Third Eye Ajna Chakra - See the truth

Between your brows glows an indigo flame; soft, silent, and endless. This is, the third eye Ajna chakra – your seat of insight and inner vision. It is not about what you see, but how you perceive. Not about information, but inner knowing. The Third eye Ajna chakra energy center is the silent watcher, the seer behind your senses. The third eye ajna chakra governs intuition, spiritual awareness, dreams, and perception beyond the physical. It’s your soul’s inner compass, pointing to truth even when the outer world is unclear.

When the third eye energy center is imbalanced, you may feel disconnected from your inner knowing. You might overthink, doubt yourself, feel foggy or spiritually numb. Some feel overwhelmed by dreams, symbols, or messages they can’t explain. Others experience headaches, eye strain, or disorientation. Often, Ajna is dimmed by a life lived in pure logic, or by environments where intuition was mocked, denied, or punished, Balancing the thrid eye chakra is not just about awakening insight, it’s learning to trust it again. To balance the third eye chakra is to reunite with your own wisdom. To open the eye behind your eyes. To see not just with sight, but with truth.

Qualities

Colour: Indigo
Beeja Mantra: Aum
Element (Mahābhūta): Manas – Mind/ Light
Location: Between the brows
Nature:Androgynous/ Integrative
Sense (Indriya): Mind as a subtle sense; connected to intuition and inner vision
Symbolic animal: None – beyond animalistic instincts
Quality: Insight, intuition, spiritual vision, clarity, knowing
Deities:
- Paramashiva — the supreme form of Shiva – pure consciousness, beyond form and duality
- Hakini — the guardian of inner perception and wisdom, the six-faced shakti of inner seeing

Between Your Brows

Between your brows flickers a violet flame,
the quiet lantern of inner knowing.
This is not the sight of your eyes —
but the vision of your soul.

The Ajna chakra is the seat of perception, symbolized by light.
It governs insight, foresight, dreams, and spiritual awareness.
When this chakra flows, you are no longer reacting —
you’re intuiting, trusting, aligning.

You begin to recognize the truth behind masks,
patterns behind chaos,
and meaning in silence.

I see. I understand. I am wise.

Invocation:

I place the light in my mind,
the moon between my eyes,
the dawn behind my sight.
I am the vision,
and the vision is me.
Clarity and insight awaken.

How it manifests

Unbalanced Traits:

Disconnected from intuition; always second-guessing
Brain fog, confusion, obsessive overthinking
Spiritually disconnected or overly dissociated
Overreliance on logic; distrust of non-linear knowing
Nightmares or absence of dream recall
Stuck in judgment, illusion, or denial
Lost, indecisive, disconnected from soul path |

Balanced Traits:

Strong intuition and inner guidance
Clear thinking, foresight, and insight
Spiritually connected but grounded
Trust in synchronicity and inner knowing
Vivid dreams, visualization, and imagination
Sees beyond duality and appearances
Strong sense of purpose and direction

how to heal Third Eye chakra

Healing the Third Eye Ajna Chakra is a journey inward – not of seeing with eyes, but knowing with presence. It clears the fog of distraction and reconnects you with your own inner compass. You stop chasing signs outside and begin trusting the whispers within. The third eye energy center governs not just spiritual sight, but the clarity of purpose, decision-making, and the ability to witness life without judgment. When it is imbalanced, confusion, lack of direction, or mental fog become familiar. But when it is clear, you begin to experience synchronicity, deep trust, and intuitive flow.

Healing modalities may include visual meditation, candle-gazing (trataka), violet light visualization, sound healing with the Om mantra, and mindful stillness.

Once your Third Eye Ajna Chakra is balanced, you’ll notice that you’re no longer reacting blindly. Instead, you’re acting from inner clarity. Insight replaces anxiety. You begin to see connections, patterns, and meaning. Your life feels guided.

Nyāsa

Nyāsa (न्यास) literally means ‘placing’ . It is the act of mentally (and often physically) placing mantras, elements, deities, or energies into specific parts of the body to consecrate it as a temple of the divine.

Sit in a comfortable meditative position.
Bring your attention to the space between your eyebrows
Gently touch this point or hover your palm there.
Breathe in deeply and recite the following mantras slowly:
1. “Om manase namah.” (I bow to the Mind as the sacred organ of perception.)
2. “Om jyotir sthāpaya netrayoḥ me jñānam.” (Please, place the Light in my eyes as wisdom.)
3. “Om Paramashivāya ca Hākinyai ca namah, sthāpaya netrayoḥ me darshanam.” (I bow to Paramashiva and Hakini, please place vision and insight in my third eye.)
Visualize a violet flame flickering gently at the brow center. Feel yourself witnessing from that still inner space.
Let the light radiate inward and outward, blessing your mind with insight.

Disclaimer: The mantras given here are modern Sanskrit constructions, intended as poetic, nyāsa-style invocations for meditation. These are not scripturally attested Vedic or Tantric mantras. These have been constructed to fit the spirit of nyāsa for an English-speaking audience who might not be versed in bīja or more cryptic Tantric syllables.

Balancing the Third Eye Chakra

I know that it can be tough. But shadow work and balancing the root chakra did help a lot. So, till the time you find your balance.. hang in there!

I can recommend the following practices (pick and choose as per your disposition) for balancing the third eye chakra. Please note that if you feel any kind of sensation/ pain on the area between the eyebrows, it is working!:

Sound Therapy: A or Dha Note, Raga Bhairav, Jaunpuri and Asavari.
Chanting the Beej Mantra – Aum. You may also try the 852 Hz music along with this.
Eat foods that resonate with Third Eye chakra dates, blueberries, figs, raisins, brinjal, purple cabbage, purple carrots etc. Jamun (Indian java plum) works really well in this!
Learn to listen to intuition!
Crystal Therapy Crystals such as Amethyst, Lapis Lazuli, Labradorite, Black Obsidian, Clear Quartz (my favourite) etc, if energised and cleansed regularly can help regularly cleanse and balance the third eye ajna Chakra.
Try Colour Therapy You may wear more of Indigo shades
Aromatherapy Fragrances such as Frankincense, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Juniper etc help.
Meditation Visualization and meditation can do wonders! Try the Nyasa with the elements.
Law of Attraction Mantras or affirmations can reprogram your unconscious thinking patterns. You can find a set of free Affirmations here.
Contact a healer: A good healer can work on you while you go about your day. You may also want to experience the near instantaneous results within yourself!

Yoga for balancing the throat chakra

In my practice, I have seen that Trataka (Candle Gazing) combined with the Anulom Vilom or Nadi shodhan Pranayam (Breathing Exercises) work really well. Certain asanas (Poses) are also beneficial. Some of them are:-

Utthita Balasana, also known as Extended Child Pose.
Parsvottanasana, also known as Pyramid Pose
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana, also known as Bridge Pose
Ushtrasana, also known as Camel pose.

Your Vision is Sacred

Your insight is not a coincidence.
Your inner knowing deserves trust.
You are the vessel through which silence becomes truth and the unseen becomes seen.
Let your soul vision guide you.

The Third Eye Ajna Chakra is not just about intuition — it’s about clarity, perception, and inner direction. When this chakra awakens, you don’t just see,
you understand.

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