In our modern society we generally tend to be influenced by outer forces or visioning. We can be easily lead by governments, religious leaders, fashions, and clever psychological tactics employed by advertising agencies: what society often calls normal can be unnatural to us as human beings.
It can be said that until our 'inner visions' become larger that our 'outer visions', the true quality of our lives hangs in the balance. Another way to say this is when we can interpret (de-code) reality via our senses, belief systems, and through a stable emotional system; it becomes possible to develop and experience a good quality of 'inner life'. The ability to go 'within,' as we go out and function in the world, can enhance our lives in the most empowering manner, aiding us in the experience of a fully expressed and fulfilled life. If we do not start taking responsibility for our lives we will give away our power to others, and what then follows is a growing sense of powerlessness and quiet desperation. This fear based way of living 'speaks a lie about us', this is not who we really are.
We must remember how to look through the eye rather than with the eye.