Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
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@stephenrjmullan @lukeburgis 1/11 You’ve noticed! Yes, the Ayes have it. Some cultures hold that the light of the soul is filtered through our glance and, concomitantly, in depth, "souls connect at the meeting of the glance." Refining the directed glance, common practice in the world's transmission lineages.

The display (what we see) is dual. But the reality is identical. - Mircea Eliade
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The display (what we see) is dual. But the reality is identical. - Mircea Eliade

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Quoted by@W_Poulos @HarrisonGarlic1 The eyes tell. Are they intensive and full of light? Or empty and mechanical? "The eyes are not here / There are no eyes here / In this valley of dying stars / In this hollow valley / This broken jaw of our lost kingdoms" - Hollow Men, Eliot.Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @TheaEuryphaessa Isn't he wonderful? The world's wisdom traditions likewise acknowledge this particular locus of personal, moment-to-moment experience (literally, as close as the light in one's eyes) as a deceptively simple pivot-point for awakening into life, and aim supportive practices at it.Quoted by@TheaEuryphaessa Isn't he wonderful? The world's wisdom traditions likewise acknowledge this particular locus of personal, moment-to-moment experience (literally, as close as the light in one's eyes) as a deceptively simple pivot-point for awakening into life, and aim supportive practices at it.Quoted by@SherPoint Bourgeault: “If we are fully present when we read such a narrative, we ourselves experience the liberating power of this awakening. It is both a realm in itself and the means by which this realm makes itself known." Rumi: "When you look for God, God is in the look in your eyes."