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eye and the dislike for it by the other eye. With only these two eyes conduct cannot be purified. Conduct is refined when beyond these two eyes, the third one opens. Then matter remains just material, there is no like or dislike. There is a balance. That is the third eye. From the angle of conduct, the third eye is one that gives equilibrium.
Third eye: from the perspective of opinion
From the perspective of opinion, the third eye is neutrality.
A thinker holds on to one point of view, tries to prove it and gets attached to it. Another thinker holds a different view and sticks to it just as adroitly. The first one decries the second and the second the first. Both regard each other as opponents and look at each other with aversion. Attachment towards one's ideas and aversion towards the other's; both the eyes of attachment and aversion are doing their respective jobs. Only when the third eye is opened will the perspective of balance emerge. As soon as the third eye opens, your opinion fades away and so does the other opinion. What remains is the truth and a balanced perspective.
Acharya Mahaprajna
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