22 Apr Koan 30

We see many “its” but not the is; though all there is is is.

There are two types of vision, foveal and peripheral.

Foveal vision is when our eyes focus and we mentally create static images of seemingly independent things (“its”). The “its” are illusions that we use to navigate our way in a dualistic world we’ve created; where something that is one “it” is different than be another “it.”

Peripheral vision is unfocused. What we see is vague, fluid, interconnected and in flux; indescribable beyond that it is.

While 99% of our visual field is peripheral vision, we think the world is what we see via foveal vision.

The world we glimpse via peripheral vision is all there is. Every thing else, that which we think we see, is an illusion.