THE EYE TO THE SOUL

It has been said in ancient times that the eye is the entrance to man's soul.

The opening and closing of a person's eye was a key symbolic feature in LOST.

From an island story line perspective, it all began when Jack, lying alone in the bamboo grove, opens his right eye. What does that action represent?

The right side of the brain is allegedly the analytical side of the mind. The other side is the creative side. The right side of the brain houses the logical constructs of human existence - - - sight, problem solving, applied knowledge, etc. Any person alive needs those brain functions to stay alive.

But if the eye opening represents the opening Jack's mind to his soul, then that puts a whole different context and premise to the series.

Whether you are in the camp of Jack being alive or the camp that Jack died in the crash, there is a third possibility: Jack was alive after the crash, BUT he never moved from the bamboo grove. Everything we saw and Jack "experienced" was his through his soul.

If Jack landed on his back from the free fall from the broken plane, most likely he would have crushed his spine, causing paralysis. His will to live and to help his fellow passengers was strong enough for him to release his inner self, his soul, to reach out and interact with other souls in something similar to a vivid dream.

Since a major reference point in the series was ancient Egyptian death rituals, this release of the soul and its own physical journey through the underworld, can also be adapted in the above situation where Jack is still alive, but unable to move; but his soul manifests itself to go help others. In an odd way, this could also explain the great mystery of the smoke monster - - - it too is a soul of a living person. Since a smoke monster can manifest itself in any shape or form, such as human like the Man in Black or Christian (based on memories), then Jack's smoke monster could manifest itself as Jack. In fact, everyone on board who survived could be smoke monsters. An island filled with smoke monsters who do not realize that they are disembodied souls trying to find answers to the questions that haunted them prior to boarding Flight 815.

Because if Jack never moved from the bamboo grove, it would explain why the series ended with him in the same grove. In his final battle with Flocke, he was far, far away from the beach camp. He was in no condition to trek miles back to the grove through the mountain terrain. It is more reasonable to believe that his soul returned to his body for its unification.

It is the return of his soul to his body, when Jack can be at peace. When Jack then closes his eye, he dies - - - thereby releasing his soul from the earthly attachment of living - - - so it can be awakened in the after life.

This theory is much more "spiritual" in context than what the writers-producers vaguely said during their post-LOST interviews.