Perception Is Everywhere, Yet It Has Nothing to Do with Seeing

Perception is everywhere in life, yet it has nothing to do with seeing. Seeing is an external reading, a superficial way of viewing things that reflects the mind. Perception, however, is an intuitive internal fermentation where the soul sings from deep within. So how can we glimpse the truth of things and the depths of existence? Ultimately, is what we see more real, or what we feel? Clearly, both offer their own distinct realms. The reality of seeing relies on visual evidence, opening all senses to enter into internal gestation and understanding. The reality of perception relies on intuitive realization, using the heart as proof to point directly to the core or truth of things.

Clearly, perception is everywhere, yet it has nothing to do with seeing. In a realistic life where rationality outweighs sensibility, when the eye serves as the basis and the heart as secondary evidence, are the realities before our eyes actual truths or illusions? Intuitive perception and realization seem to exist in another "eye of the mind," offering a realm beyond ordinary vision that directly reflects the nature of the heart. What can be seen can be imagined; what can be imagined can be seen even if invisible. Each indeed possesses its own layer of factual existence. Forms arise from the mind, objects are created by the heart. The eyes cannot exhaust the truth (the true existence); the truth is greater than what the eyes can see and no less than what imagination suggests. As stated in The Little Prince: "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."