[leangarance]

It really is not that hard to open the thing up and get it to stay open. Maybe two weeks of practice, an hour a day. If you have natural ability it can take much less. Or if you are that impatiant, find someone who is good at manifesting energy, and have them direct energy into your thrid eye for a few minutes. That is how I opened a few of my friends third eyes (who had no prior meditation experience.

Using drugs is not just lazy, it is also dangerous. If your energy body is not flowing clean and smooth on its own, you are just temping fate...and a variety of Negs. I suspect that this snake, which seemed helpful, was actually preying off of you and your wildly, uncontroled open third eye.

Also I feel I should warn of the dangers of focusing entirely on one chakra to the exclusion of all others. That is a very unbalancing practice which can easily lead to mental or emotional instability. The safest thing to do is to start with the base chakra, or better yet the feet, and work your way up equally through all them.

If you or anyone else decides to use aids, such as mushrooms, after having developed a strong foundation, all the more power to you. But using it as a springboard will only cause problems.

Good luck in trials and training, but please remember that work always comes before success.