Insight into our being

When I look into a person's eyes, my thinking stops for a brief moment. I do not see an object in the form of pupils, eyelids and eyelashes as I am used to. The moment our gazes cross, I am touched and become silent because a space opens up that is basically familiar to me and yet often so distant. I get a brief glimpse into the essential nature of all things, into the reality of our being.