Roger's Remarks
This third eye is knowing something simply by being calmly present to it (no processing needed!). This image of “third eye” thinking, beyond our dualistic vision, is also found in most Eastern religions.
The loss of the “third eye” is the basis of much of the short-sight-edness and religious crises of the Western world. Lacking such wisdom, it is hard for churches, governments, and leaders to move beyond ego, the desire for control, and public posturing. Everything divides into dualistic oppositions like liberal vs. conservative, as vested interests pull against one another. Truth is no longer possible at this level of conversation. Even theology becomes more a quest for power than a search for God.
We need all three sets of eyes to create a healthy culture and a healthy religion. Without them, we only deepen and perpetuate our problems. The third-eye person has always been the saint, the seer, the poet, the metaphysician, or the authentic mystic who grasps the whole picture. We need people who see with all three sets of eyes. Some call this movement conversion, some call it enlightenment, some transformation, and some holiness.
It is Paul’s “third heaven,” where “he heard things that must not and cannot be put into human language” (2 Corinthians 12:2, 4).
It is sad for me (and I suspect most of us) to see/hear/experience life where people are of the mindset, “if you do not believe the way I do, you are wrong.” …end of story. Paul would remind us that there is a “more excellent way!” He describes that way in the 13th chapter of 1 Corinthians. It is the way of love.
There is a song we sing frequently in the Front Room Worship on Sundays, and it helps us focus and lift a prayer to have a “third eye”…
Open our eyes Lord; We want to see Jesus. To reach out and touch Him, And say that we love Him. Open our ears Lord, And Help us to listen. Open our eyes Lord; We want to see Jesus!
May that be an ongoing prayer to face our world…
2 Timothy 4:22,
Pastor Roger