We discussed perception before. The basic idea is that we see what we are programmed to see. How can we get out of this programming? How can we clear out minds, of all the little beliefs and ideas, so we can see what IS?
All our philosophies and religions compete for dominance, but none can contain the truth, because they ask the mind to become reprogrammed. They require the mind to see according to their invented truth. Truth is what IS. Truth is never based on agreement. We may agree about a truth; but, truth will never be an agreement.
As soon as we attach a name to a philosophy, religion, any ism, we have already lost the truth. Truth can not be locked into captured ideas. Truth is what is seen with the uncluttered mind.
How can we begin to 'see'? Is it so difficult to accept that we know nothing? Is it so difficult to start learning anew?
Let us take a look at ourselves. We all have got descriptive names. We are children, women, men. We are different colors and nationalities. We find ourselves in different 'belief groups'; religions, philosophies etc. We call ourselves different things; machinist, farmers, social workers, teachers, doctors, lawyers, nurses, scientist, etc.
Every description locks us into certain thought patterns, some imposed from outside, and some, accepted as the norm for the group. We become imprisoned in ways of thinking. If we are doctors we are in this pen, if we are teachers we are in this pen, if we are environmentalist we are in this pen, this goes on and on. We can be in several pens at once.
Each pen demands a conformity to some basic ideas about what IS. Of course, nobody can see, what 'is', if they stay locked in their pen. As long as we feel, we need to accept the ideas, that join the group in the pen, we will not 'see'.
It is quite a dilemma! From the time we are born we are programmed to see what our parents, teachers and other 'superiors' see. Then we join identity groups and further our imprisonment. We want to be accepted. We want to be beloved. We want to belong to something. We are not aware, of what we are giving up, when we accept others perception of reality.
Okay! What do we do now? If all this is true; that's scary. It means we know nothing. Yes, it is scary. All through history, when somebody stood outside a pen, and offered to open a gate, they were stoned, crucified or ostracized. It is indeed scary, accepting the idea, that all our precious ideas about reality may be wrong.
We need to look at our own situation. How have we bought into ideas, just because they were the norm of the group? What do we accept as true, without any personal verification? How has our self-interest played into the beliefs that we hold? How has status, power, authority, etc. influenced our beliefs?
Until we look honestly, at the origin of our current beliefs, we are not likely to grasp, the need, to give them up in order to 'see'.
The good news, is what is there, still IS. Nature is there in all its magnificence! Our perception, changes the reality, as we see it. Our perception doesn't change what IS. We will always think we are seeing reality. We don't recognize, we see reality, according to our beliefs.
The solutions have remained the same. We have been told to give up the past. We have been told to be in the moment. We have been told to empty our minds. We have been told to see nothing but love. There have been many, many teachers over the ages. They have all taught pretty much the same thing. Until now, not many people have been able to grasp, what they were saying; or if they could grasp it, they couldn't do it. How may people have been able to give up the past?
Something is happening! We have been flooded with teachers. There is a powerful urge to break through this barrier and 'see'. We know we can't learn, to love, as long as we are locked into our pens. We know, we will never know, who we are as long as we stay in prison. There is a powerful force propelling us towards freedom. We want to wake up! We are shaking our heads, trying to clear our minds. We are rubbing the sleep from our eyes. We desperately want to know, who we are.
We are beginning to 'see'.
Love and Peace, Gregg
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