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We live through reflections -- and a photograph is a reflection.
[The group leader then said that in every group a couple of people found their attention drawn to the third eye.]
This will happen to one or two percent of people. Whenever it happens, tell the person to do this. [The group assistant] can do it. Tell the person to make the concentration on the third eye as tense as possible and then press the third eye for one or two minutes. So tell him to bring it to as focused a point as possible so that the whole body becomes intent upon it, and then tell him suddenly to relax.
If the person notices it happening every day, then do it every day and it will help tremendously -- particularly for a person who feels the energy rising there.
Every person is different in many ways. For example, in his past life [this sannyasin] has done some meditation which works on the third-eye centre, and has done it very very deeply. Whatsoever you have done in the past, it will start functioning again if the right opportunity arises. His third eye can be easily opened.
But only do this if somebody comments that it is happening to them. The same thing can happen at other centres also. If somebody feels a very intense tension in the navel, then do the same with the navel. It will be felt at these two centres more.
[The group leader asks if there is a connection between the third eye and the hara.]
Yes, there is a connection. These are the two poles and they are both deeply related. There are two types of persons. More will feel tension at the navel than at the third eye.
The yogic analysis divides persons into two types: the navel type and the third-eye type. There are more navel types, because the third eye starts functioning only when somebody has been working on it. The natural functioning is at the navel.
[A member of the Vipassana group said she went very deep and was afraid of losing this if she goes out towards people and activity.]
This difficulty arises, but don't create any conflict or any duality. Don't think of these two things as being inimical to each other; they are not. But if you start thinking
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