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Originally posted by Ann7822:
Do we see the world as it truly is? Yes - every one of us billions upon billions of individual people (life forms, conscious beings, etc) see the world as we each understand it to truly be.

We go along through life sometimes thinking that maybe the religeons are right, that there is one Truth after all and we're just not "getting" it. Then one day we become cognizant of the fact that each of us have our own perceptions of life based upon whatever we are understanding/experiencing only at that precise moment in time, because our perceptions are always in a state of flux.

I really liked your post Ann. The above really speaks to me in my battle with my lot.

The following comes to mind:

- shoulding
- who I am
- adapting

As a child, who is taught not to feel what is felt, not to think what is thought, to be a creation of external forces, and to learn that the only acceptable form of behaviour is a pretense, or a behaviour that one should do. I think I have somewhat lost myself, and that I am not being who I really am. Besides, my perception is my perception and if that is untrue then everything is a delusion, a screen put on consciousness, to avoid being a self-directed, self-managed learner. It is one thing being told that my perception is wrong, but to be told that my perception is not my perception is a fatal error. To not be able to determine my perception due to lack of practice, and experience at expressing myself openly in front of other people, is more than highly uncomfortable. It is an annihilation of life. If the only truth there is, is untruth, then delusion is sure to follow, a self-effacing unborn soul is the likely outcome.

A few things are going to be strategies for me:

- believing in my perception as my perception
- expressing my perception
- recovering from lifes whacks using the Resiliency course
- adapting to life not giving up myself

On the otherhand maybe my perception is to be seriously questioned, and doubted, maybe I'm just lying putting this all here.

Ann, thanks for your light in the dark.

Kind Regards
Grant