Perception is Reality
I have had firsthand
experience on how a certain perception strongly influenced the reality that I
was living. This only became clear to me when my perception changed.
A while ago I
was of the strong opinion that my daily job (social work) was not suitable
anymore for my being and I was very outspoken about it. I dreaded going to work
and was highly convinced that I needed to change my job.
I was
convinced that the job was holding me back to live a fuller and happier life. I felt strongly that something needed to
change and that something had to do with an external event. Something outside
of myself.
I made preparations and had a plan as to when to
do it and how. But then something changed. It was very subtle. It was as if a
soft new breeze had passed through my conviction. It went unnoticed in the beginning
but the seed was planted.
I began
noticing it as it felt as if there were cracks occurring in my strongly held
conviction. I began entertaining different thoughts and emotions as to how
grateful I am for this particular job. Thoughts about freedom that comes with
it and the gratitude I was feeling when I would help a client to help him or
herself. Over time the penny dropped and I realized that I WAS creating change
for the better.
My tasks at
work didn’t change a bit. It was my perception that did. I started feeling joyous
when being at work. The relationships with my colleagues were starting to
blossom and I was more able to work from my intuition.
The cards
had been reshuffled for my feeling. Now the choice to stop or not could be made from a more
unbiased predisposition. Whereas before I was highly stubborn and my ego would
not allow any shifts in my conviction. Now the choice would be based on something
more substantial. It would be based on a much broader and clearer vision.
In
hindsight, I feel that it was a shift in my state of consciousness which
preceded the shift in my conviction. When this shift occurred I cannot tell
with certainty, but that it occurred is indisputable.
This experience really stands out for me as to how perception creates reality.
In lak'esh (I am another You),
Nuri
