The BROW (3rd Eye) CHAKRA:
Identified by Yoga as 'the seat of the Soul,' the famous Third-Eye Chakra (or energy-center) is located in the center of the FOREHEAD or brow; and is associated with SPIRITUAL TRUTH. Anytime one must resolve issues of what IS true on an absolute or philosophic level, this Chakra may become 'stressed,' leading to pain, abnormalities of hearing, vision and/or psychic phenomena.
As the 'source' or center of psychic knowledge, this Chakra produces our Dreams and Fantasies, as well as such advanced psychic states as Clairvoyance, Telepathy, Clairaudience and Spirit Communication. These are simply 'normal' functions of this powerful Chakra!, but anyone unaccustomed to them may find them shocking or a bit frightening, at first. As such, this Chakra is often the source of psychological as well as psychic-phenomena upheavals.
While it is easy to understand why some people experiencing their first 'opening of the Third Eye' may wonder if they are "losing their mind" (sadly, a view reinforced by the profoundly anti-mystical sciences of Psychiatry and Behaviorism, which regard ALL psychic phenomena as 'mental illness!,') it MAY in fact really mean that the individual is finally FINDING their mind; for all of these psychic traits are simply NATURAL PARTS OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE.
"Mental Illness" is really the INABILITY TO HANDLE psychic phenomena, not it's mere presence. One of the first things that anyone complaining of psychic states needs is a thorough education in the Psychic Sciences as taught by the ancient academies and traditions of Asia and the Mideast; Yoga, Kaballah, Egyptology and Philosophic Buddhism all recognize psychic states as NATURAL, and desirable.
A good way to begin evaluating stress or change to this Chakra is by identifying the precise EFFECTS the individual is experiencing. The following list should cover most possibilities..
From weakness or pain to the eyes or ears, to migraine or skull-pressure headaches to the forehead or sides of the head (including dizziness or nausea,) the purely physical stress to this Chakra indicates that the individual is STRUGGLING TO LEARN THE REAL TRUTHS ABOUT THEIR SOUL AND IT'S PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE. In-depth study of Mystical Philosophy along with any religious-deprogramming that may be needed, are the best 'cure!' Immediate relief may be had by a balancing of the energy-flow in the two Meridians of Acupuncture which nourish this Chakra (see the bottom of this page for details on those.)
This least-problematic yet still distressing level of Psychic Disturbance is simply the Opening Of The Third Eye Chakra, long understood by the Metaphysical Philosophies of the world. Dreams are the mind's BRIDGE between the two halves of our Reality (the Physical and Metaphysical worlds;) and any major change in one's Dream-life indicates a new level of ACCESS to that Other Half of the mind (the Right, Clairvoyant-Intuitive Lobe of the brain.) In-depth DREAM-ANALYSIS on a daily basis, along with a deliberate program of Mystical Development (such as Yogic or Kaballist training) is really the only lasting solution.. for the mind can not cease seeing what is REALLY THERE; all we can do is help it UNDERSTAND what it is seeing. In time, such training can turn such chaotic, confusing inner symbolic events into a clear channel of Metaphysical Insight.
To interpret the Symbols in Dreams and other Inner States, click-on..
ONLY those people born and raised within a religious background are prone to 'seeing devils.' ONLY those people whose religious programming FORBIDS them a free expression of their sexual needs are prone to "incubus" or 'sexual demons' trying to seduce them. ONLY those people with a religiously-implanted tendency in that direction are prone to "hauntings," possessions and 'curses.' All such phenomena are simply SOCIAL ILLNESS rather than 'mental illness' (though the one MAY lead to the other;) and the proper "treatment" of Social Illness is EDUCATION. Since it is religions which expound the theory that there are 'evils' or 'bad' spirits (the Disloyal Opposition to their OWN socio-political party!,) it is with religion that the educational therapy must begin. A course of study in World Religions (to explain the ORIGINS of their problem) is a good first step.
"De-Programming" or the careful overcoming of religious dreads and fears (by replacing them with something WHOLESOME, such as mystical philosophy) should be accompanied by SELF-LIBERATION COUNSELING; helping the individual to see what parts of themselves their 'bad psychic phenomena' really SYMBOLIZED. In most cases that will be seen to have been their own sexual, psychic or lifestyle FREEDOMS, merely judged as bad by an antiquated religious cult which was itself afraid of Reality. In general, whatever the 'bad spirits' were trying to demonstrate or encourage in the individual is really THEIR PERSONAL FUTURE, trying to emerge through a battleground of religious bigotry. It is the task of the Holistic Counselor to help the individual find WHOLESOME ways of attaining those Freedoms and Skills.
"Delusionary States' or the inability to seperate psychic symbols from 'real events' in the physical world is the ONLY real proof of 'mental illness.' Virtually anyone 'might' see a "ufo" or a ghost, a 'god' or a deceased relative, or begin receiving telepathic communications; those are simply Psychic Phenomena. But when the individual begins to build a PURELY "Seperate Reality" for themselves based upon purely Metaphysical or Symbolic events (such as thinking that the Space Brothers are going to arrive any day now, and take you away to their distant planet!, or that God has made you his ONLY Special Messenger, to whom he whispers the Fate of everybody ELSE if they don't agree with you!,) then CLEARLY one has lost control of the Logical-Analytic function of the OTHER (non-clairvoyant) lobe of the brain.
Drug therapies exist for 'sedating' such unbalanced minds, while they "heal" from the shock they have received; a referral to a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist is really the ONLY course possible in such cases. Later, when the mind can once-again HANDLE the fact that we are multi-dimensional beings with half of our lives in a purely Metaphysical Universe, they MAY be able to study their psychic shock-experience objectively; but WHILE IT IS OCCURING they are quite incapable of telling Physics from Metaphysics, and attempting to 'explain' that to them is a total waste of time. PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT IS NECESSARY in all such cases.
The two points marked by an 'x' in the drawings above are Acupressure Massage Points you may use to help balance the energy in this Meridian. A few minutes of light massage here can help a lot! NOTE that if both points on both arms or legs are equally VERY painful to massage, you may have an energy-imbalance too strong for massage-therapy to solve; a visit to an Acupuncturist or your primary Physician is recommended.
The two points marked by an 'x' in the drawings above are Acupressure Massage Points you may use to help balance the energy in this Meridian. A few minutes of light massage here can help a lot! NOTE that if both points on both arms or legs are equally VERY painful to massage, you may have an energy-imbalance too strong for massage-therapy to solve; a visit to an Acupuncturist or your primary Physician is recommended.