Chakras' are centres of bio electricity present in our body. While we cannot see them yet we can experience them . In all the human body has seven chakras. Of all the chakras the pineal gland , or the spot of the Ajna Chakra is the most relevant to us in understanding the subject of ESP.
"The secretory activity of the pineal gland is only partially understood. Historically, its location deep in the brain suggested to philosophers that it possessed particular importance. This combination led to its being a "mystery" gland with myth, superstition and occult theories surrounding its perceived functions. René Descartes, who dedicated much time to the study of the pineal gland, called it the "principal seat of the soul." He believed that it was the point of connection between the intellect and the body.
Descartes attached significance to the gland because he believed it to be the only section of the brain which existed as a single part, rather than one half of a pair. He argued that because a person can never have "more than one thought at a time," external stimuli must be united within the brain before being considered by the soul, and he considered the pineal gland to be situated in "the most suitable possible place for this purpose," located centrally in the brain and surrounded by branches of the carotid arteries."
Descartes attached significance to the gland because he believed it to be the only section of the brain which existed as a single part, rather than one half of a pair. He argued that because a person can never have "more than one thought at a time," external stimuli must be united within the brain before being considered by the soul, and he considered the pineal gland to be situated in "the most suitable possible place for this purpose," located centrally in the brain and surrounded by branches of the carotid arteries."
Exploring this topic in further detail, is a fascinating excerpt from the book "Extra Sensory Potentials of the Human Mind" by Pt.Shriram Sharma Acharya.
Quoted text:
"The number of neurons (nerve
cells) in a developed human brain is almost double the human population on the
earth today! Each of these tiny cells is comparable in capacity and efficiency
to a multi-talented, august and stout human being. In fact, people could
sometimes be lazy, disorderly, dishonest, or inefficient, but the tiny neurons
never ignore their ‘duties’ and continue contributing to the adept information
processing and the other vital functions of the brain and the body.
The over ten billion neurons are
each like ‘divine machines’. Some of
these store the past memories for ages…. At a superficial level, we seem to
forget many things quite rapidly…What we seem to have memorized with great
efforts also appears to have waned out from our memory after some time, because
we find ourselves unable to recall it… However, as the neurological experiments
reveal, whatever we ever encounter remains inscribed in the ultra sensitive
microfilms of the neurons for hundreds of years. For instance, in one such experiment
when Dr. Penfield had electrically stimulated the memory strip in a subject’s
brain, that person started singing the songs of a film, which he had seen over
two decades ago. The story of the film also surfaced afresh in his memory as
though he has watched the movie just now….
The nerves, the ‘biological
channels’ connected with the neurons are spread in the entire body and
constitute the Nervous System. These are
broadly categorized as of two types - the sensory nerves and the motor nerves;
that make possible the sensory (or cognitive) functions and the locomotion
activities respectively. The sensory
nerves are linked with the sense organs. Whatever we smell, watch, hear, eat,
or experience by touch, is perceived with the help of the instant signal
processing between the sensory nerves and the brain. The motor nerves and their
control unit in the brain conduct the activities of movement, walking, chewing,
bathing, reading, etc… This gross understanding of the nervous system, together
with the general anatomy and associated physiological functions of the brain
have been known to the scientific community since the advent of neurological
research in the past century.
For a longtime, the brain was
recognized only as the controller of the conscious activities, motor functions
and the perception of the sense organs. The fact that this rather small organ
in the human body is a repository of astonishing potentials became clearer with
the advancement of neuro-scientific research.
Contemporary progress in collaborative studies in the fields of psychology, parapsychology, and metaphysics appear to be bringing the modern science closer to the areas of vedik science that deal with the hidden powers of human mind. It is now accepted by many groups of eminent researchers that, as described in the Indian Philosophy, the human mind is a reflection of the Brahm (creation). The impulses of whatever is happening…, is going to happen…, or has happened…, anywhere in the infinite expansion of the cosmos reach and can be captured by the inner cores of human mind…
Contemporary progress in collaborative studies in the fields of psychology, parapsychology, and metaphysics appear to be bringing the modern science closer to the areas of vedik science that deal with the hidden powers of human mind. It is now accepted by many groups of eminent researchers that, as described in the Indian Philosophy, the human mind is a reflection of the Brahm (creation). The impulses of whatever is happening…, is going to happen…, or has happened…, anywhere in the infinite expansion of the cosmos reach and can be captured by the inner cores of human mind…
The human mind is endowed with
the power to know about the past, present and the future, at will. However,
this supernormal talent remains dormant in general. The dull and drowsy minds
can’t even properly experience, recognize, or analyze the present… Brilliance
of intellect and foresightedness help the sagacious minds know and shape the
future growth of the subject matter of their interest and expertise. This
explains why enlightened and alert mind is said to be the architect of its own
life. However, the extrovert attitude, self-centered inclination, and
complacence and excessive attachment with the present and the immediate future,
often restrain its trenchant vision and talents from reaching the wider and
deeper domains of knowledge…. Cultivation of internal and deeper thinking and successive
endeavors of intellectual and spiritual erudition gradually arouse its hidden
powers. This elevation can eventually excel the illuminated minds to the higher
realms of precognitive realizations.
The authentic reporting of the
supernormal talents of the deep concentration, self-control, and willpower of
human mind has drawn the attention of many researchers towards the yoga
practices of dhyaan dharna (meditation)
and sadhana’s (dedicated spiritual endeavors). The great yogis and spiritual devotees
refine their inner-consciousness and mental potentials by self-restraint, ascetic
disciplines and sadhana’s.
Some people, though rarely, are born with evolved consciousness and extraordinary talents. In a few, such powers are found to be activated accidentally. Spiritual refinement of personality and evolutions of the inner force of consciousness enable the ‘individual self’, emancipate from the thrall of ignorance and set an active linkage with the limitless…. Its domain of experience and knowledge-acquisition too would then expand beyond all limitations. The live experiences of great personalities and sagacious minds do illustrate from time to time that the evolution of the inner-powers can indeed exalt the individual self at unimaginable heights…
Some people, though rarely, are born with evolved consciousness and extraordinary talents. In a few, such powers are found to be activated accidentally. Spiritual refinement of personality and evolutions of the inner force of consciousness enable the ‘individual self’, emancipate from the thrall of ignorance and set an active linkage with the limitless…. Its domain of experience and knowledge-acquisition too would then expand beyond all limitations. The live experiences of great personalities and sagacious minds do illustrate from time to time that the evolution of the inner-powers can indeed exalt the individual self at unimaginable heights…
Several books, such as “The Third
Eye” by T. Lobe-Sang, “Spiritual Journey to the land of Hermitage” by Al Zahir,
and “The Making of Heavenly Trousers” by Daniel Bayer, give us a firsthand view
of the extrasensory experiences of the authors. These intellectuals had had the
divine experience of the awakening of the Âjna Chakra (- the ‘sixth sense’ or
the ‘third eye’). What they had experienced as clairvoyance and glimpses of
the past and the future in the specific states of mental engrossment in deeper
consciousness was also authentically verified….Such experiences evidence that
human mind is indeed endowed with a divine eye in its subliminal core.
Renowned German philosopher and
writer, Goethe mentions at one place in his autobiography that -- once when he
was sitting in his house at Wilma, he suddenly felt that the island of Sicily,
several thousand miles away, is being shaken by horrifying seismic tremors….
The feeling was so strong and clear that he even discussed this unique
experience with some of his friends… But no one paid any attention. What else
but “illusion” could such an experience be called in general? How could one see
or explain the happenings of several thousand miles away without any mode of
communication? It was only after about a week that the newspapers brought the
tragic reports of a devastating earthquake in Sicily. This had occurred on the same day, same time,
when Goethe had watched this horrifying event live….
Jonathan Swift had described in
his popular novel “The Gulliver’s Travels” that -- Mars has two moons orbiting
around it; one at a velocity double than the other… His “hypothesis” was
thought to be mere fiction because, until then it was annulled that the planets
other than the earth could also have their satellites. After about 150 years,
in 1877, a giant telescope in the Naval Observatory at Washington, traced the
presence of the two moons of Mars and also proved that the velocity of one is
double that of the other…
Film actor Chandra Mohan Sen once
dreamt that his horse has fallen into a ditch while running in a racecourse. He
got up with a panic, but was soon glad to find that his horse was quite all
right However, hardly three days later, this horse died under the same
circumstances as were seen by his master in the dream.
In his book “An Experiment with
Time”, J. W. Dunne has described several dreams, which depicted future
realities in advance. In one of his own dreams, he had seen the eruption of a
volcano in the Crestar Island few weeks before the calamity. Spain’s Ischopiel
Palace is a masterpiece of Spanish architect. King Phillip II had got it
constructed in the memory of his wife Mary Tudor. One of the halls in this
monument was designed for the burial of the king and his successors. An
astrologer had then told this King that his family’s empire would last for
twenty-four generations only. Because of his faith in the sage, the king
arranged for twenty-four graveyards in the said hall. Queen Maria Christine was the 23rd ruler of
the same royal family. She died in 1929 and was buried in the same hall.
Surprisingly, Alphonso, the prince designate since a long time, was finally
sworn in as the King of Spain. Within two years he was dethroned and
assassinated. With him the empire of Phillip’s family had also come to an end…
It was sometimes during the
peaceful freedom movement of India, when an elderly British citizen, nick-named
Nancy came here as a tourist. She was a good friend of Mrs. Sarojini Naidu.
Sarojini Naidu had organized a get-together to introduce her to some Indian friends.
Mr. Jinnah and his newlywed, young Parsi wife were also present on this
occasion.
Nancy constantly stared at the couple for several minutes while being introduced to them. It looked quite awkward. After the couple had left, Sarojini asked this lady about her embarrassing behavior. Nancy replied -- “I could read it on their faces that within three years from now, they would be divorced. Afterwards, the young pretty woman (Mrs. Jinnah) would commit suicide and Mr. Jinnah will become a king - the head of a state….” All the others around, including the host laughed at this whimsical ‘prediction’. No one could imagine the couple’s separation, as Mr. Jinnah was quite in love with his new wife… The possibility of India’s freedom in such a short span of time and Jinnah’s enthronement sounded equally baseless.
Nancy constantly stared at the couple for several minutes while being introduced to them. It looked quite awkward. After the couple had left, Sarojini asked this lady about her embarrassing behavior. Nancy replied -- “I could read it on their faces that within three years from now, they would be divorced. Afterwards, the young pretty woman (Mrs. Jinnah) would commit suicide and Mr. Jinnah will become a king - the head of a state….” All the others around, including the host laughed at this whimsical ‘prediction’. No one could imagine the couple’s separation, as Mr. Jinnah was quite in love with his new wife… The possibility of India’s freedom in such a short span of time and Jinnah’s enthronement sounded equally baseless.
However, everyone witnessed that
the next three years brought a drastic change in the fate of the country as
well as that of the Jinnah’s. They were
divorced and Mrs. Jinnah ended her life in depression. With its independence,
India was divided into two nations and Mr. Jinnah became the first head of the
state of Pakistan.
Mr. Zaidy, the then vice-chancellor
of the Aligarh Muslim University (India) had also heard about the above
prediction. He visited London six years after the independence of India. There
he recalled this British lady - the foreteller, Madam Jean Dixon (Nancy). He
did have her address in the diary, so he could visit her during his stay there.
While talking about her clairvoyance in general, Prof. Zaidy casually asked her
about the future of India and Pakistan. She just looked into the air and said -
east of Pakistan will be separated in couple of decades… Indeed, her
precognition came true, when Pakistan was divided and its east part emerged as
an independent country - Bangladesh in 1970.
Seeds of the supernormal vision
like Mrs. Dixon and of other exceptional talents are immanent in every
individual. Each one of us could gradually arouse and evolve these hidden
potentials of our mind by dedicated endeavors. The ancient science of yoga sadhana’s
enlightens the path of such extraordinary attainments."
Additional Reading: Subtle energy fields or Chakras, The Human Aura - What are they and what role do they play?
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Additional Reading: Subtle energy fields or Chakras, The Human Aura - What are they and what role do they play?
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