Eyes,
looking back
from inside the secure area of a departures hall,
through 10, 20, 30 meters of busy space,
around other, blocking passengers,
seeking me out as I stand outside looking in,
then finding me,
locking onto,
talking into,
my own eyes,
instantly defocusing everything else.
That’s how eyes are meant to look.
Focus and Defocus
In a camera
focusing creates boundaries
and delineation..
Similarly Consciousness which
contains all things in potential
freely veils its infinite potential
to engage a focusing on
landscapes and persons..
The pearl of truth
is that we can experience
a defocusing to reveal
our own Self identity..
And then focus again
on landscapes and persons
in a revolutionary way..
While appearing the same
these objects now
express the reality
of their defocused home...
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