The voyage of discovery lies not in finding new landscapes but in having new eyes?

Question

What does this mean to you and your own life?

Answer 1

how beautifull,
eternally the world is static

Two monks were arguing about
the temple flag waving in the wind.
One said, "The flag moves."
The other insisted, "no, it is the wind that moves."
They argued back and forth but could not agree.

The Master was passing and inturrupted them,
"Gentlemen! It is not the flag that moves.
It is not the wind that moves.
It is the mind that moves."

The two monks were struck with awe.

Answer 2

When we look at how many people have become famous by finding or discovering things that were never lost your question takes on a different meaning. Think of all the nations that existed on the American continents before they were "discovered", and consider what is there yet to be discovered. We could all use new sets of eyes to see the perennial truths which surround us, awaiting our understanding and humility to ask simple and honest questions. There are no new landscapes, but each part of the journey of life is full of discovery.

Answer 3

From the modern Coca-Cola London Eye to the historical Tower of London, London has significantly to offer, see more with Hotelbye . In London you will also discover the world-famous British Museum. British Museum reveals the performs of man from prehistoric to contemporary times, from across the world. Highlights range from the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon statues and the mummies in the Ancient Egypt collection. Another place to see in London could be the London's National Gallery, a huge space filled up with Western European paintings from the 13th to the 19th centuries. In that gallery you will find functions owners such as for instance Van Gogh, Da Vinci, Botticelli, Constable, Renoir, Titian and Stubbs. London is a place where you can see yesteryear and the more in the exact same place.

Answer 4

I love this question! :o)

This means to me that the potential in everything around us is boundless, only needing a slight change in perspective to give it all new meaning. Have you ever noticed that you can ask 2 or more people to describe the same scene and each will give a different description to some degree? One of the great joys of my life is that I can still be surprised in my own back yard (figuratively and literally speaking !). For example, when I was a child I used to wonder why some people bought and kept books when it seemed to me that once read, a book was read and thereafter would only collect dust. Now, I enjoy rereading frequently and each time I discover new and different ideas and thoughts not even suspected during the previous read !

Answer 5

I honestly don't feel comfortable about the way the two are disconnected. Not straying from your "new landscapes" & "new eyes" into complicated philosophical rhetroric, I just don't feel this is an "either or." Doesn't insight, & expanding our inner vision "open" new landscapes? Conversely, new landscapes can further '"open" our eyes? I believe they are like a circle, & in perfect harmony. I'd like to know that YOU think...

Edit: I've now seen some beautiful answers; I wanted to focus on the "metaphor." Also didn't express what my concept means in my life. Perhaps I can best say it this way: My vision is constantly expanding, & so is the terrain. This is to live fully, openly, & joyously.

Answer 6

Some grow jaded and to them the world grows dull. In my reality the world is a fascinating place, full of new and wonderful things..."To see through the eyes of a child".

I've read a lot of philosophy over the years. There is something that comes to mind. The author is speaking of walking the path of life and breathlessly watching. That's how a person should endeavor to live, watching the wonder unfold before them.

The same author spoke of living as if today was the last day of your life. In a respect it is. You never know when your last day is so any day, any moment, could be it. Do you want your last moment to be of boredom and pointless or petty things or filled with wonder. You determine how you live and the value of this world filled with wonders all around us.

Answer 7

Works for me, "Eureka" doesn't necessarily come from finding something new, it can come from looking at something old from a different angle.....any voyage is written according to what you bring with you....just don't forget your toothbrush....(or your towel, if you're a Douglas Adams fan) Naninanni makes a good point about how time and experience can color your perceptions, I have books that I have had since I was a teenager, and the ideas I pick up from some of them are far different now, from what I picked up reading them at 15. I have another 30 years of experience and thought to bring to the reading now, a different set of eyes to look at the same information....

Answer 8

Yes and no.
For there is an unlimited amount of things to be discovered
(and yes, some people work to have just the status quo),
and so a virtually unlimited way of seeing them.
i say virtually because it can be so difficult to look in another
way;and to convince others.
I was convinced to criticism and learning by the work of the
scholar Sir karl Popper,who died not long ago after a long
life.
He saw things clearly with new eyes;and its written with
clarity for all to see(and very old/modern landscapes too).

Answer 9

To me it means to always be aware and open to what is happening around you. Even in our homes, if we are looking, we will see new things; a spider spinning a beautiful web, a bird in the yard we have never seen before, a beautiful flower that blooms for a single day. Live in the moment and life is perpetually new and fresh.

I read a beautiful story of a man who was on a Buddhist retreat. Each day he would take a long walk, while meditating. Half way through the walk he would stop and pay attention to what was happening around him at that moment. On the first day he looked up and saw the first flakes of snow from a snow shower coming down. The second day an owl flew almost silently over his head. Each day he had a similar occurance. He was pondering why this was, why did something beautiful happen each day at that point? Finally he realized that these things are ALWAYS happening. What is missing is our attention.

Answer 10

It means really looking, and seeing everything anew - so every plant is a character, and trees, and people, are more than something to avoid bumping into - and the familiar is always something just rediscovered. My grandpa taught me this when I was very young, and it has enriched my life magnificently. But it may have reduced my urge to travel (though I did). I always remembered Bill Shakespeare probably saw nothing beyond Stratford village and London Town, yet discovered the world.