Awakening the Third Eye

colours, light ~ astral

purple light ~ astral space

As you practise the various techniques working on the third eye,
you will encounter mainly 3 types of experiences between the
eyebrows: 1) vibration, 2) colours and light, 3) purple light.
Roughly speaking, the first one indicates an activation of the
etheric layer, the second indicates the astral, while the perception
of the purple light indicates that a connection has been made with
the astral space (the terms etheric and astral will be developed
further on in this book).
Of course these indications are far too simplified to be completely
exact. But from an experiential point of view they provide helpful
references to allow you to find your way in the beginning.

1. Vibration, tingling, a feeling of pressure, weight, or density, all
   have the same significance when felt between the eyebrows. They
   indicate that something is being activated in the etheric part of
   your third eye.
   The etheric body is the layer of life force, equivalent to the prāṇa
   of the Indian tradition and the qi of traditional Chinese medicine.
   (The third eye is not a physical organ, it is predominantly etheric
   and astral.)
   The vibration (or any of its equivalents, such as tingling, pulsing,
   pressure, density...) is the sensation by which the etheric is
   perceived. Whenever you feel it somewhere in your body, it
   indicates that the etheric layer is activated in this area. So the
   perception of the vibration between the eyebrows is nothing other
   than a perception of the etheric part of the third eye.
   Since tingling, pressure, density or weight have more or less the
   same significance, to simplify I shall refer to all of them by the
   same word: vibration. Therefore, whenever you read ‘vibration’ in
   this book, it refers to any or all of these different forms. For
   instance, “Build up the vibration between the eyebrows,” means:
   build up the modality that is most natural to you – vibration,
   pressure, density, or their equivalent. Anyway after some time
   the vibration will be perceived as all of these simultaneously.
   There are different levels of vibration, just as there are different
   levels of etheric energy, some more subtle than others. The
   intensity of the vibration may vary from one day to the next.
   Apart from quantitative variations, it is also the quality of the

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