{"id":186,"date":"2026-05-12T15:35:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/?page_id=186"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:35:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:35:52","slug":"the-mastery-of-seeing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/?page_id=186","title":{"rendered":"the mastery of seeing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>October 2023, A<\/em><em>msterdam<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet!<br>In a skylark\u2019s view:<br>We from time to time,<br>are not aware of our blunt perception.<br>Either you want to inhale the rain,<br>or caress the sun,<br>you cannot run heaven\u2019s course.<br><br>A child might think:<br>when the curtain of sky is drawn,<br>behind the gloomy clouds,<br>sun might sharpen its rays.<br><br>wait!<br>Your patience will pay off,<br>As the plantations make no hasty way,<br>Rain fulfils its duty whenever Nature summons.<br>Only man in this respect is<br>In a rebellious state:<br>Kicking against the wind,<br>Cursing the exuberance of rain and,<br>Punching his own face,<br>Boasting, bloating?<br>He cannot even subdue his smell and sweat,<br>The loitering wind will hit back your spit,<br>Wind is deaf to your dispute,<br>Rain is blind to your prejudice<br><br>You\u2019d better leave your house and go to that roaming desert,<br>Meeting a god waiting for you,<br>Who has no doctrine to teach,<br>There, even timelessness and emptiness follow him,<br>He does not try to tame a lion,<br>Nor holding a wand,<br>A bright smile!<br>You\u2019ll apprentice to learning,<br>The mastery of seeing,<br>Your final exam will be<br>Walking blindfolded on a hair-bridge,<br>Over a ravenous abyss.<br>If you pass,<br>Stars will grow and glow in your eyes,<br>But first you should be<br>Stripped of your spectacles &#8230;<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 2023, Amsterdam Yet!In a skylark\u2019s view:We from time to time,are not aware of our blunt perception.Either you want to inhale the rain,or caress the sun,you cannot run heaven\u2019s course. A child might think:when the curtain of sky is drawn,behind the gloomy clouds,sun might sharpen its rays. wait!Your patience will pay off,As the plantations make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-186","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187,"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/186\/revisions\/187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fraidoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}