Casting a Good Eye

Recently, I received a mail from a friend informing me that she was writing/planning to write/had already written (I can’t remember which) an article on the ‘evil eye’. Presumably, she was referring to a practice in some parts of the world of casting an ‘evil eye’ on someone in order to harm them.

My friend’s mention of the ‘evil eye’ brought to my mind its opposite—what can be called the ‘good eye’. Surely, if there is really something like an ‘evil eye’, a ‘good eye’ also exists. If some folks think they can harm others by casting an ‘evil eye’ on them (which likely harms themselves much more than it might harm anyone else), it must certainly be possible to benefit others by ‘casting’ a ‘good eye’ on them!

Here are some wonderful ways in which we ‘cast a good eye’:

1.   We can look around wherever we may be at a given moment and, noticing things that appear in the range of our vision one by one, we can thank God for them. For instance, if we are in our bedroom, we may notice a fan, a table, a bed, a bedcover, a pillow, some books, a laptop, and so on. ‘Casting a good eye’ on them, we can thank God for each of these, saying something as simple as “Thank You, God, for this fan”, “Thank You, God, for this table” and so on.

2.   Wherever we may be, be it standing or sitting or moving, we see beings and things around us. One by one, we can request God to bless them. So, for instance, if we are travelling in a vehicle, we may see people, animals, trees, buses, cars, roads, traffic lights, even mounds of garbage, pass by. ‘Casting a good eye’ on them one by one, we can request God to bless them. So, for instance, we can say, “God, please bless this person”, “God, please bless this dog”, “God, please bless this bird”, “God, please bless this lamppost”, and so on. Or, if we enter a hall where many people are gathered, we can ‘cast a good eye’ over all who are present and request God to bless them.

3.   In place of our physical eyes, we can also use our ‘inner’ eye for a similar purpose. Closing our physical eyes, we can conjure in our ‘mind’s-eye’ a mental-picture of people, situations, places or any other thing we might like to. One by one, we can ‘cast a good [inner] eye’ on them and thank God for them or request God to bless them. So, for instance, we might picturize in our mind a dear departed friend, or even someone we didn’t get along with, and thank God for them. Or, we may create a mental picture of all the fish in the world or all the insects in a particular country and visualize God blessing them. Or, in our mind we can cast a ‘good eye’ over a given grim situation in some part of the world and pray to God to bless the situation with the best.

These are just a few examples of uses of the ‘good eye’, and perhaps one can come up with several others. ‘Casting a good eye’ in this manner can be a fun and creative way to be in communion with God and to spend time. And it’s not just entertaining. The practice actually has a powerful, real-world impact. Prayers made to God do work, for God listens and responds to all prayers. And, sending out positive vibrations in the form of blessings by ‘casting a good eye’ does have real consequences for the overall ‘vibratory frequency’ of the universe. It positively impacts both the person whom these vibrations are sent to and the person who sends them out. It’s really no small thing at all!