Eyes cannot see what the mind is not open to?

Question

what does this mean to you.

Answer 1

Eyes cannot see what the mind is not open to. Its like out of mind, out of sight. Similarly, the mind cannot see what the eye is not open to which means out of sight, out of mind.

The statement " eyes cannot see what the mind is not open to" applies to our negligence. There are so many wrong things happening in this world. Every path we take, there is atleast one sad person that we come across, atleast one mistake that is taking place , and we know it. But we pay no heed to it and walk away as if we did not see or feel anything.

Answer 2

Hi,
Something might be staring at someone straight in the face but still they might not notice it. A closed-mind in many ways renders a person blind as they fail to notice the beauty of their surroundings, the kindness of another person, the love that is around them. Another way of putting it is the eyes see only what they want to see! My mother-in-law for instance has a perception of some people that is so biased and yet she can't for the life of her see her prejudice! Her mind is just not open to the fact that she could be wrong. - Perhaps we're all guilty of this at times.
Polly

Answer 3

that upon forming an opinion or making a judgement (no matter ill or well-informed) closes the door to the mind on that topic. We pretty much refuse to see anything clearly outside our own opinion. this is called bias.

I think a different way of putting it would be to assume that we arent ever more right or wrong, that there are infinitely many sides to one truth. "eyes cannot see when the mind is not humble"

Answer 4

"Take time to smell the roses" is an example. The eyes may see the rose but the mind can be preoccupied with other matters. The mind has to be free to experience those things that are right in front of you.

Answer 5

There is never enough evidence for us to make decisions so we build a web connecting small bits of evidence. If we don't have the web, we can't make any sense out of what we see. When another piece of evidence comes in, we interpret it so that it will fit into the web. Our eyes see one thing, but the fact/evidence must fit the web so our mind interprets it in whatever manner it must in order to fit the web. It takes an extraordinary amount of contrary evidence to alter a well established web.

Answer 6

I think it means that we, being human, only see what we want to see. If we want a situation to appear a certain way to us, then we will see it as we want it. If our mind is not open to the other possibilities a situation could hold, then we will not see them.

Answer 7

We discussed this concept in our online study group, The Keys of Knowledge. One of my friends gave this example:

"When I was about 20 studying anthropology at university, a lecturer told a story about Magellan's trip around the world in 1519. Apparently, Magellan's fleet of high-sailed ships would sail into the bays of primitive islands and the natives would be extremely fearful upon seeing the great vessels which were far greater than anything they could conceive of building. It would take some time for them to get used to both the ships and strange men but eventually, they would lose their fear and accept what their eyes showed them.

But on one occasion, the fleet pulled into a bay (if fleets can 'pull in') and to the surprise of all the explorers, the natives took no notice of them whatsoever. They simply went about their normal activities as it the fleet wasn't there. It wasn't until the crew got into smaller boats and came in closer that the natives reacted - and with even greater terror than their neighbors. They ran screaming into the island's interior and it took weeks and numerous search parties to find them and reassure them that they were safe. But here's the crux of the story. When the crew finally calmed them and learnt enough of their language to communicate with them they found that these particular people didn't react to the boats because they couldn't actually see them! The ships were so far beyond their consciousness that they were literally blind to them.

This true story made a big impression on me and I have spent the rest of my life straining to see what is just beyond my consciousness as I know there is so much yet to see.

In esoteric language, this is referred to as 'ring pass not' which is like the outer perimeter of our consciousness, the boundary which we cannot pass unless we extend it.

All that is is ever present. As we grow in consciousness/awareness and develop our skills of perception we are able to take in more and more of all that Life has to offer. The only difference between us and the natives who saw - or didn't see - Magellan's ships is that we know we have nothing to fear and every extension of our vision brings us closer to the source of All so that in time, we shall see Him because we are like Him."

Answer 8

You blank out what you dont want to understand. For me this applies when i read the papers & come across all the gory stuff about rape & murder...i just dont read that stuff. How do you like this one -' the heart does not grieve what the eyes dont see'

Answer 9

it means seeing what you want to see basically. if your mind isnt open for opportunity to come in, then you wont see much.

Answer 10

what has one eye,but cannot see