What reality are you creating for yourself?
Today I watched a very interesting video and I'd like to tell you about it.
The speaker starts his speech by telling a story about Mary - a little girl who is fascinated by her goldfish. Her father says that goldfish move their tails to propel through the water. Without any hesitation, Mary responds: "And they move their heads to swim backwards."
For the little girl, there is no doubt that this is true. By this story, the speaker tries to say that it is us who create the reality.
We all have our unique perceptions of the world.
After a moment's silence, the speaker suggests that the public guess which of the following facts are true:
1. The speaker graduated from Harvard University.
2. The speaker runs a construction company.
3. The speaker started on a TV sitcom.
4. The speaker lost his sight to a rare genetic disease.
5. The speaker served as a law clerk to two US Supreme court justices.
Actually, all these facts turn out to be true and the speaker takes a blind walking stick from behind his back in order to prove the fact number 4.
The speaker says that he must confess that the day he was told that he would lose his sight forever was the worst day in his life.
As he was losing his sight, the world around him became more vague, all objects appeared and disappeared. The speaker had to piece the reality by using lots of fragments of what he could see.
However, this did not deter him from going on living. The speaker realised that his disability to see could not elude him from perceiving the world with his ears and feelings.
The speaker happened to understand that we all see the reality in our own ways. He cuts to the chase of his speech by saying that we shape the world using our feelings that can either make us happy or distort the information we get.
The only way to resolve this issue is to pay attention to every detail, action and event. We should let our excuses and justifies go in order to create a better reality. We should not be the kind of people who have sight but no vision.
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What reality are you creating for yourself?
Today I watched a very interesting video and I'd like to tell you about it.The speaker starts his speech by telling a story about Mary - a little girl who is fascinated by her goldfish. Her father says that goldfish move their tails to propel themselves through the water. Without any hesitation, Mary responds: "And they move their heads to swim backwards."
For the little girl, there is no doubt that this is true. By this story, the speaker tries to say that it is we, ourselves, who create reality.
We all have our unique perceptions of the world.
After a moment's silence, the speaker suggests that the public guess which of the following facts are true:
1. The speaker graduated from Harvard University.
2. The speaker runs a construction company.
3. The speaker starred in a TV sitcom.
4. The speaker lost his sight to a rare genetic disease.
5. The speaker served as a law clerk to two US Supreme court justices.
Actually, all these facts turn out to be true and the speaker takes a blind walking stick from behind his back in order to prove fact number 4.
The speaker says that he must confess that the day he was told that he would lose his sight forever was the worst day in his life.
As he was losing his sight, the world around him became more vague, objects appeared and disappeared. The speaker had to piece together a reality by using lots of fragments of what he could see.
However, this did not deter him from going on living. The speaker realised that his inability to see could not stop him from perceiving the world with his ears, touch and other feelings.
The speaker happened to understand that we all see reality in our own way. He cuts to the chase of his speech by saying that we shape the world using our feelings that can either make us happy or distort the information we get.
The only way to resolve this issue is to pay attention to every detail, action and event. We should let our excuses and justifications go in order to create a better reality. We should not be the kind of people who have sight but no vision.
Very well written!
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