The third eye as Command Central?
In some traditions the third eye is associated with the pineal gland. This tiny piece of the endocrine system about the size of a grain of rice, and lives right in the middle of your brain, tucked between the two hemispheres. All animals with a back bone and spinal cord have one, and some biologists believe that pineal cells share a common evolutionary ancestor with retinal cells. Unlike much of the rest of the mammalian brain, the pineal gland is not isolated from the body by the blood-brain barrier system; it has profuse flow, second only to the kidney.
The pineal gland’s claim to fame is it’s contribution to circadian rhythm. While plants and animals have their own seasonal cycles in nature, there is also a twenty four hour rhythm present relative to the sun. Light signals are transmitted from our eyes to the pineal gland to set our individual circadian rhythm. In humans this translates to wake/sleep patterns, sexual development and hormone production, body temperature, brainwave activity, and cell regeneration. In animals (humans are animals too!) it inspires migration, hibernation, and procreation.
Homeostasis, our general state well being, is dependent upon a little pinecone shaped gland that floats in the middle of our brains.
Science of the Mind
What a great place to focus some energy!