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Vision comes from within and shows us how to
navigate the realms of thought, feeling, and emotion. Sight is the ability to see the physical
world while vision is the gift of seeing beyond it. Sight enables us to take
in the physical world, so we can participate in it with knowledge. It brings
us pleasure through our eyes, which perceive the colors and shapes of all the
myriad expressions of nature and human beings. It helps us feel in control,
allowing us to see what is coming toward us, which way we are going, and
exactly where we are standing at a given moment. We are able to read signs
and books, navigate the interiors of buildings with ease, and sense and
perceive how a person is feeling by the expressions that cross their face. As anyone who has lost their eyesight can
tell you, though, there are things that are clearer when you cannot see the
world through your eyes. One of the reasons many meditation instructors
advise sitting with your eyes closed is because we automatically become more
in touch with our inner world when we are not distracted by the outer world.
It is in this state that vision becomes our mode of seeing. Vision comes from
within and shows us how to navigate the realms of thought, feeling, and
emotion. It enables us to see things that aren’t yet manifested in the world
of form, and it also connects us to that part of ourselves that exists
separately from the world of form. As we age, even those of us with perfect
eyesight will generally lose some of our acuity, but this loss is usually
replaced with inner vision. This is the time of life when we are meant to
turn inside and take what are sometimes the very first steps of a journey
that cannot be traced on a map. We call upon intuition and feel our way along
a path that ultimately carries us beyond the realm we can see with our eyes
and into the land of spirit. |
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