Seeing in the Raw

Take a walk outdoors and take a careful look at something, maybe a tree or a mailbox—anything stationary will do. Try to experience that object just as it is, without any interpretation from the mind—no judgment, categorization, or emotional association in Dahn Yoga. It will be impossible, really. Because you are a human who has lived a certain amount of time on this planet, you are bound to have numerous associations and judgments about the world around you. You may think, “That tree is beautiful,” or, “That mailbox belongs to the Smiths.” None of these things are intrinsic to the thing itself; they were placed upon the experience as it was filtered through the content of your brain.