Every man's world picture is and always remains a construct of his mind and cannot be proved to have any other existence.
- Erwin Schrodinger, Quantum Physicist
As every writer and sailor knows, there are times when you are simply "dead in the water" and you must sit and wait for something to fill your sails. The winds always return, thankfully. But the mind can begin to haunt when "too much time" has elapsed with no progress to show for it. All too frequently when this happens, I'll rerun an old inner tape about inadequacy, "who do I think I am trying to write when I can't even begin", or even more horrifically, "I'm empty!" Then I need to do some quick self-therapy or my sails will remain limp for a very long time.
That therapy comes from our innate capacity to choose how we make meaning with whatever is before us. Our surface mind tells us that we see the world as it is, and the quality of our experience is dependent on the quality of our circumstances. You may recognize this perspective. It's the victim mentality, the world determines my experience. Yet wisdom teaches us that we are not victims of the world we see, we are victims of the way we see the world. Quantum science corroborates, asserting that there is no objective reality out there, apart from our perception of it. Shakespeare recognized it too when he said, Nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. Jesus said, Do not judge by appearances but judge by righteous judgment.
You and I have a whole committee (of thoughts) in our heads that willingly and forcefully chime in with a host of preprogrammed opinions about what any particular situation says about us, or other people, or the way the world is, etc. None of these opinions are based on Truth, all based upon past conditioning, almost always fear-based perceptions that bear witness to a world of suffering, limitation, and I'll never be good enough.
Join us* this Sunday as we continue with our I of The Storm series, with Part 4, on how we can manage misperception, with a commitment to seeking the Truth in every moment. It does require a kind of vigilance that may be unfamiliar, but it is a habit so worth developing, for it is nothing less than our pathway to peace, freedom, and love. Join us for the exploration and perhaps come away with an aha that can launch your week with a fresh, liberating perspective.
Blessings,
Rev. Larry
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