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The third eye is the director of energy or force, and thus an instrument of the will or Spirit; it is responsive only to that will as controlled by the Son-aspect, the revealer of the love-wisdom nature of gods and man, and it is therefore the sign of the white magician.3. the reflex action of the pineal gland itself.As these three types of energy, or the vibration of these three centers, begin to contact each other, a definite interplay is set up. This triple interplay forms in time a vortex or center of force, which finds its place in the center of the forehead, and takes eventually the semblance of an eye looking out between the other two. It is the eye of the inner vision, and he who has opened it can direct and control the energy of matter, see all things in the Eternal Now, and therefore be in touch with causes more than with effects, read the akashic records and see clairvoyantly. Therefore, its possessor can control the builders of the low degree.The "Eye of Shiva" when perfected, is blue in color, and as our solar Logos is the "Blue Logos" so do His children occultly resemble Him; but this color must be interpreted esoterically" TCF, 1009-1011.In this quote we see the correspondence between the Eye of Shiva and the third eye. The eye of Shiva implies the conscious functioning of the triangle of the Third Eye - Pineal gland (standing for the Soul)- and Major head center (standing for the Spirit). Could we say that the functioning of this triangle corresponds to the lens or consciousness translator of the "All-Seeing Eye" towards Its manifestation. This would explain why the Tibetan says about the Monad in DINA II, 291-3: "the Monad is to the planetary Logos, what the third eye is to man; this will become clearer to you if you will bear in mind that our seven planes are only the seven subplanes of the cosmic physical plane. The monadic world - so-called - is His organ of vision; it is also His directing agent for the life and light which must be poured into the phenomenal world. In the same way, the Monad is to the personality in the three worlds, also the source of its life and light. There are, therefore, three organs of revelation, as far as the spiritual man is concerned:1. The human eye, giving "in-sight" into the phenomenal world, letting in the light, and bringing revelation of the environment.2. The eye of the soul, bringing revelation of the nature of the interior worlds, of the kingdom of God and of the divine plan.3. The center within the One Life which we call by the unmeaning word " Monad", the spark within the one Flame. In the final stages of initiation, the Monad becomes the revealer of the purpose of God, of the will of the planetary Logos and of the door which opens on the Way of the Higher Evolution. This Way leads a man off the cosmic physical plane on to the cosmic astral plane, and therefore into the world of divine sentiency, of which we can have no possible understanding, but for which the development of consciousness has given us the initial steps....Man is learning to use the eye of the soul, and as he does so he brings its correspondence in the head also into functioning activity; this produces fusion and identification, and brings the pineal gland into action....Then later, upon the Path of Initiation, the initiate develops his tiny correspondence to the planetary "All seeing Eye". he unfolds the powers of the Monad. These are related to divine purpose and to the world in which Sanat Kumara moves and which we call Shamballa. I have impressed upon you elsewhere that the state of being of the Monad has naught to do with what we call consciousness; in the same way, there is naught in the world of Shamballa which is of the same nature as the phenomenal world of man in the three worlds, or even of the soul world. It is a world of pure energy, of light and of directed force; it can be seen as streams and centers of force, all forming a pattern of consummate beauty, all potently invocative of the world of the soul and of the world of phenomena; it therefore constitutes in a very real sense the world of causes and of initiation."
It appears that the eye of the needle corresponds to the eye of vision, the monadic consciousness of the Masters, : "The eye of the needle ...higher evolution monadic consciousness. Leading to life expression. Climaxing in the fifth initiation. Producing purposeful life Consummation" RI, 117. The stage in development, where the Monad is considered as the eye of the needle may help us to understand the later stage where the Monad is considered as the third eye or the eye of Shiva of the planetary Logos. This demonstrate that each of the terms related to the eye have a generic meaning which needs to be applied to specific entities in manifestation.

In this first part we have put our attention upon the principles as expressed through the language of the eye. Now let us investigate more specifically the essence which is mostly manifested through the eye, let look at the symbol of its very essence.
2. The symbolic essence of the Eye:
From the Formula I given in the page 4, we have looked in more details the meaning and some of the significances of the different eyes. Now let us face the power which leads to the creation of the eye, the organ of sight, and so investigate its symbolic essence. Here we encounter what is at the core of the power of thought and the power of visualization:1. the law that "energy follows thought" and that "the eye directs that energy" DINA II, 424. 2. "the purpose... which is called 'the discovery of the point within the circle'. This signifies - as far as the group is involved - the revelation of the central coherent force of the group itself... This is - at the same time and until after the higher initiation which we call the fourth initiation - the Master at the center of the group. This is consequently , the correspondence to the 'Jewel in the lotus' where the individual is concerned, to the Hierarchy, where humanity is concerned, and to the central point of life in all forms. Of form and of consciousness, the circle and the point are the natural symbols. This applies equally to the atom, to man, to the planet and to the solar system. The concept must constitute the foundational idea in all reflection upon this formula" DINA II, 250.Here we come into contact with a very basic esoteric understanding of the eye which is connected with the very core of the R2. The first basic encounter with the R2 is through the soul: "As a result of focussed thinking "in the heart" the spiritual eye opens and becomes the directing agent...the soul is the heart of the system of the spiritual man" DINA II, 289. The very core of the R2, our spirit, we encounter it as a human being within the light of the Monad: "I SEE THE GREATEST LIGHT...This statement has relation to the Central Spiritual Sun and not to the Heart of the Sun; it involves, if I might so express it, the most intense effort to see in the light the relation of the whole, and this is one of the most potent experiences to which the disciple can be subjected. It is not vision or even aspiration to see the vision. It is complete sight and of this the Masonic symbol of the "Eye of God" the "All-Seeing Eye" is the expression. It involves realization of the light of the divine countenance; of this the light of the soul is the dim reflection. The disciple has learnt the significance of solar and lunar light (soul and form light), but this is something other. It is the great obliterating light of reality itself, revealing the fact of the higher Lighted Way which leads to Nirvana; Of this, the projected Antahkarana is the stage first consciously realized by the disciple" RI, 516. We could see the eye as the outcome of the most synthetic instrument of manifestation of the first aspect, i.e., the synthetic expression of the Rays of synthesis. Seen from the human point of view, the point at the center, indicative of the Monadic life, and the circle seen as the sphere of radiation, the Soul-infused personality.Naught remains but bliss N
In this regard it might be interesting to review how a R2 representative conceives or represents its own function in manifestation. To this effect let us remember that from the point of view of the Hierarchy, the centers are"portrayed as lotuses, with varying numbers of petals; nevertheless there is always preserved and recognizably present a triangle, at the very heart of the lotus; always there is the triangle with its communicating point, and to this we give the name, the "jewel in the lotus". You have therefore the following symbolic representation of the lotus, and you would do well to study it with care... [In addition the Tibetan says] In the next one [solar system]... the etheric body will begin as a network of triangles but this will be resolved as a network of interlinked circles or of liked rings, indicating the fulfillment of interlocking relationships" TEV, 165. We see here the outcome of the creation of a thought form in the etheric substrate as thought out by the R2 and can see that again, the anatomy of the eye can be here recognized, especially in the iris counterpart of the eye. While the iris itself symbolizes the second principle, the pupil the point, (here triangle) symbolizes the first principle within the space of the second principle. Here is implied the very basic nature of our Second Solar System which very essence is of the second principle.

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3. The optic system and the Antahkarana:
If as we have seen the anatomy of the eye ball carries a deep analogy to the Rays of synthesis, the optic system as such has a deep analogy to the Antahkarana, which is interestingly an another aspect of the second principle, a manifestation of the Great Geometrician. The Tibetan alludes to this when speaking of that same Formula I and in the esoteric Healing book:" 'Upon the stream, between the two extremes, there floats the eye of vision'. You need to remember that from one point of view these symbols are related to the Antahkarana, that line between two points, and that as you build the Antahkarana in your own lives so will be the growth of your understanding of the formula" DINA II, 128."One hint I can give you: the optic nerve is a symbol of the Antahkarana, and the entire structure of the eye ball is one of the most beautiful symbols of the threefold deity and the threefold man" EH, 571.Here we could see the analogy of the crossing of the Chiasma optic with the symbol of the cross of the R2, the"eye of vision". It might be appropriate here to remind ourselves of the function of the optic nerve: it transmits the information of the vision so it can be interpreted and processed by the brain. It is important to note that the quality of the information depends upon the receptors of the eyes as well as the level of interpretation depends upon the quality of the brain. We can see here the analogy with the Antahkarana. Indeed upon this analogy it might be illuminating to state here what the Tibetan says of the Antahkarana, which he reminds us is the specific gift of the Aryan race (see RI, 478): "Students should train themselves to distinguish between the sutratma and the Antahkarana, between the life thread and the thread of consciousness. The one thread is the basis of immortality and the other the basis of continuity. One thread (the sutratma) links and vivifies all forms into one functioning whole, and embodies in itself the will and the purpose of the expressing entity, be man, God or a crystal. The other thread (the Antahkarana) embodies the response of the consciousness within the form to a steadily expanding range of contacts within the environing whole. One is the direct stream of life, unbroken and immutable, which can be regarded symbolically as a direct stream of living energy flowing from the center to the periphery, and from the source to the outer expression, or the phenomenal appearance. It is the life. It produces the individual process and the evolutionary unfoldment of all forms.It is, therefore, the path of life, which reaches from the Monad to the personalty, via the soul. This is the thread soul and it is one and indivisible. It conveys the energy of life and finds its final anchor in the center of the human heart and at some central focal point in all forms of divine expression. Naught is and naught remains but life. The consciousness thread (Antahkarana) is the result of the union of life and substance or of the basic energies which constitute the first differentiation in time and space; this produces something different, which only emerges as a third divine manifestation after the union of the basic dualities has taken place...." RI, 449."Disciples and aspirants grow through the means of a presented vision - unattainable as yet but definitely an extension of the known and previously grasped. Such is the mode of evolution, for it is ever a pressing forward towards the sensed" RI, 473. "Technically, and upon the Path of Discipleship, this bridge between the personality in its three aspects and the monad and its three aspects is called the Antahkarana.This Antahkarana is the product of the united effort of soul and personality, working together consciously to produce this bridge. When it is completed, there is a perfect rapport between the monad and its physical plane expression, the initiated in the outer world. The third initiation marks the consummation of the process and there is then a straight line of relationship between the monad and the lower personal self. The fourth initiation marks the complete realization of this relation by the initiate. It enables him to say: "I and my Father are one"" RI, 454-5."This [the Son of God Who is the Son of Mind dies; the veil of the temple is rent in twain from the tope to the bottom; the fourth initiation is passed and there then comes the revelation of the Father] is the final and far-reaching result of the building of the bridge [the Antahkarana] which is, in reality, the establishing of a line of light between Monad and personality as a full expression of the soul - between spirit and matter, between Father and Mother. It is evidence that "spirit has mounted on the shoulders of matter" to that high place from whence it is originally came, plus the gain of experience and of full knowledge, and of all that life in material form could give and all that conscious experience could confer. The Son has done His work. The task of the Savior or of the Mediator has been completed. The unity of all things is known to be a fact in consciousness, and a human spirit can say with intention and with understanding: " I and my Father are one" RI, 476.
A better understanding of the optic system and the Antahkarana, as expressed in the above quotes, allows us to understand in a deeper way the difference between the doctrine of the eye and the doctrine of the heart. Indeed the Tibetan gives a good definition of what He calls the doctrine of the Eye: "the eye doctrine - which is the doctrine of the eye of vision - governs the mystical experience;... [It] is based on the dual relation between soul and personality. It involves the spiritual relationships, but the attitude of dualism or of the recognition of the polar opposites is implicit in it[To this the Tibetan opposes] the doctrine of the heart [which] is based upon the universal nature of the soul, conditioned by the Monad, the One, and involves reality" He gives the following table which a perspective upon the process of vision:

Desire - Aspiration Mind - ProjectionThe 1st and 2nd Initiation The 3rd and 4th InitiationUniversal Love and Intuition Universal Will and MindThe Path of Light The Way of the Higher EvolutionThe Point of Contact The Antahkarana or BridgeThe Plan The PurposeThe Three Layers of the Egoic Petals The Spiritual TriadThe Hierarchy ShamballaThe Master's Ashram The Council ChamberThe Seven Paths The Seven Paths RI, 457-9.
We have so far looked into the eye as a mean of identification, and now reviewed the core of its symbolic meaning and looked into the analogy of the optic system as a whole and the Antahkarana, now let us focus into the physiology of the esoteric eye that is to say investigate how it functions upon the medium of Consciousness.

4. The physiology of the esoteric Eye:
When investigating our understanding of the esoteric physiology of the eye, it is important to keep in mind that the Antahkarana itself, as we have just mentioned, deals with processes within the consciousness, is a function of the mind anchored in the personality (the reader is referred to the diagram in RI, 456). Keeping this in mind as well as the analogy with the optic system, we can understand why the Tibetan refers to the eye as an instrument of initiatory energy. " In all occult work in mental matter which has to manifest upon the physical plane, and thus achieve objectivity, man has to work as a unit. This infers the ability, therefore, of the threefold lower man to be subordinated to the Ego, so that the dynamic will of the Ego may be imposed upon the physical brain.The method of the man on the physical plane who is engaged in conscious work in mental matter is to be considered in two divisions: first the initial process of alignment with the Ego, so that the plan, purpose and method of achievement may be impressed upon the physical brain, and then a secondary process in which the man, using the physical brain consciously, proceeds to carry out the plan, construct through will and purpose the necessitated form, and then, having built and energized the form, to "keep an eye upon it"... Scientists are becoming interested in the power of the human eye and that faculty of control and of recognition which is everywhere seen as existing will have its scientific and occult explanation when it is studied as instrument of initiatory energy. Therefore, it will be apparent that a thought form is the result of two types of energy:That emanating in the first instance from the Ego on abstract levels.That originating in a secondary sense from the man on the physical plane through the medium of the brain" TCF, 957-8.We could say that:The Antahkarana is to the Consciousness ThreadasThe optic system is to the Instrument of Initiatory energy
It seems obvious that the Tibetan in the above quote is speaking about the building of the Antahkarana. One of the example where the Tibetan uses the eye as an instrument of initiatory energy is within the "First Point of revelation" where He says:"Energy follows thought and the eye directs the energy. Involves the physical plane.Relates to the first initiation.Concerns the ajna center and the so-called third eye" DINA II, 369.
To investigate the Antahkarana as the function of the esoteric optic system, it is important to focus upon the nature of the esoteric light as well as its relation with the esoteric eye. Indeed the Tibetan tells us that: "The mystery of the eye and its relation to light (esoterically understood) is very great, and as yet not student, no matter how diligent, knows anything about it. For instance, brother of mine, when the third eye, the inner eye, and the Monad are brought into direct alignment with "the Eye of God Himself", so that what the planetary Logos sees can be partially (at least) revealed to the initiate, who can tell what that revelation will bring of results and enlightment? When the true nature of the will is comprehended and the self-will of the personality (of a very high order, necessarily), the will of the soul (as demonstrated by the activity of the highest tier or circle of the egoic petals), atma, expressing itself as the spiritual will, and Sanat Kumara are also brought, through initiation, into direct alignment, who, again, can predict what the revelation will be? When again ...the myriad thoughtforms of the concrete or lower mind are seen as illusion, and the lower mind, the knowledge petals of the egoic lotus, the abstract mind and buddhi or pure reason are all brought into alignment with the Lords of Karma in a direct relationship and as signifying the ending of karma in the three worlds, who can foretell the nature of the ensuing revelation? It is alignment that holds the clue or the key to all these deeply spiritual events " DINA II, 349.


Light: Light in the esoteric literature is synonymous of life, the second principle, energy, understanding, truth; it the outcome of the process of duality, it is the very manifestation or the instrument of Love itself. The Tibetan reminds us that the concept of Light must always be established mentally (see DINA II, 369). We will consider some of these definitions:Light can be considered as an energy capable to affect the physical instrument through its effect on the glandular system. This makes a lot of sense if we remember that the light in the head is created by the conscious flow of energy between the pineal gland, the pituitary body and the carotid gland. "Technically speaking, the light of the soul - localized in the region of the pineal gland - works through and would be directed through the right eye which is ...the organ of Buddhi, whilst the light of the personality - localized in the region of the pituitary body - functions through the left eye. The time has not yet come when this statement means much except to very advanced students, but should be on record for the future use of disciples and aspirants....The whole subject of light and power is of so vast a nature and is relatively so little understood in its true significance as an expression (in dual form) of energy which flows upward from the personality and downward from the soul...The Theme of light and energy is closely connected with the problem of the entire glandular system; it is therefore, of basic importance that there should be understanding of this relation for it is one of the fundamental things upon which the health of the entire body and its right functioning rests.... It will be found that the brain and the two head centers (actuating the pituitary body and the pineal gland) are the directing agents for the activities of the man upon the physical plane" EP II, 611-2Light is associated with wisdom:In EP II, 462, "All wisdom is a form of light, for it reveals to us the world of meaning which lies behind the outer form. All understanding is an evocation of light, for it causes us to become aware of, or conscious of, the causes which are producing the outer forms which surround us (including our own)..." In RI, 177, "The symbol of the world of meaning is Light - the light which shines upon the ways of men, interpreting events and bestowing revelation".Also in the "Second Point of Revelation" Light is associated with the second principle: "...the heart center, the "advancing point of Light" DINA II, 369.Light is related to radiation, to matter:In EP I, 130, the Tibetan says: "Light, or radiation, the effect of the interplay between the life and the environment". In the same section we are reminded that: " there are different intensity of light depending of the level of development."In TWM, 93, "Light ever signifies two things, energy and its manifestation in form of some kind, for light and matter are synonymous terms".Light is considered as the first effect of sound, that is as a second principle, its absence leads to death of the form:In TWM, 144, "First the sound and then the first effect of sound, the pouring forth of light, causing the revelation of the thought form.
Light is known by what is revealed. The absence of light produces the fading away, into apparent non-existence, of the phenomenal world.The thought form created by the Sound is intended to be a source of revelation. It must reveal truth, and bring an aspect of reality to the cognisance of the onlooker"."The soul is to be known as light, as the revealer, whilst the Spirit aspect will later be recognized as sound. Complete light and illumination is the right of the disciple who attains to the third initiation...", TWM, 146.Light can also be seen as the interplay between two poles, producing first objectivity in the three worlds then eventually, at the time of their blending, illumination.In TCF, 315, light is created by the interplay between two units: "In time and space we are concerned with units of different polarity which - during the evolutionary process - seek union, balance, equilibrium or synthesis, and eventually find it. This electrical interplay between two units causes that which we call light, and therefore objectivity... the approximation of the two poles, or their blending causes a blazing forth or radiant light." The two poles mentioned in this last quote, change according to the level of development of the disciple, leading to different type of light, but the principle remains the same. Indeed the Tibetan uses the word light when speaking of the soul, or the Monad: In RI, 184, "Fundamentally, the task of the Hierarchy is to "let in the light"; but this time nor in the sense of revelation, of vision, or illumination. These latter are all aspects of soul light; the work of the initiate is to aid in the construction of the planetary body of light-substance which will finally reveal the nature of Deity and the glory of the Lord. It is the planetary correspondence to the light-body through which the Christ an all the Son of God Who have reached perfection finally manifest. It is a vehicle created by the energy of Will, and it is implemented and "Held in being" by the Will. It expresses itself exoterically by the projection of this will energy, via the central point in each of the seven chakras or lotuses."We find in the above quote an aspect of light which is the embodiment of a specific life, here a planetary life. Are we not talking here of the Monad in its third principle, the "eye within the Triangle", the body of manifestation of the "All Seeing Eye". The Light in this context is not the agent of vision but becomes the instrument of vision itself! This is a most important point because as we will notice, the esoteric eye is in fact an eye made of Light substance. This helps us understand why the factor of blindness is so important in the process of initiation.
Blindness: Light, vision is a very important concept in esoteric dynamics but so is blindness. In RI, 197, the Tibetan gives some insight about the importance and function of blindness upon the path: "Blindness is a prelude to initiation of no matter what degree. It is only at the last and highest initiation that the "tendency to blindness" comes to a complete end. In the early stage of evolution blindness is nature, innate unavoidable and impenetrable. For ages man walks in the dark. Then comes the stage wherein it can be overcome. Technically speaking, the blindness to which I have referred is something different. From the moment when a human being catches the first, faint glimpse of the"Something other" and sees himself in juxtaposition to that dimly sensed, distant reality, the blindness with which I have dealt is something imposed by the soul upon the hastening aspirant, so that the lessons of conscious experience, of discipleship, and later of initiation bay be correctly assimilated and expressed; by its means, the hurrying seeker is defended from making too rapid and superficial progress. It is depth and a profound "rootedness"...for which the inner Teacher and later the Master looks, and "occult blindness," its need its wise handling and its final elimination are part of the curriculum imposed upon the candidate...
Blindness is therefore, esoterically speaking, the plane of learning and is related to the eye, throat and heart doctrine. It is not related to the dim vision, the sensing of half truths and the groping of the aspirant in the process of learning about himself, or as he visions the goal and seeks to walk the Path. That is a familiar condition and one to which all beginners are subjected and which they cannot avoid for it is inherent in their nature. Occult blindness is spiritually induced and "blacks out" the glory and the promised attainment and reward. The disciple is thrown back upon himself. All he can see is his problem his tiny field of experience, and his - to him - feeble and limited equipment... The beauty of the immediate, the glory of the present opportunity and the need to focus upon the task and service of the moment are the rewards of moving forward into the apparently impenetrable darkness. For the initiate, this blindness is still more esoteric; there remains for him absolutely no light whatsoever - no earth light nor any light within the three worlds at all. There is only blackness. To this the mystic has given the name "the dark night of the soul"..."Here the "dark night of the soul" refers probably to the passage from soul to Spirit, or from the life of the causal body to the one of the Triad, which is revealed by sound and no more by the light. It is beyond the realm of light.
Now let us investigate the process of esoteric vision itself.
Process of esoteric vision, an application of the Science of Triangle: The discovery of specific different grades of light and their assimilation by the disciple-initiate is literally what constitute his esoteric eye. In TMW, 212-4, the Tibetan speaks of how the third eye corresponds to a specific development within the world of light and therefore participate in the process of esoteric vision. "The center between the eyebrows, commonly called the third eye has a unique and peculiar function. As I have pointed out elsewhere, students must not confound the pineal gland with the third eye. They are related, but not the same. In The Secret Doctrine they are apparently regarded as the same, and the casual reader can easily confound them but they are by no means identical. This H.P.B. knew, but the apparent confusion was permitted until more of the etheric nature of forms was known. The third eye manifests as a result of the vibratory interaction between the forces of the soul, working through the pineal gland, and the forces of the personality, working through the pituitary body. These negative and positive forces interact, and when potent enough produce the light in the head. Just as the physical eye came into being in response to the light of the sun so the spiritual eye equally comes into being in response to the light of the spiritual sun. As the aspirant develops he becomes aware of the light. I refer to the light in all forms, veiled by all sheaths and expressions of the divine life, and not just to the light within the aspirant himself. As his awareness of this light increases so does the apparatus of vision develop, and the mechanism whereby he can see things in the spiritual light comes into being in the etheric body. This is the eye of Shiva, for it is only fully utilized in the magical work when the monadic aspect, the will aspect, is controlling. By means of the third eye the soul accomplishes three activities: 1. It is the eye of vision. By its means, the spiritual man sees behind the forms of all aspects of divine expression. He becomes aware of the light of the world, and contacts the soul within all forms. Just as the physical eye registers forms, so does the spiritual eye register the illumination within those forms which "illumination" indicates a specific state of being. It opens up the world of radiance. 2. It is the controlling of the magical work. All white magical work is carried forward with a definitely constructive purpose, made possible through the use of the intelligent will. In other words, the soul knows the plan, and when the alignment is right and the attitude correct, the will aspect of the divine man can function and bring about results in the three worlds. The organ used is the third eye. The analogy to this can be seen in the often noticed power of the human eye as it controls other human beings and animals by a look, and through steady gazing can act magnetically. Force flows through the focused human eye. Force flows through the focused third eye. 3. It has a destructive aspect and the energy flowing through the third eye can have a disintegrating and destroying effect. It can, through its focused attention, directed by the intelligent will, drive out physical matter. It is the agent of the soul in the purificatory work...Through this point of focus the soul looks out upon or contemplates the mental plane, including the mental mechanism. Similarly on the emotional plane, the soul is brought into a state of awareness or vision of its emotional sheath and the world of astral phenomena, and the physical parallel exists for the etheric body. It is this third work of the soul that is touched upon here, the destructive work of getting rid of the old forms, of shaking out of the bodies matter of an undesirable nature and braking down the barrier and limitations to true soul activity.These three activities of the soul, through the medium of the third eye, are the correspondences to the three aspects..."
We can see in the above quote that vision is the outcome of the flow of energy through three levels of consciousness. In the above quote, the third eye, corresponding to the conscious flow of energy between the soul and the personality using the triangle of the pineal the pituitary body and the brain as its receptive part needs to be aligned to the monadic aspect to be usable. We are dealing here with the Science of triangle, I will repeat a quote which is usefull in this specifiec context:"For the triangle is the basic geometric from of all manifestation and it is to be seen (by those who have eyes to see) underlying the entire fabric of manifestation, whether it is the manifestation of a solar system, the manifestation of the zodiacal round, the cosmic triplicities or the tiny reflection of this divine triple whole we call man. When the human being is manifest but is not yet truly manifested, the triangles which symbolize this manifestation are the two eyes and the third eye: 1. The right eye - the eye of Buddhi, of Wisdom and of Vision.2. The left eye - the eye of mind, of the common sense and of sight.3. The eye of Shiva - the all-seeing eye, the eye which directs the will and purpose of Deity.
These are in reality,
1. The eye of the Father - carrying light from the great Bear.2. The eye of the Son - carrying light from Sirius.3. The eye of the Mother - carrying light from the Pleiades.
and it is this latter "light energy" which is necessarily peculiarly active when the sign of Taurus is dominant in any planetary and individual horoscope" EA, 430.
A same triangular flow of energy through three levels of consciousness is again given as the functioning of the "all-seeing eye", TCF, 1011: "...all magicians work with three types of energy:a. That which is the same as their own Ray,b. That which is complementary to their own type of force,c. Their polar opposite,and they work, therefore, either along the line of least resistance, or through attraction, and repulsion.It is through the medium of this "all-seeing eye" that the Adept can at any moment put Himself in touch with His disciples anywhere; that He can communicate with His compeers on the planet, on the polar opposite of our planet, and on the third planet which, with ours, forms a triangle; that He can, through the energy directed from it, control and direct the builders, and hold any thoughtform He may have created within His sphere of influence, and upon its intended path of service; and that through his eye by means of directed energy currents He can help and stimulate His disciples or group of men in any place at any times"
We could see the esoteric eye as a succession of triangles. For Example if we consider the functioning of the third eye could we say that we have, if we compare it with the physical eyeball:
1. The Light of the Soul, the point which is visioned, the point of direction, or the emanating source which is the object of vision, transmitted by the light.2. The Third eye, the conscious flow of energy between the soul and personality, under the direction of the Monad (the Antahkarana) standing for the lens of the eye.3. The light in the head, representing a specific triangle of consciousness standing for receptive mechanism along with its capacity to transform the message so that it can be used by the individual.It seems that the three stage process is intimately connected with the esoteric eye.
This process seems to be confirmed by the following quote:" By the time the third Initiation is reached, the internal triangle is in full process of circulatory transmission, and the whole life of the Personality is subjected to the will of the Ego... Before the three physical head centers awaken, man is largely subjected to force flowing through the four minor etheric centers; later the three major centers - the head, the heart and the throat - begin to vibrate...As this proceeds, the three physical head centers begin to awake from dormancy into activity, the effect being felt as follows:a. As the major head center awakens, the pineal gland begins to function.b. As the heart center becomes fully alive, the pituitary body enters into activity.c. As the throat center assumes its right place in the process of evolution, the Alta major center vibrates adequately" (TCF, 964-5).Of course in the process of esoteric vision the levels of consciousness considered are different at each of the initiation leading to a different revelation, but the principle of action remains the same. The esoteric eye is essentially a "translator" agent of energy, an instrument of the initiatory energy. Again if we consider the third eye to investigate the process of esoteric vision we observe that it has several functions or can be considered from different points of view depending of the stage of development of the individual. Indeed the third eye provides a bridge between the causal body and ethero-physical body as we have previously described (TMW, 212-4) but it has also the capacity to receive the light of the Monad and redirect it for the use of the lower worlds."The third eye has several functions. Among others, it is the organ of illumination, the unveiled eye of the soul, through which light and illumination comes into the mind, and thus the entire lower life becomes irradiated. It is also the organ through which pours the directing energy which streams out from the conscious creating adept to the instruments of service, his thought-forms "(TCF, 975-6). It is indeed interesting to note that, at the time of the third initiation, the third eye fulfills the function of receptive mechanism rather than of lens. This is occurring because the initiate at that time shift from a concrete mental to a manasic center of gravity and along with this shift of energy, a secondary alignment (ajna, head center and soul) begins to be operative: "The location of this particular point of revelation is on the mental plane; through alignment of the concrete lower mind, the Son of Mind and the abstract mind, a direct channel for vision is created. The medium of revelation at this initiation is the Antahkarana, which is rapidly being constructed and can thus prove the connecting link and the esoteric mode of vision. The instrument of reception is the third eye which - for a moment - is temporarily suspended from its task of directing energy upon the physical plane and then becomes a stationary, receptive organ, turned inward toward the higher light. The Head center is therefore involved, and a secondary alignment takes place between the ajna center, the head center and the soul body. All this takes place at a high point during the third initiation; for the first time in his personal history the initiate is completely aligned and can function straight through from the head center to the highest point of the Spiritual Triad."..DINA II, 399-400
Finally in the process of contemplation, could we say that the attention of the eye seems to be focussed with the first aspect of the eye, its object of contemplation, the Greatest Light, and the capacity be within the Temple. "In contemplation, the inner eye is fixed upon the object of contemplation, and this produces ...a steady stream of energy which is focussed upon the objective, producing vitalization and activity. It is the basis of the "work of transmutation", for instance, when the human substance is transmuted into solar substance...When the third eye is used, which is the case in contemplation, it is the synthesizer and director of triple energy."..TCF, 1007.
Summary and conclusion:To understand the eye as seen from the esoteric point of view, we have used analogies with the eye as we know it in from the scientific perspective. We also have given the definitions of the English language where the eye can be used in many different connotations. We have put some attention to the eye as a mean to identify the object of vision or the one who sees. We have look into the basic quality of the essence of the eye and found it to be fundamental to the Second Principle. Finally we have looked into the mechanism of the esoteric vision and demonstrated the basic structural role of l-Light and the importance of the triangle in that process.As a final touch, let us remember that the one who sees is using the devic world as the substance of his vision: "The devas are the agents of the divine will because they are a consequence of the point of attainment of our planetary Logos as He exists outside the seven planes of our sphere of existence, the cosmic physical plane. They are conditioned by His astral and mental vehicles. In a definite sense, they are agents of the Universal Mind, even though they are not mental as we understand that term. They are sometimes regarded as blind forces, but that is only because they get their inspiration from levels of divine awareness outside the range of the human consciousness, no matter how high, or when used in its widest connotation.Their controlling Agent in manifestation is the Triangle of Energy to which we give the name the "Three Buddha of Activity". They are therefore closely connected with the third aspect of divinity. They are essentially the "eye within the Triangle"... They are the expression, in activity of the "All-Seeing Eye"; through their agency God sees and through them and the energy directed through them, He directs the creative process "RI, 179-80.------------TO BE PASTED INTO:THE EYE COMPILATIONEsoteric Hints related to Light:In that light shall we see light.Radiation and magnetism, invocation and evocation, are four aspects of a dual whole and all must be unfolded by the Server. [Is this analogous to light, faith, Love and Power?]Loyalty must give place to identification, and the light is ever merged in darkness (DINA II, 417).One esoteric definition of Light:The occultist must recognize and work with three types of force, or energy, and therein lies the distinciton between his work and that of the mystic. He recognizes:1. Positive force Or that which energizes.2. Negative force Or that which is the recipient of energy; that which acts or assumes form under the impact of positive force.3. Light or harmonic force That which is procduced by the untion of these two. The result is radiant energy, and is the result of the equilibrization of the two others.These three aspects of energy have been called, as has been often said:a. Electric fire positive energy Father.b. Fire by friction negative energy Mother.c. Solar fire Radiant energy Sun or Son (TCF, 833).
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Important info about vision given in DINA II, p367-8: Light upon the physical plane leads to vision, Light esoterically leads to increase in consciousness, recognition, perception, the role of vision in evolution, Light must be understood from the mental perspective."POINTS OF REVEL.ATIONIt might here be noted by you, as eve consider this entire subject of revelation from the angle of the initiate, that (in the initiatory process where the disciple is concerned) revelation is simply one way of expressing the constantly recurring effects of pressure forward and of vision. Throughout the entire evolutionary process there is essentially nothing but a growing revelation. The two terms, Evolution and Revelation, go together. Any distinction lies within the field of revelation or—to word it otherwise—within the various planes of consciousness, and particularly that in whitl1 the revelation is taking place. Earlier I said that 'the next sequential revelation will be that of creativity, of the world of thoughtforms whicl1 humanity as a whole has created and the setting in motion—by humanity and in relation to its own destiny—of the Law of (cause and Effect or Karma. This will take us back into the very night of time and demonstrate the hope of the present era."Revelation is both formless and also within form, and the closer to realisation, the more subtle and devoid of forte will be the revelation. This is, of course, a platitude of which you are well aware but it needs renewed recognition. Again. there is necessarily, in revelation, always the concept of Light and that which it reveals. Light on the physical plane produces the organ of vision, the eye through which revelation of physical areas of consciousness becomes possible; the same theme of light runs through the analogous process by means of synchronising instruments upon all planes; nevertheless the physical concept of instrument falls increasingly into that background and other words take its place as wt clear with higher areas of consciousness: Recognising, Perception. Interpreting Perception. .Spiritual Perception. Decisive Perception These terms will suffice to convey to the disciple that nature of the recognitions wl1it:ll he renders to the revelation that unfolds before him, once he is an initiate within the Ashram and is changing his apparatus of perception from the tangible one of the three worlds (tangible because within the world of forms) to the higher correspondencesIt is at the sixth Initiation of Decision that Perception and Recognition of the revelation reach their heights for the initiate. After this, the subtler correspondences to the tangible senses of taste and smell begin definitely to demonstrate, but with them we shall not deal, for they are effects of revelation so far removed from the possible achievement of the majority of the Masters that they concern us not; they are more properly related to the unfolding consciousness of Those Who function in the Council Chamber of Shamballa. Human evolution or the human evolutionary process is entirely concentrated around the sense of sight, with its consequent effects and results of vision, recognition and perception—all of them constituting what we mean when we speak of revelation.This revelation can be—as I said—either in form or formless; it can be a pictorial symbol or a subtle demonstration; it can be expressed only in words, or it can take the form of wordless recognition; it can be a goal or a future sensed possibility, but it can also be an incentive and the dynamic impulse of the initiate's life because it is not distant but is a real aspect of his divine equipment—I know not how else to express these possibilities to you, my brothers. It is with these aspects of revelation that we are here dealing, because they are strictly aspirational developments and are available as a result of ashramic training and of hierarchical initiation.I would remind you that in all that I am giving you in this series of instructions I am dealing with hierarchical initiations and not with those advanced stages of unfoldment which are referred to when the subject of the Christ arises or of those times when He is spoken of as the Teacher of the Angels. Let us keep our thinking and its resultant aspiration in the realm of human possibilities. I would have you note the distinction that can be made between the aspiration which precedes thought and which presupposes an emotional orientation to light and revelation, and that which is the consequence of thought and which is the seed of an oriented perception of that which lies permanently within the consciousness of the Hierarchy.As we consider these revelations, I would like to take them up with you from a somewhat new angle; I would ask you to remember that the concept of Light must always he established by you mentally, alongside that of the revelation itself."
More on the eye, the light and the mind: DINA II, 293-4: " As man the human being, man the disciple, and man the initiate gradually move onward on the stream of life, revelation comes step by step, moving from one great point of focus to another until naught more remains to be revealed.In all these spiritual points of crisis or of opportunity for vision, for fresh spiritual insight and for revelation (for that is what they are in reality), the thought of struggle is the first one to warrant attention. I used, in this connection, the words "stage of penetration"; the thought which this conveys to the initiate understanding signifies an extension of the struggle which the neophyte makes in order to achieve inner control, and then to use the mind as a searchlight so as to penetrate into new fields of awareness and of recognition. Forget not that recognition involves right interpretation and right relation to that whicl1 is seen and contacted. Into all revelation enters the concept of "whole vision" or a synthesis of perception, and then comes recognition of that whicl1 is visioned and perceived. It is the mind (the common sense, as it used to be called) which utilises the physical senses of perception, and through their united contribution gets a "whole vision" and a synthesis of perception of the phenomenal world, according to man's point of development, his mental capacity to recognise, rightly interpret and rightly relate that which has been conveyed to him by the activity of the five senses. This is what is meant whets we use the phrase "the mind's eye," and this ability is the common possession of humanity in varying degrees of availability.Later, man uses the "eye of the soul," as we have noted above; it reveals to him a world of subtler phenomena, the kingdom of Cod or the world of souls. Then the light of the intuition pours in, bringing the power to recognise and rightly interpret and relate.As the disciple and the initiate progress from stage to stage of revelation, it becomes increasingly difficult to make clear not only what is revealed, but also the processes of revelation, and the methods used to bring the stage of revelation about. The vast mass of mankind throughout the world have no clear idea as to the function of the mind as an organ of vision illumined by the soul; still fewer, only the disciples and initiates, are able to glimpse the purpose of the spiritual eye and its functioning in the light of the intuition. When we come, therefore, to the great organ of universal revelation, the monadic principle, functioning through the medium of an extraplanetary light, we enter realms which are indefinable and for which no terminology has been created, and which only initiates above the third degree are able to consider."In TWM, 183, The Tibetan speaks of the Light in the head which is indicative of the conscious functioning of the pineal gland. Then He says that "the path of the just is as a shining Light and yet at the same time a man has to become that path itself. He enters the light and becomes the light and functions then as a lamp set in a dark place, carrying illumination to others and lighting the way before them" 185. There we see the light taking different functions as the light indicating the direction; the light as the Self and finally the light as an instrument of a gift.
In TWM, 184, the Tibetan says: "The light of illumination streams down into the brain cavity and throws into objectivity three fields of knowledge":1. The Dweller on the Threshold.2. The Sun in the head.3. "The light in the head, indicative of the finding of the Path... the light is centralized, intensified, entered and eventually becomes that magnetic line whhich can be followed back until the source of the lower manifestation is reached and the soul consciousness is entered" 185.
In TWM, 189, The Tibetan speaks of the triangle Heart - Throat - Eye, He insists about the necessity of their coordination in the creative work.
In TCF, 974: Hence the occult significance of all the processes occultly involved in sight, can be seen. As long as the eye of the Creator is upon that which is created, just so long does it persist; let the Creator withdraw "the light of his countenance" and the death of the thought form ensues, for vitality or energy follows the line of the eye. When, therefore, a man, in meditation, considers his work and builds his thought form for service, he is occultly looking, and consequently energizing; he begins to use the third eye in its secondary aspect. The third or spiritual eye has several functions. Amongst others, it is the organ of illumination, the unveiled eye of the soul, through which light and illumination comes into the mind, and thus the entire lower life becomes irradiated. It is also the organ through which pours the directing energy which streams out from the conscious creating adept to the instruments of service, his thought-forms.

THE MEANING OF THE EYE (Exoteric point of view)1. the instrument of vision, its anatomy and physiology2. a sight a vision. 3. a look, a glance, a gaze. 4. attention, regard, observation. 5. the power of judging, estimating, discriminating. 6. anything suggesting an eye in shape, general appearance or function. 7. anything of supreme brilliance, beauty, importance, power etc.
What is the process of vision? The Webster dictionary says: comes from the Latin videre to see. 1. The act or power of seeing with the eye; the sense of sight. 2. that which is supposedly seen by other than normal sight; a supernatural, prophetic, or imaginary appearance; something seen in a dream, ecstasy, trance or like an apparition; a phantom. 3. a mental image; especially, an imaginative contemplation. 4. the ability to perceive something not actually visible, as through mental acuteness or keen foresight etc.
Difference between vision and revelation: When the disciple has achieved a measure of vision and is 'in sight' of his goal, he can then be admitted to an Ashram wherein the nature of revelation can be made known to him. Men are apt to confuse vision and revelation... The goal ahead of the aspirant is the consciousness of non-separateness and the recognition of a universal inclusiveness; the secondary goal is the ability to reveal the nature of that reality, Unity; the third goal is the ability to take those measures in the three worlds which will facilitate mankind's apprehension of these fundamentals. You will note how this last definition of the goal removes inevitably the factor of self-interest in its entirety. It might be said that revelation concerns Oneness and nothing else. The practical nature of this truth is only recognized when the disciple attempts to do two things: to realize it individually, and to bring the nature of planetary unity and of non-separativeness to the minds and into the lives of men everywhere.The work of the aspirant is to see the light; he begin to grasp the hidden revelation which that contacted and utilized light can reveal " RI, 298-9.
For example, in TWM, 211, the Tibetan referring to contemplation says: "To contemplate involves steady vision, one-pointedly directed towards a specific objective."
This process of Triangular circulation of energy is exemplified by the work to be done in the Meditation II given by the Tibetan DINA II, 182: "The disciple realizes three things:1. The relation of the heart center to the twelve-petal lotus in the head.2. The necessity of directing the energy of love (the product of the activity of the heart center) to the service of humanity via the ajna center.3. The establishing of a triangle in the etheric body composed of a line of energy between:a. the twelve petalled lotus in the head.b. This lotus and the ajna center.c. The ajna center and the heart center. This creates a peculiar triangle:12 Petalled LotusAjna CenterHeart Center
This is in reality more in the nature of a funnel of reception than a triangle. This is also the first esoteric triangle of energy which the disciple creates."
We have here an example of the enactment of the process of vision esoterically speaking.Indeed the Tibetan refers about this triangle as: "bringing the 'directing eye' into greater service, prominence and usefulness" DINA II, 476. The Directing eye corresponds to the eye of vision.
The flow chart as given in EH, 148, again defines the eyes by specific triangles, underlying the dynamic principle of the eye: " The Third Eye The head center Will. Atma.The eye of the Father, the Monad. ShamballaRelated to the pineal gland.
The Right Eye The ajna center Love. Buddhi.The eye of the Son, the Soul. HIERARCHY.Related to the pituitary body.
The Left Eye The throat center Active Intelligence.The eye of the Mother, the personality. Humanity.Related to the carotid gland."
Sight according to the senses according to the planes and to its relative qualities, TCF, 187-188.:
PLANE SENSES1. Physical Hearing2. Astral Touch or feeling3. Mental Sight4. Buddhic Taste5. Atmic Smell
The third sense Sight1. Physical sight2. Clairvoyance3. Higher clairvoyance4. Divine vision5. Realization
When speaking of the devas of the fourth ethers who are closely connected with the man, as the substance of his etheric centers, (who are under the influence of one or other of the planets, and allow man to be en rapport with the sevenfold soul of the world), which man will gradually dominate, the Tibetan mentions that the duty of the Hierarchy: "at this stage is ... to retard this awakening of the mass of mankind to this realization, for that event will necessitate many adjustments, and, at the beginning , may produce many apparently evil effects. The development of the physical eye is a thing which is proceeding under the Law, and evitable the whole race of men will at length attain that dual focus which will enable man to see both the dense and the etheric forms. At this stage his inability to do so is largely due to a lack of pranic vitality..." TCF, 650-1.

ESOTERIC EYES
The right eye the left eye (DINA II, 289-90, EA, 430, EH, 571-2)The eye that sees The eye that knows
The third eye The directing eye (DINA II, 250)The eye of Shiva (TCF, 1010)
The eye of the Soul (DINA II, 289,90)The eye of Vision (DINA II, 265, RI, 516)The inner eye (DINA II, 349)
The eye of God (DINA II, 265, RI, 516)The eye of the Lord (TCF, 957)The All seeing eye (DINA II, 291, RI, 516)
The eye within the triangleThe eye of the needle (RI, 117)
1. The third eye, not the pineal gland but its etheric correspondence. This is the responsive mechanism to the directing eye of the soul.2. The right eye and the left eye, which take the incoming energy, symbolically speaking, and divide it into two streams which are the correspondence in etheric matter of Buddhi-manas.
a. Right eye Spiritual energy. Buddhi. Pure reason. Understanding.b. Left eye Mental energy. Manas. Thought substance.DINA II, 289-90

1. The right eye - the eye of Buddhi, of Wisdom and of Vision.2. The left eye - the eye of mind, of the common sense and of sight.3. The eye of Shiva - the all-seeing eye, the eye which directs the will and purpose of Deity.EA, 430
The specific functions fulfilled by the specific eyes through the process of man's development." Average man Disciple Initiate1. The eye of the soul ---- ----- Agent of the spiritual Triad. Will.2. The third eye ----- distributer of soul energy Agent of the Soul. Love.3. The right eye agent of astral energy distributor of soul energy Distributor of buddhic energy.4. The left eye agent of mental energy Agent for lower mental energy conveyor of pure manasic energy.5. The ajna center distributing station Focussing point of these three focussing and directing point for all these energies.energies HE, 571-2

Major head center Eye of Shiva Spirit Father in heavenPineal gland Eye of Vision Consciousness Son* Third eye Matter Mother
*We could possibly see here the etheric counterpart of the trinity Pineal, pituitary gland and alta major.
Adapted from:
1. Major head center Will Aspect Spirit Father in Heaven2. Pineal gland Love-Wisdom aspect Consciousness Son3. Third eye Activity aspect Matter MotherTCF, 1010
Kingdom Process Secret Objective Eye 1. Mineral Condensation Transmutation Radiation. Alta Major(brain)2. Vegetable Conformation Transformation Magnetization Pituitary3. Animal Concretization Transfusion Experimentation Pineal4. Human Adaptation Translation Transfiguration Third eye 5. Egoic Externalization Manifestation Realization Inner eye6. Divine the eye of ShivaEP I, 222THE SYMBOLIC ESSENCE OF THE EYE, ITS PURPOSE
"Energy follows thought" and that "the eye directs that energy" DINA II, 424
2. "the purpose... which is called 'the discovery of the point within the circle'. DINA II, 250.
The eye the very core of the R2, The soul "As a result of focussed thinking "in the heart" the spiritual eye opens and becomes the directing agent...the soul is the heart of the system of the spiritual man" DINA II, 289.
The eye the very core of the R2, our spirit, the Monad "I SEE THE GREATEST LIGHT...This statement has relation to the Central Spiritual Sun ... It is complete sight and of this the Masonic symbol of the "Eye of God" the "All-Seeing Eye" is the expression. RI, 516.
We could see the eye as the outcome of the most synthetic instrument of manifestation of the first aspect, i.e., the synthetic expression of the Rays of synthesis. Seen from the human point of view, the point at the center, indicative of the Monadic life, and the circle seen as the sphere of radiation, the Soul-infused personality.
Desire - Aspiration Mind - ProjectionThe 1st and 2nd Initiation The 3rd and 4th InitiationUniversal Love and Intuition Universal Will and MindThe Path of Light The Way of the Higher EvolutionThe Point of Contact The Antahkarana or BridgeThe Plan The PurposeThe Three Layers of the Egoic Petals The Spiritual TriadThe Hierarchy ShamballaThe Master's Ashram The Council ChamberThe Seven Paths The Seven Paths RI, 457-9.
The etheric vision is directly related to the physical eyes and vision "This registering of light within the periphery of the skull is connected with the relation to be found between the head center and the center between the eyebrows; that is between the area (localized around the pituitary body) and that localized around the pineal gland. The vibratory effect...of those two centers can become so strong that the two vibrations or their pulsating rhythmic activity can swing into each other's field of action and a unified magnetic field can be set up which can become so powerful, so brilliant and so pronounced that the disciple - when closing his eyes - can see it plainly. It can be visually sensed and known. Eventually, and in some cases, it can definitely affect the optic nerve, not to its detriment by to the extent of evoking the subtler side of the sense of sight. A man can then see etherically, and can see the etheric counterpart of all tangible forms. This is physiological and not a psychic power and is quite different to clairvoyance. There can be no etheric vision apart from the usual organ of vision, the eye" EP II, 607-8.

General Introduction:In this presentation I propose to review briefly the anatomy and physiology of the eye as known scientifically and investigate some aspects of our understanding of the esoteric eye, such as what is the meaning, the significance of the esoteric eye, how does it function?
Summary for the exoteric eye:
The eye can be seen as the eyeballThe eye can be considered as the optic system.The Role of the lens, of the optic chiasma are defined.The eye uses two types of light receptors: the cones and the rods.The eye registers only a narrow band within the electromagnetic spectrum.The English meaning of the eye includes:1. the instrument, 2. the function,3. the object of vision.
Introduction for the esoteric eye:
We are going to review the eye by looking at:What the Tibetan says about the sense of the sight.How special the organ of the eye is.What some of the many eyes are and some of their correlations.The symbolic meaning of the eye, its purpose.How it relates to the Antahkarana.How light relates to the eye.How the eye functions, the relation with the science of triangles.
THE ESOTERIC EYE A SPECIAL ORGANIn speaking of the eye, it is interesting to see that from the esoteric point of view, the final achievement of an atom is to be part of the of the human eye, which corresponds to their monadic stage:
"It might be of interest here to remember the occult fact that as the atoms in the physical body of the human being pursue their evolution, they pass on to ever better forms, and eventually find their place within the eye, first of animals and then of man. This is the highest dense form into which they are built, and marks the consummation of the atom of dense matter. Occultly understood, the eye is formed through the interplay of certain streams of force, of which there are three in the animal, and five in the human being. By their conjunction and interaction, they form what is called "the triple opening" or the "fivefold door" out of which the animal soul or the human spirit can "look out upon the world illusion"" TCF, 1097.
Vision can be considered as the gift of man.
THE PINEAL IS NOT, BUT RELATED TO THE THIRD EYE
1. Major head center Will Aspect Spirit Father in Heaven2. Pineal gland Love-Wisdom aspect Consciousness Son3. Third eye Activity aspect Matter MotherTCF, 1010

1. The third eye, not the pineal gland but its etheric correspondence. This is the responsive mechanism to the directing eye of the soul.2. The right eye and the left eye, which take the incoming energy, symbolically speaking, and divide it into two streams which are the correspondence in etheric matter of Buddhi-manas.
a. Right eye (PINEAL) Spiritual energy. Buddhi. Pure reason. Understanding.b. Left eye (PITUITARY) Mental energy. Manas. Thought substance.DINA II, 289-90LIGHT and the eye of vision:
Light, as the light in the head affects the physical body through the glandular system. ( see EP II, 611-2) Exoteric example: The effect of the light on the production of melatonin, the circadian rhythm, etc
Light or Radiation, the effect of the interplay between the life and the environment. (EPI, 130)
Light: energy and its manifestation, light and matter are synonymous terms. (TWM,93)
Light is known by what is revealed... The soul is to be known as light.(TWM, 144)
Light: All wisdom is a form of light.(EP II, 462)
Light: The symbol of meaning is Light...(RI, 177)
Light: The Light and Life of God...(TWM, 73)
Light is created by the interplay between two units...[which] seek union, balance, equilibrium or synthesis, and eventually find it. This electrical interplay between two units causes that which we call light, and therefore objectivity...(TCF, 315)Light: object of visionLight: agent of vision.Light: instrument of vision
The discovery of specific and different grades of light and their assimilation by the disciple-initiate constitute the esoteric eye.
Example: The eye of Shiva...[is] only fully utilized in the magical work [consciousness thread] when the monadic aspect, the will aspect, is controlling.(TWM, 213)
Summary: Sense of sight:For man, the major dwelling of the sense of sight is in the mental plane.There are resonances of the sense of sight in the five lower cosmic physical subplanes.
The organ of vision:The etheric vision has an impact on the cellular level of the exoteric eye.The esoteric eye, seen as an organ is the most synthetic organ.Man is learning to see through the eye of consciousness (the fivefold door)
The many eyes:The description of the many eyes brings out the fact that the identity is a relative factor and a commodity for manifestation. It is instrumental.
The symbolic meaning and purpose of the eye:The eye represents the synthesis of the second aspect.Example of this:The Doctrine of the eye.The AntahkaranaThe eye is the Instrument of Initiatory Energy.The all seing eye, the Monad
Light and its relation to the eye:Light is seen in its first, second and third aspect:Light is what is seen.Light is the agent of vision. Light is part of the instrument of vision.
The eye an interplay of triangles:All the different parts of the esoteric eye can be seen as triangles.
Conclusion:
We have reviewed what is known about the physical eye and the esoteric eye.In the physical eye we can notice analogies with the esoteric eye, and consider it as the materialization of the esoteric function according to the saying the function creates the organ.
The esoteric eye is an eye of Consciousness, an eye of Light
We have seen that the eye is considered in its three aspects:the object of vision, as the essence of visionthe agent or process of vision, as the Antahkaranathe organ of vision, the instrument of vision.
We have shown the importance of triangles in our presentation.The eye is esoterically speaking most important from the standpoint of humanity. Indeed humanity is offering the gift of Vision through the Eye of Consciousness to our planetary Logos, indeed its monad constitute the eye of the planetary Logos.