If only your eyes could hear

They say that the eyes are the doors to the soul.

And in a way, our eyes are the windows that let us (our soul) perceive, enjoy, and be inspired by life and the world.

But those windows, get often covered with a veil, or even a thicker curtain to shield us from the unknown outside of ourselves.

We put those curtains on for a sense of protection; Weaving into them our hurts, the restrictions to who we can be, wishing they will save us from feeling helpless, inadequate, vulnerable, or ashamed.

We make them thicker, each time we feel the need to retreat into ourselves. Each time we forget our beauty and power. Each time we fall into isolation, and mistrust.

Luckily the winds of life as well as the passing by of people in our lives, make those curtains move. They shortly rise up for our soul to be touched, freed, live and expand.

Sadly, those curtains come down again. They fall back, sliding away our awareness. We mistake that vague view for being a reality.

What if we did not close those curtains so quickly? What if we dared to take that veil away?

What if we would manage to let our eyes open up to perceive life, without the effort of searching for those cues of danger we believe may break us?

What if we allowed our eyes to let everything pass through? Let ourselves see everything? Maybe tear down those windows and let ourselves spill into life. Expand into who we are and find our trust during every joyful moment as well as a difficult one.

For that, we need to let our eyes hear the world…

These curtains are the expression of our eyes being guided by the fear-based chatter in our minds. A chatter that blinds us. It blinds us to the beauty of life, to the opportunity for change, and to the inevitability of healing growth.

We need to let our eyes hear again. Listen.

Let them be open for life to pour in, and touch and nourish our souls.

Take a moment to pay attention to your eyes, head, and neck. Your eyes are connected to your neck and the internal physical and energetical connection is often felt by the efforts and stresses you sense in your neck. Your beck responses to the dangers your eyes are trying to see. The dangers that your mind is searching for since living through past traumas (yours or/and of your family), hurts fears, and losses.

Your mind is guiding them to search for ways of avoiding those dangers, still believing you may not survive through them. Your neck is then the one holding all that burden while cutting you off from the rest of the body (your presence, freedom, trust, and vitality)

When you manage to let your eyes listen to the world rather than old chatter, you will feel the connection to your trust. Your eyes will ease. They will soften.

There will be a sense of vulnerability or some insurance that if you do not immediately fight with, breathe through, and keep the softness in and around your eyes, you will be swapped by a wave of expansion, deep joy, and trust.

The movie of your life can stop, and the largeness of life and yourself can start and open itself to you.

When you on choosing to soften the eyes, you will be immediately connected to the rest of the body and especially the lower part of the body. It will carry you effortlessly, gifting you with a sense of stability and agility.

You can notice the efforts in and around your eyes and neck when interacting with people when trying to complete an important task when thinking of ideas and solutions and in so many other moments. When you track those efforts, take the time to learn them and uncover which old fears and conditions they hold. How do they make you interpret the situation? What dangers are you trying to see or avoid? How do these efforts then make you feel?

Then train to let go. Soften the eyes. Letting those curtains of effort open up. Use your breath like the wind trying to blow them away.

Dare and choose to endure the first moments where that exposure seems to move through you.

Let your eyes listen to the world and join with your ears.

Then feel how the way you are, the way you perceive the world changes.

Let the moment of unease move through and feel a deep joy and connection to yourself and life.

Let your eyes listen.

Let your soul expand.

Let the past flow out of those windows and the present be seen.

Yours,

Anna

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