Opposites in Perspective; Finding Your Center

In all that which we are capable of perceiving, carries with it the rule of opposites. When you find yourself perceiving hate, with the same passion there exists the potential for perceiving peace, or love. The opposite is always present, it’s just a matter of what you put your attention on. We become trapped by believing our own thoughts, believing the way we perceive things now, is the way things truly are. For example… we believe because we perceive something as bad or wrong, it must be so. On the contrary, it is what it is, and everything else is just commentary; I recommend seeing your thoughts as just that, thoughts, and not truth.

This is why judgment of self and others is pointless, because it’s not based on truth, it’s based on your thought patterns which have been collected over your lifetime. Similar to the idea of your likes and dislikes. Your environment has shaped many of the beliefs you hold today, and these beliefs influence how you perceive the world around you. The truth of the matter is… it’s almost as if each moment offers up a clean slate, with no interpretation, with no right or wrong, and then we enter in and give meaning. The meaning you give, assists you in the life creation process. If you come across a situation and perceive only hatred and hostility, then you make the decision in the moment that you live in a hateful and hostile world; now remember, it doesn’t actually make it true, the world is simply how it is, you have just decided it to be what you perceive. And just as fairly, you could choose to perceive otherwise and see our world as friendly and loving.

Finding your center, involves being aware of what you’re thinking, and recognizing it as just thought and not truth. Be aware that how you choose to perceive a situation determines your internal well being. Even if you feel as though you can’t change how you feel, just be aware that your perspective is on the opposite side of where you’d prefer it to be. Doing so, puts power back into your hands as you now understand it is not your circumstance, but your thoughts about the circumstance that creates so much inner turmoil. Then simply reach for a higher perspective more inline with truth and love. Truth being what is, and love being what you prefer.

The next time you are presented with what used to be a “terrible” experience, ask yourself these questions.

• Do I know this is true, or do I just think it is?
• If there was an opposite to how I am perceiving, what would it be and why?
• How does this current perception make me feel, and how does it affect my world?
• What would my world look like, and how would I feel if I saw it’s opposite?

Keep in mind, it may not be within your capacity to perceive the entire truth, or it’s complete love, that’s okay. The point is to make small shifts, and as you do, your world will change.

Additional thoughts of Perspective:

Our perspective is what guides our life experience. How we choose to perceive the world around us, will greatly influence how we interact with others, ourselves, and circumstance; it will also influence how others treat us as well. We each perceive within our capacity for perception. Meaning, we are capable of perceiving at the level or vibration of our current understanding. My ability to perceive certain things may be greater than another, as is another’s perception greater than mine in some instances. (depending on your experience and life understanding)

In any given situation there are millions of interpretations. Wouldn’t you agree? If a million people watched a football game, there would be a million different analysis pertaining to what was good, bad, exciting, dull, and all the “whys” that go with it. Granted many would be similar, but at their core, all the interpretations would be different. As we go through life, the events that happen, happen, independently of what we think about them, they still happen; everything else, all the thoughts, opinions, and judgments are just commentary, or perspective. To whatever extreme you perceive something, there lies an equally opposite perception.

Did you find genuine value within this post? If you did, then most likely you know someone else who will as well. I invite you to share the goodness!
Namaste -Tigmonk