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The Pineal Gland
There is a little pea-sized gland in our brains that is shaped a bit like a pinecone. Nobody really knows what it's function is and why it is there… What we do know is that it is the only ‘singular’ part of our brains… All other brain parts have a ‘left’ and a ‘right’ sided counterpart.
This little gland is unique and centrally placed.
When we are in utero the pineal organ develops on the palate, in the roof of our mouth. Evolution has dictated that this little mystery gland is so very important that our growth pushed the gland up into our heads, protected by a membrane that won’t allow chemicals/hormones such as adrenaline or cortisol to penetrate into the gland. Then we encase the gland with our brains, the most essential part of the human body. Then we further protect the gland and our brains with our skulls.
Whilst we may not, scientifically or intellectually; know fully what this little glands purpose is…from an evolutionary standpoint it can be argued that we have determined this gland to be the single most important part of our bodies and hence we have developed a full protection package for the pineal organ that suggests it is more vital to our existence than any other part of our human bodies!
Chemicals which can pass through the pineal glands protective membrane include Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and Melatonin – all very closely connected with sleep, dreams and visions.
Have you ever heard of the phrase ‘my life flashed before my eyes’ when someone has had a near death experience? It’s highly likely that their body flooded the this organ with DMT in these cases and caused the visions they describe.
So..... is the Pineal Gland the mysterious ‘third eye’ which people have spoken about for millennia? Let’s have a look at the structure of the pineal gland from a scientific point of view…
“This small gland is located in the diencephalon*, and it contains both rod and cone photoreceptor cells (like the human eye!). The pineal photoreceptor cells share great homologies** with retinal photoreceptor cells, including responses to light stimuli.
*The diencephalon acts as a primary relay and processing centre for sensory information
**Similar characteristics due to relatedness are known as homologies
Interesting stuff! A little eye(esq) gland which we have buried deep in our brains…
I would ask you, do you see things when you dream…? I do. When your eyes are closed and you are asleep can you see images, scenes; whole worlds?
Are you utilising this little gland to generate these images? Can you train yourself to ‘see’ with this eye when you are wide awake?
After all the energy waves which enter into your eyes; commonly referred to as light; are really just that. Energy waves. Vibrations of energy which are nothing but ‘data’ until they hit your eyeballs and get converted, in your brain; into images – a process which we call seeing; sight.
When you enter a deep meditative state, which we know alters your brain waves (see my Brain Wave blog for more info on this) are you enabling your magical gland to accept waves of energy? Is this energy light or something else? It would certainly appear that if you are accepting information waves into your pineal gland, that this energy is penetrating your skull, passing through your brain and being interpreted into ‘sight’ akin to the process when you use your eyeballs!
Is this the same thing that happens when you are dreaming and enjoying entire scenes of ‘vision’ with eyes closed and the light off!?
Scientifically speaking; knowing that your standard eyeball vision only happens by collecting and then interpreting light wave energy…. It seems logical that an energetic wave of information (maybe light – or maybe something else?) could be collected and used to produce images in your pineal gland… the gland has the capability, physically; to do this.
We know that everything is just energy and information.
It makes sense, to me; that we have protected the pineal gland (evolutionarily speaking) due to its vital role in the human condition – nature, and more specifically – evolution; are not wasteful forces. We would not invest the energy in growing and providing the utmost protection to the pineal gland if it wasn’t vital.
Is the ability to create actual visions in your ‘mind’s eye’ and to create elaborate dreamscapes evidence that, through meditation; you have the capability to activate and utilise a ‘third’ eye which gathers energy information waves and allows you to exhibit superhuman abilities?
Have you seen the claims from India about the little girl who says that she can ‘see’ with a blindfold on? She is certainly very convincing…she has come from a school of ‘third eye’ experts who claim that she is able to see without using her standard two eyes!
We hope you enjoyed our Pineal Gland Blog!
What a year we have had at Meditation Courses ! It's our ONE YEAR Birthday this week and what better way to celebrate than being nominated for a 'New Business Award'. Looking back over this past year, after I passed my Meditation teaching qualification (with a distinction... #Proud). My goal was simply to help people discover the power of breathing; which is all that Meditation is at the end of the day. Fuelled by my passion for Meditation and strengthened by my own daily Meditation practice; I incorporated Meditation Courses Limited and started working on MeditationCourses.co.uk... In a world which had just been struck with a global pandemic! What was I thinking!? Our Beginners Courses proved to so popular that we created 2 follow-on courses: Foundation and Advanced . This gave our learners a natural progression path & empowers those that complete the Advanced Course to facilitate their own Meditation Sessions. Whilst running multiple cohorts of all three of our courses, we also worked towards gaining 'Recognised Status' from an Ofqual Regulated Awarding Body - achieving that status has helped us to grow as a Training Centre; we can now offer Teacher Training Qualifications As if this wasn't enough, we also managed to secure our first corporate client; whilst juggling our ever increasing workload! I'm excited to report that our corporate client list has steadily grown since then. #Blessed Thanks to the support of my amazing team, I thought that we could still do more!! So... now we run a free event once a month called 'OMM' Open Mic Meditation . OMM was started to give Industry Experts , Advanced Course Graduates & our newly trained Meditation Teachers a platform to deliver their Meditations to a live audience. These experts can practice what they love! once a month, delivering guided meditations to members of the public; for free! Anyone can join as an audience member, without charge; via EventBrite , by booking directly with us or by booking via one of the featured experts. I will forever be grateful to my leaners; who have embraced my teachings and given me the strength to carry on when the load seemed too much. I am super grateful for the team around me. I am also so grateful that we have achieved so much, in such a short space of time. We will keep thinking of innovative ways to bring Meditation to as many people as we can. There are several 'plans in motion' which we are excited to be working on... watch this space! So to sign off... THANK YOU! for the recognition of being nominated for this award. THANK YOU! for shortlisting us as finalists!!! We are up against some really strong competition for this award, so we are feeling blessed to be in such good company.
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