TO BEGIN AGAIN . . .

We all recognize that with each morning, we have the opportunity to begin again, but do we choose to do so? Are you the kind of person that drops all the difficulties of yesterday in favor of creating a positive today? If not, you can begin again today to practice doing so.

How would your life change if you dropped and forgave all the issues of the past in order to give yourself a fresh start??? What if you could forgive all the people who appeared to harm you in previous experiences? What if you forgave all your own mistakes, misjudgments, misappropriations of energies and chose to view them differently – your life learning style?

To begin at the beginning means to choose a new perspective of life. Perspective is a flexible, moveable skill that we all can learn but often do not practice consciously. Artists are familiar with the concept of perspective when engaged in presenting life as it appears to the human perception in paintings or video. Everything we perceive we are seeing from a specific point of view or perspective.

When I was younger, I can remember wondering why my sisters, parents or others didn’t see things the way I did. Other people can’t see things the way you do because they are NOT you! A simple explanation of perspective is that you are always at the center of your perspective and you carry that center wherever you are, whatever you are perceiving. And that individual perspective is absolutely unique to you because no two people can occupy the same space!

Remember the old story of the 3 blind men describing an elephant? The one standing at the front of the elephant described only the trunk, the one standing at the rear of the elephant described only the tail, the one standing to the side of the elephant described only the ear. Which one was correct? All three. The point here is that we can only express what we perceive from where we are standing in life.

So, where are you standing now? And from that perspective or point of view of your life? Are you satisfied with what you see?

Perspective is not only restricted to the vertical and horizontal of a place in the world. With practice you can assert flexibility in putting yourself in different perspectives through inner focus.

How? You already move your perspective when you are wondering why someone is being or doing something that doesn’t fit your logic. We have all sorts of adages describing the value of “putting yourself in the shoes of another” to understand what they are experiencing. Technically we do not stand in the same physical space, but we project ourselves psychically to recognize their mental and emotional energies as an explanation for their behaviors. Think of mothers of very young children as sleuths trying to determine the cause of a child’s scream or fussiness.  Often when we do get a sense of specifics others experience, compassion emerges within us.

Another way to move our perspective is to consider the position and responsibilities another person carries. Whenever we move our perspective, we see life from a different angle. One of the most powerful perspectives that we can move to view life is from a spiritual perspective.

Psychics and shaman, astrologers and mystics, use a “higher” perspective to discern the movement and patterns of energies for interpretation. Is their interpretation the only one? No. Interpretation has to do with perception, labels and assigned meaning. That is a topic for another post.

What if you moved your perspective even higher than the psychic or astral planes to the God plane? Human consensus is that God has the wholistic perspective and power relative to our plane of existence. The question is can you get to the God perspective of life? Absolutely!

For now, practice consciously placing your focus of attention as though you are another person, perhaps a friend, a business associate, a family member. In a meditative state, attempt to see life through their eyes. Let yourself experience their thoughts and feelings. Record your findings.

To practice regularly moving your perspective to the place other people hold, you will begin to notice that your communications are clearer. You will feel more connected to the other person. You’ll experience more empathy and understanding.

Choose to begin again today!