3.1 What is the third eye?
The third eye is the gate that opens to the space of consciousness
and to the inner worlds. It is also the main organ through which
the body of energy can be awakened and governed. So, practically,
the third eye acts as a ‘switch’, which can activate higher
frequencies of the body of energy and thereby lead to higher
states of consciousness.
From a therapeutic point of view, it has been my experience over
the years that many clients get better when they connect with
their third eye, whatever the nature of their problem. Due to its
function as a switch, as soon as it is activated the third eye tends
to set into motion several circulations of energy. This
automatically results in correcting a number of physical and
emotional disorders, a process that could be described as a kind of
self-acupuncture. Moreover, even the beginning of third eye
awakening tends to put people in touch with more profound
aspects of themselves, which in itself has a major healing action.
Of course, I am not suggesting that it is enough to connect with
the third eye to heal everything, but still the potential of this
centre is so enormous that I would not be surprised if in the
coming decades, more and more ‘third eye therapies’ were
developed.
From a spiritual point of view, in both the Christian and Hindu
traditions one finds texts that compare the body to a temple. If
we were to develop the analogy, we could compare the third eye to
the temple's portal. By crossing the portal one goes from the
profane to the sacred, from the stage where one reads and thinks
about spiritual life to the stage where one starts experiencing it.
The third eye has always been regarded by those who seek to know
themselves as a most precious jewel, hence the precious stone
placed on the forehead of statues of buddhas.
In this chapter we will describe how to begin to establish a
connection with the third eye (practice 3.2). Then we will cover a
technique of meditation (3.7) through which the third eye can be
further explored and developed.
3.2 First opening
Preliminary advice for the opening practice
This opening practice is designed to give you a first ‘thread’ to the
third eye, by awakening a certain feeling between the eyebrows. It
is designed to be practised only once, or a few times within a
short period of time. Then the work on the eye will be continued
with the meditation technique indicated below (3.7), and with all
the other practices of the book.
A good way to start is to choose a day when you don't have
anything else to do, at the beginning of a weekend for instance,
and to focus intensely on the practices. After this strong initial
imprint it will be easier to follow the rest of the techniques.
You can either do the practices alone or with friends, which will
make the energy more intense. The best day of the month to start
is the one preceding the Full Moon. However you do not have to
worry too much about the calendar. The important thing is to do
it, rather than wait for the perfect time.
Preferably wear light-coloured clothes (white is best). Avoid
wearing black.
Remember that you are dealing with subtle perception. The
vibration should not be expected to feel like a dagger in your
forehead. Even if you can only perceive a faint little tingling or
pressure between the eyebrows, that will be enough to start the
process. All the other practices in the book will contribute to
enhancing and developing the perception.
Remember, no imagination, no visualisation. Let things come to
you. A certain tiny vibration is already present between the
eyebrows in everybody. The purpose is to reveal this natural
vibration, in order to cultivate it later on.
Read the instructions given in the following section carefully a
few times before putting them into practice.
Preparation
Choose a quiet room where no one will disturb you for at least an
hour. You do not have to be alone, you can implement this practice
together with friends. But there should not be anyone in the room
who is not practising with you.
Light candles around the room.
Take off your shoes.
Undo your belt, tie, or other restrictive clothing.
Take off your watch.
Lie down on the floor, on a carpet, blanket, or thin mat. The arms
should not be crossed but should lie by your side. It is preferable
to have the palms facing upwards.
The legs should not be crossed.
Close your eyes. Keep your eyes closed until the end of the
practice.
Relax for 2 or 3 minutes.
Do 5 or 10 minutes of humming sound (section 2.4).
Phase 1
Become aware in the throat. Start breathing with the throat
friction, as explained in the last chapter (section 2.1).
Become aware of the vibration generated in the larynx by the
friction.
Be just aware, without any particular concentration.
Flow with the energy. If some movements take place in your body
or in your consciousness, let them happen.
Continue for 5 to 10 minutes, breathing with the friction, aware
of the vibration in the larynx.
Phase 2
Maintain the throat friction.
Instead of placing your awareness in the larynx, now become aware
in the area between your eyebrows.
Do not concentrate. If you ‘grasp’ the area between the eyebrows
with too tight a focus, the process can't unfold. Flow with the
energy. Follow what comes spontaneously. If the breath naturally
changes and becomes more intense, then follow the breath. But
make sure that you maintain some friction in the throat
throughout these first 5 phases of the practice.
Remain ‘just aware’ between the eyebrows, breathing with the
throat friction, for about 5 minutes. Time precision is not
relevant for this practice, so there is no need to look at your
watch.
Phase 3
Place the palm of your hand in front of the area between the
eyebrows. The hand does not touch the skin, it is about 3 to 5
centimetres (1 or 2 inches) away.
Note that the hand does not touch the skin.
For a few minutes, stay lying on the floor with the eyes closed,
breathing with the throat friction, aware between the eyebrows,
and the palm 1 inch in front of this area.
Phase 4
Keep your hand in front of you or put it back by your side, as
you prefer.
Remain with your eyes closed, breathing with the throat friction,
aware between the eyebrows.
Start looking for a vibration between the eyebrows. It can take
different forms: either a clear vibration or a tingling, or even a
rather blurry pressure, a weight or a density between the
eyebrows.
Do not try hard. Remain vacant, let things happen.
Note that your eyes remain closed during all phases of this
practice.
Phase 5
As soon as the faintest feeling of vibration or tingling, pressure,
pulsation, density or weight is perceived, proceed as follows: start
connecting the throat friction with the feeling between the
eyebrows.
Connecting means being aware of both the friction and the
vibration (or density, or pressure...) between the eyebrows at the
same time. As you proceed, the link between the friction energy
and the third eye will be perceived more and more clearly.
The vibration will change as you combine it with the friction. It
will become more subtle, and yet more intense at the same time.
If vibration or tingling is felt in some other part of the body, for
instance the whole of the forehead, the arms or even the whole
body, do not pay any attention to it. Just remain aware of the
vibration (or density, or pressure...) between the eyebrows.
Continue this phase for about 10 minutes, building up the
vibration between the eyebrows by connecting it with the throat
friction.
Remember, no imagination, no visualisation. Just flow with what
comes.
Phase 6
Stop the throat friction.
Do not focus on the vibration any more.
Remain with your eyes closed, just aware between the eyebrows
for another 10 minutes or more.
Be extremely still, feeling the energy around you. The more
motionless you become, the more you can tune in.
Observe if any feeling of light or colours can be perceived between
the eyebrows.
Tips, tricks and traps
• Do not concentrate or ‘grasp’ the area between the eyebrows,
just keep a very gentle focus in the area. Grasping would only
block the process. Do not try to ‘do’, let things happen.
• Focussing between the eyebrows just means being aware of this
area, and not directing your eyeballs as if trying to look at this
area. If you were to implement such movements of the eyeballs, it
would create a tension that could only disturb the natural course
of the experience. So the eyeballs are not directed in any particular
direction. Same throughout the book.
• A common experience, in the beginning, is to feel vibration (or
pressure, density...) not only in the area between the eyebrows,
but also in other parts of the forehead or the face. If this happens
don't pay attention to it, just focus on the vibration between the
eyebrows, connecting it with the throat friction. With practice,
everything will fall into place.
• If you practise with friends, make sure you are not touching
each other, in order to avoid inappropriate transfers of energy.
• If the experience becomes too intense, all you have to do is open
your eyes and you will be brought back to your normal state of
consciousness.
First opening, synopsis of the practice
Lie down and relax.
1) Throat friction + awareness in the larynx
2) Throat friction + awareness between the eyebrows
3) Same as 2) + palm of the hand in front of the third eye
4) Throat friction + looking for vibration, tingling, pressure, density... between the eyebrows
5) Connecting the throat friction with the vibration between the eyebrows
6) Motionlessness – connecting with the energy around you
3.3 Various experiences
In Chapter 10 you will find a summary of the most common
experiences encountered when starting to work on the third eye
according to the principles and techniques developed in this book.
As far as this first opening is concerned, the only things that
matter are the vibration (or tingling, or density...) between the
eyebrows, and the light, if you happen to perceive it. The best
attitude is to pay no attention to any other manifestations that
may occur while implementing the practice.
When dealing with the third eye and with etheric energy,
especially in the beginning, minor manifestations may take place,
such as tingling or even twitching, here and there in the body, or
images flashing back to your consciousness. Let them come and let
them go, for they do not mean much. Just follow the technique as
if nothing was happening.
It may be that the vibration, tingling, density or light you will
feel between the eyebrows will be quite intense, but it really does
not matter if they happen to be faint or blurry. As we will see
later, the intensity of the energy can vary greatly from one day
to the next for the same person, so it may just be that you have
attempted the ‘first opening’ on a low intensity day. However
faint these qualities may be, they are a first thread, and a
systematic technology will be gradually introduced in the book to
transform them into a clear perception of the third eye.
3.4 Experiential references
vibration ~ etheric (life force)
colours, light ~ astral
purple light ~ astral space
As you practise the various techniques working on the third eye,
you will encounter mainly 3 types of experiences between the
eyebrows: 1) vibration, 2) colours and light, 3) purple light.
Roughly speaking, the first one indicates an activation of the
etheric layer, the second indicates the astral, while the perception
of the purple light indicates that a connection has been made with
the astral space (the terms etheric and astral will be developed
further on in this book).
Of course these indications are far too simplified to be completely
exact. But from an experiential point of view they provide helpful
references to allow you to find your way in the beginning.
1) Vibration, tingling, a feeling of pressure, weight, or density, all
have the same significance when felt between the eyebrows. They
indicate that something is being activated in the etheric part of
your third eye.
The etheric body is the layer of life force, equivalent to the prāṇa
of the Indian tradition and the qi of traditional Chinese medicine.
(The third eye is not a physical organ, it is predominantly etheric
and astral.)
The vibration (or any of its equivalents, such as tingling, pulsing,
pressure, density...) is the sensation by which the etheric is
perceived. Whenever you feel it somewhere in your body, it
indicates that the etheric layer is activated in this area. So the
perception of the vibration between the eyebrows is nothing other
than a perception of the etheric part of the third eye.
Since tingling, pressure, density or weight have more or less the
same significance, to simplify I shall refer to all of them by the
same word: vibration. Therefore, whenever you read ‘vibration’ in
this book, it refers to any or all of these different forms. For
instance, “Build up the vibration between the eyebrows,” means:
build up the modality that is most natural to you – vibration,
pressure, density, or their equivalent. Anyway after some time
the vibration will be perceived as all of these simultaneously.
There are different levels of vibration, just as there are different
levels of etheric energy, some more subtle than others. The
intensity of the vibration may vary from one day to the next.
Apart from quantitative variations, it is also the quality of the
vibration that tends to vary naturally from one day to another.
Consequently it is important not to cling to any modality but to
flow with what comes each day. After some time the experience
will become more stable and the energy movements will be more
under your control.
2) The second type of experience that can take place between the
eyebrows is that of (non-physical) lights of various sorts, from a
vague haze, cloud, or glow, to colours and organised patterns. These
various manifestations can be regarded as equivalent, and indicate
that something is being activated in the astral part of your third
eye. To simplify, I will refer to all of them by the term ‘light’. So
each time you read ‘light’ in this book, it means all or any of
these: haze, colours, light patterns, shining dots or anything that
glows. Choose the one that comes most naturally to you and let it
be gradually refined into a more and more brilliant light.
The astral body is the layer of mental consciousness and emotions.
The equation ‘(non-physical) light = astral’ is not absolute, for
certain high frequencies of light come from far above the astral
layer. But as you will quickly learn to recognize, the lights and
colours that commonly appear between the eyebrows when you
‘switch on’ your eye are a clear indicator that the astral part of
the third eye is being activated.
3) The purple light is often perceived as the background of the
other lights or colour patterns. It gives the feeling of an expanse
or of a space that extends in front of your third eye. The deeper
you contact the purple light, the more you perceive it as a space
that is not only in front of you but all around you. This space
corresponds to what esotericists call the astral space.
This space of consciousness is not always perceived as purple, but
also as dark blue or even black. What matters most is the feeling
of space, whatever the colour of darkness perceived. I will
therefore use the word ‘space’ for the dark expanse at the
background of the third eye, regardless of its colour.
Note that the perception of the purple space is quite simple, and
that many people have experienced it (in particular during
childhood) without realizing its real nature.
3.5 If you are not feeling any vibration at all
Here are a few indications for those who might not seem to feel
any vibration between the eyebrows while implementing the
exercises.
It is possible, and not uncommon, that the vibration is there but
you are not registering it. Maybe you are expecting something
extraordinary, or very intense. Maybe it is too simple. This
vibration has always been between your eyebrows and you never
paid any attention to it.
Maybe you are blocking the process by trying too hard. Make sure
you do not concentrate, let things happen. Don't look for the
vibration, let it come to you. Continue with the practice, insist,
but in the spirit of letting go.
There is another reason you may not feel any vibration at all: it
may be that you are getting light instead of vibration. Remember
our simple references:
vibration ~ etheric
light ~ astral
If you are perceiving light in any form (from a simple blurry
whitish haze to the wonderful purple of the space, through various
types of colours and patterns), then you are already in the astral,
hence no longer in the etheric. You can't (in the beginning anyway)
be outside and inside a house at the same time. Consequently, if
you are getting light, it is quite possible you have bypassed the
level of the vibration. In that case, just go on with your practice
with the light instead of the vibration. In the scheme of our
meditation technique (section 3.7), go from phase 2 to phase 3.
Don't worry about the vibration, connect the throat friction with
the light.
After implementing these practices with hundreds of students at
the Clairvision School, I have never seen one who did not manage
to feel the vibration after a bit of practice. Follow the
Oxyrhynchus Sayings of Jesus, where it is advised that those who
seek do not cease until they find, “and when they find they will
be astonished.” Persist, persist, persist... and everything will come.
3.6 More about the third eye
A useful hint is to consider the eye as a patch or a 50 cent coin on
the forehead. In reality, the third eye is more like a pipe or a
tunnel, going from the area between the eyebrows to the occipital
bone at the back of the head.
The tunnel of the third eye
All along the tunnel are a number of centres of energy, through
which one can connect with different worlds and areas of
consciousness. This explains why different systems may ‘locate’ the third eye in different places: each of them chooses a different
centre along the pipe, or even a structure of energy adjacent to
the tunnel, as a reference point.
Another important point to keep in mind is that the third eye is
not physical. The grossest part of the third eye is a structure of
energy belonging to the etheric body or layer of life force. The
etheric body has many connections with the physical body and
therefore the third eye, being the ‘main switch’ of the etheric
body, is also closely connected to certain structures of the physical
body, for instance the pituitary and pineal glands.
However it would be over-simplified to say that the third eye is
the pineal gland or the pituitary gland, as stated by certain books.
As explained before, the tunnel of the third eye is not physical. It
impacts its energy on a number of structures of the physical
body, including the frontal sinus, the optic nerves and their
chiasma, the nerves of the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone,
the pituitary and pineal glands, some of the nuclei at the centre of
the brain, the ventricles of the brain, and others. It would be far
too simplistic and limiting to pick one of these physical structures
and label it ‘third eye’. Once more the third eye is not physical, it
is an organ of energy. It may have some privileged connections
with certain physical structures, but it cannot be limited to any
of them.
In the beginning, do not worry about any other part of the
tunnel, just remain aware between the eyebrows. One has to start
somewhere, and this particular centre between the eyebrows has
the great advantage of creating a protective energy all around you
in your aura as soon as you activate it. Other centres of the ‘pipe’
will be introduced later.
So in this book, whenever we talk about ‘the eye’, we mean the
area between the eyebrows. That does not mean the area between
the eyebrows is the whole third eye, of course. But in the early
stages of our training it is the area we will use and develop as the
main switch, the place to remain aware of permanently. If you get
sensations in other areas of the head, don't try to suppress them,
but don't pay attention to them either. Keep your focus between
the eyebrows.
3.7 Third eye meditation
Let us now start our main technique of meditation. The initial
stages of this meditation process are not intended to project you
into spectacular states of transcendence, but to work at building
up the third eye systematically and later on to achieve true inner
silence. As will be discussed in Chapter 9 on awareness, one of the
principles of our approach is that one cannot fight mentally
against the mind. One cannot force the mind into being silent. But
one can build a structure beyond the mind, from which the mind
can be mastered. In that sense the third eye can be compared to a
control tower, similar to that of the 20th hexagram of the I
Ching. The first phases of this meditation process aim at
structuring the third eye and imprinting it as tangibly as possible
into your system.
Phases 4 and 5 deal with the inner space and the mysterious
vortices. During the first weeks of your practice, to simplify you
may decide to bypass phase 5 (the vortex), going straight from the
phase on the space to the ‘non-technique’ or meditation proper,
when you remain ‘just aware’ above the head.
Preparation
Remove shoes, belt, tie and watch.
Sit cross-legged on the floor or on a chair with your back straight.
You do not have to be on the floor but your back should be very
straight. If you sit on a chair it is preferable not to lean back
against it, so that you allow a free flow of energies.
Meditation phase 1: the larynx of energy
Close your eyes. Keep your eyes closed until the end of the
meditation.
Start breathing with the throat friction (section 2.1).
The friction breathing generates a vibration in the throat. Become
aware of the vibration in the larynx. Use the friction to intensify
the vibration in the larynx.
The vibration in the throat is made of two parts: one physical,
created by the mechanical action of the breathing, and a more
subtle one, like a tingling, that can still be perceived when you
stop the breath.
Use the throat friction to intensify the non-physical tingling.
Adjust the position of your spine. Look for the absolute
uprightness. Align the neck with the rest of your back in quest of
a perfectly straight posture. Make sure that the head, the neck
and the rest of the back are in a straight line.
Watch how the vibration in the larynx and the flow of energy in
the throat can be enhanced by getting as close as possible to a
perfectly vertical posture.
Cultivate stillness.
Meditation phase 2: vibration in the eye
Keep on breathing with the throat friction, but drop the
awareness of the throat. Become aware of the vibration between
the eyebrows.
Connect the vibration in the eye (i.e. between the eyebrows) with
the throat friction.
If you are not too sure of what ‘connecting’ means, just remain
aware of both at the same time: the throat friction, and the
vibration between the eyebrows. Very quickly, it will become clear
that a certain interaction takes place between the throat and the
eye. That is what is meant by connecting.
Phase 2 consists of using the throat friction as an amplifier, to
cultivate and build up the vibration in the eye.
If you have the choice between heavy density and subtle tingling,
rather go for the tingling. Avoid grasping. Keep the experience
light.
Meditation phase 3: light in the eye
Maintain the throat friction. (The eyes remain closed till the end
of the meditation.)
Drop the awareness of the vibration. Instead, start looking between
the eyebrows for a fog or a haze, a glow, or any form of light or
colour. All of these can be regarded as different modalities of the
‘light’ which of course, in the context of this book does not refer
to physical light but to spiritual light, perceived with your eyes
closed.
Remember, no imagination, no visualisation – just awareness of
what is in front of you.
As soon as you perceive any of these modalities of light (fog, glow,
colour...) even very vaguely, connect it with the throat friction.
Just as in phase 2 you were connecting the friction with the
vibration between the eyebrows, you are now connecting the
friction with the light. Instead of amplifying the vibration, you
are now working at amplifying the light.
As you go on practising you will perceive brighter and brighter
parts of the light. Gradually drop the awareness of the hazier
parts to focus on the most shining ones. Connect your amplifierfriction
with the most luminous part of the light.
A common experience is that of tiny shining particles of light,
spread in the space in front of you and drifting in various
directions. As you connect the friction with these luminous
particles, some will enter you and go straight into your heart,
feeding it with a precious energy.
Meditation phase 4: awareness in the space
Remain in the eye, between the eyebrows.
Instead of focussing on the light itself and on its shining particles,
become aware of the background of the light. The darkness or the
purple light at the background of all the colours will give you the
feeling of a space, extending in front of you.
The space may appear purple, dark blue, or even just dark. More
than the colour it is the feeling of expanse that matters.
Just remain aware in the space. Let yourself be absorbed in it.
At this stage the throat friction can be decreased or even dropped.
Start breathing with the friction again if the mind goes
wandering with thoughts.
Meditation phase 5: spinning in the space
Start spinning into the space in front of you, spiralling forwards
and clockwise, as if you were falling forwards into a tunnel.
Spin as if you were caught in a vortex.
The vortex is there, in the space, waiting for you. Do not try to
make up a spiralling movement. Rather let yourself be caught by
the vortex and carried by its natural motion.
As you go on spinning, the qualities and colour of the space will
sometimes change, as if you were projected into a completely
different area. Just acknowledge the various feelings and continue
with the vortex.
From time to time, or even constantly if you wish, you may use
the throat friction to amplify the vortex effect.
Non-technique
Drop any awareness of the breath, of the eye, of the space...
Just become aware above the head.
Doing nothing, looking for nothing, being ‘just aware’.
Not even aware of yourself – just aware.
Remain extremely motionless.
Practise the art of losing control.
Let the awareness take over, above the head.
Coming back and finishing the meditation
Become aware again between the eyebrows.
Listen to the sounds outside.
Become aware of your body. Take a few long inhalations.
Take as much time as you wish to come back fully, and then click
the fingers of the right hand and open the eyes.
Tips, Phase 1 (Vibration in the Larynx)
• It does not matter if in the beginning you find it difficult to
separate the physical vibration from the non-physical one. It is
enough to get a vague sense of the vibration, both physical and
non-physical, for the process to follow its course. Anyway, by
trying to be too precise your mind would probably get in the way
and block the process.
All that is related to the vibration will probably become clearer
after reading Chapters 4, 6 and 8 and practising the channel
release techniques.
• In the beginning it may be helpful to place your hand close to
your throat, about 1 inch away, to enhance the feeling of energy
in this area. Later on, this won't be necessary.
• For this practice as for any work on the larynx of energy, it is
crucial for the neck to be as vertical as possible.
What obvious differences can one observe between the bodies of
animals and those of human beings? A major one is that the human
spine is vertical while animals live mostly in a horizontal position.
Similarly, while animals have a larynx, it is not vertical. This gives
us a clue about the importance of verticality for the larynx to
achieve its cosmic status in connection with the Spirit. Another
clue can be found by perceiving what happens when you
implement the first phase of the meditation: as soon as you reach
a perfectly vertical position of the neck, a sudden enhancement of
the vibration takes place in your larynx.
Tips, phase 2 (vibration in the eye)
• The larynx of energy acts as an amplifier and a giver of shape.
By connecting the area between the eyebrows with the friction
coming from the throat, you work at building up the third eye.
In terms of experience, the intensification of the vibration in the
eye that takes place as soon as you connect it with the friction
indicates that the action of the larynx is taking place.
• As explained before, the vibration can also be felt as a tingling, a
pressure, a density... This phase works at building the etheric layer
of the third eye.
Tips, phase 3 (light in the eye)
• In the beginning, connecting the light in the eye with the
throat friction just means feeling the two simultaneously. Then it
automatically happens that an exchange takes place between the
two, by which the energy generated by the throat friction is
communicated to the part of your (third) eye that perceives light.
In practice the experience is quite simple: the friction seems to
‘feed’ the light, to make it more tangible and brighter, which is
another example of how the larynx can be used to ‘give shape’.
• Most of the students who think they can't see the light actually
see it but don't recognize it. You have to accept that in the
beginning, the feeling of light may be faint, like a blurry whitish
haze for instance. And yet this faint glow is the first thread. Use
the amplifying effect of the larynx to develop it. Practise,
practise, practise... and the humble glow will turn into an
illumination.
Tips, phase 4 (the space)
• A common experience when reaching perception of the purple
space, is that of an immense feeling of relief in the heart, as if a
huge weight had suddenly been lifted. As soon as you contact the
inner space, your heart feels immensely lighter. Some explanations
for this will be found in section 3.10.
Tips, phase 5 (the vortex)
• The clockwise direction should not be taken as systematic and
compulsory. As always, you have to follow the energy of the
instant, and that may sometimes make you spin backwards and
anticlockwise. Nevertheless, when no particular wind takes you
backwards, it is preferable to move forwards and clockwise.
• The vortex is both a vortex and a tunnel at the same time. It is
preferable not to have fixed expectations as to what it should look
like. Let the perception arise by itself gradually.
• Spinning in the space leads to an elaborated science of the
vortices, through which one can travel far in space and time. This
introduces a form of travelling in which the purpose is not to
project yourself outside your body, but to go so deep inside that
there is nothing left to get out of. The vortex effect that leads
from one space-time to another is used intensively in ISIS, the
Clairvision techniques of regression.
• Approach the vortex with great respect and wonder, as you
would approach an archangel aeons older than you, and it will take
you into extraordinary mysteries.
Thoughts during meditation
If thoughts arise during meditation do not pay attention to them,
just follow the process. You will soon notice that a strong
vibration between the eyebrows tends to quieten the mind and
significantly slow down its continuous flow of thoughts. So no
need to fight mentally against the thoughts. Just don't focus your
attention on them. Each time you get distracted by a thought,
simply go back into the eye and continue the exercise. Persist in
the process, and as the third eye develops, thoughts will
automatically become less and less of a problem. Past a certain level
of development the third eye gives the capacity to get completely
out of the mind and thus out of the thoughts at will.
Often, when the level of thoughts becomes disturbing, one can
quieten them down by intensifying the throat friction, which has
the action of reinforcing the vibration in the eye. But remember
that in our meditation, the purpose is not to make the mind silent
– a notoriously hopeless exercise – but to build the third eye.
Once this is achieved, thoughts won't matter any more.
Synopsis of the third eye meditation
Preparation: sitting with your back vertical
1) Throat friction + vibration in the larynx
2) Throat friction + vibration between the eyebrows
3) Throat friction + light between the eyebrows
4) Space
5) Spinning in the space: the vortex
Non-technique: just awareness above the head
Suggested times for each phase:
• For a 30 minute meditation: 5 minutes for each of the 5 phases,
plus 5 minutes above the head.
• For a 60 minute meditation: Phase 1, 5 minutes. Phase 2, 10
minutes. Phase 3, 10 minutes. Phase 4, 10/15 minutes. Phase 5,
15/20 minutes. 5 minutes above the head.
• For a 10 minute meditation: take roughly 2 minutes for each
phase.
Do not neglect phase 1, even when short of time, for it is an
essential part of the process.
3.8 More humming/buzzing
This technique uses the humming sound we practised in section 2.4.
Sit with your back straight and become aware in the throat.
Repeat phases 1, 2 and 3 of the third eye meditation, using
humming/buzzing instead of the throat friction.
Then let yourself be immersed in the space, as in phases 4 and 5,
using humming sound from time to time to penetrate deeper into
the space.
Tip
• These humming sounds provide a powerful way to project
yourself into the space. Don't hesitate to have recourse to them
whenever you are disturbed by thoughts or mental activities
during your meditation.
3.9 How to organize your practice
During the first days of your practice do as much meditation as
you can, repeating the first opening practice (section 3.2), and
using the third eye meditation (3.7), as well as its equivalent with
the humming sounds (3.8) and any other techniques you may pick
up from the rest of the book. This strong initial imprint will
make it easier to follow the rest of the process.
Then a good way to proceed is to spend some time every morning
practising the third eye meditation (3.7) and other exercises. For
instance, meditate for 20 or 30 minutes, then practise the channel
release exercises (Chapters 4, 6 and 8) for 10 minutes, then the
techniques on seeing (Chapters 5 and 7) for 10 minutes, then the
techniques on protection (Chapters 18 and 20) for 10 minutes. Do a
night practice (Chapters 13, 14, 15) every evening before going to
sleep, and possibly in the afternoon or early evening, for instance
if you are tired after coming home from work.
If you have more time it is certainly possible, and beneficial, to
devote longer periods to the exercises. Yet it should be clear that
the Clairvision techniques have been designed for those who live in
the world. They do not invite you to withdraw from your
activities, but to start performing them with a new awareness, as
will be discussed in Chapter 9.
To succeed, the secret is not so much to spend long hours
meditating but to incorporate more and more of these practices
into each of your daily activities. The cornerstone of our method
is to maintain a permanent awareness in the eye (between the
eyebrows) whatever you are doing (apart from sleeping). This does
not refer to the light or the space, which are to be kept for
meditation times. But by permanently keeping an awareness of
some vibration between the eyebrows, you will achieve a double
purpose. On the one hand you will gradually become more present
in your actions, and centred; on the other hand your third eye
will be nurtured by your awareness and develop into a powerful
centre of energy. So all the techniques of this book are to be
regarded as occasions to cultivate a new awareness. The first and
main benefit of our techniques of vision is that to implement
them you have to remain aware and present between the eyebrows.
If you are short of time, you can very well follow the process
indicated in this book by meditating (technique 3.7) only 5 to 10
minutes every morning and incorporating the other practices into
your daily routines. But these 5/10 minutes of morning
meditation are essential for the development of your third eye. If
your schedule is such that your practice time is in the evening and
not in the morning, still try to keep the 5/10 minutes of morning
meditation at any cost, for they secure a reconnection of your
eye, which completely modifies your energy for the whole of the
day.
Whatever format you decide to adopt for your practice, remember
that this part of the path has to do with building – subtle body
building. The more you practise, the quicker the building will be
achieved.
3.10 The mysteries of the space
While practising ISIS, the Clairvision techniques of regression, it is
not uncommon to re-experience the condition of the embryo
during the very first days that follow conception. The foetus can
be felt ‘bathing’ in the purple space. The purple space is all around
it, like a sea. The embryo is very tiny and the space around is felt
to be immense. This space is no different from the purple space
that you perceive in your eye, in the fourth and fifth phases of
the third eye meditation.
To the embryo the space is outside, all around itself. But to us, the
same space is inside. To enter the space we have to withdraw inside
and go through the portal of the third eye. In the Upanishads, a
human being is compared to a city with ten gates. Nine of these
gates lead outside and only one leads inside. The nine external gates
are the two eyes, the two ears, the two nostrils, the mouth, the
anus and the generative organ. The tenth gate is the third eye, or
ājñā-cakra, which does not open into the external world but into
the inner space.
So what was outside for the embryo is now inside for us. During
the embryological processes that build up the foetus, an
internalization of the astral space has taken place. It is a
fascinating reversal, through which the inside becomes the outside
and the outside becomes the inside. And at death the opposite takes
place: the individual reintegrates into the space.
This leads us to a deeper understanding of the word ‘existence’,
used to describe the period of life on Earth. In Latin, ex means
out, and sistere means to take position. Existence therefore means
to take position out, that is, to exit from the space. Existence is
the temporary exit from the space that we experience between
birth and death.
Now you can understand the feeling of relief in your heart when
you immerse yourself in the purple space during meditation. It is
as if your heart was suddenly relieved of all the pressures of
incarnated life, all the troubles of existence – enough to make you
feel much lighter! One of the results of initiation is to establish a
permanent connection with the space without losing any of one's
anchorage on Earth. One can then enjoy the peace of the cosmic
space and at the same time, remain fully involved in one's daily
activities. Past a certain level, the joyful lightness forever stays in
your heart, whatever may be happening outside.
Yet let it be very clear that the purpose of the Clairvision style of
work is not to take you out of incarnation into some happy-floaty
paradise, but to prepare you for a work of alchemy,
transformation of the very substance of your bodies. The purpose
is enlightenment here and now, in the middle of the cosmic mess
of modern life. Paradoxically, connecting with the space creates an
inner freedom that allows you to be more fully in the world.
