Yoga of Perfect Sight

Optical Illusions

Superficial vision is something like seeing the newspaper in the morning: the eye tries to see a large area, many words, at a time, and thus central fixation is disturbed.

As there is a superficial way of thinking and understanding there is a deeper way too, which gives deeper knowledge and sees the truth of everything.

Similarly there is a superficial way of seeing and deeper way of seeing. When one sees in a deeper way, it reveals the truth of the thing and the vision becomes free from imperfect illusion. Imperfect illusion is falsehood. But by training in the art of seeing the deeper perception of things can develop.

When deeper sense perception and deeper mind are active, the outer vision of things becomes more beautiful and attractive. In a deeper vision of things there is no effort to see anything, it is perfectly effortless seeing.

By a deeper way of seeing three dimensional character develops and along with that central fixation, imagination and swinging also develop.

Just use the eye like a camera without any effort, that will give you the idea of a deeper way of seeing.

At the first glance there is always a strain to see, then if the eyes see without effort, deeper perception develops which sees a sort of reality.

If the reality of a thing is distorted and gives an impression of an illusion, it is called illusion of imperfect sight. But when the reality adopts more prominence and appears more beautiful, then it is an illusion of perfect sight. For example, `O': if it appears darker and its background whiter, then it is a normal illusion; but if 'O' appears gray and distorted and its white centre less white, then it is an imperfect illusion.

Our vision is illusion, that is, vision of the object depends on the mind's interpretation. All things when first seen give the impression of imperfect illusion, later when the eye adopts the right way of seeing, the reality develops.

Deeper perception of things is also called piercing sight.

In the superficial way of seeing the eye tries to see the object, tries to get the impression of the object, all at a time. When the object is regarded in a natural way without any effort to hold the object, the impression comes in detail and in a more perfect way:

When there is an optical illusion—a straight thing appears curved—it is an indication of a superficial way of seeing; the person has lost central fixation at that moment. But if the same thing is seen with a deeper perception, the reality of the line will appear.

Perfect imagination of a black dot will give the sense of deeper perception, then the false illusion will fade away.

All optical illusions, imperfect or perfect, are an indication that what we see is mind's interpretation and this interpretation varies from person to person. If a portrait is made by seven artists, they will all differ in their expression due to the difference in their individuality.

For perfect seeing the organ must be perfect, the way of seeing must be perfect, the power of interpretation must be perfect.