Do I imagine you to be what I want rather than who you are?
Do I really see you as you are or contort you into what I want?
Who are you? Can I remove my aspirations and desires to really see you?
How do I get out of my deluded head and accept you as you are?
How do I stop fantasizing all the wonderful possibilities of you?
My perception is distorted through my lenses of acceptable thoughts. I allow my thoughts and control my thinking or abandon the reins and let thoughts loose to run free without parameters. My mind outsmarts me sometimes. I outsmart my mind sometimes.
I'm going to try my recipe for seeing you as you are:
5 parts abandonment of my expectation of me to change you + 3 parts accepting what is + 2 parts outsmarting my mind = seeing you as you are for who you are.
Jill Fischer,
Director of Gurutropolis
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Ok, I'll be the first to reply :-)
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting commentary on projection. As human beings we are privy to our own thoughts and emotions, but have a much harder time understanding other's thoughts and emotions. Those of us that are blessed with natural empathetic ability seem to do better, but even then, there is a certain amount of projecting that is very hard to overcome. Making poor assumptions can lead to misunderstanding and even conflict. I applaud your message above which seems to encourage the acceptance of others.
The attempt to perceive others as they really are is a tricky objective which IMO can only be attained to a degree. Certainly, we can control our expectations of others, which often leads to disappointment anyway!
Expect nothing, project nothing and you will be pleasantly surprised!
That's my two 'guru' cents for the day.