Meditating On The Third Eye

[dsd108]

Meditation at the third eye, is this allowed in Sikhism?

[Kaljug]

Meditation at the third eye, is this allowed in Sikhism?

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!

It's fine as a developmental tool and an aid to greater concentration.

There is a method of naam simran described in Sant Jagjit Singh Harkhowale's autobiography that involves meditation on 4 chakras for each of the 4 syllables of Waheguru gurmantra.

Sant Jagjit Singh however also says that meditation on chakras is not stable as the only true reality is Nirankar.

Some who meditate on ajna chakra find that it heightens their spiritual vision, but it can also make one a little "spacey" and lose touch with the material world; thus they recommend spending as much time meditating on the navel chakra, as this tends to ground ones spirituality in the material world. Apparently, it's kind of difficult to concentrate on work and chores if one is constantly seeing gods and angels. ;-)

K.

[das]

Asking if concentrating on third eye is valid in Sikhism is just like asking "Is it ok to eat through right/left side of the mouth" or say that "Is it ok to drink water, because there is a Hindu semi-deity owning water".

Concentrating on third eye or on any other chakra is NOT copyright by any religion. It is a technique to concentrate. Without these techniques, we canNOT achieve GOD......it's a different story that some does follow this technique intentionally and some does not want to follow any techniques, they just do Simran but ultimately the concentration comes to some chakaras and they are not aware of this.

But when we hear of Chakras, our thinking automatically attaches Chakras to some dangerous/mysterious stuff in yoga and/or Hinduism. But this is wrong. Charkas are nothing more than to rest our concentration on. Period.

e.g Sant Baba Isher Singh Ji (Rara Sahib wale) used to say that if you want to place some cloth on a wall, then you need to have some sort of killi (hanger) on the wall where we can hang our clothes. Same way, we need some thing in order to place our concentration on and this something is Chakras created by GOD. Other than helping to concentrate on, Chakras have NO other use in our body.

Now, the most important part is:

* Concentrating on 3rd eye or any other Chakra is just a technique to progress spiritually, but none of the technique will be effective unless given by given by the Guru or true real Brahmgyani. According to each individual's spiritual graph (from all previous births) decide that which Chakra is best for that individual.

e.g if you don't know any true real Brahmgyani, then Guru Granth Sahib Ji is there......try with PURAN shadra, either make some slips writing different techniques and do ARDAS to Guru Ji to guide you.....Guru Ji (Guru Granth Sahib Ji) will defintely guide you through another source or in your dreams or by giving you the slip as per your level.

Thank you

Edited October 2, 2009 by das

[Xylitol]

das did ardass to guru ji, please guide me, start within me the technique that is best for me. the simran technique happened automatically, and from then on i knew what to do.

[dalsingh101]

I always thought the third eye (theesree akh) was the part of your natural intuition/perceptive/cognitive system that developed as you got more proficient in your spirituality?

[sarabatam]

On 10/1/2009 at 2:24 PM, Kaljug said:

 

 

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!

 

It's fine as a developmental tool and an aid to greater concentration.

 

There is a method of naam simran described in Sant Jagjit Singh Harkhowale's autobiography that involves meditation on 4 chakras for each of the 4 syllables of Waheguru gurmantra.

 

Sant Jagjit Singh however also says that meditation on chakras is not stable as the only true reality is Nirankar.

 

Some who meditate on ajna chakra find that it heightens their spiritual vision, but it can also make one a little "spacey" and lose touch with the material world; thus they recommend spending as much time meditating on the navel chakra, as this tends to ground ones spirituality in the material world. Apparently, it's kind of difficult to concentrate on work and chores if one is constantly seeing gods and angels.

 

K.

Thanks that helps.