I always chuckle when I hear the word short-sighted. 'You're having a laugh,' I say. 'You can see the sun, can't you?' But seriously, think about it. How far can you actually see? Is your vision infinite if there is no friction to stop it? Last night I saw the moon and was transfixed at how far I could see. And then I realised earlier on I had seen the sun which is far more distant than the moon. I then thought of the other senses. Hearing for instance. Why can I not hear to the moon? Is it because there is nothing to hear but silence or is there too much 'friction' in between my ears and the moon? Maybe I can hear to the moon, or even the sun. Maybe my hearing too, like my eyesight and vision, is infinite. But then I think of my sense of smell. Surely, that isn't infinite, for if it were I would be overloaded with the olfactory. So, maybe your vision is unique amongst the senses in that it is infinite already, and the only reason you appear to be unaware of this is because there is too much 'friction' (and perhaps fiction) in your life. This friction is 'heat' and 'excitement' and 'pleasure' and 'that which chafes' (Being). Yet, if you manage to remain unchafed and cool, as is your aboriginal condition, everything would appear to man as it is - infinite. And then that vision will be transmuted into wisdom.
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