“The seeing of objects involves many sources of information beyond those meeting the eye when we look at an object. It generally involves knowledge of the object derived from previous experience, and this experience is not limited to vision but may include the other senses: touch, taste, smell, hearing, and perhaps also temperature or pain.” LooksMayEyePainVisionSeeingInformationObjectsSourcePerspectiveTasteMeetingsHearingSmellSensesTemperature Author:Richard Gregory
“That's all very well as an abstract moral principle, Avril, a coffee-table theoretical construct, but there's no denying the sheer gratuitous pleasure to be derived from seeing members of the ruling class in pain and torment.” WellsPainPleasureMoralClassPrinciplesSeeingMembersTablesCoffeeAbstractSheerConstructsTormentRulingTheoreticalMoral Principles Book:The Acid House Source: The Acid House
“To see the universe as it is, you must step beyond the net [the matrix]. It is not hard to do so, as the net is full of holes. Look at the net and its many contradictions. You do and undo at every step. You want peace, love and happiness, and work hard to create pain, hatred and war. You want longevity and you overeat. You want friendship and you exploit. See your net as made of such contradictions and remove them - your very seeing them will make them go away.” WantLooksMadeWarHardPainUniverseStepsSeeingHard WorkHatredHolesContradictionRemoveGoing AwayLongevityExploitsEvery StepHappiness And LovePeace Love Author:Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
“The mind is trained from a very young age to think that life moves from one worry to the other or from one pain to another, never from one joy to another. If you feel there is something wrong with what you are seeing, then you should look back in at yourself because what you see outside is only a reflection of what is inside you.” IfsThinkingLifeFeelsShouldMindLooksAgePainMovingYoungJoyWorrySeeingReflectionYoung Age Author:Swami Nithyananda
“A broken leg can be remembered and located: "It hurt right below my knee, it throbbed, I felt sick at my stomach." But mental pain is remembered the way dreams are remembered-in fragments, unbidden realizations, like looking into a well and seeing the dim reflection of your face in that instant before the water shatters.” WayWellsDreamPainFacesFeltWaterHurtSeeingBrokenDepressionReflectionSickIllnessLegsMental IllnessRealizationRememberedKneesInstantYour FaceStomachIt HurtsFragmentsBroken LegMental Pain Author:Tracy Thompson