Our eyes get used to seeing what is in front of them, mostly, all that occupies the immediate landscape. Most of us live in homes with closed walls, work in limited and restricted places, we leisure usually by watching TV or a favorite movie, go shopping or to eat out. The scope of our visual horizon is set within a distance of a few feet; Our brains acknowledging the 'actual space' of this universe we are occupying at any given time. The width and depth of this space, this arena, this stage we inhabit must create an impression on our thoughts, our feelings, our concepts of reality, our faith - so I believe.
Confinement of any sort - prisons, elevators, small rooms, waiting indefinitely for something or someone, our own emotions, our prejudices - has a negative connotation. We want to be free, or at least free as we can be, we want to think we are free. How do we feel and think ourselves free when we find ourselves confined to a few square meters, kilometers at the most day in and day out? therefore we must venture out, and seek to stretch our horizons - literally and figuratively. The lifting up of one's usual horizon is a spellbinding moment - suddenly the world becomes a larger and wider place, our bodies ease into the largesse of the extended space and our eyes reflect the rays of light from the far-off distance adjusting to lengths they are not accustomed to, our minds decompress and our thoughts take a flight.
We must stretch our horizons on a regular basis. For we need to let the infinite space of the universe touch upon our body and mind. We must go out and look at the sky at night and peer into the diamonds sprinkled on the blanket of night. We must at times stare into the dying sun and relish at the burst of flaming colors for they sooth the eyes and cool the soul.
The trash that we keep within ourselves, the anger, resentment, the strain of constant needs and wants, the stress of living, dissolves into this space once we look out far into the horizon and begin to realize that there is so much more to all this than meets the eye.
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