Profound insight! In the ancient Mesopotamian (I forget whether it was Mycaenean, Sumerian, or Minoan) created idols of gods with huge hollow eye sockets. It was believed that "eyes are the window to the soul"Quote:
Originally posted by Repulsive Monkey
From A chinese perspective it is only the eyes which the spirit manifests through. The rest of the face is not connected with the spirit, however I suppose that a different reason why the face should be relaxed is that ant head/face level tension will probably result in too much Qi being held high in the body and it could detract from sinking down to the Dan Tien.