Yes, it’s fun to stretch the mind to encompass thoughts of being and non-being, the question of what is real, what is construct of the collective mind—there’s all kinds to ways to see that “there is no spoon” (most recently quoted from one of the Matrix movies.)
The lesson that I will spend my life learning and appreciating the extent to which I can learn it is that perception is subjective. Once upset over the difficulties of someone close having bi-polar disorder and not functioning as others expect, a dear friend said to me, “Who says she has to do things or function in a certain way.” It was so freeing!
This can be applied all over the place and certainly provides a real basis for humility and compassion when faced with others’ difficulties.
It may have even more value on a personal level as a way of freeing myself from traps of my own construction (or at least those ideas I wholly bought into that I was raised with but which may no longer be or never were valid or useful.
chelseanne cheered this 6 years ago
