The Sixth Gate - The Ajna Centre

The Ajna Centre, often called the Third Eye, carries out many roles for both the body and the energy field.

It is an overseer of the other centres, a governing lens of perception, and a key point of balance within the body. It also carries many etheric sensory functions that extend beyond what words can easily hold.

One of its vital functions is its connection to the pituitary gland.

Each centre relates to one of the endocrine glands, and together they filter cosmic life-force into the human form.

The Ajna, along with the pituitary, governs the endocrine system and oversees the balance of chemicals and hormones.

For the esoteric healing facilitator, the Ajna and pituitary act as a window into the emotional body — revealing the ways energy and experience move through us.

The Ajna is sometimes referred to as the Third Eye, but I feel this centre as more like sisters — two currents of perception working together, shaping the way we meet and respond to the world.

The centre at the brow is not a single lens, but many layers of lenses. I often see it as though a contact lens were placed over the eye, or shifting colours and perspectives constantly turning like a kaleidoscope.

Third Eye.

Ajna.

Brow centre.

Moving parts of the same gateway, opening for the function required.

These shifting layers change how we perceive life. They influence how we interpret situations, how we shape our choices, and how we mould ourselves into the personality we carry through the world.

To an esoteric healing facilitator, the Ajna is often a first window into who someone is.

Through it, we may glimpse the hues of all the centres, sensing an overview of the personality before journeying through the other gates more deeply.

The Ajna also offers another vehicle for sensing and holding energy. This is where the ‘inner eye’ awakens — the window of inner sight where we begin to activate and strengthen our inner senses.

Within the dance of personality and soul, the Ajna represents the personality, and the Crown represents the soul.

When life pulls us out of balance, personality can draw us away from the soul, leading to disharmony.

Yet seeing the Ajna and Crown as mirrors of personality and soul gives us a tool within — a way to intentionally open a pathway of balance and integration.

The Mystery of the Sixth Gate

The Ajna is more than a chakra or a symbol of intuition.

It is a kaleidoscope of perception, a governing lens that both reveals and shapes who we are becoming.

It reminds us that perception is never fixed.

It is alive, shifting, moving — just as we are.

Invitation

The Ajna is the sixth of the seven gates in this blog series on the Centres of the body — your Sacred Vessel.

Each gate is a threshold into the Mysteries.

Each one invites you to step deeper into the wisdom woven within your being.

Inside The Path of the Lotus Mystery School, we walk these gates as living thresholds. We don’t just reflect on them — we enter them, we listen, and we allow them to open their chambers to us.

It is a sacred container co-created with cosmic forces, allowing those who step across the threshold to discover more of who they are.

The body becomes the temple.

The Mysteries awaken within.

Read more about The Path of the Lotus Mystery School →

With love,

Gemma x