Name :=: Location :=: Body Parts it Supports :=: Issues It Powers

Ajna or Inner Eye :=: Approximately between the eyes :=: Brain, nervous system, eyes, ears, nose, pituitary gland, etc :=: Intuition. Truth, intellect, etc.

Truth, intellect, self-evaluation, intuition, spiritual insight and seeing the bigger picture are all properties of this energy center. There are two things to keep in mind when reading about this chakra. One is that the mind is not contained only in the brain. It is all over your body and beyond it. It is infinite, just like spirit. Your mind and your brain are two 'separate' things. The second thing to remember that there is only truth as Reality, and truth and love are very much tied together, the same thing. Fear is tied to and is the same thing as illusion. These are the root polarities of everything that exists. So this chakra involves itself with the discovery of truth about your self and your world. It seeks to go within to your inner self and see what it can find there. It seeks to listen to the unseen power of your being. It recognizes that you may be in this world but not of this world. And it seeks to place your experiences in the context of the bigger picture of life and not just look at them from the fear-based point of view of ego.

Poor development in this chakra results in false beliefs about your self, fear of Who You Really Are, and untrue perception.

Once you start dealing with this chakra, you enter a space that is increasingly harder to define using the symbols of language such as words. Inner wisdom is not linear and analytical like the ego thinking is. You cannot cut it up and analyze it. It is in whole. You cannot be taught inner wisdom. You can only be pointed in the right direction. Only you alone can take the journey within. You can receive help but the steps and discovery are yours to make. In fact you have tremendous amounts of help available to you. Just ask within for what you next wish to learn and, guaranteed, you will bump into just the right person or resource that gives you what you needed to know.

The journey to your inner self is an infinite journey, for you are an infinite being. You can never reach the end for there is no end. You can only grow stronger, wiser, and more powerful. At each point you find a new intriguing mystery to explore. So don't bother trying to find out everything. You have the whole of eternity to do that. Remember that you are also in this world so don't forget that you have to remain grounded and balanced as well. The ultimate state to be in is that of being in this world but not of it. Feet on the ground head in the skies, so to speak. So keep it light, take it easy, and enjoy yourself! It is called enlightenment, not enheavyment.

The way to access inner wisdom is to stay present in the moment of Now. The more you shut down your mental noise (which is always going on about yesterday and tomorrow), the more you can access inner wisdom. Inner wisdom is always speaking to you at all times. You simply do not hear it when you let your mind analyze everything to the nth degree, and worry all day about what has past and what is next. Be present, be aware! Wake up! And definitely open your mind to receiving insights from places you normally are not used to, such as dreams, intuition, and other symbols.

Inner wisdom does not go with proof. If you are like one of those scientists who always want evidence first before they move, you will not get too far with this chakra. Inner wisdom brings to you the new, the next, and not the past. And it brings to you wisdom of a dimension beyond this one, one which is not measurable with our normal scientific tools, not perceivable by our five physical senses.

Now, as you change your sense of truth, your life will change. Things created by your old truths will either transform or drop off and new ones will arise. This may be a confusing period but don't worry. Just let go and keep your course. It is a very natural and normal thing to happen. It may also feel as if you have left an old way of living which you no longer wish to live by, but you haven't found your new way. You may feel as if you are in limbo for a while. This is perfectly normal and will come to pass. Most people progress from thinking they know (the old path), to realizing that they do not know (limbo), to knowing they know (the new path).