Recently, I watched a talk on the evolution of our eyes. Very early on, living things developed a single eye that was sensitive to just light and shadow. Life then developed a three-eye structure with 2 sensors on the sides and the original one up front.
In other words, most beings have 3 eyes, not 2. And yes, the third eye is actually the first.
Over time, the side eyes developed more. Different evolutionary tracks developed the eyes differently, like Octopi eyes have a different structure than those of invertebrates. But they follow the same principles: the ability to focus and a greater variety of receptors. For many animals, the side eyes moved forward for better depth perception. And the first eye moved back into the head. In humans, that eye is what we now call the pineal gland. It’s still light-sensitive.
Many reptiles still have the first eye on the surface. It looks like a forehead spot but remains light-sensitive.
In primates, however, its physical role is muted, but it continues to have a role in subtle perception. Particularly with its connection to the third eye chakra.Â
Sight itself is powered by the third fire chakra in the gut. But in the multilayered nature of our existence, that first eye is tied to deeper seeing and knowing.
Davidya
Hi Davidya,
I have read and re-read the last paragraph in your article above. I feel it contains something (for me to see) but I’m not sure what. Can you elaborate? Perhaps we can pull it out together – let’s see!
Thank you
Pri
Hi Pri
Sure. The chakras are all present from the causal-celestial right up to the somatic. Even though the fire chakra powers sight and the mental body, the third eye chakra is present in the mental body too. Add the physical eyes, and you have mechanisms of seeing in 5 of our bodies/layers. They’re all simultaneously present.
The same is true for the other senses. And the more subtle bodies are all present in the more expressed ones.
We can use simpler maps to understand the basics, but that can fall apart as we explore .
That help? đŸ™‚
Yup yup I see and feel this.
How is sight powered by the fire chakra in the gut?
Hi Pri
We could say it’s the flavour of energy or prana.
Fire is the element that sight is most attuned to. The chakra is like the battery or power filter for the mental body that processes the senses, especially sight.
It’s interwoven and not really separate from the other bodies, etc.
Hmmm yes ok I see.
Now if we look at a different type of fire – the purification fire of the spiritual process – is there a way to tie this in?
While the purification fire is felt in all the cells of the body, I have noticed particularly strong fieriness in my eyes (most often), back of the throat (quite often) and gut (quite often). I am aware that there is a supposed connection between the fire and throat chakra, but don’t know much about it.
Is there something that ties these 3 together?
Hi Pri
The purification fire expresses Shakti as Rajas guna. And that in turn becomes the fire element on a more expressed level. And physically as the plasma state. Rajas is the transformation from tamas (inertia) to sattva (purity, clarity, flow) Sometimes, that transformation can be experienced as a burning or roasting, especially when the fire element is involved.
The eyes are the seat of Pitta, which is the bodies dosha most associated with rajas. And of course, the relationship with fire and sight.
There is also the fire association with the solar plexus (gut) chakra. The element of the throat is space with the sense of hearing. But as mentioned, all of it is present everywhere, so we can experience it in the throat too, or a fire in the heart, etc.
Some make different associations, but these are the ones I’ve found most accurate.
Thanks! I let this marinate for a few days and things seem to have settled. Not exactly sure what the ‘final answer’ ended up being to the vague question(s) that I had but that’s ok :). I’m sure it’ll come up again if needed. Thanks again.
đŸ™‚ The best answer is always direct experience. The mind is good with singular things, but multi-layered simultaneity it doesn’t grok. That takes experience.