What changes when I see things differently? I notice that my life unfolds like layers, each showing different facets of what exists. The layers don’t just add information; they skew how I perceive everything.

The first impression—how reliable yet limited is it? My eyes detect light and color, forming shapes from abundant patterns based on my random experiences. They reveal what is immediately before me, but I miss so much! How many assumptions influence my essential vision?

My eyes become large, and the light that you shine can’t be seen?

What happens when my perception goes beyond physical limits? Sometimes, insights come that skip the senses—patterns I recognize before conscious thought, an understanding that feels whole rather than broken. So, what does it mean for me to see genuinely? Is that really better?

Now, how does my mind shift when I start to recognize my own beliefs and assumptions? That interesting moment when my thoughts become apparent, and fixed views become temporary ideas. What observes the act of seeing itself? And what remains when my former solid ideas fade away?

Following the stars, don’t need a book of wisdom…

Is there a way of perceiving that captures objects and connections? An appreciation of how everything is linked and affects one another, unraveling patterns that run through all experiences. Is this still seeing, or is it something more fundamental?

What does it mean for my existence to be complete? Neither adding to nor taking away from the present, not building or breaking down, not chasing or avoiding, and just being in accord with what is.

One heart, one soul; just one solution.

I think of these different ways of knowing not as goals to reach but as natural abilities that unfold. Each way of perceiving doesn’t replace the others but includes and changes them.

When my perception shifts between these ways, what exactly changes? The world remains the same, yet it feels completely different. Am I seeing more accurately or just looking at it differently? Perhaps the idea of accuracy itself changes with each shift. And I should not prefer one and despise the other.

Everyone may know these different kinds of perception: moments of plain sensory experience, bursts of intuitive understanding, glimpses beyond rigid ideas, recognition of connections, and perhaps brief times of complete presence without separation.

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