“ Studying optical Illusions is not only
relevant for science students … illusions
rule our everyday lives, with or without our conscious awareness…….
To prevent ourselves
from swaying into worries and depressions, which are usually a paradox of
negative belief vs. illusion - we need to often ask ourselves – Do we believe
what we see or do we see only that which we already believe in?”
When we start reading
about metaphysical concepts, our first mind-set is often that of speculation.
Could concepts like the souls being creators or the existence of an alternate
world be real; as real as the fact that a wooden table is made of wood, or
are they simply illusions, a part of a fantasy world, which may or may not
exist?
While worrying about what
is reality or truth, and what is illusion or fantasy, in abstract aspects of
life, we need to be aware that reality is not an absolute concept, but more a
matter of perception. Everything is not made of wood and hence cannot be
measured on the same scale.
The concept of the soul
is an abstract concept as concepts like truth, honesty, God or heaven are. The belief that the soul exists cannot be seen
or touched by the naked eye, as the wooden chair can be. Yet, it can prove to
be very useful in helping us understand our inner selves.
Those
who have a problem with believing in the term ‘soul’, can also use alternate
terms like ‘‘the inner self’, ‘the me within’ etc.
Knowing ourselves from within is necessary
so that a resonance is achieved between our inner needs of evolution and our
material needs.
This
resonance between external/material or bodily needs, and our internal/emotional
or soul needs works to ensure that the efforts we put in towards achieving what
we desire externally, get us rewards which give us satisfaction from within . Otherwise,
it has often been experienced in our world that hard work gets us success and
money but does not necessarily lead to happiness.
Finding
ourselves, as souls, helps to break this recurring dichotomy between the needs
of the body and those of the soul. When we discover our soul identity, we break
free from the negative clutches of a so-called reality of life, towards an alternate
perception of reality, i.e., the reality of life as viewed from our soul’s
perspective.
For
example, a life-threatening problem which may cause us intense anxiety from the
worldly perspective appears an illusion from the perspective of the soul which cannot
die. When we realize this illusory dimension of worldly matters, we seek to
understand what the soul is gaining from creating these negative experiences
which are essentially unreal. That knowledge
aids us in healing ourselves by defeating the fatalism within us.
In
this process, we arrive at a more complex dynamics of all that which life on Earth
entails from the soul’s perspective of evolution. Thus, we reach a higher level
of consciousness.
Entering
the world of the soul is a step by step process, which begins with finding how our
subconscious mind works, because our subconscious mind is the channel through
which information passes from the body to the soul and vice versa.
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