I trust my own perception, belief, and memory…until they morph into a different belief, perception, or memory. Regarding the exact same thing.
The thing, the event, the static object of perception, did not alter. Only the eyes with which we see, the mind with which we think and remember, and/or the heart with which we believe, shifted.
Then there’s the trail of speculation prompted by questioning what is real and if reality shifts based on our viewing it. Some would argue that the “static object of perception“ does indeed shift when we bend our thoughts upon it, the way water changed shape during those experiments by Dr. Emoto. A topic for another day…
Curiously enough, I don’t mind that my memory can’t be trusted. Letting go of the need to remember the facts correctly can enable me to extend that courtesy to other people.
It also makes it easier to remain neutral when I observe people expressing their truth, and there’s no relation to what I consider to be truth.
Maybe we’re just seeing things differently, from our inevitably different perspectives. Perhaps we’re all acting out a large-scale version of Rashomon, and our only real quest is to get to a point where we acknowledge that the reality reported by the other actors can be just as valid as our own.
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