3 stages of Shambhavi Mudra - technique - Stages of the spiritual eye

Summary

October 6, 2018, 20 min

Three stages of Shambhavi Mudra: practice, habit, and being drawn upward at Lahiri Mahasaya's first knot. Also Anna Wise's trick of lifting the eyes repeatedly to spark alpha brain waves at the start of meditation, and the likely stages of seeing the spiritual eye, from dark cave to gold ring, deep blue and white star.

In this video

Teaches

Shambhavi mudraSpiritual eye

Discusses

MedullaAnna WiseBrainwavesConcentrationMythology and symbolism

Mentions

Sympathetic nervous systemParasympathetic nervous systemGranthisAjna chakraMaxwell CadeMind MirrorWatching the breathLeft and right brainRight hippocampusTranceOMMahabharataPandava brothers

Key moments

00:01Three parts: Shambhavi stages, a technique, spiritual eye stages 00:46Stage one: gently lifting the eyes without strain 01:40Stage two: when looking up becomes a habit 02:41Stage three: drawn upward at Lahiri Mahasaya's first knot 03:07Finding the medulla through an aha moment 04:51Anna Wise, Maxwell Cade and the Mind Mirror 06:06Moving the eyes up sparks a burst of alpha brain waves 07:33Try it: look up five or six times as meditation begins 09:31Trance-like fascination vs foveal concentration 11:09The spiritual eye is light, different every time 12:12First sight: a deepening darkness, the cave of honey 13:14A rim of light that grows into a full gold circle 14:02Jason and the Argonauts as a map of the spiritual eye 16:30Gold gives way to deep indigo blue 17:35The white star in the cave, where messages may come 18:53Approximations, so you can relax and enjoy