You Cannot See a Hole

You may be thinking to yourself what a preposterous claim I have made! You may be thinking that you can clearly see the hole in the wall, the hole your dog dug in your yard, or the hole in your jeans! However, you really cannot see the hole.

What you see are the edges of whatever the hole is in and what lies beyond the hole. Our minds are conditioned such that if we see the frayed ends of material where there should not be frayed ends, and we see our knee where denim should be, we know we have a hole in our jeans. However, we cannot really see the hole.

So, what’s the point of knowing this?