Acharya Prashant explains the difference in perception between a wise person (jnani) and an ignorant person (ajnani). He states that while both can see, their experience is vastly different. For an ignorant person, a leaf is merely a leaf—a word, a definition, a concept. They perceive a distinction between the leaf, a stone, and the air. In contrast, when a wise person sees a leaf, it is an indescribable event. They become one with the leaf, experiencing what Jiddu Krishnamurti calls "the observer is the observed." For them, the leaf is not just a definition but a manifestation of the one eternal truth. The wise person understands that the same fundamental element (tattva) exists in the leaf, in themselves, in a stone, and in the air. This is the core difference in their vision (drishti). While the ignorant person maintains distinctions, the wise person sees the underlying unity in everything. They know that the leaf, the stone, and the consciousness that perceives them are all one. This state of seeing unity is what is called equanimity (sambhav) or one-vision (ek-drishti). Acharya Prashant further elaborates that the formless (nirakar) cannot be seen by the physical eye, which is designed to see form (akar). However, the formless consciousness behind the eye, which enables the perception of form, can know the formless. An eye that has first looked inward to understand its own source can also understand the source of the leaf. He criticizes the tendency to inquire about the world's origin without first knowing one's own, a flaw he sees in modern education. The desire to know is inherent to our nature; the moment we open our eyes, the process of knowing begins. Knowing is our very being.