THE THIRD EYE Font of Perception
An Indian symbol that often baffles many in the West is the third eye. A number of Hindu
deities, particularly Shiva, the destroyer and cosmic dancer, and his wife Durga, are
portrayed in iconography as having a third eye in the centre of the forehead. In fact,
this is merely a symbol representing the capacity of human consciousness to see beyond the
obvious, or perceive beyond the outwardly visible and tangible; to reach that inner source
of life which is the font of divine energy and power. This symbolism says that all human
beings who use their discriminative powers, can, in the silence of their inner selves,
seek the sanctuary of truth and purity. Despite this deep metaphysical meaning, the symbol
of the third eye is often mistaken as the power to destroy.
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