cld, saw your question and thought it to be one worth of living out, perhaps phrased as "how can i see clearly?" -- free from the 'individual filters' you mentioned. incidentally, one definition of a form of meditation referred to as "vipassana" can be "seeing clearly." maybe these individual filters are a sort of reactive product from past experiences, like you discussed, and if we can slow down -- even to the point of momentary stillness -- and observe the micro-reactions within ourselves, perhaps we can become more aware of our own filters, and hopefully slowly begin to see beyond them. thats one perspective. :)
On Aug 2, 2011vic smyth wrote:
Indeed, if we are to love our neighbors as ourselves, we first need to be able to love our selves.
On Aug 24, 2011 cj wrote:
cld, saw your question and thought it to be one worth of living out, perhaps phrased as "how can i see clearly?" -- free from the 'individual filters' you mentioned. incidentally, one definition of a form of meditation referred to as "vipassana" can be "seeing clearly." maybe these individual filters are a sort of reactive product from past experiences, like you discussed, and if we can slow down -- even to the point of momentary stillness -- and observe the micro-reactions within ourselves, perhaps we can become more aware of our own filters, and hopefully slowly begin to see beyond them. thats one perspective. :)