I’m slapped in the face over and over again by life. The same beatings. I wish I was a faster learner.
Look at every situation, somewhere in there is, “What can I get out of this?”, “What’s in it for me?”. The world is projected by the means that we percieve it. The physical world does not even objectively exist. It is a projection of this question. If I enter a situation and need something from someone, chances are I won’t get all that I need and I’ll feel empty. On the other hand, if I have a different attitude about what I need or why and then I don’t get it, the world is not such a crap-hole, the change in my perception changes my whole reality.
The physical world does not exist. It is a projection of what we can get out of it. The fact that we see it this way is a disguise…it is only our perception.
In conclusion, here’s a silly but clear cut example: When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, if you were a homeowner, you were in a bad way, a real bad way. All of your possessions, your hoome, your job, your friends lives are all destroyed. On the other hand, if you were the contractor who was hired to rebuild the city and you have a contract and a deposit check sitting on your desk for $25 million, your perception of the same hurricane is quite different.
