It's All Perspective Friday-None of Us Live in the Same World

Nothing real can be threatened, nothing real exists (A Course in Miracles)

The perceptions that we live in the same world is an illusion. One always assumes that everyone perceives the world in the same way, but how can this be true. The Christians see a world built by Jehovah, the Hindu's see a world created by Lord Brahma, and other religions have different creator deities, then how can it be that we live in the same world. It is even more complex than that, since we all create our own perception of the world.

I wrote earlier about some perceptions of death, and each of use creates our perception based on how we perceive the circumstances surrounding us. There will be as many worlds as there are beings perceiving it. This is how calamity can be created. When others can create a similar perception of something, and they think that others must surely perceive it the same way, spells disaster. I don't like to point out to those folks just how widely different the perceptions of the same belief is between those who "believe" can be. However, that is true. I experimented a lot with this for some time. questioning people that were holding with specific beliefs, and they had vastly varying perceptions of what they believe we a fixed set of rules, beliefs, and/or scientific "facts".

The world you live in is deeply your own creation. The ego reacts to all sorts of impetus, and it's protection mode sounds solid to our minds. However, when you question these beliefs, you find that they are thin like air. They are easily blown away by another perception that seems similar. Look how often the medical world will overturn solid medical practices when new "evidence" is presented that refutes long held beliefs. This will always continue to happen to us as long as we ignore our inner wisdom, and cling to ego belief systems.

Nothing real can be threatened; nothing real exists. (A Course In Miracles)  When we give ego the lead, the world is ALL our individual perception, and none of us live in the same world. We cannot come together until we recognize that everyone here was created by God extending his love to create us.  We are all created from the same source, and showered with the complete, unconditional love of our creator. He loves us regardless of our current perception of our existence.

I am that I am
Namaste

It's All Perception-Friday

Perception is everything and colors everything we look at. People will have different perceptions of the same event. Which ones are right?? They are all right, because our perception of the world is what is true for us. However, you can change your perception from one that is negative and painful, to one that is positive and blessed.

The most difficult change of perception came for me when my mother passed. My immediate reaction was pain and grief. I felt abandon by God, how could he take her from me. However, the nurse in the room with us said, "you know your mother was a saint, and you know she is in good hands." My whole world shifted at that stage. Yes, she is in a good place. She has only shifted out of a form that no longer served her.

Many people find my attitude disrespectful. They feel that I should grieve for the rest of my life for her, but how could I wish her back to her body. What would ever possess me to make me think that she would be better off here? The reason I was grieving was strictly my own selfishness, as I really do miss her, but certainly not enough to wish her back to this life. On All Hallows Eve we celebrate her life, and remember the good time, and bad times, but it is always a positive perception. I sometime think I hear her speak to me, and it is always a happy thought. I know we will meet again.

Namaste