Can opening your 3rd eye drain you?

[alpine9]

Hi
  I have to agree with Orion.

  In NEW stimulating any of the major chakras before you develop your secondery centers and energy body can cause a psychological imbalance, especaily if you work on one intensely.
   

[stan]

In NEW stimulating any of the major chakras before you develop your secondery centers and energy body can cause a psychological imbalance, especaily if you work on one intensely.

It might be more beneficient in terms of faster progress of chakra development (which I don't know if it is or isn't), but it's not accurate to say that it can cause psychological imbalance. I've been working on first few chakras for quite some time, and have only experienced benefits. There's a lot of misinformation about dangers of opening chakras out there. Only "danger" is that person might get frightened by a psychic faculty.

[astraladdict]

How about you just meditate and work on the body and mind through there. Instead of the "New energy" system. No imbalances caused from meditating : )

~astraladdict

[HiRes]

How about you just meditate and work on the body and mind through there. Instead of the "New energy" system. No imbalances caused from meditating : )

~astraladdict

Because my mind is ADD, I find it hard to just focus. There has to be more external effects to distract my mind. I am learning to focus on all my chakras at once. I can barley feel my throat chakra. I will gradually work on focusing on each chakra till it feels natural so I can just do it all at once. I might need to raise my Kundalini (carefully)
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[Xanth]

Because my mind is ADD, I find it hard to just focus.

Then you have quite the uphill battle.
It's one that CAN be won if you have the dedication to win it. 

[HiRes]

Then you have quite the uphill battle.
It's one that CAN be won if you have the dedication to win it. 

v.v yeah, I just need to work harder
It helps that I just found a friend that is into the same stuff A meditation buddy

[JLB]

Any type of Energy work will drain you IF your Chakras are not in balance. One must first Focus on the Heart as it is the CENTER of ALL. Once that is accomplished you move to your Lower Chakras and get them into balance before moving on to the Higher chakras. The Lower Chakras help with your Grounding and that is very important when you start working with Higher Vibrations and that is why One will feel drained and You will also Not experience the full capability of your 3rd eye Not to mention " It could also be a bad experience". The 3rd eye is a very powerful thing and not something to be played with unless One first has the Base to control it and second the Acceptance for what IT is and will show you?

[i smoke and drink coffee]

I'm not sure how to approach this topic with all that's already been said.

One way to begin building your third eye is to sit in a room with a candle.  Sit in front of the candle, about ten feet away.  Watch the flame, pending physical sight capacity, watch the shadows move if the flame flickers.
Then, close your eyes, and notice the imprint in your retina.  Now, keep eyes closed until that imprint goes away.  Then, 'see' the flame in memory, access your memory and see the flame.  Keep your physical eyes charged with psi as you do this, and continue to notice the flickering of light in the shadowed viel as it strikes your eyelids.

Open your eyes, notice the flame.  Stare at the flame.  When you think you have enough, close your eyes, and see the imprint in your retina.  When it fades, and, your eyeballs are still 'seeing' the viel of eyelids  (a common problem is that people 'turn their eyes off' when they go to sleep, I still do, for good reason though), then see the flame in memory, now, change the color of the flame to a vibrant pink or purple or even white or blue, bright, astral blue like on these forums.  Hold that image until it burns an imprint into your mind itself. 

Open your eyes.  Now, see the flame as the same color, in your 'mental space' that you have just created.  Basically, keep repeating this process until the candle burns out and you have a fully charged third eye.  ((There is more to this than is being said here, some will recognize what is being said, old wizard stuff)).

Bare in mind, your other senses.  Listen for the scintillant hum of the flame.  Notice the man in the flame, feel his struggle for freedom, fight it with him and make the fire dance, even release a longer, thicker, brighter flame.  Old candle magic is pure skill building.  Also, your third eye can also be considered, 'your awareness itself'.  I don't know how your mind works, or how your memory works.  Some people are photographic, others are acoustic, others remember through sentiments, phrases, associations, or emotions.  If you can combine all that, you'll have a fair size head and hefty, ready and capable brain.  Don't put too much faith in your brain though, it too can be stolen.  If you go that far, you'll have to prepare some kind of defensive mechanisms, without hurting yourself or nullifying your progress.  Some people have a stroke from breathing incorrectly, simply because they have too much brain that they aren't using anymore.  So be careful what you grow for brains.

[i smoke and drink coffee]

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