Shades of colours!

 

I decided to track a Wag Tail bird for a while in the lawn at the College I work. It preferred to move in the shade, where the natural light varied in that cloudy evening. 

While reviewing the photos I found the same bird in three distinct shades, all because the light conditions differed from place to place. The same bird, in three complexions, all because of variations in the natural light! 

As I thought about tit further, I rallied that the inner optic is like the differing light conditions. Our inner optic gets affected by what we hear, see, read, believe or pursue! Others might suffer because the inner optic sees or hears of feels others from a subjective perception depending on our mood or attitude at that particular time. The inner optic is subject to our emotions, impressions or interpretations. We might even feel towards others differently on different occasions as the inner optic drives us in a particular way each time. 

The inner optic is the light within us. That light can be bright or dim. It is not others who are different on different occasions; we feel that way because our inner optic of perception or interpretations make us view others subjectively. 

Is there a way out of this mental trap we slip into and feel weary of others!

In the edit settings of photos in a soft ware, there is a way we can reset the light conditions to have the effect we want to bring out the natural colours.   

How do we reset our inner optic!

I find reading the Scripture, biographies, life centred reflective books, listening to the stories of others and having conversations to listen and not to interpret as useful ways to make the inner optic hospitable towards others and reset inner orientation to an appreciative mode.

I find myself slipping all the time and unconsciously developing a prejudiced inner optic. 

This is why there is a value in developing regular exercises to audit, debrief and become integrated in thought and deed. Often we do not end up doing what we want to do, but are impulsively controlled to behave contrary to what we would have done, had we been sober!

To pause to hear and respond is one way of training ourselves to hear fully and respond with the words that arise from reflective consciousness. 

In a recent conversation, I responded to what I heard spoken, which became an agitated comment. This unsettled the other person to be even more anxious. I ought to have heard what the other person said at the end of which I could have heard the voice within myself to respond! At the end of the conversation, I remained down cast and anxious, because I responded impulsively rather than meditatively or intuitively. 

Pay attention to the inner optic. It ought to stay independent of what others say or do. The inner optic is an outward expression of our true self or our being! Our being shares the nature of God who is Light within us. 

Another plane of consciousness about self behaviour!

 M.C.Mathew(text and photo)