{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"First Steps to Seeing Reality","title":"What is Seeing?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/f48e93c8\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1776,"description":"What does it mean to truly see clearly?\nIn this first episode of First Steps to Seeing Reality, we begin exploring how perception becomes distorted by memory, fear, interpretation, expectation, and reaction. Through simple everyday examples, we look at how the mind adds to what is being seen — and how this affects our relationships, emotions, and understanding of ourselves.\nThis episode explores:\n physical, mental, and emotional perception \n how thought continues psychological suffering \n why forcing change often fails \n the difference between reaction and awareness \n and why seeing is the beginning of understanding ourselves \nDrawing from psychology, philosophy, and traditions of self-inquiry, this episode invites us to observe the movements of the mind directly — not through belief, but through seeing.\nBecause perhaps the first step to seeing reality…\n is simply noticing when we are no longer seeing it clearly.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/3pdtk-B4nSdfRuuwh3xQsi4N4WuCZ9AJ3schQlhoUvg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xMDYy/NjkxNGNlZjQ5ZWI3/ZTM4YTc4ZThlMzkw/MTNiZi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}