When looking through the spiritual eye, or the third eye encased

Hear the words of Alice Coltrane, mystic, musician, and seeker of the eternal: “When looking through the spiritual eye, or the third eye encased within the human mind, one can see vividly beyond the ken of human eyesight, beyond the material atom, and into the future, thereby transcending the limitations of time and space.” These words are not the language of ordinary sight, but of vision that pierces the veil. She speaks of the third eye, the ancient symbol of awakening, the hidden gate through which the soul perceives what fleshly eyes cannot.

For the human eyesight is bound to matter. It sees only what lies before it: form, color, movement. It is shackled to the present moment, chained to the realm of appearances. But the spiritual eye—that inner vision which sages across ages have named—sees deeper. It perceives the unity behind separateness, the eternity behind the moment, the unseen harmony behind discord. Through it, one can peer beyond the atom, beyond the fabric of the physical, into the mystery of existence itself.

This teaching is not new. The seers of India spoke of the ajna chakra, the seat of perception that transcends the senses. The prophets of old beheld visions with eyes not of flesh but of spirit. Even philosophers of the West, like Plato, spoke of an inner sight that perceives the eternal forms beyond shadows. Alice Coltrane, herself steeped in spiritual practice and divine music, joins this ancient lineage, declaring that the awakened mind is not limited by time and space. It can move forward into the future, backward into memory, and outward into infinity.

Consider her own life as testimony. After the passing of her husband, John Coltrane, Alice entered deep into spiritual practice, blending her music with prayer and meditation. Through her harp and her compositions, she sought not only sound but transcendence, creating music that seemed to open the heavens themselves. Her visionary art was not born from the eye of the body, but from the third eye of the spirit, through which she saw a greater reality and translated it into melody. Her works stand as proof that when the soul awakens, it reaches far beyond the ordinary senses.

History too offers echoes of this truth. Joan of Arc, a peasant girl, claimed to see visions that guided her to lead armies and alter the fate of France. Others around her saw only a girl with no training, but she, through an inner sight, perceived a divine calling that defied all worldly logic. Whether one calls it prophecy, intuition, or the third eye, it is the same truth: when inner vision awakens, the boundaries of possibility are broken, and mortals glimpse eternity.

The lesson is this: do not trust only the eyes of the body, for they are easily deceived by surface and shadow. Cultivate the spiritual eye, that deeper vision of truth. How is it opened? Through stillness, meditation, prayer, reflection, and above all, purity of intention. When the mind grows quiet and the heart becomes clear, the third eye awakens, and you will begin to perceive the patterns behind events, the lessons behind suffering, and the possibilities hidden in the future.

Therefore, O seekers, remember the teaching of Alice Coltrane: you are more than what your eyes behold. Within you lies a vision capable of transcending the material, capable of touching eternity. Do not live only upon the surface of life. Dive deeper. Train your inner sight, that you may walk not as one blind in the dark, but as one who beholds the road ahead even before it unfolds. For in the awakening of the third eye lies the power to transcend time and space, and in that awakening lies the fullness of wisdom.