5 Transformative Methods to ACTIVATE Your Pineal Gland and Tap Into Your Superhuman Potential

by Scott Jeffrey

Most people sense that they aren’t living from their highest potential.

For most, this “knowing” is subconscious. That is, a part of us knows, but consciously, we don’t connect with this reality.

For some of us, however, this realization becomes more conscious as we age. (If you’re reading this, that likely includes you.)

We know the difference between when we’re operating from our higher potential and when we’re not.

But why do we often fail to operate from our innate power in the first place?

One reason is that our brains rarely function the way they’re designed to run.

The pineal gland—and many other vital glands and organs—aren’t functioning within their intended design.

Thankfully, we have the power to change that.

Today’s guide is the final segment in a 4-part series on the pineal gland.

Part 1: Decalcify Your Pineal Gland 
Part 2: Pineal Gland Detox   
Part 3: Block Blue Light

If you haven’t read these guides yet, I recommend you do so as each guide builds on the next.

Now, we’ll examine how ancient traditions viewed the pineal gland. Then, we’ll explore traditional methods for pineal gland activation, or what’s often called “opening your third eye.”

Why is Pineal Gland Activation Important?

Why invest so much time discussing a tiny gland the size of a grain of rice?

This blog is about actualizing our higher potential. When the pineal isn’t functioning properly, we can’t access our potential. It’s that simple.

Even more disconcerting, when the pineal isn’t functioning correctly, we often don’t even know there’s a problem.

In the Hindu tradition, the third eye is called the ajna chakra. Hindus believe that a blocked ajna chakra leads to:

  • Uncertainty,
  • Confusion,
  • Jealousy,
  • Cynicism, and
  • Pessimism.

But when the third eye is open, we perceive reality differently. We experience more:

  • Clarity,
  • Intuition,
  • Empathy,
  • Focus, and
  • Decisiveness.

Admittedly, these are qualities anyone can associate with our higher potential. These qualities are also essential for our spiritual and psychological development.

Pineal gland activation brings a more significant connection to the natural world and a willingness to let go of ego pursuits that shut out our soul.

Lucid dreaming, astral projection, and an enhanced imagination are topics related to pineal gland activation. The pineal may be a gateway to higher creativity.

The Pineal in Ancient Traditions

Although modern science and medicine have just begun to understand the critical role of the pineal gland, ancient cultures and traditions already have this knowledge.

For Buddhists, the pineal is a symbol of spiritual awakening.

In Hinduism, the pineal is the seat of intuition and clairvoyance.

For Taoists, the pineal is the mind’s eye or heavenly eye.

In ancient Egypt, we find numerous references to the third eye and the pineal region. (Here’s a fascinating article on third eye symbolism in Egyptian and Hindu mythology.)

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The Eye of Ra (ancient Egypt) on the left and a cross-section of the pineal, pituitary, and corpus callosum region on the right. [Source]

In Matthew 6:22, the Bible reads:

“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.”

Notice how “eye” is singular and “thine eye be single.”

Ancient Greeks believed the pineal was our connection to thought itself. Herophilus described it as the “sphincter of thought.”

French mathematician and philosopher, Rene Descartes, shared this view. Speaking about the pineal, he wrote in Treatise of Man:

“My view is that this gland is the principal seat of the soul, and the place in which all thoughts are formed.”

For at least over several thousand years in both the East and West, the pineal gland has been viewed as a connecting link between the physical (3D) world and a psychic dimension beyond it.

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The top portion of “Seat of the rational soul.” A sketch by Rene Descartes.

Why Is the Pineal Gland Called the Third Eye?

Cultures as far back as ancient Egypt referred to the pineal as the inner eye or the third eye. Why?

When you cut the pineal open, pinealocytes line the interior. These pinealocytes resemble the rods and cones in the retina of our eyes.

The pineal even has retinal tissue and the same physical wiring to the brain’s visual cortex.

Indeed, the pineal gland does appear to be the third eye. How ancient cultures knew this is unclear.

In Light: Medicine of the Future, Jacob Liberman explains that light stimulates the pineal in creatures like birds, lizards, and fish directly through the skull.

“In many reptiles, the pineal has all the photoreceptive elements characteristic of an eye. It is therefore referred to as a “third eye” because, in many creatures, it resembles an eye in both structure and activity.”

In mammals, however, light stimulates the pineal exclusively via the eyes.

Liberman believes humans initially received light stimulation through the top of the head (crown), as is described in many mystical and ancient traditions.

The pineal, then, represents the inward seeing eye. Meaning that activating this third eye helps us see life beyond the typical limitations of our perception, bringing clarity of vision.

How to Activate the Pineal Gland

So now, if you’re willing, together we’ll explore some interesting territory.

Each tradition has different methods for activating the third eye. It may be that different methods are appropriate for different individuals based on type, temperament, or some other factors.

In the remainder of this guide, we’ll review five pineal gland activation methods. They include:

  1. Meditation
  2. Sun Gazing
  3. Qigong
  4. Psychedelics
  5. Brainwave Entrainment

Through a review of each of these methods, a curious pattern emerges. We’ll discuss the importance of this pattern in a concluding section.

A Quick Word of Caution

First, a word of caution is appropriate here.

While everyone should decalcify and detox their pineal, pineal gland activation shouldn’t be taken lightly (as it is in many New Age circles).

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