Soft eyes

We all know that we can tell a lot about a person by looking into their eyes. One person's eyes may be filled with need, another with hurt, another with a light, another person's eyes may look dead to another human being. Look carefully at the eyes of people over the next few days, and see what it is you see in another's eyes.

I hope all of your eyes are alive as you read this! Alive eyes are filled with light!

In the Buddhist tradition, one is invited to soften one's eyes as one gazes at another person. What a different world this would be if all of its inhabitants looked at one another with "soft eyes."

Make this your spiritual practice. Look at your life, look at your world, look at your children, look at your partner, look at your friends, look at the homeless people on the street with "soft eyes." Look at your neighbor, look at the person you do not like, look at passersby as you hurry to your office with "soft eyes."

What do your "soft eyes" feel like? What does having "soft eyes" for a day do for your life? What does having "soft eyes" do for your attitude?

And when you look into the mirror at your own reflection, look with "soft eyes."

Warmly,
meb