Friday, April 12, 2019

Philosophy Wire: Seeing with your eyes. Seeing without them. Balance. Existing.

Through brain imaging, scientists have found evidence that the brain uses eye movements to help people recall vivid moments from the past, paving the way for the development of visual tests that could alert doctors earlier about those at risk for neurodegenerative illnesses. [1] We “see” with the brain. What we “see” is what we think of. And yet, it seems that the eyes do indeed play a role in the process of experiencing our cosmos. Thinking too much makes one blind, in the same way that not thinking at all can do the same. The balance between the two is the key; a key which is very difficult to grasp. An active state of constantly balancing between the state of Zero and the state of One. Life is the state of continuous equilibrium at the border of those two states. Existence is defined by Being and Not-being. Seeing and not seeing. Perceiving all and perceiving nothing. Thinking and not thinking at all. Living and being dead. Entering the forest. At the exact moment you are leaving from it…

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