User:Leannecr/Third eye

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 * 1) The third eye chakra is relative to the pineal gland, located deep within the center of the brain and is responsible for the secretion of melatonin. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/23334-pineal-gland#:~:text=The%20pineal%20gland%20was%20commonly,the%20physical%20and%20spiritual%20worlds.
 * 2) Most commonly, Buddha is seen with the third eye, representing a state of consciousness and vision superior to ordinary people, and those who unlock their third eye can have religious visions, supernatural precognitions, or experiences. https://www.buddha-heads.com/buddha-head-statues/third-eye-of-the-buddha/
 * 3) Meditation is said to activate the pineal gland through vibration, while chanting causes stimulation to this gland through resonation of the tetrahedron bone within the nose. https://www.healthline.com/health/mind-body/how-to-open-your-third-eye#how-to-open-it


 * 1) (Insert Image of Buddha) Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, sitting beneath a Bodhi tree meditating and attaining enlightenment after 49 days. https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/detail/F.1975.14.5.S/

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In Buddhism


 * 1) In Buddhism, the third eye is said to be located around the middle of the forehead, slightly above the junction of the eyebrows, Buddhists regard the third eye as the "eye of consciousness", representing the vantage point from which enlightenment beyond one's physical sight is achieved, and use an urna to the same effect as Hindus.[citation needed] The third eye, or the “Eye of Wisdom”, is discerned on the deity Buddha. https://www.lotussculpture.com/blog/third-eye-hinduism-buddhism/

In Hinduism

In Hinduism, the third eye refers to the ajna (or brow) chakra, said to be located around the middle of the forehead, slightly above the junction of the eyebrows. Hindus place a "tilaka" between the eyebrows as a representation of the third eye, which is also seen on expressions of Shiva.[citation needed] '''He is reffered to as "Tryambaka Deva", or the three-eyed lord, where his third eye symbolizes the power of knowledge, and the detection of evil. His eye is depicted by three horozontal lines in the middle of his forehead. https://bjo.bmj.com/content/bjophthalmol/93/2/136.full.pdf'''

In Theosophy

Adherents of theosophist H. P. Blavatsky have suggested that the third eye is in fact the partially dormant pineal gland, which resides between the two hemispheres of the brain. Reptiles and amphibians sense light via a third parietal eye—a structure associated with the pineal gland—which serves to regulate their circadian rhythms, and for navigation, as it can sense the polarization of light. '''She states that certain functions of the mind is associated with the pineal gland and the acervulus cerebri was absent in children below the age of six. '''