PERCEPTION

…as a human being, this is one of the hardest concepts for me to grasp.

That out there somewhere there’s a different version of reality than the one you’ve planted yourself in?  And I mean PLANTED!  Firmly believing your beliefs to be true.  Not just to you, but the others around you. 

I’ve actually been so curious about this topic lately, I’ve looked up it’s true definition.
Perception:  is the process of attaining awareness or understanding of the environment by organizing and interpreting information.

So to sum it up…perception is all sourced through you.  To boot, perception is absolutely dependent on your nervous system. 

Normally if you ask me about yourself, your perceptions, awareness, understanding, beliefs….I’d say WHOLE HEARTEDLY that they’re all yours.  And you should own

each and every belief you have.  And you SHOULD!  But…now I’m thinking, you should take a minute.  And give your perceptions space.  Give them the opportunity to see what else is out there waiting to be perceived.

I’m learning that I actually DO NOT believe perception to be all yours.  Because how you perceive things is how you take them in.  And then you spit them back out…projecting a belief in a certain way.  That in turn affects your environment and the people around you.  Although it’s an excellent thing to be standing strong in your own,  there’s the possibility that you’re not letting yourself see the full picture.

I’ve decided I’m going to start asking this question…

“How am I looking at this, and how can I look at it differently?”  What are the different versions?

 Asking this allows your perception to become a bit more tangible and a little less…well, rock solid.  It opens you up to possibilities, other ways of thinking, but mostly…a more honest form of human to human interaction.

"If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite." ~ William Blake