Awakening the 3rd Eye - Yogi explains How to be Psychic

[@justsoph7899]

You've such a positive energy. Many blessings to you friend 💫🙏

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you Sophie! 🙏

[@thesparkoflight613]

Loved this. sometimes a small adjustment to your pracice can make a huge difference! Thank you so much Forrest! and Todd!!

[@ForrestKnutson]

Exactly! A small adjustment for a big effect! Well said.

[@rakhishah7223]

I have had such experience in my life too when I was practicing yoga in my high school days. It freaked me out. Now when I watched your video I feel it's a very natural and normal thing. 😀 Thanks for sharing this valuable information.

[@ForrestKnutson]

You're so welcome! That's exactly one of the reasons I shared it!

[@ko_bong_love3214]

very nicely explained...now I understand what my Guru wanted to say 4years back..

[@Jbjeens]

That giraffe story was super cute, Forrest! 🦒❤ My 'psychic' ability showed up this week when an image of my boss popped up in my head. Lo and behold, she needed me to answer a question on Teams. Not the most exciting story, but it happened. Haha! When you get a 'funny feeling' on your forehead where your third eye should be, does that stand for anything? I felt that before a pooja with a punditji and was wondering why it happened!

[@arobersonable]

I wish I'd seen this one 25 years ago..... I figured this out FINALLY!!

[@davesmith9571]

As a long term meditator taking a keener interest in the third eye or the so-called 'eye of consciousness' by the buddhists. To increase my awareness of this eye, I look straight ahead and focus my awareness on the pressure at the bottom of my left foot then switch to the right...back and forth several times. Next left thumb and right thumb many times, followed by left ear, right ear and finally left eye right eye. In this way, I feel a strong sensation in that chakra and even deep relaxation. Appreciate the exercise.

[@ForrestKnutson]

That's a very cool meditation, Dave, thank you for sharing!

[@saipavan1950]

I'm gonna try this today in my classroom😛😛,by the way that outro music is really divine😍

[@ForrestKnutson]

Awesome! and thank you!

[@davionmitchell7506]

Didn’t know about the looking up technique!

[@barbaramohammed152]

The divinity within all of us Is perfect. Yet we play the game of life, which allows/makes us to experience making mistakes. That is experiencing the world and growi g from it....

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you Barbara

[@stephendelacruzone]

Wow! That's the "clearest" anyone explained it. I will try it! So I've been doing it wrong... trying it again and again for years! Thanks Forrest and Todd! Here's to opening my mind's eye! 🤞

[@ForrestKnutson]

Great Stephen! The way I explain it here is only an exercise. For prolonged practice you might like to dilate your eyes. Good luck! You can do it!

[@summerlove6787]

@3:33 Super Consciousness + inducing alpha brain wave by looking up to Spritual eye. 💚 💚 💚 💚 💚 💚 💚 God bless you with everything your heart desires 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

[@vimaladominic]

Atma namaste sir well said...its very true and such a beautiful way of explanation. Its "seek ye the kingdom of God and all these things shall be added unto you" If you put God Almighty first then you have all. Heartfelt gratitude God bless much love sir 🙏❤

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you Vimala! Well said! 🙏🙏

[@omsemperorvan5416]

According to some yogis, occult powers are gained through samadhi. Focusing on siddhis first instead of samadhi will surely make the process slower. Thanks for sharing your experience Mr. Forrest 🙂

[@ForrestKnutson]

Absolutely! Because the focus is wrong in that case.

[@earthtones9111]

Love this one too. Yes, clairvoyance comes naturally 🙌🙌🌿

[@ForrestKnutson]

That's exactly right! 🙌

[@congamike1]

Thank you for these videos. I am your newest student.

[@ForrestKnutson]

Awesome Mike!

[@MrUnknown244]

Iam thankfull that universe guided me to you, very nice tips for me on my spiritual journey, thank you😊🙏🏼💖

[@ForrestKnutson]

Wonderful, Dennis!

[@kuriouskitty3084]

Intent is everything, ty for for this✨🙌❤️is closing your eyes ok bc I get so distracted 😣

[@ForrestKnutson]

Absolutely, you can close your eyes. ;)

[@power9940]

OMG , this exactly and the only way I am able to perceive the presence of the white light ( I believe sahasrara ??) . I am looking straight with my eyes closed and only then I am able to perceive the white light . Chanting of mantra helps . My mantra that I have found helps the most is " sarve sukhinah bhavantu " , making may all be happy and peaceful . Thank you for the excellent video.

[@power9940]

I meant perceive the presence of white light above the forehead while looking straight / downwards

[@ForrestKnutson]

Wonderful! Does that white light form a circle? That is the spiritual eye. The kutastha chaitanya. Congratulations, and thank you so much for your personal confirmation, here!!

[@power9940]

@@ForrestKnutson Yes it is small circle . Smaller than the green ,blue and purple ones . Also it is at a vertically higher location than the other ones. The white small circle keeps appearing and disappearing as if playing hide and seek. And is visualized only for a few minutes . Thanks a ton !

[@ForrestKnutson]

That is great!

[@markluma98]

Thank you for another gem Forrest !

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you Mark!

[@lilianflynn198]

Thank you

[@ForrestKnutson]

My pleasure Lilian!

[@paulheisel8555]

I am going to give that a try right now thank you so much

[@ForrestKnutson]

Wonderful, Paul!

[@1Tonari]

Thanks 🙏🏼

[@juanmartinvilla7611]

Thank you!!

[@rebeccasmith7439]

Hi, I'm new to your videos and I think you're great, a natural teacher. I would like to know if you need a guru to open your spiritual eye? Thanks for any advice you can give.

[@ForrestKnutson]

Hi Rebecca and welcome to the channel! It usually requires some one on one guidance, but it is possible it can happen on your own. What I teach in this tiny training is enough to begin to encounter some psychic impressions.

[@positivevibes3418]

Soo awesome. Thank you

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you!

[@13Starter]

Your a nice guy for sharing this stuff.

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you, DJ

[@50trecore]

Excellent ,

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you!

[@DanielFernandez-jv7jx]

Thank you for your help Forrest. Are you saying we should not use the usual upward directed eyes when meditating on the third eye and use this method instead or is this a different meditation?

[@singingbowls1]

Thank you Forrest for your videos. One thing I would like to sugest to you and your followers and loved ones. Do not use your phone in the car as the radiation of cell phone is increased 40 fold when in use. Blessings Paul

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you Paul!

[@tonyrocket2103]

Very cool trick thanks for the tip!

[@ForrestKnutson]

Awesome Tony!

[@misha6098]

Forrest! Thanks for another great vid! just wondering, have you ever tried incorporating the Wim Hof breathing technique to any of your meditations? I've been researching it online and some people indicate that they start seeing vivid imagery during their 3rd round of breathing. I started dabbling with it a couple of days ago and must say.... It's adding to my meditation arsenal quite nicely. The Bliss you talk about in all of your videos is starting to make a lot more sense to me.

[@ForrestKnutson]

Wonderful that the bliss is making more sense!! Yay! The Wim Hof, as I understand it, is largely a Purging Breath. As it has been described to me repeatedly, it's a hyperventilating breath. I know he says it isn't. Purging breaths are great in order to ready the system. However, I don't like them when they become the entire practice. I really need to talk about this; my list is long, lol. So, it's a great method for learning the Purging Breath. This can lead to some early states of quiet. However, it's ability to go far is questionable, especially if you aren't physically fit already.

[@kantamasters]

@@ForrestKnutson I seem to recall Joan Harriman (Kundalini Vidya) saying such breathing can be damaging to the subtle body. What do think? I was involved in breathwork for several years and intuitively felt to cease receiving or giving it. Something felt "off" although certainly experiences could come. I used to say it was like Chinese food (no insult intended): you feel you've eaten yet somehow that fullness is not lasting. It reminded me of psychedelics as well. There is no "free lunch" on the Path. Effort and endurance ultimately win the game...not a sprint, but a marathon. So interested in your take on these suppositions!

[@ForrestKnutson]

@@kantamasters great questions. Yes, overdoing a purging breath has a burning effect on the system. A little, like 5 minutes, goes a long way. If you walk outdoors in the evening, and practice a purging breath (my favorite is the double breath) you'll feel a shift when it wants to slow down. That's about the time you don't need it anymore. Then a cooler form of meditation, like HRV breathing, would be advisable. ...I like what you say about Chinese food. The real work is a slow process of carefully changing your body's ability to balance carbon and oxygen. ...Also, doing an open mouth breath is never advisable for long. Nasal breathing will always be superior, because it's the way the body was designed.

[@kantamasters]

@@ForrestKnutson Always such cogent, responsible, and caring responses. Truly a gift!

[@ForrestKnutson]

@@kantamasters thank you! I'm glad my intentions are clear.

[@mariaanast7209]

I see that light,it is a big circle and it gets smaller and then again big and get smaller ,

[@mariaanast7209]

When i see that i have to do something?

[@ForrestKnutson]

Wonderful, Maria! That is the one!

[@ForrestKnutson]

Yes, relax and let go as best as you can. Enjoy it. Feel the energy in the whole body and how it responds.

[@lovepeaceandkarma7923]

Hi Maria this is the exact same experience I too have occasionally when I am meditating. A ring of bluish light starts in the peripheral vision of my closed eyes and slowly narrows and merges into the centre. Immediately after that another ring forms and same process is repeated. I really don't know whether it is my mind playing tricks or is it an illusion. I have been into meditation only for two months. Thanks for sharing your experience.

[@ForrestKnutson]

@@lovepeaceandkarma7923 That is definitely the spiritual eye, and it floats around like that because the eyes aren't fixed to one spot as they are closed. It is totally normal to doubt that you are having the experience. That's actually the way of almost every internal experience. Am I really having this? It's like that for everything, it seems; even samadhi.

[@thepromisedday6781]

if i were to give a description of your channel, your content .. i would say that all other spiritual channels with all their contents build a really great house, but they mess this one little brick, this little tiny brick only is missing, and your content is that tiny brick which completes the house and make it whole all other contents in KZbin are so useful/great and informative, but to me i was missing your content to have a full picture/full understanding of it all

[@ForrestKnutson]

What a beautiful description! Thank you!

[@meenasrusti4080]

Could not do both at the same time.

[@ForrestKnutson]

That's okay. It may take a little practice. The magic isn't in putting the eyes to the tip of the nose, but in putting the attention at the spiritual eye while the gaze is elsewhere. Try putting your attention at different points in the body. You can do that, so you can put it at the spiritual eye as well.

[@meenasrusti4080]

@@ForrestKnutson thank u. I'll try

[@ForrestKnutson]

@@meenasrusti4080 Great! It's much easier than we think. Sometimes we overthink it.

[@SS-ld5iw]

If you do know for sure, can you make a vedio of the higher self

[@ForrestKnutson]

It's in the right brain. That's the connection point. Take a look at the Great Pursuit video.

[@shanebaird543]

Wouldn't looking at the spiritual eye while focusing on the medulla do the same thing? Thank you!

[@ForrestKnutson]

Yes, Shane, that's perfect. You understand the principle.

[@marcmaclellan3503]

I find it better to do it the same way as you said..thanks

[@1rsalc]

FK thanks for another useful video. For a while I had been trying to separate my upward gaze from concentration on the Kutastha, as the upward gaze was tiring and distracting. As I mentioned in another comment, I recently discovered that concentrating on the medulla led my attention to the Kutastha. Having done that, I was now free to gently try the upward gaze. You had a video on the topic, which confirmed my recent discovery! This is another method where we can learn this separation more fully! I modified it a bit: I look straight ahead, focus my attention at the point between the eyebrows (without looking up) and then close my eyes. This is A GREAT HELP in keeping my attention at the Kutastha. I'm not seeing lights yet, but I have begun to perceive the "cave of darkness". Another benefit: peace and stillness that were beyond my reach when I spent to much energy on the upward gaze. (I have not abandoned it: once I feel relaxed and peaceful, I gently do the upward gaze)

[@ForrestKnutson]

So perfect!! You've really grasped this difference between physical seeing and internal seeing. And you're perceiving the cave. Both very big deals.

[@victorgerardmelendez6323]

Hi Forrest, great video as always! You often mention dilating the eyes in different videos. Do you have a video where you explain how to do it?

[@ForrestKnutson]

Absolutely! This one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIW1c6l-mr2Mp6c

[@ForrestKnutson]

And this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nl7IaoCshdGMd80

[@victorgerardmelendez6323]

Forrest Knutson Wow thanks for both videos!!! One more question though. Even if I’m practicing Shambhavi Mudra, do I still try to dilate my eyes? When I look at the point between the eyebrows I feel a small emptiness, can I dilate my eyes while feeing that emptiness? If so, how?

[@ForrestKnutson]

@@victorgerardmelendez6323 absolutely! That's why Hakaula is so valuable. You open your peripheral vision while concentrating on one point in front of you. So that is the emptiness that you feel in front of you, while you open your peripheral vision. Does that make sense? Great question by the way.

[@victorgerardmelendez6323]

Forrest Knutson thanks! I think I get it, so basically Hakaula can be done with closed eyes?

[@stallio5612]

Todd Murphy......man...sometime I really feel that the actual contribution should have been made....it makes us Indian seems foolish as if this "squinting to nose tip" was invented by him.....anyway what you explained is very good perhaps one should start actually seeing the nose tip then after sometime Imagining the third eye later on.

[@zen5760]

Woahhh when I look at my nose and mentally look at 3rd eye my forehead tingles intensely is this good? What’s happening

[@ForrestKnutson]

That is the beginning of the first knot unwinding. Watch my video on the three knots and Lahiri Mahasaya.

[@zen5760]

@@ForrestKnutson appreciate it 🙏🏾

[@rogerbrown781]

I have questions. If you listen to frequencies like 369 which frequency do you recommend ?

[@greekphoenix3618]

Hi forrest iam new to your channel and i am very happy with your explanations and videos.now i try yesterday this particular exercise for about 10 minutes and i have results like a more clear mind and very focus and sharp vision but also negative feelings like intensive pressure above the eyes and muscular pain .12 hours late and still have the same feeling plus tiredness (i slept for six hours during the night)any thoughts on the matter is this problem will go a away ?anything that can i do?thank you in advance

[@ForrestKnutson]

As more energy returns to the brain, it can feel a little awkward at first. I would practice some grounding exercises. Put your bare feet on the earth. I have a video on a Grounding Breath from some time ago. The Rescue Breathing that I teach is also very good. You can also let a shower flow over you and let the negative ions in the water help to ground you.

[@greekphoenix3618]

@@ForrestKnutson thank you for your quick response and advise i will do this exercise that you suggested

[@ForrestKnutson]

@@greekphoenix3618 excellent!

[@dakotahsimonson631]

Forrest knutson u have any tips for lucid dreaming?

[@ForrestKnutson]

I have it on my list of videos to make.

[@helohelohelo6356]

wow hahahaha what a tingling feeling on my forehead. thanks !

[@ForrestKnutson]

Perfect Sandal!

[@helohelohelo6356]

@@ForrestKnutson would you be please be my guru? I had wierd things happening to me in meditation and I am seeking for answers. 1of my experience is: something rushed through my spine 2 times. The first time it just stopped in the middle of the spine and my whole body was energized in such a way which I never felt before. This took 15minutes. The 2nd happened to me when I was in asana pose and just chanted the earth element mantra. Something ran through the spine till the end and I felt so oooo amazing my eyes were in tears and I just simply laid there and surrendered. This also happened to me many times now but not that intense. All of these experiences started with pulsing/raising feeling. Can you help me to find the answers please?

[@ForrestKnutson]

@@helohelohelo6356 amazing. Could you write me at [e-mail] ...and we can talk about all of this. 😊

[@kuriouskitty3084]

@@helohelohelo6356 isn’t that a kundalini awakening?

[@universalkaleidoscope9877]

Hi forrest wanted to take ur opinion on some thing new i stumbled upon ...i was just out of curiosity doing experiment i focused on my right brain and trided switching off my left brain..i felt strange sensation on right side of my scalp n face i got little nervous and snapped out of this ..u think thts evn possible or my brain playing tricks on me could it be harmful if its not psychological ? What if i manage to shut my left brain and jump to right and then forget how to switch back to felt

[@ForrestKnutson]

I will often get the sensation of the right brain expanding, or becoming charged with energy as a consequence of the process, but I don't do actions in the brain to make this happen. I'm wary of that since it can often be too strong for the yogi, and he can feel stuck in the experience.

[@divyanshusharma745]

But how to look on the spiritual eye when you are looking to the tip of my nose. Can you please explain me.

[@ForrestKnutson]

This video is trying to teach you how to look without looking. It's a riddle.

[@amandamate9117]

do you have any psychedelic experience while meditating? I mean enhancing the meditation with some magic

[@ForrestKnutson]

I see the light of the spiritual eye, I hear the sound of Aum. I see people's faces. Some of the lights of the chakras are prismatic. I get messages in symbolic form. There's a way to hallucinate while walking down the street. I should teach that method. It's a great teacher.

[@misha6098]

@@ForrestKnutson I'd love to learn the hallucinating while walking.😁

[@ForrestKnutson]

Lol. I got it on the list! It's a great teacher in understanding the reticular activating system (RAS), and a great method for really being "here and now."

[@power9940]

@@ForrestKnutson Hi Forrest , have you ever felt a sense of Deja Vu, a few months down the line, about the symbolic images you perceive in meditation.

[@ForrestKnutson]

@@power9940 absolutely. Often messages that come through take time to unravel their meaning, and only make sense later when an event happens. Other times, I know instantly what the symbology is meant to mean, and even hear the message translated into words. ... I have a video on dreams and understanding dreams. This kind of symbolic deciphering is very important in understanding communication from the Right side of the Brain. Fantastic question!!

[@deepblack67]

looking within and not looking out is important. The versions that give other powers of site are a bad trip.

[@ForrestKnutson]

Well said, TR!

[@dakotahsimonson4037]

Can intuition can be used to find smaller arthorpods and slimmold/ mushroom collection? ("Yes im weird ")and if so how do i go about it ?

[@ForrestKnutson]

I heard about a technique from the American Indians. If they lost someone in the woods they would go to a tree and they would ask the tree which direction. Then they would listen and follow in the direction they felt prodded. So if you found some mushroom groups you could ask them which direction you should go. You have to hold in your mind a very simple image of the kind of mushroom you're looking for. Or maybe it would work to ask the trees as well. Try it out and let me know how it works.

[@dakotahsimonson4037]

@@ForrestKnutson hey the tip sorta worked ok but the tip of looking down and putting the attention up worked wonders, is it like the idea u cant look at god? Directly?

[@zerog2270]

Amazing video. I would like to clean my throat chakra. Its blocked because of past life karmas. Any ideas?

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you! Yes! You can chant Om into it. Then see how it feels. Then chant Om again, and just like that. Over and over. That's what I'm touching on in this video. You could do Time Line Therapy. You can also write. Write down all the things you're not saying, or the things you have said, and then do a little ceremony and burn the paper.

[@jon8367]

@@ForrestKnutson Can you do too much Om in any chakra? Just curious about safety.

[@ForrestKnutson]

@@jon8367 great question! The six chakras that I teach on the How to find your chakras video, the answer is no. You cannot do too much OM Japa in these 6 chakras.

[@jon8367]

@@ForrestKnutson Thank you again. Your channel is amazing, I have cleared a lot of questions. 🙏

[@ForrestKnutson]

@@jon8367 music to my ears!

[@ostatnidan]

Hello Forrest. Do you think that spiritual eye can look like an eclipse? I did this thing with fingers after my meditation and this simple white circle appeared, i wonder if it is just some illusion or this can be the eye.

[@ForrestKnutson]

Yes, that was it, you saw it. Congratulations! In this video I explain how it can be white first, and then golden later: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqC9eqOaf5KbjqM

[@ostatnidan]

Forrest Knutson thank you! Could you tell me which practice along HRV + BPV would be most appropriate to make this eye appear more constant, not only when using fingers?

[@JoshTobaquero]

Yogananda’s teachings of turning the eyes upwards during meditation has been quite uncomfortable for me. I deal with a lot of head pressure on a daily basis which seems to be amplified by the style of gazing upwards towards the third eye during meditation. Do you feel it is still possible for one to open the third eye to vision and Christ consciousness without following the upwards gazing instructions and instead focusing the eyes at the top of the nose or straight while the eyes are closed? Thanks

[@ForrestKnutson]

Yes, I do, Joshua. You could mentally focus on the medulla. Or gaze with open eyes and dilate the eyes. Then, once the eyes are dilated, you could close or keep them open, while keeping the expansive dilation. Definitely give looking up a break while there is too much pressure. The greatest practice for interiorization is the HRV Breathing I teach on this channel.

[@JoshTobaquero]

Forrest Knutson Great, thanks for the advice. I will watch some of your hrv videos and give the technique a go. Sounds promising.

[@ForrestKnutson]

@@JoshTobaquero fantastic!

[@swedish_sadhguru3854]

Have you started getting more psychic since you started doing this? Do you get any visions of the future, past lives or something like that?

[@ForrestKnutson]

Hi Rasmus. I've been doing this by dilation for a very long time. Yes, all of those happen occasionally, though they are not my focus.

[@swedish_sadhguru3854]

@@ForrestKnutson I understand, good work, must feel nice making progress! Are there still any doubts in your mind about god or reincarnation being real at this point? For me, I believe in god, but sometimes I also wonder what my purpose is in life. I haven't had any guidance at all, wish I could find a way to know what I should do. I will keep praying to god to show me guidance.

[@ForrestKnutson]

@@swedish_sadhguru3854 that is great. It can help to start in a positive direction. Use what you know to go in the direction you believe is correct, while you continue to pray. ... I do believe in both, though perhaps exactly how is different than most.

[@stallio5612]

Even if you want to develope and gain this power ..no harm but intentions should be good or else in initial stage the kriyas are similar but you will end up getting inclined to sheitan/demonic kriyas etc.

[@greeshmaraj4346]

Great wisdom sir.I already got a magnetic vibration in my 3rd eye area since age 12 or before without any meditations.Is that normal?

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you! It depends on the environment you grew up in, which possibly influenced you. Not exactly normal, as usually it takes a lot of meditation work. If it ever becomes too strong, you may want to learn some grounding exercises, or learn to concentrate on your medulla to help ease the energy down into the old brain where it is more manageable.

[@TheMRMEAN69]

My eyes hurt when I look up, why

[@ForrestKnutson]

You might be looking up too strongly. It's very gentle.

[@TheMRMEAN69]

@@ForrestKnutson thank you!, yes I was. I now try slower and softer and feels better!

[@ForrestKnutson]

@@TheMRMEAN69 perfect

[@tigerasarby9458]

Is it best to do it in the dark or when it's light?

[@ForrestKnutson]

Total darkness makes it easier.

[@eaglelight108]

...sorry, how do you dilate the eyes?

[@ForrestKnutson]

By opening your peripheral vision.

[@patriciamay2690]

What does dialating your eyes mean?

[@cyndiyoung7784]

It means to make your pupil (the black part of your eye) larger, going into a dark place does this.

[@patriciamay2690]

@@cyndiyoung7784 thanks a million, I appreciate you answering that 😊♥️💐🙏🏾

[@patriciamay2690]

I knew pupils dilate but I didn't know that you could cause them to dilate yourself

[@dakotahsimonson4037]

Can inspiring ideas come from this practice?

[@ForrestKnutson]

Very much so

[@chrismayhew4274]

who said anything about occult powers? I have heard cult members use that same phrase, occult powers....im watching you forest :).

[@spencada]

Is this bloke serious ?