filters

Filters. I've always loved the concept. Using photography or stage light filters as an analogy, it makes even more sense to me.

Our life experiences and our beliefs are filters through which we see the world. Everyone else sees through their filters too, which makes for communication on any given topic quite a miracle, since no two people see anything the same exact way, ever.

The blue acetate filter and the green acetate filter that I overlay an experience with don't let me see what the person with the red and the orange acetate sees.

One person's definition of love that they internalized as a child is the filter they use to interact with others in a way that feels loving to them. Might not feel that way to the receiver who has different filters entirely, but that was the intention.

Filters. Can't live with 'em, can't shoot 'em.

They can be dissolved, though, with Love (with a capital l).

Comments

[blissmonger]

Hmmm...I wonder about that. I think it is a skill to receive Love, one that many are lacking the practice and fine-tuning of, out of fear, and out of not knowing what that feels like. Certainly filters are not required, but one has to be aware that they exist before they can be dissolved or replaced.

[Chris]

Better to give than receive, no filters required!