Whereas the previous descriptions were of the aspect of love/reality represented by each chakra, the following is more practical. Spiritual growth consists of progressively looking through illusion and into the underlying reality, which is love/harmony/oneness. Hence Ra's famous exercise of "look in the mirror, see the Creator" etc.
With that said, here are the three modes of perception associated with the three higher chakras:
heart: perceiving and loving others as others
throat: perceiving and loving others as part of self
third eye: perceiving the One Infinite Creator within every manifestation (form)
There is a clear upward progression from various illusion-based needs (represented by the lower 3 chakras) to three distinct degrees of transcending the illusion as represented by the higher chakras listed above.
This is likely why Ra said that after the 4th chakra is mastered, the 5th becomes immediately available - all that is required is a slight mental shift from sending love to others "out there" to loving others as part of oneself, within oneself. This entails 1) perceiving selfhood as including the other, and 2) loving the part of self that is the other.
On the other hand, further development is required to see ALL as equivalent manifestations of the One Creator.
This understanding can be directly applied in the same vein as Ra's exercise, to great benefit.
(Edit: slight revision based on further understanding on my part)
With that said, here are the three modes of perception associated with the three higher chakras:
heart: perceiving and loving others as others
throat: perceiving and loving others as part of self
third eye: perceiving the One Infinite Creator within every manifestation (form)
There is a clear upward progression from various illusion-based needs (represented by the lower 3 chakras) to three distinct degrees of transcending the illusion as represented by the higher chakras listed above.
This is likely why Ra said that after the 4th chakra is mastered, the 5th becomes immediately available - all that is required is a slight mental shift from sending love to others "out there" to loving others as part of oneself, within oneself. This entails 1) perceiving selfhood as including the other, and 2) loving the part of self that is the other.
On the other hand, further development is required to see ALL as equivalent manifestations of the One Creator.
This understanding can be directly applied in the same vein as Ra's exercise, to great benefit.
(Edit: slight revision based on further understanding on my part)