The black dot that can change your life

 

 

 

I want you to visualise a black dot on a blank page. Look at this black dot for a moment then draw a circle around the black dot about three inches away. You now have a black dot sitting in the middle of an enclosed circle. Stop for a moment and visualise this image in your mind. Now write next to the black dot – ME.

Close your eyes again and see this extended image in your mind’s eye. Now think of some of the people that are directly connected to you and draw a black dot within the circle. Put the name of the person next to his/her black dot. Now proceed to enter more dots for other individuals that you deem connected to you and add their names to the dot you allocated to him/her. You can stop once you reached ten individuals. Now close your eyes again and visualise your black dot in the middle of the circle and the other black dots that represent those that you decided are connected to you. It can be family, friends etc.

Please note that being connected does not mean that you are currently in a good standing with those you selected. There might be certain of your dots that you deem connected to you that you currently dislike or that you might not even miss if they could be erased from your picture.

Did you know that the black dot that you think represents you contain all the perceptions you hold about yourself. Every belief system and perception you formed since early childhood collectively make up who you think you are. Close your eyes for a moment and see yourself in your mind’s eye standing in the middle of this massive playing field surrounded by the images of those that you chose that are connected to you. See your physical body looking at the other black dots that now also took on the imageS of the individuals that you entered earlier. Some of them might be positioned fairly close to you while others are standing further away scattered over the playing field.

Try and focus on a black dot (you)

You have been conditioned since early childhood that you are your body and your history. I mentioned earlier that you have an endless range of perceptions that you made up about who you are as the years slipped by. The same holds true about all those that you are connected to. Every single person came to exactly the same conclusion about themselves and formed their own unique perceptions about an endless range of subjects.

I can guarantee you that not a single person on your chart have exactly the same perception about anything. Each individual will see religion, race, politics, sex, history etc. from different perspectives. Close your eyes again and visualise how you are surrounded with a number of individuals that might be connected to you, but that could be on a very different page about a wide range of subjects.

You are now ready to draw an additional circle around those that you are connected to. You now have two circles that surround the dot that represent you. You can place a large number of dots in this part of the circle because it will represent the many millions of people on this planet. Close your eyes and visualise this mass of people that are fellow travellers on space ship earth. Notice that each one of the millions has their own perception about who they think they are and about everything that they encountered since early childhood. You have different nationalities, races, nations, etc. that populate this zone on your playing field.

Now draw another circle around them as well. You are now in the middle surrounded with those that are connected to you and the millions that populate the next zone on your chart. Now write the word God a few places in the outer circle. The fact of the matter is that every person represented on this chart has their own unique perception about God. You have your own perception, but so do every other dot (person) on your chart. You might think that it stands to reason that huge numbers of those might belong to a specific church or movement and will thus have a similar God perception. (Christians, Muslims etc.) You will find that not a single person on your chart notwithstanding his/her religious convictions have a similar perception of God. Close your eyes and view the massive number of people on your chart, you included and how everyone is reaching out to God.

You can replace God with any other subject matter (politics, race, food, money etc.) and will discover that each individual on the chart of life have their own convictions and perceptions about the selected subject matter. It is a fallacy to think that we will reach a point in our history where everyone has the same perceptions on anything. It is thus futile to think that you have ownership about the “truth” about anything. I think it is safe to say that not a single person should at any stage conclude that his/her perception about any subject matter is the only valid argument.

We, the seven billion plus living entities on this rock in the universe are arrogant to the extreme. It is horrific to think how many wars were fought and how many millions died in the name of a specific religious or political conviction. It is crazy to think that your specific deity is the only path to some kind of afterlife where you will experience peace of mind and bliss forever and ever. Your deity is just a perception and cannot weigh more than any other person’s or groups perception as illustrated in this article. Close your eyes and view how certain individuals and groups attempt to convince the other players on your chart about their specific point of view. See how they use fear, guilt and force in their attempt to convince others that they are the only “intelligent” players on your chart. Look at their vindictiveness and the cunning methods they use in their effort to convince others of their point of view.

My dear friend you should by now grasp that nobody owns the “truth” about anything. The sooner all of us on this chart learn to accept each other unconditionally notwithstanding our convictions the quicker peace and prosperity will begin to fill our chart of life. We must treat others with love, patience and compassion. A person’s perceptions and beliefs should not become an issue that cause friction and disharmony. We are for some mystical reason on this rock in the universe and will in time evolve and understand how we are connected to everything in the universe.

Rene