blossoming. Feeling is looking; looking is feeling. You have to feel with
your eyes open. If the eyes are outward rather than inward, there is no
integration.
When we direct our eyes looking forward from the corner of the
temple in its normal field of vision, the frontal brain is working with
analysis (vitarka). But when we spread our ocular awareness from the
back corner of the temple, near the ear, the back brain is brought into
play and works with synthesis (vicara). The front brain can dismantle
because of its powerful penetration. The back brain is holistic and re
assembles. If you find this difficult to imagine, just think what happens
when you first walk into a great medieval cathedral. Your eyes may ap
pear to focus on what is before them, the altar for example, but your
real awareness takes in the whole immense volume of the space sur
rounding you, its grandeur and the hum of its ancient silence. This is
holistic meditative vision.
While working in asana, if the action is "done" solely from the
front brain, it blocks the reflective action of the back brain. The form
of each asana needs to be reflected to the wisdom body (vij nanamaya
kosa) for readjustment and realignment. Whenever asana is done me
dlanically from the front brain, the action is felt only on the peripheral
hody, and there is no inner sensation, there is no luminous inner light.
It the asana is done with continual reference to the back of the brain,
1 here is a reaction to each action, and there is sensitivity. Then life is
not only dynamic, but it is also electrified with life force.
The light and life of our vision should shine everywhere. Finally,
1 he eye of the soul, often called the "third eye," is between your eye
brows but a little higher. If that is still, your soul is still and like a wit
ness observes everything without being affected or enmeshed. So the
,kin of your brow should be relaxed too.
Rdaxation begins from the outer layer of the body and penetrates
1 hl' deep layers of our existence. Detail and precision of the body lead
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