Tweakish Thoughts: “I am the eyes…”

I keep an eclectic collection of statements, mantras and ideas floating around in my head. It’s their job to periodically shake up my perceptions, remind me who I am, and keep things in perspective.

One of them jiffy-popped into my mind today, prompting this post.

“I am the eyes through which God sees.”

I’m not certain of it’s origins, but a quick Google suggests it springs from the Sufi traditions in Islam.

Try holding it in your thoughts for a day or two - the perspective shift works, whatever your understanding of “God” may be. Use it in a formal meditative or contemplative practice, or just casually think about it once in a while. I seem to remember carrying it rather far, once, as the ears with which God hears, the hands with which God types, etc. Keep your humility in place, please … I’m not responsible if you develop a budding messiah complex from this!