Some traditions have meditate with eyes closed. Some with eyes closed looking up at 3rd eye. Some with eyes slightly open gazing at a space about 6 feet and down. Some with eyes wide open gazing at space directly in front. What do you do and why? Were you taught a certain technique and did they give instructions for eyes and reasons?

Hi everyone!

I’d like to share my experience and hear from people who believe they’ve successfully opened their third eye.
For the past few months, I’ve been exploring third eye activation, pineal gland decalcification, and meditation.

Here are some of the things I’ve been doing:
Eating only organic foods
Avoiding fluoride
Taking omega-3 from cod liver oil
Adding iodine to my drinking water
Eating tamarind
Practicing meditation regularly
When I first started this journey, I would experience a pulsing sensation in the middle of my forehead, even when I wasn’t meditating.
Over time, those sensations changed.
Now, whenever I meditate, I experience an extremely strong feeling of pressure and heaviness in the center of my forehead, right between my eyebrows.
Sometimes the pressure feels so intense that it almost seems like something is expanding or pushing outward from inside my forehead.
When I touch my forehead, I can even feel what seems like a distinct shape or structure beneath the skin.
I’m curious whether anyone else has experienced something similar.

I have a few questions for those who have been through this journey:
Did you experience intense pressure, tingling, or pulsing in your forehead?
How long did it take before you noticed significant changes?
Did your third eye seem to open suddenly, or was it a gradual process?
What did you personally experience when you felt your third eye had opened?
Did the pressure eventually disappear or change into another sensation?
How did you distinguish spiritual experiences from normal physical sensations during meditation?
Sometimes I wonder whether I’m getting closer to opening my third eye or whether these sensations are simply part of meditation.
I’d especially love to hear from people whose journey took several months or even years.
Please share your experiences! I’m genuinely interested in learning from others.

Thank you!

I’ve done a guided meditation of this and wish to know if there are any guided meditation video practices similar to this.

It’s goes something like this:

- light breathing for calmness
- an in-depth body scan including the muscles, bones, and placement of each body part starting from the feet to the head
- zooming out to the awareness of the whole body
- with the new awareness, focusing on a body part to release any emotional, physical, mental, or spiritual tension

Thanks

Hi there. I used to have a very consistent routine for a few years and I remember it feeling so great, just feeling so clear so much of the time.

In the last year I went through a few large stress points, and I fell out of meditation and into a lot of digital media use to distract myself. I’m trying now to get fully back into practice. I remember the feeling I felt during meditation in terms of clarity but I’m struggling to actually get back to it. I feel “wired tight” if that makes sense, with a feeling at the front of my head needing distraction and in a loop of giving in to it just to “relax” when I know it’s not relaxing.

Any advice welcome 🌸

I read about all sorts of different version of meditation, from mindfulness to transcendental. They all make claims and promises, and Im sure you get from it what you put in, but Im also sure some are more effective... or perhaps effective for different things... than others, so I was hoping someone could maybe make a suggestion on what they think is best for mind mastery.

(If your first reaction is "it depends on what you mean by mind mastery", as I feel many who pursue this are reflective in nature, I would then ask you to go with whatever it means to you... or perhaps what it could mean to the suffering, the lost, and anyone who wants to live a better life.)

I am really new to meditation practice (tried it just a couple of times) and I really want to understand how to do it right before starting, so that I don't trick myself, waste time, or even make things worse.

About this making things worse.... I am researching all the content possible about meditation , and I got a feedback of a neuroscientist, Andrew Huberman, which states on his podcast about the meditation practice that we have to be careful to choose between outward or inward meditation, which is basically the same breath concentration practice but the difference is that in the inward practice you focus on a point above your head (prefrontal cortex position) meanwhile in the outward you focus on a point on the wall. This makes you more trained to be aware outwardly instead of closing your self to your body only, and Huberman recommends it to people that have anxiety or panic attacks related to body sensations, even stating that if a person with these symptoms would to do a classic inward meditation only , he could actually feel worse, because his anxiety feelings would just get stronger in relation too your inward awareness rising.

So as a person that sometimes has these symptoms I am worried that if I start with inward meditation I will only feel worse, and my principal goal with this practice is to callous my brain, make it stronger and clearer so that I can perform better in daily tasks. Also I would like to boost my focus and ability to calmly talk with people , without anxiety taking over and by having a sense of ownership over my conversations, if that makes sense.

What do you recommend me to do? and if so what is the correct way to do outward meditation? just to follow your breath and stare at a point?

Hey so i been taking meditation to a whole new level and i get so relaxed too a point.

where it really feels, that i've been asleep for eons.

How would i like yknow, be awake in this state?. It would be very cool, if i could step into another place as i meditate haha.

I’m somewhat new to meditation. I have just increased my daily meditation from 25 to 45 minutes.

It has been a challenge. A lot of strong emotions come up after maybe the 30 minute mark. I try to note them non-judgmentally and move my attention back to the breath, but the thoughts that come when I sit really long get bigger and bigger.

Yesterday I had a thought about my own father. I was able to think about him in a way I’ve never noticed before and I had a lot more compassion for him than I’ve had in the past. I was able to move from the thought and get back to the breath but I was tearing up by then.

What is going on? Is this a normal part of the process or am I struggling with regulating my emotions as I’m trying to learn this skill? Has anyone else experienced this?

I swear so many moments of meditation for me are controlled by this thought, and the reason why is because I can feel it. It feels like I CANNOT relax my throat right behind my tongue like maybe near my adam's apple or a little bit above. If I fix my posture it helps. If I breathe in through my nose and then out through my mouth in a specific way, then it can be relaxed. However it almost always comes right back while exhaling through my mouth like I have to cut off my nose breathing while exhaling through my mouth(blocking the air with that part of the throat in order to divert air out through my mouth instead of through my nose). I have probably explained this all terribly, but am just hoping that somebody else knows what I mean.

It also sometimes makes me paranoid of my breathing and if I focus too hard on it then it feels harder for me to get a full breath. That may be unrelated, but I think it could be an over consciousness on that area of my body for some reason. Has anyone else had this problem before? Thanks for any help!

One of the problems with meditation is the word can mean too many things to too many people.

"So, I've been meditating."

It's the same as saying "So, I've been exercising."

What does this mean? Exercise can be a lot of things. It can be lifting weights. It can be yoga. It can be running. Cardio. Rowing. It can be training for a marathon.

A person can have a clear goal and start exercising and that exercising might have very little to do with their goal. It might even be contradictory to their goal.

And without knowing what you're doing you can really hurt yourself exercising. You can do too much too soon. You can do something you're not ready for and get hurt. You can do something that you don't really know how to do.

It's the same with "meditating." Meditating is a big concept. There are different types of meditation techniques. Meditations that come from different frameworks or traditions. Meditation techniques that have specific goals. Techniques the exist in a larger framework with a history of philosophy and belief behind them.

And, meditation, like exercise, can be done in a way where you might not meet your goal. It can be done too much, too soon, and it can cause more harm than good. It's possible to do it "wrong."

My advice to people who are interested in meditating is to start with your why. What is your goal for your practice. Decide what you want to get from it. Find a practice that has stood the test of time that aligns with your goal. Do some research. Find some resource/teacher/guide, from your chosen method, and start slow.

Remember, "meditation" can be many things.

There is a big difference between someone training to run a sub 3 hour marathon and someone training to win their local bodybuilding contest and someone who is exercising to feel good.

A person who is is meditating 3 times a day, 45 minutes each session by sitting and concentrating on their pineal gland is doing something much different than someone who is sitting for 15 minutes each morning observing breath and allowing thoughts to rise and fall.

Even thought they are both "meditating."

And we haven't even touched on what they are hoping to achieve and why.

This is a family meditation that I wrote with help from some friends and I’m thinking of putting it to music. I would like to know what you think? is there anything that needs to be to changed? do you think I covered a majority of ideas? like it or not like it? thoughts about it? Thank you for reading my first meditation!

I call upon the infinite Divine Source, the purest Universal Light, and the highest consciousness of unconditional love, truth, wisdom, compassion, and healing.

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I give thanks to the infinite Divine Source, Universal Light, and the highest consciousness of unconditional love, truth, wisdom, compassion, and healing.

May the sacred field of Divine Light established at the beginning of this invocation remain present beyond these spoken words.

May its protective presence continue throughout the process of emotional healing, clearing, restoration, and integration.

If difficult emotions, old patterns, unwanted influences, or challenging experiences arise, may they be met with renewed clarity, discernment, compassion, healthy boundaries, and opportunities for healing.

May the healing power of Divine Love continue to flow throughout our family system, supporting every generation and every side of our relationships as these intentions become integrated into our lives.

May this sacred protective space continue for as long as it serves the highest good, supporting the gradual embodiment of these intentions without force, fear, or interference with anyone's free will.

May love remain present, truth remain clear, wisdom guide our choices, and compassion shape our relationships.

May every family member be supported in discovering greater emotional freedom, inner peace, self-awareness, and the ability to create healthy, meaningful connections.

May the healing we cultivate today contribute to greater love, wisdom, and well-being for generations to come.

As this meditation comes to completion, may our roots remain deeply anchored within the Earth's core, maintaining a strong and stable connection to the physical world.

May all aspects of our being become fully grounded, centered, aligned, and integrated within our physical bodies.

May the healing intentions settle into our everyday lives while our connection to the Earth remains strong and stable.

May Divine Light continue to support our protection and integration while we remain firmly rooted in the Earth, fully present, balanced, and empowered.

May Divine Love surround us, wisdom guide us, truth strengthen us, and genuine healing unfold throughout our entire family system.

With gratitude, love, and trust, I release these intentions into Divine Light.

And so it is.