If the eye is clear, said Jesus, our body will be full of light. When our attention is receptive and accepting, everything we see may become an object of meditation, a source of teaching. Even the most difficult and painful feelings and emotions, as we experience their arising in the present, can become teachers and companions for us. According to Kabir, the fifteenth-century Indian poet, "When the eyes and ears are open, even the leaves on the trees teach like pages from the scriptures."
— Wayne Muller, Legacy of the Heart