When we see with the inner eye, we are 'seeing' reality.

By: B.K Sarah FitzGerald 
Source: The Daily Guardian https://epaper.thedailyguardian.com/2026/07/03/e-paper-today-delhi-04-july-2026/ 
Dated: July 4th, 2026

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are" - Anaïs Nin

This well-known quotation reminds us that perception is everything. We project our inner state of being onto what we see; 80 per cent from memories, beliefs, feelings and expectations, 20 per cent from new information. As is our vision, so is the world. Yet, everything is even more mysterious than that, there is more than what meets the eye. The eyes are part of the brain, with a million nerve fibres in just one of our eyes. The eyes are the main sense organ for information. Half of all brain tissue is devoted to vision.

The eyes, despite what would seem logical, are not like a camera. They do not record, they interpret – or rather the brain interprets what the eyes transmit. We, through the brain, are making the best guess about what we see.

We are making the ‘best guess’ according to our internal information, because as Plato said, what we see are like shadows on a wall and we think it is reality.  Anil Seth calls this a controlled hallucination. Each one of us is generating a picture of the world through what we know, believe, and expect.

So, if what we are experiencing is real and yet is not reality, how do we get along here on this physical plane? We need more information. The information that will change our embedded beliefs based on only what we see and have experienced here. In fact, we are like actors. We are guests here, travellers, but like all travelers, we have a home that we come from and to which we will return. We are embodied beings of light experiencing the world. The world we came from is of light, just as we are light. It is the place of original peace where all are beyond harm, all are safe. Through our mind’s eye we can ‘return’ to that world and absorb the deep peace that we feel there and return to the stage to play our actor parts with more strength and power. In this way we do not get lost in the movie of life. We are available and involved but also free, not trapped here.

In the world of light, of souls, there is one single star, soul, the Supreme Soul – a reference point of stability. As we go beyond to this world of light and connect with that Supreme Being, we experience profound love and peace. This is meditation. Practiced regularly, it brings clarity, strength, and true perception.

When our awareness returns to our actor part, we are able to see our fellow actors in a different light. We are able to hold this vision of them as beings of light, guests, travelers through time, just as we are. Holding this vision, the other feels heard and really ‘seen’. We are seeing with the inner eye – we are ‘seeing’ reality. We are holding the vision that the Supreme Soul, the Father of all souls, has for each one. This information or input changes everything. It is the vital inner preparation of the mind’s eye for us to perform beautifully in this world of action.

B.K Sarah FitzGerald is an interior designer, English language teacher, and Rajyoga teacher with the Brahma Kumaris in Cambridge, UK.