The development of perception is the way of accepting life on an ever more subtle level. We live in a mental "matrix" that imposes restrictions on our sense of life - psychic blinders that create a kind of buffer between our perception and pure reality. This buffer distorts the true state of affairs and hinders the development of the perception of life. This happens because reality is essentially an unconditioned chaos, permeated through with eternity, infinity and something else that defies any explanation. And from this something, if the mind did not have the above-mentioned framework, it would be torn to pieces.
Due to limited perception, we perceive the world systematically. We are unable to see reality in its true light. The system that determines perception operates through a complex of countless mental models that flow into the illusion of awareness. We tend to think we know what's really going on. It seems to us that all the basic questions of our existence are obvious and are resolved by default. And so we totally indulge in secondary consequences. Without really understanding who we are, where we are, where we came from, how much and in what body we will exist, where we will go next, we paradoxically in most cases are not even inclined to think about it.
The common man's consciousness is fast asleep. He is immersed in the matrix of the illusion of human life. He is much more important what other sleeping people think of him than who he really is. He cares about the exchange rate, the social status of his false personality, which is on the plate, films, games, fashion, politics, etc. He has no incentives for the development of perception and awakening of consciousness, he does not even suspect that this is possible.
Pure perception of reality is closed from us by the framework of the matrix. All we see are images of our own mind. Each image reflects the infinitely small, and is provided with a certain verbal label. Everything that is not included in the system of perception of the world seems impossible to the average person, incredible, if he saw it, and just fiction, if they talk about it. Sometimes there is a process called “repression” in psychology, when the seen miracle falls into the subconscious and it is impossible to remember what happened, or the memory comes later (as perception develops) in a mature, prepared state.
The Internet, the media, social communication, everything that we see and hear - creates and maintains the illusion of awareness, therefore, attention is directed to deeply secondary illusory problems - neuroses, which in most cases have no reflection at all in the objective world. Only the practitioner of the development of perception is truly aware, who goes beyond the surface dreams of consciousness.
Carlos Castaneda speaks of systemic perception as "making" the world. Everyone "makes" their own world. "Doing" can be traced in any phenomenon. For example, a glass is a piece of glass that we "make" a glass in our mind, based on the shape of the object, which is associated with a particular mental template. The picture is a heap of spots that our mind "makes" concrete, clear forms. During the Renaissance, "making" (programming in your psyche) women beautiful was accompanied by the presence of their very magnificent forms. In our time, the standard of beauty has changed dramatically. The development of perception implies liberation from the automatic “making” of reality.
"Not doing", a violation of systemic perception in this context is an unidentified view of beautiful forms as a collection of various kinds of matter. Such a dissolution can be painful, but later it gets rid of many illusions and unjustified worries. In fact, “not doing” is nothing more than the perception of the present moment without stereotyped mental projections of past experience. To get rid of illusions, you can use the practice of contemplation, or psychological analysis. Contemplation and awareness are direct methods of developing perception, which, however, are not suitable for everyone.
At a certain stage, non-doing manifests itself in an absolutely non-fixed, unsupported existence, when you realize that you know nothing. And at the same time, real secrets are revealed, the essence of all phenomena beyond thought. It is a paradoxical existence, where at every moment you are born and die, perceiving reality as for the first time, with full attention, like a newborn child. Not doing plays a key role in the development of perception.
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Remember your first orgasm. The first few times it may seem incredible, then even this experience, caused by the action of the sexual center, a person will inevitably write into his picture of the world, as another, somewhat explainable phenomenon of social society.
When a child is at the stage of social formation and is not yet a full-fledged person, the process of systemic perception gradually develops in him in order to streamline chaos - to make it familiar and understandable. At this time, thoughts first appear, clothed in words, which fix the assemblage point of perception in a certain way. Adults tune the development of the child's perception to the general collective visualization of the social world.
Growing up is accompanied by the growth of ego and false personalities. At the same time, consciousness becomes a heap of all kinds of illusions, because at this stage it perceives not so much reality as its own system-forming thoughts about reality. Further development of perception becomes stereotyped.
Boredom and all kinds of depression, as a rule, arise when the consciousness is, as it were, wider than the system that it perceives at the moment. Then, having experienced disappointment, you gradually open up to a new reality. I already talked about this on progressman.ru in the recent transition period.
If the consciousness is not yet ready, and the system is already disturbed, a person may go mad, uncontrollable thoughts, fears, and anxieties may appear, as happened with some careless mystics who jump over a number of stages of development of perception. Therefore, the most important thing is awareness, sobriety and clarity of consciousness. It is this aspect that must be developed in the first place, and thanks to this, abilities manifest themselves spontaneously, and not, as in some mystics, from the opposite, when abilities develop, and unprepared perception "catches up" with a new reality, not always adjusting adequately.
The stereotyped perception, "doing" is limited by the thoughts with which we identify. We are used to thinking and worrying about anything but the most important things. Although at the level of thought there are loopholes beyond their own limits in the development of perception. These loopholes represent statements or questions that need to be felt to the core. If you find mental logical answers to them, these are illusions, mind games. There can be an infinite number of such answers. But the true answer comes as a sensation. For the answer to come, all you have to do is understand the question itself. If you understand the question, then the answer will be clear, or rather the answer will be felt. The question itself already contains the answer. The question is the kernel of the answer.
What is the sense of "I"? What is perception? What does the development of perception mean? Where do thoughts arise? How is the choice made? Can you feel infinity? What is time? What is space? Why does reality even exist?