When I first started to meditate, focusing my gaze on my Ajna chakra, my third eye (in between my eyebrows) was painful. A lot of the dhristis hurt. At best it felt a little cross side, at worst, holding the Shambhavi mudra longer than a few seconds gave me a splitting headache.
The lines in this piece represent theta waves, the lucid-state brain waves that you aspire to in deep meditative states. Theta waves are connected to daydreaming, creativity, intuition, a repository for memories, emotions, sensations. Theta waves are strong during internal focus, meditation, prayer, and spiritual awareness.
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