Message #17825

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Paramahansa Yogananda: "Though the light of the spiritual eye may be seen by pressing the closed eyes gently, its secret door can never be opened just by physical pressure." In this statement PY discloses the basis for 'jyoti mudra' and other higher forms of meditation in which the devotee is given glimpses of the spiritual eye and the light in the third eye through the blessings of a guru and practice of the techniques.
Amma also has techniques designed to glimpse the light from the the spinal centers and the third eye.

The life force is present in all the sensory motor nerves and cells in the body, but it is very strong in the eyes. Pressure on the eyes causes the energy or astral light to be squeezed out and made visible in the darkness of closed eyes. A blow on the head produces "stars" because astral light wants to be separated from the physical. If the head were hit hard enough, we would see these sparks of life forever separated into space. Many people think that this is a physical light and had no significance--and utterly erroneous idea. The light is astral, and it can be seen with the eyes either open, or during meditation, or at death. Many adepts, remaining conscious at the time of death, have beheld the tunnel of light in the spiritual eye ushering them into the Infinite.

~Yogananda