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Chakra of the third eye (ajna, ajna)

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Chakra of the third eye
  • Location: between the eyebrows
  • Color indigo, purple
  • Aroma: jasmine, mint
  • Flakes: 2
  • Mantra: KSHAM
  • Stone: amethyst, purple fluorite, black obsidian
  • Functions: intuition, perception, understanding

The chakra of the third eye (ajna, ajna) - the sixth (one of the main) chakra of a person - is located between the eyebrows.

Symbol appearance

The third eye chakra is represented by a lotus flower with two white petals. Often we can find letters in the images of the chakras: the letter “ham” (हं) is written on the left petal and represents Shiva, and the letter “ksham” (क्षं) is written on the right petal and represents Shakti.

The downward triangle represents the knowledge and lessons of the six lower chakras, which are accumulating and constantly expanding.

Chakra function

Ajna translates to "authority" or "command" (or "perception") and is considered the eye of intuition and intellect. He controls the work of other chakras. The sense organ associated with this chakra is the brain. This chakra is a connecting bridge with another person, allowing the mind to communicate between two people. Ajna meditation supposedly gives you siddhi or occult forces that allow you to enter another body.

Blocked Third Eye Chakra Effects:

  • Health problems associated with vision, insomnia, frequent headaches
  • Lack of faith in your beliefs and feelings
  • Lack of faith in your dreams, life goals.
  • Problems concentrating and seeing things from a different perspective
  • Too much attachment to material and bodily matters

Ways to unblock the third eye chakra:

There are several ways to unblock or open your chakras:

  • Meditation and relaxation
  • The development of the specific characteristics of a given chakra - in this case, love for oneself and others.
  • Surround yourself with the color assigned to the chakra - in this case, it is purple or indigo.
  • Mantras - especially mantra KSHAM

Chakra - Some Basic Explanations

The very word chakra comes from Sanskrit and means circle or circle ... Chakra is part of the esoteric theories about physiology and psychic centers that appeared in Eastern traditions (Buddhism, Hinduism). The theory assumes that human life exists simultaneously in two parallel dimensions: one "physical body", and another "psychological, emotional, mental, non-physical", called "Thin body" .

This subtle body is energy, and the physical body is mass. The plane of the psyche or mind corresponds to and interacts with the plane of the body, and the theory is that mind and body influence each other. The subtle body is made up of nadis (energy channels) connected by nodes of psychic energy known as chakra.