Sunday, March 4, 2007

Perception: Part One


This article is difficult for me because I have a message that is one hour long on it. So, to put such a major issue into a blog bottle is quite the challenge. Perhaps I will put it on CD for the general public sometime. Here is the close caption version of my take on perception, the mother of all balance.

Perception:
To Perceive
Consciousness
Grasp
Understanding
Recognition
feeling
Insight
Intuition
Sense
Sensitivity

Considering that we are all Mosaics (my usual allegory), our 'original' person inevitably suffers at life’s hand of negative impact/contribution. Experiences in life at times beat us up but we don’t have to allow them to beat us down. Instead, we can decide to view negative impacts/contributions as gems cased in mud. We must be willing to touch the negative sides of “self”. We accomplish this through Self Internal Examination, rather than issue abandonment or using self destructive additions to sedate the issues. This will enable us to recover a piece of ourselves once considered waste. Each negative experience/contribution presents an opportunity for us to extract from it the one or more positives buried / concealed within. After extracting the valuable lesson(s), we then discard the true waste, the concealing mud. What is the mud? Negative emotions, disdain, shame, guilt, fear, hatred, etc. We wash away the mud with tears of joy, sorrow, compassion. We then reassemble ourselves into something more valuable than the unbroken pieces. Once this happens, we gain healing and growth through strength, forgiveness and perseverance.

How important is perception? Extremely. The way in which we filter or process the cause and effects of life determines how and what we will gain or lose Mentally, Emotionally and Spiritually (MES) in life. Laws in society don’t change people, good internal processing (Healthy perception) transforms people. One must “Have a heart” towards change. In holistic emotional self recovery, which is what I share, it is vital to anticipate every experience, as for one’s over all good. INCORPORATE all things which yield a more productive living experiences. This perception allows us to keep the doors of internal communication open. Every issue or experience then remains open for acknowledgment, discussion, evaluation, critique, lesson extraction and resolution.

In my Part Two of this topic, I will discuss the importance of perception globally as well as break down how it is the mother of all balance. Our internal foundations effect
our external observations and without healthy perception balance will not be achieved. Depending on the circumstances, we either internally house primarily positive energy, emitting higher levels of positive energy or house primarily negative energy and emit higher levels of negative energy. Healthy perception enables us to house both wisely so that we can emit both in balanced proportions. A healthy mind set or perception is the determining voice of one’s willingness to change, transform. Fear alters perception greatly because for a moment in time, we are seemingly driving in the dark, feeling as if we are blindly facing the unknown. This is why anticipating and being prepared for MES “black outs” is crucial to the process of reconditioning (see seminar work book for details). While in self recovery, it is key to keep our internal foundation as stable as possible and that takes deliberate effort and committed support.

Negative Impact
Any internal or external experience which manifest in the physical as negative impulses stemming from within our internal system. Our Internal system consists of our mental, emotional and spiritual well being.

Positive Impact
Any internal or external experience which manifest in the physical as positive impulses stemming from within our internal system. Our Internal system consists of our mental, emotional and spiritual well being.

Copyright 2006-2007 Ms. Rachel E. Milano of Kekoon Publishing

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

We all see life in a myriad of ways...through our own shattered perspectives and try to piece our selves together using the hurt, joy and pain of our own 'Mosaics' Ms. Milano you will touch the world with your care, discernment and keen insight!