SEEING NOT LOOKING:

[Guest guest]

prof laxmi narain (prof_narain)

 

Source and courtesy: Sri Ramana Kendram, Hyderabad

This article was published in Sri Ramana Jyothi,

monthly magazine of the Kendram.

 

When we look, we look at the surface.When we see we see in depth.

That is the difference between looking and seeing.We live in an age

of looking. We look with curious eye at other people's affairs.We

look at what is not really our business…To see is to go beyond the

surface of things. Seeing is also closely linked with seeking.The

person who seeks God hopes to " dwell in the house of the Lord all

days of her life. " , to " taste the sweetness of the Lord " and

to " seek His face " (Bible)…There is also a difference between true

seeking and false seeking. When our seeking is true, we see the

Truth. Some people seek and never find. They seek in the wrong

places, and put their trust in the wrong things and people…To set

one's hope in what is passing and impermanent is to look things only

at the surface. The more we chase the tangible, the more the

intangible slips through our figures… If we begin to see, we seek and

find. God who is invisible cannot be experienced by those who only

look, but can be experienced by those who `see' Him in all His

creation. – Janina Gomes