If You Spot It You Got It

We all live in our own world. The irony is that what we believe to be the truth is only true to us. It represents our own perspective into how we observe reality. Given the limitations we have in awareness and perception, we’ll never be able to do better than that. What’s true to us will always be biased and incomplete.

One of the most significant contributing factors to our perception is our belief system. Throughout our lives we’ve had different experiences and learned different lessons that have informed our truth. Our vantage point into the world runs through the colored-glasses of our belief system that adds a tint to everything we encounter.

It’s this unique perspective that determines what we pay attention to. There’s an unbelievable amount of information to process in a single moment, and the things we notice about others are what our belief system chooses to see as reality. This means that whatever you see in the world around you is somehow a representation of your perception. If you spot it, you got it.

The way we unconsciously judge others has everything to say about us and has nothing to do with them. We project our own internal world on them because that’s the reality we live in. Our mind goes out and creates evidence, through perception, that validates its truth. Observing your thoughts about others is a portal to understanding your beliefs about yourself and the world.

For example if you see someone post on social media, do you find it cringy or are you happy for them? It probably depends on who it is and how it looks. Different events trigger different beliefs. The opportunity is figuring out what it is about you that caused that response to surface. Or if someone tries to sell you something, how does that make you feel? From some people it’d be welcome and from others it’d be uncomfortable. It depends on the circumstance.

The better you can map a specific feeling, interpretation, or perception of reality to the part of your inner workings that caused it, the more you learn about yourself. Also the more aware you are of your unconscious judgment and how it might not be serving you or supporting you in being the person you want to be. So know that whether it’s good or bad, right or wrong, inspiring or embarrassing, what you spot is what you’ve got. And that gives you some direction for what it is that you need to work on.

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