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How to Focus on a Dust Particle on Your Eyeball, and What it Means
Once the physics of a mechanical machine is understood, then its capabilities can be optimized, forcing an evolution in its design and use. The human body is in reality just a machine occupied by an operator. Just like any other man made machine, the capabilities of the body, barring any deformities, is in large part dependent on the abilities of the user. Intensive use of specific functions of the body allows us to optimize our ability to interact with our surroundings, enhancing our experience during this existence, and in turn flooding our mind with information that has the tendency to expose hidden truths.
In general, sight is considered to be one of our most important and useful abilities, and nature seems to agree, designing the cheeks to be the most sensitive part of the body, intended to warn us of possible dangers. Our eyes have the capability of sending us an almost infinite amount of information in a fraction of a second. From patterns and colors to reflections and refractions, the eyes do not discriminate, recording everything in their sight, leaving the task of filtration of what is relevant for the moment to the mind.
Before we continue, it should be understood that the way we perceive our surrounding world is a reflection of what the mind choices to discern, depending on our experiences and prejudices, and is not a true representation of the capabilities of the eyes. The eyes are a very complex machine that are capable of focusing on objects far and near, registering light and boundaries, allowing us to interact with the world in three dimensions. There are numerous resources available through the net detailing the inner workings of the eyes, hence this information will not be covered in this exercise. What will be covered, is how to prefect the ability of focusing on a dust particle on your eyeball.
Purpose:
* To prove that we are actually inside of our body looking out
Requirements:
* Good eyesight
* Patients
* Spare time
Description of Experiment:
* In this experiment you will lay on your back, find dust particles on your eyes, and focus on them
Basic Facts:
* Dust is a very small piece of matter, light enough to float in the air with the slightest breeze
* The eyes are convex
* A film of liquid, called tears, surround the eyes and act as a cleaning solution, capturing particles from the air
* The force of gravity acts on every object
Set up:
* Sufficient daylight
* It is VERY IMPORTANT to have a uniform color and pattern as the backdrop. Example: blue sky, a gray cloudy sky, or a cream colored ceiling. You can also provide an orange to red medium by closing your eyes during a sunny day. (Warning: never look directly into the sun)
* Flat surface to lay on
Procedure and Effect:
* Lie down horizontally on your back. This will increase the dust particle density in the eyes by maximizing the surface area where the particles can settle.
* To find dust particles, slowly move your eyes while looking for dark spots. The spots will range in color from gray to black. Initially these spots will be blurry and appear spherical. What needs to be done is to get a spot to become centered on the pupil at the apex of the eyeball. The way to do this is to move the eyes in the opposite direction to the effective force of gravity acting on the particle. Since the eyes are convex it means that particles in the tears will slowly be dragged down gradient. If a dust particle is located in the lower part of the eye, then the eyes should be moved straight up. This will move the particle closer to the apex of the eye, where it can be centered on the pupil when the eye is quickly moved back down again. Initially you will have to try this a few times, creating a rhythm, where with every movement of the eye the dust particle moves a little closer to the apex. This rhythmic movement of the eyes is similar to the rocking motion required to free the wheels of a car stuck in a ditch. This is the most difficult part of the procedure.
* Once you get the spot to the apex on the eye and stare at it, then with time the particle should slowly come into focus. You will notice that the spots you found are not spherical, but stringy in form. They have the same structure as normal everyday dust balls that appear in your home, they just happen to be on a smaller scale and in a liquid medium. The areas that appear as dark spots are actually areas where multiple strings of dust have tangled together. Once the dust ball comes into focus you will be able to see the individual particles extending out from the clusters. The better you get at this the more dust particles and dust balls you will find. With time, you will no longer need to find dust balls to focus on because you will be able to focus on the individual strings without the need of a larger object as the starting point for the focusing process.
* Once you capture a particle in your sight you will be able to control its movement. You will notice that the center of the dust balls tend to move a lot faster when you move your eyes then the stringy bits sticking out of the tangled areas. This is probably because the liquid on the eyes acts as a resistive force on the "tails". Slowly the imagination should take over and particles should begin to look like scenes and recognizable objects, the same way that clouds are reminiscent of scenes and objects.
* Keep in mind that the particle you are focusing on is only present on one of your eyes.
Results and What it Means:
* This exercise will reveal some of the contents of the air we are breathing
* An epiphany should occur that makes one realize that our eyes are just that, eyes. "Windows to the world" as the saying goes. Just a part of a machine that we control for obtaining visual information about our surroundings
* What this exercise means is personal and can be whatever you want it to be. For me what it means is directly related to how it makes me feel, and it makes me feel as if I’m the driver of a car looking out the windshield, and at times, as if I’m in a house looking out the window
Conclusion:
* The realization that we are not our body. We are just occupying a machine that we use to interact with our surroundings
* Gives a sense of detachment from the physical while raising the question of who we are inside
Special Notes:
* Do not get frustrated at first if you have a hard time finding particles and getting them into focus. It will happen with practice and once it does, a whole universe will become visible right in front of your eyes.
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How to Focus on a Dust Particle on Your Eyeball, and What it Means
Once the physics of a mechanical machine is understood, then its capabilities can be optimized, forcing an evolution in its design and use. The human body is in reality just a machine occupied by an operator. Just like any other man made machine, the capabilities of the body, barring any deformities, is in large part dependent on the abilities of the user. Intensive use of specific functions of the body allows us to optimize our ability to interact with our surroundings, enhancing our experience during this existence, and in turn flooding our mind with information that has the tendency to expose hidden truths.
In general, sight is considered to be one of our most important and useful abilities, and nature seems to agree, designing the cheeks to be the most sensitive part of the body, intended to warn us of possible dangers. Our eyes have the capability of sending us an almost infinite amount of information in a fraction of a second. From patterns and colors to reflections and refractions, the eyes do not discriminate, recording everything in their sight, leaving the task of filtration of what is relevant for the moment to the mind.
Before we continue, it should be understood that the way we perceive our surrounding world is a reflection of what the mind choices to discern, depending on our experiences and prejudices, and is not a true representation of the capabilities of the eyes. The eyes are a very complex machine that are capable of focusing on objects far and near, registering light and boundaries, allowing us to interact with the world in three dimensions. There are numerous resources available through the net detailing the inner workings of the eyes, hence this information will not be covered in this exercise. What will be covered, is how to prefect the ability of focusing on a dust particle on your eyeball.
Purpose:
* To prove that we are actually inside of our body looking out
Requirements:
* Good eyesight
* Patients
* Spare time
Description of Experiment:
* In this experiment you will lay on your back, find dust particles on your eyes, and focus on them
Basic Facts:
* Dust is a very small piece of matter, light enough to float in the air with the slightest breeze
* The eyes are convex
* A film of liquid, called tears, surround the eyes and act as a cleaning solution, capturing particles from the air
* The force of gravity acts on every object
Set up:
* Sufficient daylight
* It is VERY IMPORTANT to have a uniform color and pattern as the backdrop. Example: blue sky, a gray cloudy sky, or a cream colored ceiling. You can also provide an orange to red medium by closing your eyes during a sunny day. (Warning: never look directly into the sun)
* Flat surface to lay on
Procedure and Effect:
* Lie down horizontally on your back. This will increase the dust particle density in the eyes by maximizing the surface area where the particles can settle.
* To find dust particles, slowly move your eyes while looking for dark spots. The spots will range in color from gray to black. Initially these spots will be blurry and appear spherical. What needs to be done is to get a spot to become centered on the pupil at the apex of the eyeball. The way to do this is to move the eyes in the opposite direction to the effective force of gravity acting on the particle. Since the eyes are convex it means that particles in the tears will slowly be dragged down gradient. If a dust particle is located in the lower part of the eye, then the eyes should be moved straight up. This will move the particle closer to the apex of the eye, where it can be centered on the pupil when the eye is quickly moved back down again. Initially you will have to try this a few times, creating a rhythm, where with every movement of the eye the dust particle moves a little closer to the apex. This rhythmic movement of the eyes is similar to the rocking motion required to free the wheels of a car stuck in a ditch. This is the most difficult part of the procedure.
* Once you get the spot to the apex on the eye and stare at it, then with time the particle should slowly come into focus. You will notice that the spots you found are not spherical, but stringy in form. They have the same structure as normal everyday dust balls that appear in your home, they just happen to be on a smaller scale and in a liquid medium. The areas that appear as dark spots are actually areas where multiple strings of dust have tangled together. Once the dust ball comes into focus you will be able to see the individual particles extending out from the clusters. The better you get at this the more dust particles and dust balls you will find. With time, you will no longer need to find dust balls to focus on because you will be able to focus on the individual strings without the need of a larger object as the starting point for the focusing process.
* Once you capture a particle in your sight you will be able to control its movement. You will notice that the center of the dust balls tend to move a lot faster when you move your eyes then the stringy bits sticking out of the tangled areas. This is probably because the liquid on the eyes acts as a resistive force on the "tails". Slowly the imagination should take over and particles should begin to look like scenes and recognizable objects, the same way that clouds are reminiscent of scenes and objects.
* Keep in mind that the particle you are focusing on is only present on one of your eyes.
Results and What it Means:
* This exercise will reveal some of the contents of the air we are breathing
* An epiphany should occur that makes one realize that our eyes are just that, eyes. "Windows to the world" as the saying goes. Just a part of a machine that we control for obtaining visual information about our surroundings
* What this exercise means is personal and can be whatever you want it to be. For me what it means is directly related to how it makes me feel, and it makes me feel as if I’m the driver of a car looking out the windshield, and at times, as if I’m in a house looking out the window
Conclusion:
* The realization that we are not our body. We are just occupying a machine that we use to interact with our surroundings
* Gives a sense of detachment from the physical while raising the question of who we are inside
Special Notes:
* Do not get frustrated at first if you have a hard time finding particles and getting them into focus. It will happen with practice and once it does, a whole universe will become visible right in front of your eyes.
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