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The Common Welfare
One has to have a different eye to witness different objects. The implied meaning of the dictum is acceptable but its literal meaning is not true.
The master asked the disciple, 'Who is it that sees ?' 'The eye' 'Can the eye see in the darkı' "The eye in combination with the light can see.'
'The eye and the light both are there but the subject is indifferent Can the object be seen?
'Let me amend my statement The mind, the light and the eye collaborate to see'
'A child saw the fire and inserted his hand into it Had he not seen the fire?'
'The child lacks wisdom True vision requires all the four equipments_wisdom, the mind, the eye and the light'
'I have seen a wise man gambling. Does he properly see?'
'He truly sees who is blessed by the grace-abounding hand of existence'
An individual has two aspects his individuality and the essential existence Existence means to be Individuality means to be something! When we mark the name and form etc, we observe the individuality When we observe the degree of awareness, we see the existence that operates behind the individuality
