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Pituitary Gland
The pituitary gland is located in a small bony cavity at the base of the brain. A stalk links the pituitary to the hypothalamus, which controls release of pituitary hormones. The pituitary gland has two lobes: the anterior and posterior lobes.
The pituitary gland is widely referred to as the "Master gland" because its hormonal secretions have as their target organs other endocrine glands (like the Pineal Gland, for example). The pituitary gland is the point of convergence--and coordination--of the body's two great integrative mechanisms, the nervous and endocrine systems.
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Ajna Center - Who's the boss?
We already know that all the centers are directly related biologically to the nervous and endocrine systems. And just like the pituitary gland is a "Master Gland" in relation to these systems, the ajna also plays a central role within the other centers, acting as a central hub. However, the fact that your mind is deeply connected biochemically to the rest of you gives a false sense of power to the mind. The importance given to the mind in our society is very obvious but less acknowledged is the chaos this can create.
Don't let this talk about the Pituitary Gland being a master gland fool you into thinking the ajna center is a Master Center. Just because it plays a huge role in recording what is going on does not mean it is all powerful and the boss. It is an observer, the scribe of the castle. It is not driving the car. And because of it's inseparable connection to all the other centers it can cause all sorts of problems when not used correctly. It is the main hub of Not self strategy. In many ways the ajna center can easily be the enemy.
The connection of the pituitary gland to the rest of the body is why the mind can express the characteristics of the other centers. It can seem emotional, splenic, egoic, or an expression of our identity. We experience our bodies and the interaction of our bodies with the rest of the world largely through the "mind's eye". But this does not mean the ajna center is the boss. Our boss is always our strategy and inner authority, which is unique to your design.
Who's driving your car?
It is a scientific fact that whatever you think, say and do is initiated long before the neo cortex and self reflected consciousness has anything to do with it. All awareness of our thoughts happen in the deep gray areas of the brain milliseconds BEFORE we are even aware of the thought, let alone have decided to act on it.
Ajna Awareness (what we call mind) is not a creative event; it is a reactive one. The awareness comes AFTER a long chain of biochemical processes that take place before one is consciously aware of anything. Through the pituitary the neo-cortex gives you updates to what is happening in your physical life. But it is not creating or guiding that life.
For example, your body might make a liquid check to see how much water you have inside you. After checking it sees it is low and decides to go get some water. As a courtesy to your you it lets you know almost immediately after it decides. But be very clear: When you say to yourself, "I'm going to get up and get a glass of water" you are kidding yourself. You didn't decide anything. You were informed. The decision was made way before you even knew you were thirsty!
Thus Human beings are not creative; we are reactive. It is not that we can't create wonderful things, but that creation is actually a reaction to something. Whether we are creative directly or creative in reaction to something might seem like an irrelevant point, but it is important in showing that the mind isn't running the show.
Understanding the correct role of the ajna is the key to waking up. The pituitaries give us the illusion of being in control because they give us intense awareness of our physical body and it's interaction with the world. The ajna works so quickly in passing us information that we think it is the one actually making the decision. But being able to associate with what is going on does not mean you are controlling what is going on. We only have the illusion of being in charge.
Imagine you are driving a car on a racetrack. You are enjoying taking the turns. The engine is revving under you. You can see the turns and the car appears to turn when you move the steering wheel. You are in control. Now what if you were told that the steering wheel was disconnected and the car was really being driven by remote control?
You only thought you were in control. It sounded and felt like you were driving the car but it only felt that way. Just because you can see what is happening from the driver's seat does not mean you are the driver. That is what the mind does. It allows you to look through the driver's eyes. But be very clear: Let your strategy guide you and honor your authority. They drive your vehicle. And they are not your mind.
 Fidel Castro, famous for his marathon long speeches, has a very defined throat and ajna. He is designed to be very fixed in his intellectual expression. |
 Albert
Einstein has an undefined ajna. He is designed to be flexible
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Fixed and Open Minds
The defined ajna center is a fixed mind and is extraordinarily narrow. It has a very specific, limited potential. Its role is to express that specific way of processing information.
People with an open ajna center are always under pressure to be the same as the fixed ajna. But they aren't designed to be that way. So they simply end up pretending that they are mentally certain. And often it is just because they are living, or maybe even merely sitting next to, a person with a defined ajna.
They aren't even aware of what is happening but their mind is being conditioned and they feel twice as certain as the defined ajna next to them. Temporarily, of course. They themselves will realize that their certainty is an illusion the moment they are out of the influence of the defined ajna, at which point it will all fall apart for them.
And it get's to a point where it just happens all the time, regardless of whether their mind is in the aura of a defined mind. This creates deep insecurity inside the undefined ajna.
The defined mind is what establishes the parameters of the vanity of our process whether it is logical, abstract, or individual. The brilliance of your mind will not save you. It will only make you terribly certain. No matter whether the mind is open (pretending to be fixed) or defined ( truly fixed), it is still an illusion of control. The strategy and authority is the only way to live a healthy life, regardless of what certainty the mind has in that.
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The result is not easy. You can turn left by following your strategy and your mind can be giving you a million reasons why it is better to turn right. And they might all make sense. But your mind is a back seat driver. It is here to tell you the million reasons. Let it. But follow your strategy. The more you do it the more you will be ok with the endless stream of information your mind gives you, all the while not letting it upset you or control what direction you take in life.
So now do you See?
There is a major transition that took place in humans that is very different from other creatures, including other other mammals. That mutation was the development of the human neo-cortex and its capacity for self-reflective consciousness. But more than that, the mutation that took place in the larynx would allow humans to communicate at a very sophisticated level - the more sophisticated the sounds, the more memory necessary, the more conceptualizing taking place. Just like with your computer (we're not computers, but we do compute).
We have already gotten under control the splenic, animal, need for survival of the form. Humans are doing pretty good at proliferating our form, as our population explosion shows.
We are now in the second stage of building the visual Maya. Our Ajna-related sense is rooted in the eyes. The mind is visual - hence lies the trap. Biologically, the Pineal and Pituitary Glands work very closely with light, and in terms of the centers, the mind is here to establish the visual Maya, which cannot exist in darkness. Until we establish the visual Maya there's no way to get to the third stage, which is emotional spirit consciousness, rooted in the solar plexus. But that is another story.
The way in which we perceive the world and give the world its name and attributes is through the eyes. We have a spectrum that is available to us visually - but it is very limited. We do not see radio waves; we do not see electromagnetic waves. Most of the wavelength information that exists in the universe we don't see. Our capacity to see is physically limited, which means that the conceptualization of the Maya is limited. Because of that, the mind alone has no way to be able to guide us in our physical life. It's too limited, which of course is yet another way of saying, follow your strategy and authority, which is never the mind.
So let's say it together:
There's nothing more joyful, more painful, more useless, and more powerful than the mind. FOREVER.
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And following your strategy won't make that change. But it will allow you to enjoy the mind for what it is good at: processing information, telling the story as it sees the landscape go by, being a good passenger, just like you.