What Filter Do You Have On?
On a moment-to-moment basis we are consciously aware of less than 1% of the sensory information that is coming into us. Wow, that is not very much!For example, until I ask you, you probably are not consciously aware of your thumb. Now you are. Spend a moment and bring all your awareness to your thumb. Look at it, feel it, perhaps even taste it or smell it. Your thumb becomes your whole world.While conscious of your thumb what weren’t you aware of? The view, music in the background, your flu symptoms, your thinking…?How do we choose the 1% to focus on? Can we choose the 1% to focus on? Who else chooses the 1% for you to focus on?I was sitting in front of my home the other day, in conversation about some projects I am working on, noticing the beautiful spring flowers and trees, the beautiful spring weather. It was amazing, I was full of love, gratitude, and appreciation. At some point the conversation shifted and I was hearing something I didn’t want to hear. All of a sudden I woke up to my focus and found I was staring at the one dead flower in front of my house. For a moment I had lost the awareness of the bounty and beauty of where I am living. It only took a moment to refocus, but it changed everything, and the thing that was bothering me didn’t seem to infringe on my happiness, it was still there but not significant, just a problem to be solved.What are you choosing to bring into focus?