Kaleidoscope Eyes
The body as the playground of the senses has long gotten a bad rap. All this Puritanical thinking seems to be based on a belief of the Cathars (and the Gnostics) that the physical world is the creation of a lesser, and evil, Maker, and therefore Life in Form is a Bad Thing.
Whadya say we don’t go there? Instead, let’s look at the capacities of the physical senses from a different Point of View (see Glossary).
Ears
My ears itch a lot and I will sometimes go at them quite unmercifully. Then one day I read two things: one is that hydrogen peroxide will dissolve ear wax, and two, that a couple of drops of hydrogen peroxide into the ear canal will have a positive affect on sinus infections.
Well! Where was this info when I was small, having frequent earaches and infections? Where was this info when my children were small and ditto? Well, I know now so I tried this: I dipped the end of a Q-Tip in hydrogen peroxide and placed it in an ear canal to see what would happen.
Oh, my gracious! Talk about your Snap, Crackle, and Pop!!! I suppose it was in there doing its bubbling thing in the presence of bacteria, but oh, my dear, what fun! All I could do was laugh. And, yes, doing this periodically has cut way down on my ear itches.
Head Rush
Here’s a way to get a bit of the thrill of the warm oil drip on the third eye offered for however many dozens of dollars by upscale spas.
When you get into a shower, make sure the water is a little bit warmer than usual. First, get in position so that the spray hits the base of your skull and stand still for a moment. There will be a whole-body instant relaxation and feeling of internal warmth.
Then, slowly slowly bring your head up and back so that the spray inches up the midline of your head, stopping for a moment at the crown (the fontanel that was in your baby body), and then continuing until the spray is on the third eye (head up and back, the third eye is the space between and slightly above your eyebrows). Hold there a moment and feel all the cells of your torso and arms filling up with Something.
Then bow your head (forward and down) in one smooth motion and feel a cascade of tingles slide down your body.
The first time is the strongest sensation, but this can be repeated, for instance when you have shampooed and are rinsing your hair.
I forgot to say: when preparing for this cascade of tingles, make sure your hands are not touching anything – not your body, not the sides of the shower, put down anything you may have in your hand. If your hands are not free, the energies building (the tingles) will not accrue, but will ground out into whatever you are touching with your hands.
Kaleidoscope Eyes
When the Sun is available first thing in the morning (and so am I), I do a bit of Sun gazing. (You will find apropos info when you Google John Gray (Mars/Venus) regarding the development of serotonin and dopamine in the brain through the function of Sun light during the first hour of Sun rise.) There’s more info on Sun gazing given by Hira Ratan Manek (http://solarhealing.com/) who recommends gradual eye-open exposure to the Sun over time. He has a lot to say on the subject. I combine these two approaches and here’s what I like to experience.
When there is direct Sunlight on the eyes, if you open your eyes just a tiny bit, holding still, what will show up is a rainbow of moving kaleidoscope effects. Shapes and colors shift and arrange themselves in the most beautiful patterns.
None of this effect is overwhelming or over-bright. It’s just the inner beauty of organic life reflected in the moisture in the eye. So good.