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My eyes are very weak. How can I improve them by

meditation?

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Dear Deepak,

Meditation certainly can be a help to anything which is

wrong with our bodies. But there are other meditative

healing techinques which might be of help to you also.

Below I include a section from Swami Kriyanandas book

The Art and Science of Raja Yoga. This book contain a great

deal of information healing weaknesses in just about every

part of the body.

The eyes have often been called the windows of the

soul Everything one does should be a conscious and

heart-felt expression of what one is. The eyes should

express the vibrations of the heart and mind. The energy

in the eyes should be developed to its full potential. One

exercise for developing this potential is amazingly

effective also in curing weak vision. It strengthens the

flow of energy through the nerves to the eyes. Indeed,

this exercise is primarily a cure for faulty vision. Here is

how it is to be practiced:

When the sun is close to the horizon within half anhour of sunrise or sunset gaze into it deeply. (At this

time its harmful rays are filtered out, and the

tremendous healing power may be drawn into the eyes

without injury.) Gaze unblinking for one minute to start

with, gradually increasing the time over several weeks to

a maximum of 9 minutes. By the force of your will, draw

the suns healing rays into your eyes.

Then turn your back to the sun, and blink your eyes fairly

rapidly for about one minute. Close the eyes, and cover

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them first with the right hand, then with the left (so that

the left hand covers the right), and gaze into the after-

image that you see. The suns rays should strike on the

area of the medulla oblongata. The light that you see in

the after-image will be partly due to the energy flowing

into the eyes from the medulla oblongata. The more

deeply you concentrate, the more this flow of energy will

be strengthened.

Gaze into the after-image as long as it lasts. Then turnyour eyes far to the left, up, right, and down. Repeat this

rotation three times. Then squeeze the eyes tightly,

sending energy to them as you were taught to do in the

lesson on energization. Open the eyes, and stare at an

object. Repeat this squeezing and staring process three

times.

You will be amazed to see how, in a comparatively brief

time, your vision improves, and also how much more

alive your eyes feel.

When you gaze into the sun while practicing the eyeexercises, try to be sensitively aware of its ability to heal

on levels more subtle than merely physical. Brahmins in

India, while gazing into the sun at sunrise, mentally

recite the Gayatri Mantra.

It is also helpful to gaze upward toward the point

between the eyebrows not with the eyes crossed, but

rather converged gently as if on the thumb when the

hand is extended to a point about 18 inches in front of,

and slightly above, the head. This position is extremely

beneficial for the eyes if practiced with completerelaxation, not with visual strain.

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