In personal relationships and in soul work, it is the eyes that we long to gaze into - a lover's, a friend's or our own in the mirror. The eyes, we assume, are the real center of knowing. The ears, to the side, are more problematic. There is something questionable about them. Even their shape suggests a question mark.
Auditory perception resists the direct pathway.
Its ways are labyrinthine, echoic. Its essence is vibration, resonance. Next to the upfront, brazen eyes, the ears are easily embarrassed, and embarrassing. If directly peered at, in the spotlight or during an exposed moment, they turn red. Sometimes, the ears have a sideways sexual quality.