That sounds like a good practice. When I used to try to focus on the third eye I would do it with too much tension and cause myself discomfort. I didn't really know what I was doing. Yogananda taught to ever so slightly lift the eyes in their sockets. Right? When I strain too hard to see something it creates mental tension too.
Q: We are advised to concentrate on the spot in the forehead between the eyebrows. Is this right? A: Everyone is aware - 'I am'. Leaving aside that awareness one goes about in search of God. What is the use of fixing one's attention between the eyebrows? It is mere folly to say that God is between the eyebrows. The aim of such advice is to hep the mind to concentrate. It is one of the forcible methods to check the mind and prevent its dissipation. It is forcibly directed into one channel. It is a help to concentration...Yes Yogananda told us that we can keep our consciousness in the spiritual eye even while having our eyes open in daily activity. This is something that i have yet to accomplish.
i really appreciate this question and answer you gave us from Ramana Maharshi. It is interesting how Ramana says that God is not there but that it helps us concentrate. Without being exposed to other people and others we often fall into the view that we 'know'. It also seems important on the spiritual path to remain open to the fact that we do not have all the answers and we can learn from the views of others. When people isolate themselves and insulate themselves from the views of others they often loose sympathy for others and become rigid in their own views. Many times i have had to adjust my own and recognize there are many ways of looking at things-- mine and what i have been told is only one. Perhaps it works best for me but perhaps not always and it may not be for someone else. This universe and other realms as well are vast with many ways of approaching things and many ways of understanding them as well. This means that someone else may have a different way of explaining things which may even help me in my own views if i remain impartial.
i do believe in the truth of the spiritual principle that it is still important to respect the views of others. There's is a path that is different and necessary for them and without tolerance how can we ever develop spiritually?
