Look As It Is

"Don't look for God," the Master said. "Just look -- and all will be revealed."

"But how is one to look?"

"Each time you look at anything, see only what is there and nothing else."

The disciples were bewildered, so the Master made it simpler, "For instance: When you look at the moon, see the moon and nothing else."

"What else could one see except the moon when one looks at the moon?"

"A hungry person could see a ball of cheese. A lover, the face of his beloved."

- Anthony de Mello