If you are interested in discovering and developing your psychic abilities, you will want to open the third eye. We all have a third eye, and we all have these abilities. Here is what to look out for, and what happens when the third eye is opening.

The experience of having your third eye opening is a life changing one! You will start to feel more connected to your intuition and you will discover another part of yourself and the universe. If done in the right way, you will not regret it!

When I experienced my third eye opening, it was very intense..! I even decided to slow things down for a while as it felt as if it was going a little too fast. Since then, the process has continued but in a slower pace, which felt better. It’s been a great journey and I’d like to share with you what I found out.. 🙌

What Is The Third Eye?

The third eye is the 6th chakra in the chakra system. Chakras are energy centers in different places of the body, which together form your body’s energetic system. The third eye is located on the forehead between the eyebrows.

Each chakra has a specific function in your system. The third eye chakra is linked to your psychic abilities, intuition, inner guidance, trust, higher consciousness and inner knowing.

The third eye is basically our doorway to spiritual connection. It connects our physical self with our higher self and the universe. When the third eye is open, we are able to communicate to other realms and through telepathy.

It is called the third eye because, in India, it is said that this is the place where the two eyes melt into one, where they create a third (all seeing) eye.

The third eye is also often linked to the pineal gland, which is a tiny gland in our brain that is known to expand because of spiritual practices such as meditation. This gland is also directly connected to our circadian rhythm and connection to nature and the self.

Why Would You Want To Open Your Third Eye?

The third eye needs to be open in order for you to have access to telepathic communication, lucid dreaming, mediumship, psychic visions, astral projection, or if you want to improve your intuition and develop your spiritual sensitivity (such as clairvoyance, clairaudiance, clairsentience etc).

So if you are interested in developing or discovering this part of yourself, you will want to open your third eye. An open and active third eye will give you an innate sense of trust, and will strengthen your sense of inner knowing.

Note that all chakras are always active to a certain extend in order for the body to function. All chakras can function without being fully opened. Before the third eye can be opened safely, other chakras need to be in good balance.

If lower chakras are not balanced enough, your body will protect itself and will most likely try to keep the higher chakras closed until they are healed (so don’t try to force it). Here you can read more: The difference between healing, balancing, activating and opening your chakras.

This also related to the logic behind the chakras and levels of consciousness. We can go up in consciousness when our ‘base’, built upwards from the root chakra, is stable. Each chakra (and level of consciousness) comes with a focus that needs to be healed before you can move to the next chakra. If this interests you, you can also read: The 7 chakras and levels of consciousness.

What Happens When The Third Eye Is Opening?

There are certain symptoms your will experience when your third eye is opening. When this happens, it is likely that you know because you will start to see more visions, lights etc.

Here are some of the signs you can look out for that are likely to happen to you when your third eye is opening:

• You feel frequent pressure on the head. This can be in the form of headaches and migraines, or a pressing feeling on the temples or in between the eyebrows. (which can be caused by the decalcification process of the pineal gland and Kundalini energy moving up the body)
• You have more vivid dreams. Your dreams are more vivid and you tend to remember them. You can also experience lucid dreams.
• You have visions, or are seeing clear images of things that do not feel related to you.
• You are more sensitive to light and sounds. This can feel extremely intense and makes you want to spend less time in crowds of people or other places that tend to be overwhelming.
• You feel your inner knowing is stronger. Your intuition increases and you just ‘know’ what others are feeling or are about to say.
• You feel more connected to the universe. You are experiencing how you are a part of the universe and how we are connected to it.
• You are more conscious of your body. You feel more connected to how your body feels and feel the need to take care of it and make sure it is well nourished.
• You start to notice synchronicities more. You see the signs that are all around you (for more about signs, I recommend reading the book Signs: The Secret Language Of The Universe by medium Laura Lynne Jackson!)

How To Open The Third Eye?

If you want to work on opening your third eye, it is best to firstly focus on balancing your other chakras. Once you have done that, you may want to start working with the third eye specifically through:

• Eating foods that stimulate the third eye (find out what these foods are here: Third eye foods and recipes)
• Do meditations that stimulate the third eye. For example with binaural beats, visualization or hypnosis. (Check the guided meditation below, and have a look at my Guide to Meditation if you are new to meditation)
• Use affirmations, yoga poses, essential oils and crystals for the third eye in your practice (you can find all of those here)
• Listen to your body. Make sure you do enough grounding exercises and take a break when you feel it is getting too intense 🙌

Third Eye Opening Meditation

Third Eye Guided Meditation (43 minutes)

Try this guided meditation by Joe Tracy if you would like to work on opening the third eye:

Third Eye Meditation Music (3 hours 20 minutes)

Listen to this beautiful third eye music during your meditation. It is so lovely! 🤗

What Are The Risks Of Opening The Third Eye?

If you are trying to open the third eye too forcefully, without balancing out your other chakras, or without grounding yourself enough, your body is not ready and you can create overactivity in the third eye.

This can cause you to feel unbalanced, ungrounded, seeing constant light flashes and experience visuals at unwanted times.

When you work with the third eye, always remember to check in with your body, and add enough grounding exercises to your practice. Find more info that here: Grounding yourself: What it means, Why it is important and 15 Ways to do it.

Signs Of An Overactive Third Eye

When the third eye is overactive, you can experience:

• Being overwhelmed by visions and dreams
• Feeling out of touch with reality
• Feeling a lack of stability and grounding
• Feeling sensitive or overly emotional
• Having headaches or migraines
• Having nightmares
• Insomnia

How To Bring The Third Eye Into Balance

To bring the third eye into balance, find out in this post Chakras Explained: The Third Eye Chakra how to work with the third eye specifically.

In order to balance out the third eye, it is vital to also work on the lower chakras. After all, without a strong foundation (start with the root chakra), you cannot build a strong house.

If you are experiencing a lot of discomfort because of this disbalance, you can look for an experienced energy healer who can temporarily close the third eye chakra until the other chakras are brought back into balance.

Last But Not Least..

Always listen to your body and have fun on your journey! Exploring the adventures we can go on in the mind, are some of the most amazing adventures we can ever experience! 🤗

If you are now fully ready to explore your mind, you might also like to check out my posts on telepathy and lucid dreaming..

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