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Sometimes I sing to myself a Sesame Street song that goes, “That’s about the size, where you put your eyes, that’s about the size of it.” It’s a reminder to myself that life is exactly the way I see it. To that end, I have been rigorously working to change my perception.

My prevailing understanding of reality is that it is a manifestation of Spirit experienced through my lens. As the lens (my perception) becomes clearer and clearer, my world comes more into alignment with the world of Spirit and my experience changes. Rose colored lens and everything is beautiful. Grey lens and life is drab. No lens and life is incredibly clear.

Is it that simple to affect the world that I live in? I believe so. Here’s an example.

Some time ago, I was extremely angry. I admitted that my business was failing and abandoned it. I got a job that required me to live in another city during the week. I was mad at the world and especially blamed my husband. I said to the Universe that I would just go it on my own. My attitude alone made the situation downright hateful.

Today, I feel hopeful, grateful, and happy. What changed? My lens.

When I changed my perception of the situation, the situation changed. I see, in my husband, a man who is loving and determined where I saw someone untrustworthy. I’m forging lifelong friendships where I complained that I didn’t have any friends. I am living my purpose on today’s terms where I had given it up because I felt it was too big. I decided to see things differently. I also decided to act on the opportunities of the present, rather than wait for life to appear perfect. Turns out life is perfect now. It’s all a matter of my perception.

Interestingly, this shift in perception led me to explore a different understanding of reality. If life is exactly the way that I perceive it to be, then what is behind the perception. When I go to a movie, I see images on the screen and there is a projector that plays them, but first there is a machine that records the action that is then played. I wonder about the source of the image.

So far, I have come up with the notion that the Source is also called Consciousness, or God, or Spirit, or the Essence of Life. I have shifted my attention from changing my perception of outer events to observing what happens when I shift my understanding of the Source.

When I approach things from the desire to dwell in Spirit. I experience a sense of Absolute Oneness, indivisible. So indivisible that there is not even a “reality” to perceive. Right now it’s difficult for me to maintain this state for more than a few minutes at a time. It comes in waves as an epiphany. In those minutes, I feel as though my life has taken a quantam leap, then I am back to my existence.

So here is the question, how far does this go? If I’m able to change my outcomes by changing my perception, what happens if I change my perception of my perception?

Entry Filed under: Nature of Reality, Personal Development

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