Soul Freedom Exercise (2): Eyes Wide Shut

EYES WIDE SHUT

Your eyes are windows to your soul. Do you allow people in or lock them out?

Time for Exercise: five minutes to one hour (several sessions are an option)

Properties Required: magnifying mirror

Steps:

1. Position the light source so it does not shine directly into your eyes. Sit comfortably in front of the magnifying mirror and look very carefully at your eyes.

2. Notice the color(s) of your eyes. Your eyes are a range of color, not just one solid color. Notice if your eye color changes from one visual inspection to the next.

3. Try to produce the following “looks” at will. This might require a bit of practice. Add any of your own to the list.

   Anger
   Indifference
   Fear
   Love
   Compassion
   Joy
   Dismissal, go away
   Welcome, come near
   Hello, I’m happy to see you.
   Hello, I’m not happy to see you.
   I want you sexually.
   Seduction
   The heat of passion
   Dripping with lust
   Prim and proper
   Innocent
   Soft
   Hard
   Closed
   Open
   Inquisitive
   Impressed
   Disappointed
   Surprised good
   Surprised bad
   Good girl
   Bad girl
   Competition
   Cooperation
   I’m better than you
   Low self-esteem
   Contempt
   Guilt
   Sorrow
   Grief
   Laughter

4.  You might wish to cover the rest of your face below your eyes when you do this exercise, so you are communicating with your eyes only.

5. To get the proper feeling for a particular look, imagine some scenario from your past. When you have recalled the feeling, observe most carefully how your eyes look. Close your eyes. Reopen them and try to reproduce that same look.

Comments:

    You keep your “eyes wide shut” when you don’t know what kind of feeling you are sending out with your eyes energetically, you refuse to look someone in the eyes, or you break eye contact out of fear, insecurity, low self-esteem, or indifference. By practicing various looks, you become cognizant of the messages you give with your eyes. You can gain freedom by using your eyes to communicate intimately with full awareness and conscious intention.

Excerpted from our new book Sensual Love Secrets for Couples: The Four Freedoms of Body, Mind, Heart and Soul, by Al Link and Pala Copeland, Llewellyn, 2007

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