God decided He was tired of humanity, tired of the incessant selfish requests. He called His angels in for advice. "I would like to go somewhere were these humans will not find me."
One angel spoke up, "Hide on the highest mountain, they will not find you there."
Another angel said, "The bottom of the deepest ocean."
One angel shouted, "The dark side of the moon, they cannot see you there."
God not satisfied that these suggestions would hide Him, He summoned His wisest angel and asked him, "Where can I hide so that these humans will not find me?"
The angel smiled and replied, "hide in their hearts, for they fear to look within."

With the worlds current events getting so much attention and the endless banter between politicians, governments and corporations it may appear that our world has lost its mind. One can find oneself lost it trying to fix all sorts of systems and entities to make the world a safe place to live. I would like to point out a view of things that allows one to loose interest in getting something from this world. Instead I will point to a Reality the demands nothings, asks for nothing, it simply is what it is. For some this is to simple, or boring. They are far more interested in fixing others and entertaining themselves in the drama of their lives.

One can liken the addiction we have to the drama of this world as to walking into a room of people watching their favorite soap opera. At the climax you walk up and turn the TV off. Now just imagine the response. Anger, yelling, pushing and shoving are likely effects of disconnecting people from their entertainment. Another example would be to walking into a crowded bar on a playoff night, turn the power off just prior to the end of a close game. Do you see the same reactions? One does not have to condemn this addiction we see to prevalent in society, one just at some point to decide whether or not to continue to participate in it.

Those of you who were raised in any sort of religion, culture/ethnicity, sports team loyalists, soap opera fanatics upbringing were usually told what to believe and why. Even if you were not told directly it was obvious by the behavior of your family.  "We are Bronco fans because we live in Colorado." We hate the Raiders and Chargers with a passion!"  We are Catholics?Protestants/ Buddhists ect because we have been this faith for generations.

How do we know if anything is true? Can our thoughts, perceptions, families beliefs and customs be trusted as Truth?

<strong>"Man is intrinsically innocent because he can only choose what he perceives to be good." - Socrates</strong>

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Looking at this picture, what do you see?

Is this your wife or mother-in-law?
Which perception is real?
Does one negate the other?
Do both exist simultaneously?

I John 2: 9-11 Anyone who claims to live in God's light and hates a brother or sister is still in the dark. It's the person who loves brother and sister who dwells in God's light and doesn't block the light from others. But whoever hates is still in the dark, stumbles around in the dark, doesn't know which end is up, blinded by the darkness.

Look around the room you are in. Is it possible to see the light? Or can you only see that with which the light illuminates?

A persons way of speaking, behavior and thought process simply reveals what they are aligned with. Light doe not judge or condemn, its simply reveals what is. God is light and in Him there is no shadow or darkness. So evil is not the opposite or antithesis of God, but simply his absence. Perception is then extremely subjective.

Our perceptions are derived from a mind that searches for the meaning of what it perceives or in other words identifies with. If the mind believes something has value it then desires it. Thoughts and feelings arise from desire, and the mind desires what it values.

Our minds as children are innocent, like a brand new Mac Book Pro without any software. We then observe our families our culture our entertainment and we pick up the software that runs our minds value system which is called perception.

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Like this prism, perception derived from programming interprets the light and breaks it into categories. We then judge, evaluate and determine if what we see if valuable or something we would like to avoid.

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