Out Of The Doorway Onto The Ceiling

On the way to yoga, I saw a man walking down the street proudly displaying his political affiliation. It was not mine. So for a split second, I judged him. And then I judged myself for judging him.

A few blocks away, I stopped judging us both and thought about perception. Yes, my favorite topic.

Because perception rules.

I realized that I had no idea what that man looked at in his life to see his choice as the correct choice. How would I know? Nor, how would he know why I make the ones I make?

We don’t have the same perception. We haven’t lived the same life. No one has.

We have all heard the story of a blind person describing an elephant.

And although our habit may be to judge the person who describes the elephant’s ear when what we felt was a massive leg, hopefully, we would know that our different perceptions made our descriptions different.

In that same way, we are blind to other people’s view of the world. We can only describe what we see and experience.

So imagine with me that the world is one enormous room. And every person is standing in their own private doorway watching what is happening in the room.

After watching for a while and experiencing what is happening, we are each given a choice to change what we see.

How could we blame or judge someone for choosing to do what seemed right to him based on what he was seeing and experiencing? Well, we probably would because it is our habit.

But at the same time, we would, being the kind people we are, attempt to understand.

Can you see the problem? None of us will ever be able to fix the world from our doorway.

We would all have to rise above, in this case, onto the ceiling and look down. And only then, using our newly accessed wide-angle vision, would we all find the solution to the events going on below us.

I know, when I judge, that I am doing the same thing as the person I am judging. I am separating us. I think they are the problem, as they probably think I am the problem.

And the separation continues.

We will never see what another person sees or experiences unless we all rise above and see the big picture.

Yes, we could leave our doorways and visit other people to understand their needs and choices better. It’s a good idea, let’s do it. Instead of separating ourselves, we could unite in finding common ground. But in the end, even that perception expanding exercise has its limits.

There are no solutions that work for everyone in the human drama. We have to look elsewhere.

We have to rise above the human divisions, strifes, misunderstandings, judgment, anger, sorrow, and even human joy and happiness into the realm of Spirit.

If we are arguing over your god and my god, my way and your way, we are still in the human realm.

Either there is an omnipresent, omnipotent power of Love, or there is not. In the human picture, there is not.

But in the realm of Spirit, that’s the Truth. So we have to rise above the mess we have all made and find the awareness and acceptance that Love is the only power and the only perception, which makes us all One.

That, and only that, can permanently shift the worldview away from separation and human drama. Not fighting it. Not judging it. Dissolving it with Love.

Doorway or ceiling. It’s our choice. Realm of human separation, or realm of Spiritual Oneness. Our choice.

This is not magical thinking. No one is going to do it for us.

It takes work on our part to let go of the human ego and listen to what we can do to help each other and work together to make this material world a better place for everyone.

But since what we perceive to be reality magnifies, then I say we consciously choose to magnify the realm and Reality of Spirit and let that transform our daily experience and unite us all as we work together as one.

We can do this, but only if we are all on the ceiling and not in the doorway of our private perception.

“Rise in the strength of Spirit to resist all that is unlike good.” Mary Baker Eddy