“The Third Eye Chakra: Intuition, imagination, and wisdom”

The 6th Chakra, or Third Eye Chakra is directly related to our ability to use our intuition, our ability to see the unseen, and our ability to use our imagination. It controls our sixth sense and the celestial body. It is alternately called the Brow Chakra, but that seems a bit simplistic to me. It is generally based in the brow area, but also includes the brain and is the seat of your essence. This chakra governs our search for meaning in life, and our sense of spirituality and our emotional energy. 

All of the chakras affect our emotional and spiritual well-being, but the 3rd. eye chakra is at the core of our spirituality and beliefs about life and our place in it. Insuring that this chakra is balanced is critical. It is through the 3rd eye that that people see ghosts, auras and other phenomena unseen by our physical eyes. It is also through this chakra that we can receive messages from the past and the future. 

With a balanced 3rd eye chakra, our mental capacity is more developed, and our minds are sharper. Our health is better overall, and we are able to focus. This allows us to use our intuition and imagination and develop confidence and trust in ourselves. A balanced chakra enables us to receive those messages from the past or future, or even from the other side of the world. Our ability to perceive both the physical and ethereal world is enhanced by a balanced 3rd eye chakra. 

An unbalanced 3rd eye chakra leads to day dreaming, trouble sleeping. It can make us anxious and fearful of asserting ourselves. When this chakra is unbalanced, we tend to tune others out, and this can lead to a feeling of disorientation. People who submerge their real lives in a fantasy world often have an unbalanced 3rd eye chakra. 

Ways to Balance the 3rd Eye Chakra

·         Practice Meditation to develop your intuition. 

·         Look inward when you meditate. Some schools of thought say to close your eyes and roll your eyes up toward the top of your head, but you can choose your own path to allow yourself to receive those intuitive messages from within. 

·         Surround yourself with blues and purples to increase your sense of your 3rd eye chakra, and help you bring it back into balance. 

·         Add purple and indigo colors to your wardrobe and your surroundings, a scarf, or a blue or purple altar cloth or paining, can assist the flow of energy. Use the space that you’ve carved out for yourself to take the time to balance your 3rd eye chakra. 

·         Listen to classical music to enhance and balance the energies flowing through the third eye chakra. Find music that soothes you to help balance the 3rd eye chakra. 

·         Choose gemstones associated with the third eye chakra such as sapphire, amethyst, and tourmaline. You can wear them, or even just place them around your home. Carry them with you if you choose, in a medicine bag or just in a pocket or purse.

“I feel there are two people inside me - me and my intuition. If I go against her, she'll screw me every time, and if I follow her, we get along quite nicely.”  Kim Basinger