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Day 102 Awareness (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by ahimsabjorn to c/taoism
 

102

Awareness

Outer eyes

Cannot see themselves.

The inner eye

Is its own reflection.

When we look, we can see many things, but the eyes cannot see themselves without the help of a mirror. We are not used to introspection. Although the followers of Tao say to look within to gain self-awareness, we will be confused if we use the attitudes formed by looking with our eyes.

That is why it is important to make a clear distinction early on. Do not try to understand yourself with the attitudes of physical seeing. Look within using inner vision.

For centuries, people of many different cultures have referred to the "mind's eye," or the "inner eye," or the "third eye." These are all indications that there is a separate way of looking within. In meditation, it is important to discover and introspection. We must go beyond thought, go beyond visualization, go beyond imagination and actually open a part of the mind that most people leave dormant. This inner eye has a location, buried deep in the bran.

When it is opened, it is our way of receiving more subtle experiences than we receive in our physical states. Perhaps looking and seeing are misleading terms, after all. We don't necessarily "see" images through this inner eye: We gain direct awareness that is beyond the image.

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[–] hexadence 1 points 7 months ago

Using "mind's eye" is the equivalent of GPGPU, in computer analogy. Using the very powerful visual memory processing for non-visual data, resulting in a clairvoyant representation. Useful for introspection, but not limited to it.