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Daily Psalms and Directions of the Heart ç 69 Seeing with the Heart Windows invite us to see the world outside ourselves— but not all seeing is the same. There is seeing with the eyes and there is seeing with the mind. Aha! I see, we say when we have an insight.We look back in hindsight, plan ahead with foresight, keep things in order with oversight.When we miss a step, we call that oversight too. And there is a kind of seeing that we might call undersight. Seeing under, beneath the surfaces; seeing into, through and through; taking in the whole of what is.We might also call this heartsight—seeing with the heart—because seeing deeply renders us more understanding and compassionate. Is it not easier to forgive when one sees beyond the actions, sees through to the humanity, in all its flaws and limitations, of someone who has caused us pain? ...

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