The Importance of Perception

The 16th century samurai swordsman Miyamoto Musashi won countless fights against feared opponents, even multiple opponents, in which he was swordless. Musashi understood that the observing eye sees simply what is there. The perceiving eye sees more than what is there and brings its own issues to the fight. In our own lives, how many problems seem to come from applying judgments to things we don't control? How often do we see what we think is there or what should be there instead of what actually is there? Having steadied ourselves and held back our emotions, we can see things as they really are. We can do this for anyone or to anything that stands in our way. Our