The Celestial Eye

Ok, I've been reading my falun dafa book and also some scientific stuff, it's pretty interesting, and a little freaky, to see all the parallels that are there. In particular I was reading the second chapter of my book which is all about the "celestial eye", or third eye as it is often refered to. This is the eye that when opened allows one to see into other dimensions and such. Now in the book the author tries to at least be semi-scientific in his dealings with such matters, so he at least uses appropriate medical terminology for the specific part of the brain he's talking about, in the case the pineal gland, thought to be a vestigial eye by some. Now some of the things that one is supposed to get out of falun dafa practice (aside from the supernormal abilities and achieving enlightenment) are; reduced effects of aging, better mental balance (including preventing insomnia), overall better health (it doesn't aim to heal, but the body needs to be free of ailments for proper energy flow and such so it's sort of a side effect) and a bunch of other stuff I can't quite remember.
From reading this medical stuff it turns out that a lot of this may be perfectly well founded, the pineal gland is the organ that produces melatonin, which actually regulates a lot of the above described benefits.

"Also called the pineal body or epiphysis cerebri, the pineal gland is important to this discussion for two reasons. First, it is the center for the production of the hormone melatonin. Melatonin is implicated in a wide range of human activities. It regulates daily body rhythms, most notably the day/night cycle (circadian rhythms). Melatonin is released in the dark, during sleep. The recent melatonin craze sweeping through the health conscious community makes claims that the hormone slows the aging process (a defense against free radicals), prevents jet lag, is implicated in seasonal affective disorder, coordinates fertility, and allows for deep restful sleep patterns."

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Also seems to lower the risk of cancer among other things. Perhaps falun dafa practice allows one to appropriately control the amount of melatonin in the bloodstream.
One of the things I thought most strange was that the author of the falun dafa book claimed that practice would allow women who'd undergone menopause to regain their menstrual cycle. Guess that could be true as well after reading the article.

The pineal gland is also a photosensetive organ and is affected by electromagnetic fields, so who knows, maybe it is capable of some kind of second sight. Birds and such use it for navigation too, for them it contains magnetic materials (at the time the article was written it was not known if it contained such materials in humans), it's how they know which way in north.