10712. When they were allowed to see objects on our planet by means of my eyes they paid very little attention to them. This was because they are accustomed to think on a level somewhat removed from the objects right next to them, and so were accustomed to see them only in shade; for the level on which a person thinks determines his vision of things. This inward sight existing on the level of thought is what sees within and by means of that which is outward. Those spirits also told me at this time that the surface of their planet consisted mainly of rock, and that only some of its valleys among the rocks were cultivated. But I sensed that these conditions existed only where those people lived and that elsewhere they were different. Those spirits were with me for almost a whole day.