The captioned quote is an inspirational one which is attributed to Jonathan Swift, the 17th century satirist most famous for writing Gulliver's Travels. While this is a much borrowed quote, it is often used to motivate others to be a visionary, think Nelson Mandela, Nikola Tesla or Steve Jobs. It certainly encompasses insight and foresight which are penetrating and can bring about immense transformation and creativity.
True vision, however, is beyond that. It is being able to see through our experiences in life, and not wearing the filtered lens that we are so accustomed to. It is being able to see how distortion have led to disharmony within ourselves and with others, and not freeing us from fear and judgement. It is being able to see with an aerial view in all encounters, and not focusing on the aspect that we have chosen to put our mind to.
And our biggest distortion? The delusion of separation, that there is a "you" and "me"..
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