Opening The Third Eye with Surgery?

What if someone asked you: "Can I open my third eye with a surgical operation?" What would be your first instinct in answering such a question? I know. Ridiculous, right?

A few weeks ago Ramaswami directed people on the Vinyasa Krama Facebook page to the commentary of the old text "Hatha Yoga Pradipika" done by a sage named Brahmananda.  Of course curiosity took the best of me and I got the edition, and then as luck always has it, became intrigued and started searching for what else might he have written.

"Through innumerable incarnations and rebirths man has hypnotized himself with his body" reads the opening line of his book "Fundamentals of Yoga" which I am enjoying at leisure and with eyes wide open because he presents yoga in a very "reachable" way.  Samadhi or a perfect peaceful mind that is capable of using 100% of its power is totally attainable in the words of Brahmananda, as long as we put in the work.

Brahmananda was also a doctor of medical science, trained throughout the world, including Canada and the United States. New York out of all states.  His title of medical doctor apparently brought lots of people into his office, and many of them had the question posed in the title.

His answer:  Yes!

"My answer is very clear and simple: Yes. With this positive answer people become very hopeful, happy and ready for an operation. But when I explained the real meaning of the operation, its process and cost, up to date they have seldom returned"

"This operation can never be performed in hospitals.  For ... you need a living area full of spiritual atmosphere, we need a surgeon and assistant surgeon, anesthetist and other helpers. In this operation our surgeon is eternal mind. The operating table is an easy posture; general anesthesia is produced by the power of samyamah (the last 3 of the 8 limbs of yoga), the body is magnetized ... by pratyahara (withdrawal of energy and consciousness)... then one becomes ready for this operation."

He then proceeds to give the 7 steps which I am summarizing here:

1.- Place the body comfortable posture, so comfortable that if deep sleep comes you will not fall
2.- Remove all anxieties and weakness from the mind
3.- thing that behind this body there is an eternal energy that has created all planets and it is your own nature
4.- Think about this eternal energy shining around us for a few minutes.
5.- Close your eyes and fix your attention over the whole body.  Use samyama and pratyahara. Relax your whole body, withdraw energy from every organ and fix it on the place of the third eye.
6.- Remain in this state until you feel you have no body.
7.- When in this state, nadam (high consciousness) will remove ignorance forever and you will see the dawn of eternal knowledge in the firmament of the mind. this is called the third eye, and this process it the operation.

So how do you like them apples?