Windows to the soul

We have a guest joining our class today, a frail elderly man who's back was a little hunched. I didn't pay much attention to him. When class ended, I saw him having a conversation with the teacher. As I was about to leave, teacher called me to come over and introduced me to him. "This is Mr S, he has traveled a great distance to visit us today." Said the teacher. I greeted him absentmindedly, speculating why of all the new students, was I singled out to meet this old man.

I sat down beside the man. All these while I've this feeling that he was looking at me, scanning me from head to toe. Teacher continued with the introduction, "Mr S has been on the path of Dao for a very long time." Now, I don't really know what was meant by "on the path of Dao". Could be that Mr S has been doing some sort spiritual cultivation.

"Take at look at Mr S's face and tell me you see," said teacher. I turned to look at Mr S who's smiling at me. Our eyes met and I realize they were the most mysterious and beautiful eyes I've ever seen, as if some great secrets were hidden behind them. I continue to to gaze into the depth of his eyes for about a minute, unable to look away. "What do you see?" asked teacher, breaking the spell. "Mr S has a charming smile," I said after some hesitation, unable describe what I really saw. Teacher continued to talk about Mr S but I wasn't listening. Again I feel his gaze on me, from top to bottom like some comic superhero who's eyes shoot laser beams. The gaze wasn't threatening, more of an admiring kind of gaze.

Then Mr S engaged me in conversation. He seemed to have switch off his eye laser. I was expecting some deep philosophical talk but it was just small talk with some hackneyed statements thrown in. This really left me a bit confused. What was he up to? He didn't even spout anything profound. There's a belief that the eyes are windows to the soul. I thought I saw something in those eyes but I'm not sure now.

We already have IQ tests to determine intelligence. I wished there were some foolproof method to determine Spiritual Quotient.