"How Do I Open My Third Eye?"
BEWARE: LONG BUT INFORMATIVE POST
Opening the third eye is a pretty exciting prospect, especially for budding practitioners. This “eye” helps us “see” with our intuition the energies around us that aren’t quite always physically felt. But “seeing” is kind of a misnomer, in my opinion. The third eye, in fact, can allow us to see, hear, touch, and even sometimes smell and taste what is going on in “astral”, the common term for the plane outside of the physical realm.
But how does one begin to “open this eye”?
There are many different methods, but one thing I strongly believe in is that the third eye should be “opened” and trained like a muscle. Don’t rush it, and increase training in small increments at a time. A lot of times I have seen someone’s third eye be forced open too quickly, leading to it “snapping shut” so intensely that opening it again is incredibly difficult; this is kind of like when you pull a muscle or damage it from overwork, and as a result have to keep off of it for a long while until it heals and then go through physical therapy to bring it back to normal before strengthening it again.
Meditation will be something a lot of people will recommend. I understand that this is a very broad statement, since meditation comes in so many different forms. So, here is a specific exercise regimen I recommend:
For 5-15 minutes, put as much focus as you can on a single plant. Recommended is a houseplant or one on your property, but going out in the wild and finding one to sit in front of is fine. Spend this time describing, either in your head, in writing, or out loud, the physical traits of this plant. Explore your physical senses (of course, please do not eat or sniff or touch plants that may be hazardous to your health.) and take these details into account. Journal them if you feel the need to. After the physical is described, start to question to yourself how this plant “feels” to you- If you were to give its aura a color, what would it be? What emotion do you think it has in the moment? What does it want in that moment? Trust those gut feelings, journal them. Maybe even document it with a photo.
Each time you do this (I recommend no more than once a day, with breaks every few days at first) pick a different plant. Once you start feeling comfortable, venture out to plants in locations you don’t frequent extremely often. Once you feel comfortable reading plants, move on to animals, from less complex and familiar to wild ones (stay safe please, watching in a zoo is a good idea for wild ones).
Finally, move on to people, with their permission, of course. I would say the most complex readings are on people and objects, since objects tend to have energy traces with some of their own energy at their core.
Try your best to take your time and trust your body. If you feel headaches coming on when doing this exercise, stop immediately and let your third eye rest for a day or two. Headaches while trying to read energy can be the first sign of overworking your third eye.
Sorry for the long post, but I wish you all the luck!
TLDR; Train your third eye by conditioning it like a muscle. Small amounts at a time, go plants -> animals -> people (with permission) -> objects. Headaches while performing can be a warning sign that you’re overworking it, so take a break and begin again after about a day or so.
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