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[[File:106171Mmedres.jpg|thumb|The throat chakra]]
[[File:106171Mmedres.jpg|thumb|The third-eye chakra]]


The third eye is an emerald-green chakra located between the eyebrows. It is associated with the fifth ray and the expression of truth, divine vision, holding the highest vision for oneself and others, healing, wholeness, abundance, clarity, constancy, focus, music and science. The Sanskrit name for the third-eye chakra is ''Ājñā'', meaning “to command.”
The third eye is an emerald-green chakra located between the eyebrows. It is associated with the fifth ray and the expression of truth, divine vision, holding the highest vision for oneself and others, healing, wholeness, abundance, clarity, constancy, focus, music and science. The Sanskrit name for the third-eye chakra is ''Ājñā'', meaning “to command.”
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== The petals of the chakra ==
== The petals of the chakra ==


This is considered to be the chakra of ninety-six petals, but it is also called the chakra of two petals, the two wings of [[God Mercury|Mercury]] on the [[caduceus]]. So we can think of it as two times forty-eight, or ninety-six, or just two. It is really the two halves of the whole.  
This is considered to be the chakra of ninety-six petals, but it is also called the chakra of two petals, the two wings of [[God Mercury|Mercury]] on the [[caduceus]]. So we can think of it as two times forty-eight, or ninety-six, or just two. It is really the two halves of the whole. Science and religion are the two petals, the two wings on the third-eye attainment.


Forty-eight is twelve in each of the four quadrants: fire, air, water and earth. So it is the initiations of the [[twelve solar hierarchies]] in each of the four quadrants of being.   
Forty-eight is twelve in each of the four quadrants: fire, air, water and earth. So it is the initiations of the [[twelve solar hierarchies]] in each of the four quadrants of being.