That is one particular and rather dated tradition of thought. Farbeit for me to suggest that the vedics had an incomplete understanding of the process, but as extension of the Universal Consciousness, we are born naturally capable of perceiving every layer of reality.
It is not therefore necessary to assume a point of view from which one must assume that those senses are something that we acquire through any practice, and in fact I have found that in most individuals who believe that these senses must be attained in some manner, as though they did not already posses them, and who approach that practice, develop far slower than those who take the point of view that they need only 'clear the air' between their Center and their Senses.
Should we endeavor to develop discipline, for instance, by working with our root and sacral chakras, or should we take up some practice in life which furthers the development of proper discipline? Working with the chakras directly is the work of a more advanced practitioner, in my humble opinion. For the beginner, or anyone wishing to develop their chakras in a meaningful way, I believe it is more beneficial to take up a practice or number of practices, which naturally stimulate the chakras by their very nature.
Also, if we open and strengthen the Ajna chakra without actually developing any of the other chakras, or clearing out the psychological blockages associated with them, then we achieve only a slightly heightened intuition which still must be filtered through the other layers of consciousness. In effect, the work is rendered less useful.
Too often sensitive individuals seek to immediately begin using magick, scrying, and attempting dream techniques. However, these practices only develop the psychic facilities by proxy, not directly. Meditation, certainly, but meditation is about exactly what I described, learning to quiet and order the psyche in order that we may hear clearly the inner voice, I.E., the psychic senses.
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The world is complicated - that which makes it up is elegantly simplistic, but infinitely versatile.
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