The stewardship of the senses is no small matter in our information-overcrowded world. Therefore, our sensibilities serve as our filters and our guides. They are the editors of the soul and direct our orientation toward good or evil. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness.
Good eyes behold truth and enlighten the soul.
Throughout history, the books of the Bible have been meticulously copied, recopied, and preserved so that the faithful would have the Holy Scriptures at their disposal. Of course, the Scriptures are not deemed holy simply because they are inscribed words, but because they are God's inscribed words to us. However, the very form of the book, its conditions of sentience, are not incidental to how we orient ourselves to reality. The nature of the book itself and how we read shapes our souls. Neil Postman argues that American culture has been molded by the book in an unprecedented way.