The Seer

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The world is a curious phenomenon that, like a faint star, can be clearly observed only when it isn’t directly looked at. The world will hide its true face from us until we look in the opposite direction, catching sight of it in the mirror of the Self.

Colors, textures, sounds, tastes, smells — all sensations are apt to take on a new brilliance, poignancy, novelty, in the sharpest contrast to their plain Background here.

For instance, it is common (even when one has just begun to see) to find colors — such as the traffic lights and pavements and the sides of taxis — unbelievably glowing and beautiful.

It’s not when you look at but when you overlook the Seer that the seen grows dim and distorted. Not only the “outer” world, but also your “inner” world of psychological states is obscured when you ignore the Inmost that covers and underlies them all.

From: Open to the Source, by Douglas Harding.