Most
often we see only what we want
to see.
1. A sort of preconceived filtering mechanism that influences
our approach and that's why we fail to observe the totality of anything, anyone
or any situation and when our observation itself is partial how can our
reasoning and understanding be expected to be perfect.
2. We overcome this short coming or mask it by becoming
judgmental and opinionated. So our frames of reference and depth or scale or
mode or level of observation impacts our perception or understanding to a very
great extent.
3. It is not that it is impossible to observe completely or
properly but for that, we must jump out of our in-built conditioning and
constraining cages of identity created by various things ideological, regional,
linguistic, religious, socio-cultural etc. Attention in observation with
intense totality and total intensity coupled with interest and involvement.
4. It is easy to say as a sermon but difficult to implement
in reality. However if we make a conscious effect to acquire a childlike
innocent curiosity to know and learn; to experience and experiment personally
uninfluenced by acquired or borrowed knowledge, ideas and thoughts.
5. This approach cannot come about naturally to any grown up
person and grownups won’t adopt this also because this approach does not give
the comfort level and a sense of security or confidence that all other
approaches backed by our incomplete knowledge, ideas, thoughts etc give.
6. In fact it is like asking someone to use his hands as
wings to fly but then new approaches lead to new or different understanding and
may bring out discoveries and inventions which afterwards can be embedded on
our existing and acquired thoughts, ideas, vocabulary etc to explain.
7. So we must as a first step accept with honesty that all of
us are in our own identity cages only the intensity and degree of attachment ,
willingness, liking for these identities may vary. Then have the humility to
accept that other identity cages or space outside these cages may also be
equally good or sometimes even could be better. Then embark on a mode with
willingness to see other cages and space without identity cages too.
8. “Everything changes as you move through three stages of
awareness:
first, that beliefs are the result of conditions;
second, that beliefs are the cause of conditions;
and third, that beliefs are themselves conditions.”
― Eric Micha'el Leventhal
first, that beliefs are the result of conditions;
second, that beliefs are the cause of conditions;
and third, that beliefs are themselves conditions.”
― Eric Micha'el Leventhal
9. “The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through
affection, attention, interest and compassion . . . open your eyes wide and
actually see this world by attending to its colors, details and irony.”
― Orhan Pamuk.
10. “All of us have our own inner fears, beliefs, opinions.
These inner assumptions rule and govern our lives. A suggestion has no power in
and of itself. Its power arises from the fact that you accept it mentally.”
― Joseph Murphy, The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
― Joseph Murphy, The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
11. We must realize that the subconscious mind is the law of
action and always expresses what the conscious mind has impressed on it. What
we regularly entertain in our mind creates a conception of self. What we
conceive ourselves to be, we become.” Grace Speare.
12. Eyes,
everything you wanted to know about eyes
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