“Essential Meaning of perception –
1. the way you think about or understand someone or something
2. the ability to understand
or notice something easily. (She shows remarkable perception.) 3. the way that you notice or understand something using one of your sense visual/spatial perceptions”
The above definition is from the dictionary but have you ever thought about what perception is really all about?
Does perception happen only within the normal limits of the physicality of our 5 senses? Or does perception really begin with our mind’s interpretation of our physical reality?
Do perceptions take the form of mental constructs when our mind judges our observation?
As we age, we have various experiences. The experiences are different. But maybe we group them into categories. Each of us DECIDE to label those as good or bad or neutral based on our physical reactions and previous experiences.
Inside our physical “knowing,” we sense more… Did a mental image of what happened to us trigger a preconceived concept about ourselves, life, and people?
So we may have lumped that assessment into this or that idea grouping.
In times of inner quiet, our intuition (our higher self speaking to us) allows new knowing. Our perceptions may change. What we thought was “as solid and real as cement blocks” becomes like clay. Moldable clay can be formed to look differently.
So what I am considering here is the power of one’s higher self to change our perceptions if we allow it. Let that idea simmer in your head for a while. A new possibility lies dormant within you.
Is it possible that our perceptions are really skewed?
Is it possible that what we remember … didn’t happen exactly the way we think it did? Just a thought…
