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     When one labels an item, they witness it as “that looks like…” One strips the object of its true meaning. In order to use the term “that looks like…” one must already be aware of the object they are comparing the item they are viewing it as.

     I.e. “That rock formation looks like a boat.” In order for the rock formation to look like a boat, one must already be aware of the shape of a boat, the reasoning for a boat, the materials that make the boat, what functions a boat serves and on the far end, be aware of the setting and the types of people who are traditionally associated with a boat. If one is unaware of these things prior to witnessing the rock formation, the rock formation does not present itself as a “looks like…” and presents itself as the original object, an object that is new and undiscovered to the viewer. Furthermore, in order to view the rock formation as it truly is, one must disregard the label of “rock” and “formation” to witness the processes and actions which led up to the rock formation being formed. The history of a location, the past ecological systems which may or may not have occurred, the natural environment of the geological and geographic influences which led to the formation and the rocks being created from the start. Without seeing all which lies behind the first visualization, one can never really know what any object is just by viewing it with their eyes. In order for one to view the rock formation as it’s true being, one must be aware fully or in part of the billions of years of process which compounded to create the object which one is viewing. It’s on the viewer to establish what they are seeing, what lies beyond what they are seeing and what essence is truly present when one views an object. Without these insights and awareness to the object one is simply choosing to subscribe to the illusion that the rock formation is “just rocks that look like a boat”.