It was after seeing the purple Sunbird, the Bulbul kept its gaze on it and tracked its movement between the branches.
The seeing, hearing and feeling made a Bulbul engage visually!
Looking is an engagement at different levels.
When what one sees holds attention then seeing becomes beholding !
In a conversation seeing and hearing are qualified by attention and interest.
I noticed in the Bulbul's behaviour a sense of engagement at a beholding level, when the bird calls became frequent and tuneful.
How much I am drawn by what I see ?
The flower and its elegance and brilliance masked the sight of the buds initially. It was little later, I began to notice the buds to see !
Seeing is a qualitative experience. One can see in part or fragmentally or in full!
A visitor who returned from a visit to a hospital in rural India, after seeing the plight of patients coming to the hospital needing subsidised care, returned feeling that he could postpone to upgrade his car to the next level. He saw and allowed himself to feel touched. His contribution to the hospital month after month made a difference to the hospital in taking care of people who had limited resources to attend to their health needs. I thought that he looked to see and allowed him self to be moved !
Looking to see, feel and respond is an opportunity !
That is a way of living, that shall make us regard others as our neighbours!
M.C.Mathew (text and photo)
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