an HQ experience you may feel your brain vibrating, or even experience a flash of light in your head. HQ is your direct connection into the “unified higher mind” that Carl Jung and Albert Einstein referred to – the field of consciousness of Field Theory. It produces religious ecstasy, enlightenment, brilliant insights, third eye opening, and unexplainable understandings of the nature of life and your life purpose.

HQ is your ultimate mind candy – a chocolate chip cookie, frothy latte and hot fudge ice cream sundae all at the same time with no belly ache. It feels so good you can’t wait for the next “bite.”

Increasing Your HQ

You might wonder why HQ experiences are so infrequent, and even impossible, for a lot of people. There is an obvious social reason for this, since our societies do not necessarily reward HQ thinking. Our educational systems are primarily designed to increase IQ-related thinking, and our teachers encourage us to stop daydreaming and “pay attention.”

And why are HQ-related experiences more frequent for women? This too is a socially-created phenomenon. It’s more likely for girls to be encouraged to pursue activities involving imagination and fantasies, while boys are often directed toward non-fantasy activities such as sports.

But the real reason HQ experiences are so rare has to do with the lack of a very specific brain-based condition. Read on…

The Speed of Thought

Did you know your brain produces enough electricity (about 10 watts) to light up the inside of your refrigerator? It’s actually an electro-chemical marvel.

Each of your thoughts can be viewed on an EEG screen as they pass through your brain creating electrical currents called “brainwaves.” Brainwaves result from the tiny electro-chemical messages that move your thoughts along from one neuron (brain cell) to another along a pathway called a neural network.

Depending on what mental state you are in, your brainwaves may be very fast (stress) or very slow (deep sleep.) Scientists group your brainwaves according to their “frequency,” which is a measure of the number of “on-off” cycles during a given period of time (a second).

A microscopic photo of a neural network

Delta Brainwaves

Your slowest brainwaves are your Delta brainwaves, and are associated with the mental state of deep dreamless sleep. Delta brainwaves have a frequency range of about .05 cps (cycles-per-second) to 3.9 cps. It might be normal to assume that these slow “deep sleep” brainwaves have very little to do with exploring your higher self and higher states of consciousness. Actually, just the opposite is true.

Delta brainwaves are very well developed in psychics, artists and writers, mystics, creative scientists, and people capable of unusual intuition and psi (ESP) experiences. During my EEG brainwave research I discovered that ESP phenomena are often tied to a 3.7 cps (high Delta) brainwave activity.

Theta Brainwaves

The next faster brainwaves are the Theta brainwaves associated with your light sleep and dreaming sleep. Theta brainwaves have a frequency range of 4.0 to 7.9 cps. Because of their connection to sleep, Theta may be considered to be the “voice” of your subconscious mind.

Theta is also a doorway to expanded states of consciousness and awareness. The challenge is that unless you have had considerable meditation training, Theta brainwaves will simply automatically drop you into a sleeping state; but this can be overcome with focused brain training programs.

Alpha Brainwaves

Alpha brainwaves operate in a frequency of 8.0 to 11.9 cps. Alpha is the brainwave frequency of relaxation and creativity. The lower range of Alpha is actually the door between your conscious and subconscious mind. Learning to open this gate gives you conscious access to your storehouse of subconscious materials.

Beta Brainwaves

Your Beta brainwaves operate in a frequency of 12.0 to about 24.9 cps. Beta brainwaves are the voice of your conscious mind, and are activated anytime you consciously “think” or speak, even silently to yourself.

Gamma Brainwaves

Your Gamma brainwaves operate in a frequency of 25.0 cps and higher. Beta and Gamma brainwaves are often associated with stress or a “racing mind.” The exception to this is the 40 cps range experienced by long experienced meditators, or those in a state of bliss.

Brainwaves and Higher States

So what do your brainwaves look like when you have an active connection with your higher self or open your third eye? This is a greatly misunderstood subject.

In spite of claims made by some sources of “brain entrainment” CDs – a single brainwave like Alpha is NOT responsible for creating a higher mental state experience. Actually, higher state experiences are the result of a simultaneous combination of brainwaves ranging from Delta to Beta, and even touching into the Gamma level for some people.

The most obvious question you may now have is: “How can I achieve this brainwave state?”

Achieving a Quantum Mind

Achieving what I call the Quantum Mind brainwave state can be approached through years of disciplined meditation. Actually there’s no substitute for this. Yes, it could take ten to twenty years to achieve this level of mental fineness. Serious seekers retreat to caves in the Himalayas or monasteries and commit their lives to living as much as possible in a state of meditation.

If this is not your path, what choices do you have?

Brainwave Training

Hypnosis and guided meditation an are a great way to drop down into lower Alpha and relax, and that is always beneficial – but will not train your brain to reach higher states or open your third eye.

Engineered brainwave audios are a serious improvement, especially if used in a way to actually train your brain to create the desired states on its own. The best contain an engineered combination of selected frequencies (ie, High Alpha down through low Theta and high Delta), and ramp you up and down into an optimal and safe brainwave entrainment experience.

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Best of luck to you on your wonderful quest for higher states of awareness and consciousness!

Dr Jill –

CHAPTER NINE

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Dr. Jill Ammon-Wexler

Jill Ammon-Wexler is doctor of psychology metaphysician, and pioneer brain/mind researcher. She is also a committed “life adventurer” with a passion for finding, and then pushing beyond, her personal “limits.” She has pursued higher states of consciousness since her late teen years, first climbed a mountain alone at age 16, and then had to find her way down the mountain in a wild snow storm.

She also became lost several times in the deeply hidden wildernesses of California, navigating out by the stars. Over the years she was chased by a white shark, and went eye-to-eye with a wild mountain lion (on purpose).

During her university years she studied with amazing leaders like Fritz Perls, Virginia Satir, Soygal Rinpoche and Alan Watts. She also walked on fire, did sweat lodges, studied with shamanic elders, and become the holder of a coyote talking stick.

After receiving her Masters degree in psychology, she shaved her head and spent 6 months in a monastic Buddhist retreat. Then at the recommendation of Gia Fu-Feng – the resident guru – spent the next 6 months with only a Buffalo nickel in her pocket wandering the coastline of California teaching and living off “trust.”

She then completed a PhD in psychology, became a clinical hypnotherapist and certified clinical biofeedback provider, and began her professional career as a pioneer mind power trainer and personal transformation coach.

Over the years Dr. Jill served as a consultant to the Pentagon and US President Carter’s Special Presidential Commission on Women in Business, and also provided mind power training for organizations and individuals from around the world. She has traveled through several countries on her continuing search for yet more wisdom and adventure.

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