Colors blind the eye - Sounds deafen the ears.

Eyes blind your vision and ears thus may not help you her the right information – The Tao.

I see a leaf. What thoughts come to me immediately? Do I act on the leaf as my eyes see it or as per the meaning I have made out of it?

I see a person who I like. What emotions get triggered inside me?

Do I react to him as he or she is now in front of me or do I act as per the emotions and thoughts that have got triggered in me?

To see is to see the information without any past image interfering with the present. To see I need an eye and inner eye that can just see devoid of the past.

To hear is to hear just the words that are told to me and make meaning. When the meaning from the past interferes, with the present then am I hearing it right or seeing it right.

To see what is and to hear what is needs a deep sense of grounding and great energy.

The practice of the above can lead one to be a Vairaagi. The one that is not influenced by the emotions and thoughts that are not related to the current. The one who has a mastery over one’s own emotions and thoughts. Simple daily practices can help you develop this powerful quality.

You may try this exercise with an image of a person.

Where are the thoughts and emotions coming from?

How much of these emotions influence my interaction with this person?

Who are the people in my life and what are the situations in my life where these emotions and thoughts get triggered?

How will my life be if I can choose to keep or do away with these emotions and thoughts?

When these emotions and thoughts are there in me, what power do I have to be as I am when I interact with this person?

Do I remember what this person told me in my interactions with him?

 How much of this interference is influencing my life now?

How free will I be when I keep myself away from these inner voices and images?

To see is to see the information without any past image interfering with the present. To see I need an eye and inner eye that can just see devoid of the past.

To hear is to hear just the words that are told to me and make meaning. When the meaning from the past interferes,

Can you spend five minutes today both morning and evening meditating on the above aspect?

Choose a calm place where you would not be disturbed for around ten minutes. Choose an image or an object and place that in front of you. Bring yourself fully into space with two or three relaxed breaths. Observe what thoughts that come up as you see the image or the object; and see if you can see the photo or the object devoid of the thoughts and emotions that come up. Grounded just on your breath just be with an image or the object for a period of three-five minutes.