{"id":446,"date":"2009-02-21T01:20:32","date_gmt":"2009-02-21T01:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/02\/understanding-the-eye.html"},"modified":"2009-02-21T01:20:32","modified_gmt":"2009-02-21T01:20:32","slug":"understanding-the-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/02\/understanding-the-eye.html","title":{"rendered":"Understanding The Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Cornelius - Eyes\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qVpaanzd9Cs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8221; A monk &#8230;<em> understands the eye<\/em>, he understands forms, and he understands the <a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/a\/a3\/Fetters_-_leg_irons_-_photomodel_Ina.jpg\">fetter<\/a> that arises dependent on both.  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