18 Apr Koan 211

Posted at 10:15h in I Am Time, Koan by

“We don’t see things as they are; we see things as we are.” — Anais Nin

 

We don’t see things as they are, we only see light reflecting off things. Light is 0.0035% of the electromagnetic spectrum. Things look quite different when viewed from other parts of the spectrum (e.g., X-Rays).

Our eyes see the reflections. Our mind reflects on the reflections. Our mind’s reflections are a function of definitions and stories we’ve created about what we see.