Pure Intimacy With a Stranger
Eye Gazing Meditation
We were asked to pick a partner and look into their eyes for 7 minutes.
It was the most touching thing I have experienced, and I think it should be part of couples counseling, family counseling, and trauma counseling.
It was intimate. It was acceptance, love, and vulnerability.
The eye gazing exercise: sit cross-legged, facing your partner, and let your knees or one knee touch slightly. Sit in stillness and silence.
We looked into the left eye.
Each blink said I am here for you; I hold space for you, and we are very much the same.
I see you.
All of the barriers, judgments, and preconceived notions fell away.
As we gazed, this person’s face started to change shape. At one moment, I thought I was looking in the mirror, I recognized myself in them.
I feel seen and whole.
You feel connected. We are one consciousness, so this does make sense. Unity.
Eyes are the window to the soul.
Self-consciousness, discomfort, awkwardness. I didn’t feel any of that, I felt acceptance and like I accepted that person fully for who they were. I felt compassion and intimacy between souls…
