This document presents a series of optical illusions and visual puzzles intended to demonstrate how perception can be misleading. It encourages reflection on themes such as how the mind can play tricks through illusions and delusions, and how concentrating one's attention can help see things as they truly are rather than as they appear. The final message is a call to continuously train the mind so it can learn to see past appearances to reality.

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Of Illusions and The Mind ….

2. 2
What do you
see ?
A DUCK ?
What else ?
A RABBIT !
Reflect : In life, Perception changes and can cause Dukkha

3. 3
Gaze into
the Centre.
What do
you
perceive ?
A 3-D
Effect.
Reflect : Mind can play Tricks on us .

4. 4
Study the Picture. How many hidden faces
are there ?
Answer : 13
Reflect : Seek the Truth and
you shall find!

5. 5
It’s a Spiral,
Right ?
No, these
are a bunch
of
independent
circles !
Reflect : Many are led astray by illusions
and delusions.

6. 6
Look at the Chart above and say the COLOR
of the word (right to left ) , not the word itself .
Reflect : Our mind can react in strange ways !

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How many other
wolves can you see
apart from the
obvious one ?
Answer : 4
Reflect : What is
imagination and
what is real ?

8. 8
Which of the three soldiers is the tallest ?
Answer : All of them are of the same height !
Reflect : Can we trust our senses ?

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Keep staring at the black dot . After a while
what do you observe ?
Answer :
The gray haze around the dot will
appear to shrink .
Reflect : When can we see things as they really are ?

10. 10
Look closely at the
picture. How many
people can you see ?
Answer : 9
Reflect :
Concentration
and Mindfulness
are vital qualities
of the Mind.

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Look at the picture
on the right closely.
What do you
perceive ?
Is it moving or
shimmering ?
Reflect : When will we wake up from the world
of illusion ?

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The picture on the upper left shows some ancient
ruins on Earth. What else can you see ?
The mountain shows a face. See picture at
the right.
Reflect : How observant of Nature are we ?

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Stare at the black light bulb for at
least 30 seconds. Then
immediately stare at a white area
on the screen or at a sheet of
paper.
What do you see ?
Answer : A Glowing light
bulb
Reflect : What you consider real may
actually have no reality.

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The EndThe End
May we continuouslyMay we continuously
train the mind so thattrain the mind so that
we learn to see things aswe learn to see things as
they really are !they really are !
With Metta,
Bro. Oh Teik Bin