E Is For…Eye
The eyes are the windows to our souls.”
Whoever came up with this adage was a very insightful person. I never much thought about it before; I’d just go Hmm, that’s a neat way of putting it. How poetic… whenever I came across the line. But then one day, I guess my curiosity was finally ‘roused enough to wonder, I decided to test that opinion. I started watching people, on tv and those around me. I took my time looking at them. At their eyes. I looked for telltale signs of warmth and friendliness, if their eyes sparkled and mirrored the smiles curving the lips below. I looked for the opposite as well, if the eyes were cold, lifeless and devoid of any emotion.
And I proved the old adage true. *soft smile* In as far as those who’re on the far opposite sides of the spectrum. Those in the middle…? Well, they’re less easy to tell. Some are very adept at hiding what they’re feeling and thinking. Others I see as the professional con artistes of the world. Those who’re masters/mistresses of deception, swindlers who take innocent and gullible people for all they’ve got financially. But these professionals draw the line at murder.
It’s interesting to see how the eyes really mirror the inside of a person. If a person is smiling, but there is no corresponding warmth and smile or sparkle in his or her eyes, you know he’s or she’s not totally sincere or happy. If you pass a person of the opposite sex on the street, or spot him or her at a party, and his or her eyes refect warm and sincere friendliness, mirroring his or her easy smile and relaxed, self-assured stance it makes this person more attractive to you. Ten to one, you’re gonna follow or go over to this person and introduce yourself.
Similarly, come to ponder it, it’s interesting to me to note that some people fool their victims, luring them to their own murders and then getting away with it for years before they are caught. For when you look at mugshots of these socio or psychopaths, if you look at their eyes, you’ll see they’re flat, lifeless, cold, creepy. There’s an evil darkness about these people. ‘Course, they’re also quite intelligent, so that accounts for their long period of freedom before they’re caught–if they’re caught. *thinking of Jack the Ripper* Wonder who he really was?
These are people without conscience, without any cares for other people, without any morals or ethics. And their eyes reveal this.
For me, when I want an initial impression of someone, if I can, I look at their eyes and look for a corresponding smile. If there’s no smile, I still look at their eyes, for the eyes tell the story.
Posted by: Shiloh
I also am an ‘eye contact person’, but there are other possibilities.
It is disconcerting for many (like my mother),
that Emmie makes poor eye contact; given that one eye is completely blind/dead — and the other doesn’t track well and has focus/range limits. M’thinks that often people avoid dealing with ‘blinks’ because of this factor, little realizing the compensating gifts.
Emmie wears her soul in her presence for all to see,
and one only need get close enough to
be healed by her love vibrations –
for in her aura reach she sees many things
that I cannot,
and gives ‘eyes to the soul’
just by being.
So, searching for truth
in the willing eyes of strangers
is perhaps just a step
in recognizing divinity in everyone –
even those who cannot see
beyond their sheltered
limits of hubris
and greed.
papa faucon
Very insightful………
Yes faucon, there is something more that reaches out from those who cannot let you read their eyes - a beautiful member of our family had her eyes removed at birth but when she smiles, she smiles with her whole face.
That said, I too am an eye contact person and I enjoyed this piece very much.
Here here! I am an eye contact person too. If someone cannot meet my gaze I am probably not going to get to really know them. But of course, the sightless have other means of communication with people like me.
Eye contact - a subject that so often comes up for discussion. I find it difficult to delve too much into first impressions on looking at anyone. Sometimes people who are truly beautiful in soul and spirit, generous, warm, loving - have eyes weary from a life of hard knocks, sleeplessness, depression, terrible pain, loss, grief, despair. Some people cannot meet the gaze of others even when they are desperate for the contact; fear is a harsh teacher.I enjoyed this window to your soul!