DISCOURSES & TALKS BY MEHER BABA

THIRD  EYE

16th October, 1922

Baba explained about the third eye:

In addition to our two outward eyes, there is a third eye internally which sees through the two outward eyes and is situated between the eyebrows — the yogis know about it. The real yogi, in his advanced state, sees God, or Brahmand [the God of the universe], through this third eye contained in his mind — within the skull.

The Sadguru sees three different things as it pleases his fancy. With his external eyes, he can see the universe and the world; with his inner eye, he sees God. And with his external eyes he actually sees all that exists coming out of himself in the form of innumerable circles — through the point of his inner third eye. Those yogis who see the Brahmand can be counted by the thousands, while Perfect Masters are always very, very few.

Later, Meher Baba clarified that there exists on earth at all times 56 God-realized Perfect Persons (Shivatmas), five of whom are Perfect Masters (called Sadgurus in Vedanta and Qutubs in Sufism)

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