Mystery No4: Do We Really See What is Going on

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about how limited human beings really are, especially when it comes to our eyes. Not in a dramatic or spiritual way, and not in the sense that something strange is happening around us, but in a very simple, biological way. The truth is, our eyes can only see a small part of reality, and most of the time we forget that.We walk around assuming that whatever we can see is all there is. If we can’t see something, we quickly conclude that it doesn’t exist. But that’s not actually true. It just means our eyes aren’t built to pick it up. Human vision works within a narrow range certain light, certain distances, certain speeds. Outside of that range, things don’t suddenly vanish; they just fall outside our perception.That’s why I don’t think of it as anything mystical or spiritual. It’s not about ghosts, spirits, or invisible beings watching us. It’s simply about limitations. Our eyes evolved to help us survive, not to show us everything that exists. They help us recognize faces, avoid danger, find food, and move through the world we live in. That’s it.Most of what we notice daily is the world humans have created. Buildings, roads, phones, screens, symbols, money, systems these are things designed to match our scale and our senses. We understand them because they were made by us, for us. When something doesn’t fit into that scale, it becomes easy to ignore or completely miss.Sometimes people talk about “invisible things” and jump straight to supernatural explanations. But invisibility doesn’t automatically mean something strange or unreal. Air is invisible, yet it’s real. Signals are invisible, yet they exist. Many things operate around us without us ever seeing them, not because they’re hiding, but because our senses weren’t designed to notice them.So when I think about distance, I don’t just mean physical distance. I mean perceptual distance. How close something could be in reality, yet completely unreachable to our awareness. Not because it’s forbidden, but because we lack the tools to perceive it. That idea alone can feel uncomfortable if you sit with it long enough.What makes it even more interesting is how the brain reacts to this gap. When we realize we can’t see everything, the mind tries to fill in the blanks. That’s where imagination, fear, curiosity, and creativity come from. It’s not that the brain is discovering hidden beings it’s responding to uncertainty.I think people misunderstand this sometimes. They think questioning perception means believing in something extraordinary. But it doesn’t have to. You can fully accept reality, science, and logic, and still admit that human perception is incomplete. Both things can be true at the same time.We don’t need to turn every unknown into a mystery or a threat. Sometimes it’s enough to say: we don’t see everything, and that’s okay. That doesn’t mean something is watching us. It just means we’re human.Thinking this way creates a kind of distance not from reality, but from overconfidence. It reminds you that the world is bigger than your point of view. Bigger than what your eyes show you. Bigger than what feels familiar.And honestly, that realization doesn’t have to be scary. It can be grounding. It can make you more careful with conclusions, more patient with uncertainty, and more aware of how much of life we experience through filters we didn’t choose.At the end of the day, it’s not about invisible beings or hidden worlds. It’s about humility. About understanding that human sight, human thought, and human understanding all have limits and that those limits don’t mean something is wrong. They just mean we’re human.

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