The Same Dwells in All That Lives
One who sees the same undying ground dwelling equally in all perishing things — that one truly sees.
The old teacher defines true seeing (darśana) as the eye that sees the same one within all things.
Do I sort people by surface and status, blind to the same something within them all?
📝Reflection
The old teacher defines true seeing (darśana) as the eye that sees the same one within all things. I do not fix that 'same one' as a personal god but read it as the shared ground dwelling in every life. I sort people by usefulness and rank, yet beneath that measure lie breath and fear and longing no different from mine. Mencius's 'everyone has a heart that cannot bear to harm' and Aurelius's 'we are born of one reason' overlap here. The eye that sees the same is the root of the heart that treats no one carelessly.
🌱Apply It Today
Meet the eyes of one person you would usually pass by today, and recall that they carry the same weight of a day that you do.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
