As we draw ever closer towards the end of 2023 and look ahead to 2024, it seems like a good time to consider the meaning of Drishti. The Sanskrit word Drishti literally translates to ‘view’, ‘focus’ or ‘gaze’ and relates to our ability to use our eyes to see the world. In relation to yoga, it is using our gaze to help us draw inwards and heighten our awareness, turning our practice into a deeper experience.
The eyes have much spiritual significance, and in Buddhism, for example, the eyes represent spiritual perception and seeing with the soul. This view is echoed in the Bible, by playwright William Shakespeare, and other respected sources who all state that our eyes are considered to be the window to our soul. It can mean our emotions, fears and deeper sense of being are reflected back.
This famous quote by Charlotte Bronte in Jane Eyre reiterates this beautifully. “The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter – often an unconscious but still a faithful interpreter – in the eye.”
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