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1. "The 'Eye of Shiva' in the human being has its position in the center of the forehead between the 2 physical eyes. It is not to be confounded with the pineal gland, which is distinctly a physical center or gland. The 3rd Eye exists in aetheric matter (in the aetheric body) and is an aetheric Center of Force (The 6th Chakra), whereas the pineal gland is formed of matter of the 3 lower sub-planes of The Physical Plane. The latter, nevertheless, has to be functioning more or less before the 'Eye of Shiva' becomes in any degree active."
2. "The 3rd or Spiritual Eye has several functions. Amongst others, it is the organ for illumination, the unveiled Eye of The Soul, through which light and illumination comes into the mind, and thus the entire lower life becomes irradiated. It is also the organ through which pours the directing energy which streams out from the conscious, creating Adept to the instruments of service, his thought-forms. The little evolved do not, of course, employ The 3rd Eye for the stimulating of their thought-forms."
3. "One of the fundamental rules back of all magical processes is that no man is a magician or worker in White Magic until The 3rd Eye is opened or is in the process of opening, for it is by means of that Eye that the thought-form is energized, directed, and controlled and the lesser Builders (Devas) or Forces are swept into any particular line of activity. Its possessor can control The Builders of low degree."
4. "The 3rd Eye is the director of energy or force and thus an instrument of The Will of Spirit. It is The Eye of the inner vision, and he who has opened it can direct and control the energy of matter, see all things in The Eternal Now and therefore be in touch with causes more than with effects, read The Akashic Records, and see clairvoyantly. It is through the medium of this 'all-seeing Eye' that The Adept can at any moment put Himself in touch with his disciples anywhere."
5. "The 3rd Eye links the awakened physical plane man with The Astral or Subjective World and enables him to function consciously there. The 3rd Eye is the window of The Ego or Soul functioning on The Physical Plane whereby He looks inward into The 3 Worlds (Physical, Emotional, Mental)."
6. "Through the practice of the power of visualization, The 3rd Eye is developed. The forms visualized and the ideas and abstractions which are, in the process, mentally clothed and vehicled are pictured a few inches from The 3rd Eye. It is the knowledge of this which causes The Eastern Yogi to speak of concentration upon the tip of the nose. Behind this misleading phrase a great truth is veiled."
7. "The Center (Chakra) between the eyebrows, commonly called The 3rd Eye, has a unique and peculiar function. Students must not confound the pineal gland with The 3rd Eye. They are related but not the same. The 3rd Eye manifests as a result of the vibratory interaction between the forces of The Soul, working through the pineal gland (7th Chakra), and the forces of the personality, working through the pituitary body (6th Chakra). These negative and positive forces interact and when potent enough produce The Light in the head. Just as the physical eye came into being in response to the light of the sun, so The Spiritual Eye equally comes into being in response to The Light of The Spiritual Sun. As the aspirant developes, he becomes aware of The Light."
"As his awareness of this Light increases, so does the apparatus of vision develope, and the mechanism whereby he can see things in The Spiritual Light comes into being in the aetheric body. This is The 'Eye of Shiva', for it is only fully utilized in the magical work when the monadic aspect, the will aspect, is controlling."
"By means of The 3rd Eye, The Soul accomplishes 3 activities:
a. It is the eye of vision. By its means The Spiritual Man (The Soul through its incarnate expression) sees behind the forms of all aspects of divine expression. He becomes aware of The Light of the world and contacts The Soul within all forms. Just as the physical eye registers forms, so does The Spiritual Eye register the illumination within those forms, which illumination indicates a specific state of being. It opens up the world of radiance.
b. It is the controlling factor of the magical work. All white magical work is carried forward with a definite constructive purpose made possible through the use of the intelligent will. In other words, The Soul (Higher Self) knows The Plan, and when the alignment is right and the attitude correct (in the personality), The Will Aspect (1st Ray) of The Divine Man (Soul) can function and bring about results in The 3 Worlds (Physical, Emotional, Mental). The organ used is The 3rd Eye. Force flows through the focused 3rd Eye.
c. It has a destructive aspect, and the energy flowing through The 3rd Eye can have a disintegrating and destroying effect. It can, through its focused attention directed by the intelligent will, drive out physical matter. It is the agent of The Soul in the purificatory work."
"In a most mysterious sense, The Soul is the eye of The Monad (Higher Self of The Soul), enabling The Monad, which is pure Being, to work, to contact, to know, and to see."
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