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The Chakras are energy vortices of the energy body that comprise part of the energy system. When perfectly open and balanced, one is lead to the experience of a harmonious reality, connection to the Oneness in everything, and ultimately to union with the Divine Consciousness.
Ajna and Health Issues
Darwinian theorists claim that the Third Eye is a remainder from a reptilian stage of human evolution, but it may actually have been the primary ‘eye’ to form within our brain and should in fact be called the First Eye!
Associated Body System
Physical issues associated with Ajna are headaches and problems within the skull generally
generally, including the eye and ears. If you are continually stressed or experiencing headaches, part of the solution is to give attention to the Brow Chakra. Perhaps you are not nourishing ‘her’ enough with meditation and visualisation in quiet times, and must learn, for the sake of your own health, to switch off completely from this noisy modern world. If you sit in front of a computer for too long, the photoreceptors in your eyes become stressed - and headaches result. To counter this, visualisation with the colour green (as the light seen through trees), or taking a regular break from your computer and simply looking at some grass or vegetation outside, will relax your eyes, helping to keep your energy levels up and your health good, since the world of Nature benefits your whole complex.
Associated Endocrine Gland
Ajna is linked with the pituitary gland and energetically with the pineal gland. The pineal resembles a tiny pine-cone, in the centre of the brain directly behind the eyes. Research indicates that the pineal may be photo-receptive and able to sense light directly, because scientists have realised that is has a similar structure to the retina of the eye. A number of reptiles (especially small lizards) have a pineal gland that receives information from a rudimentary third eye with a lens, and similar photo-receptors to eye retinas. It is believed this enables them to see in ranges of light that are not normally possible for humans - such as infra-red and ultra-violet (UV).
The pineal gland also secretes melanin and seratonin, which come into play when visualising or relaxing prior to meditation. Our pineal gland is stimulated by a whole range of electromagnetic energy around us; far from being a degenerate gland, as was once thought, it is self-activating as ultraviolet light surges towards Earth in the cosmic winds. By penetrating the decreasing ozone layer around our planet, UV light is beginning to have a profound effect on the raising of human consciousness.
Source: The Chakra Bible by Patricia Mercier
