"This" Or "That".....You Choose.....

Hi Friends,



In the last 5-6 years of my life, I have observed something, Something about the people whom I met, Something about things I have seen and something about situation I have gone through and that "something" is the difference between the initial thought and the final thought about those people, Things and situation.


Earlier I did not know what to call this initial reaction and final verdict, However when it started me hurting like anything, I tried and found out that the initial expression is called "Perception" and after sometime when you mix your own judgement in it, It becomes "Reality".


Now, Whenever I get nostalgic and think about my past life, I observe that I have always been a victim of "Perception" and the "Reality" has shocked me so many times. Or I can say that every now and then I have run for water and have found "Mirage" Instead.


Is reality nothing but a concept unique to each of us? Can anything be classed as real when our perceptions differ greatly on so many things? Just because we see something a particular way does not make it so. We can be so insistent sometimes that our way of seeing something is more right than someone else’s way.


Keep an open mind at all times and remember that a point of view is always valuable to each individual. I always used to class myself as someone who was "realistic", But after contemplating this further I realised that the term "realistic" means something very different entirely.


Lets take the example of war. There are some people who believe that war is necessary sometimes to get peace and then in order to keep the peace. There are other people who will believe that war is evil and should never be entered into no matter what. Who is right? Is war right or wrong? That’s just an example and I’m not here to answer that question  (coz even i am waiting for one).



I’m here to demonstrate that reality is a very fluid concept. What you see as real is only defined by your belief structure. Your version of what is real is only your perception of it; Not what is so. and somebody has said,



“We see the world, Not as it is, But as we are”



As far as my experience is concerned, I have gone through this difference every time I have met with somebody for the first time in my life and the "reality" has always outplayed the "perception" and "reality" has turned out in a really horrible manner every time.


Your belief structure determines your perception which then ultimately determines how you respond to events. Going by that sequence you can then see that there is another place to start. You can choose to examine your beliefs and then choose to change them. That’s why I have learnt that everything begins with a choice.



Or Perhaps There is no such thing as "reality". There is only "your" reality which is essentially your "perception". Remember that what you believe to be true is only as true as your personal experience and it doesn’t go any further than that. Even many scientific theories are just that, They are just theories! It doesn’t make them a universally accepted.



It’s important to note that how you choose to perceive things is how they come across to you. Am I being a hypocrite in stating this? Is this just my reality? I guess in some ways yes I am being a bit of hypocrite but this is my theory based on  universal principles. I believe that your power to choose how to perceive things makes them appear that way to you.



So Keep thinking about it and let me know if need to adopt anymore principles, By which i can be away from "This" Perception and come closer to "That" Reality.



Cheers......