22 Apr Koan 30

We see “its” everywhere and rarely notice “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”). However, the “its” are illusions as all things are interdependent.

Peripheral vision is unfocused, where all things are one undifferentiated thing. This is reality. We rarely notice reality, other than sensing relative changing motions within it. Reality as a whole is an uncertain, fluid thing; beyond description, other than that it is what it is whatever it is.

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