I find the following image helpful when I explore the concept of spiritual eyes. The top layer of the picture represents the physical realm, the second layer represents the condition of our inner being, and the third layer represents the divine realm, from which the human soul receives spiritual power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Using Our Spiritual Eyes to See Attachments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The physical world can affect our inner world through attachment. Attachment can be anything we cling to with our lower nature \u2014 our desires, illusions, and vain imaginations. Using our spiritual eyes, we can begin to find our attachments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n When we feel happy, we often don\u2019t notice our attachments, represented in the picture as birds on strings. This doesn\u2019t mean that the attachments aren\u2019t there. It is like the strings the birds are attached to are loose. But when difficulty arises, the strings get tighter, and we can feel the tension from them. If we only focus on the birds \u2014 the problems we have \u2014 instead of our attachment to the birds, then we never realize that it\u2019s the attachments that bother us, not the birds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n RELATED:<\/strong> Fulfilling our Spiritual Duty with Detachment<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, there was a period when many things my daughter did bothered me a lot. I thought my irritation was caused by what she did. But when I looked deeper, I found that hidden under my irritation was a feeling of jealousy. But where did that jealousy come from? When I prayed for guidance and looked deeper, I discovered I was jealous of the different standards she and I had been held to. I connected my daughter\u2019s actions (the bird) to how I was treated, then pulled the string and experienced negative emotions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Baha\u2019u\u2019llah<\/a>, the prophet and founder of the Baha\u2019i Faith<\/a>, wrote<\/a>: \u201cThine eye is My trust, suffer not the dust of vain desires to becloud its luster. Thine ear is a sign of My bounty, let not the tumult of unseemly motives turn it away from My Word that encompasseth all creation. Thine heart is My treasury, allow not the treacherous hand of self to rob thee of the pearls which I have treasured therein. Thine hand is a symbol of My loving-kindness, hinder it not from holding fast unto My guarded and hidden Tablets.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The light of our inner life shines to sustain us. It is like a mountain that can\u2019t be seen because of the air pollution. When we remove the worldly dust of attachment, we can see the light clearly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Using Our Spiritual Eyes to Grow<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Uncovering attachments helps us see which spiritual qualities we need to cultivate. By recognizing the illusions I carried from childhood, and letting go of feelings of jealousy caused by these illusions, I freed myself from feelings of irritation. The more we practice using our insight to detach ourselves, the more we free ourselves from that bondage, and the more insight we gain to be able to observe our spiritual growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/DhYOjqh8riJfCklp-ZOQTBf7PS1R7JwdE6f49jZ9SdMco9UdTJ3hcNmqhnHNf1AEVe8_bvzV0o_ueUY-QqbXmxX8ixs24CbzO3Vk3sItdovCz6sAIReMYn_E-vlpt2OZ-Xxy5Yc\")