Perception

Drasta Drsimatrah Suddhopi Pratyayanupasyah

The seer is nothing but the power of seeing which, although pure, appears to see through the mind.

-Yoga Sutra 2.20

Tadartha Eva Drsyasyatma

The Seen Exists only for the sake of the seer

-Yoga Sutra 2.21

We are the mirror as well as the face in it.
We are tasting the taste this minute
of eternity. We are pain
and what cures pain, both. We are
the sweet cold water and the jar that pours. 
-Rumi