THROUGH THE EYES OF THE INTELLECT

eyes of his intellect those things that others failed to see with the eyes on their heads." God has blessed human beings with two beautiful eyes with which they see all things. However, man sees only external things with the help of these eyes. To see things which are hidden and internal, man needs another set of eyes. This is the eye of reason or intellect. Looking at things using just the eyes on one’s head is akin to looking at the lid of a machine without understanding the parts of the machine. Such a superficial vision is just fractionally better than not seeing. The old woman could only see his boy to be a good apprentice to the washerman in the future because she used only her physical eyes. The same young man was seen by another person who possessed the eyes of the intellect as one who would counsel kings. How can one attain this eye of the intellect? The answer is very simple. To develop this eye, a person needs to rise above the superficial observation. The facts lie behind the visible phenomena. Therefore, the profound truths are discerned by a person who surpasses visible phenomena. Distant objects can be seen only when our gaze is diverted from the objects near and apparent. Similarly, profound truths are seen when we rise above the superficialities. The one who is lost in the visible form of the objects cannot look at their inner value. o