Third Eye

The user connects sand or Gold Dust to their optic nerve to create an artificial eye to move around an area, giving them insight to its vision. The user can control the size of the eye depending on its use. Its main purpose is spying, since it can form and disperse in any location on command. Gaara also uses it when he completely surrounds himself with his Shield of Sand so he can see what's happening outside of the protective dome. In order to activate it, however, the user must close one of their eyes.

Trivia

 * In Buddhism and Hinduism, the third eye is considered to be the eye of knowledge and symbolises enlightenment, some deities being depicted with it.
 * When Gaara uses this technique, he uses his chakra-infused sand, but, when Rasa uses this technique, he uses Gold Dust instead, which gives the technique the Magnet Release property.
 * In episode 410 of Naruto: Shippūden, the colour of this technique was depicted blue, which matched Gaara's eye colour.