Seeing is an Act

--by Jeanne de Salzmann (Jan 30, 2012)

The question is not what to do but how to see. Seeing is the most important thing -- the act of seeing. I need to realize that it is truly an act, an action that brings something entirely new, a new possibility of vision, certainty and knowledge. This possibility appears during the act itself and disappears as soon as the seeing stops. It is only in this act of seeing that I will find a certain freedom. So long as I have not seen the nature and movement of the mind,...