"The Eyes are
the windows of the Soul."-- Shakespeare
Through the eyes we express
such emotions as joy, love, fear, anger, pain and
sadness. Receiving an angry glare is like receiving
toxic energy, while receiving a soft gaze is receiving
love. When we are filled with joy our eyes are bright
and sparkle. When we are sad they shed tears. If
we understand that emotions are an expression of
the heart and soul, then we understand Shakespeare's
phrase "the eyes are the windows to the soul."
Emotions can be understood
as energy in motion. If we linger too long with
a particular emotion we may develop an emotional
imbalance such as depression. It is best if we are
aware of what we feel and allow our emotions to
move. Many of us grew up in families where our feelings
didn't matter. We were often taught to hold back
our tears or our anger. Sometimes we even learned
to hold back our joy. When we suppress our feelings
or any part of our self the energy of our emotions
gets locked in our bodies. Our bodies stiffen and
our eyes harden. Hard eyes indicate a deadness of
expression. Hard eyes do not focus easily.
I have learned that unexpressed
fear may manifest as myopia or nearsightedness.
The myope is often afraid of making a mistake, he
is a perfectionist, a thinker who is centrally focused,
and shutting out the periphery. Unexpressed anger,
on the other hand, can emerge as hyperopia or farsightedness.
The hyperope may tend to look away from self or
space out. In either case the person is restricting
his vision to a comfort zone. Is it more comfortable
to sweep our feelings under the carpet? Pushing
down part of our self can mean suppressing part
of our visual field.
Our central vision is needed
for reading and near work. It is associated with
thinking. Our peripheral vision senses movement
and space. It is associated with feelings. When
life hurts, or is too overwhelming to handle, we
shut out our feelings and simultaneously shut down
through our visual system. Reduced visual fields
means reduced visual performance. This means struggling
with reading, comprehension, driving, night vision
and sports.
The good news is that there
are natural ways to re-open the visual fields and
in doing this access repressed emotions. One tool
I use is syntonics or colored light balancing. Specific
color frequencies are used to balance the nervous
system, endocrine system and visual system. Once
this process is started, healing can take place
throughout the whole person. In addition, eyes begin
to soften, and will readily respond to vision training
to improve focusing flexibility and eye teaming.
This means lowering dependency on glasses and enhancing
visual performance including attention, learning
and creativity.
Our journeys toward health
should allow the flowing of all our emotions and
the return to our natural state of joy. I like the
philosophy that joy is our true self and love is
divine energy. Loving communications begin with
eye contact. For a joyful meditation, choose a partner
and sit opposite each other. Begin with eyes closed.
Take a minute or two to breathe deeply and soften
your body. Also soften your eyes. When feeling relaxed
open your eyes and blink gently to keep them soft.
Gaze into each other's eyes. Concentrating on each
other's eyes send love to your partner through your
gaze. Continue at least five minutes or as long
as your want. Notice what happens and how you feel.
Then close your eyes again and breathe in love.
Imagine your entire body filled with love and joy.
Upon opening your eyes let them stay soft and look
around the room. Observe how you and your eyes feel.
If you are a person with
vision difficulties consider that your condition
could be asking you to take a closer look at yourself
and your mind-body perceptions. I recommend yoga
and vision training to facilitate your healing process.
