Saturday, December 27, 2014

What I see ~


What I see


“The soul never thinks without a mental picture.” ― Aristotle


What I see is not what everybody else sees. What I look at is different from other’s view. What I am watching or observing is not important as what others view or see because each and every picture is a mental impression that comes from the soul and changes the perspective with every different beat of the heart as it performs the miracle of seeing for everyone in a most unique and different way.

Seeing is not like any other sense as it has much more of a dimension one can only imagine. Seeing is not like hearing or touching or even tasting and smelling. It is unique and triggered by the soul that paints a mental picture for you and only you.

When you create a vision you can change what you see and turn ice into rain and fire into water. You can trick the mind with your own perception as you create what you want to see in a most unique and personal way.

Seeing can be spiritually induced or created. It does not have a natural or constant factor to abide by and allows you to create a different landscape or image with the touch of the imagination as you travel a voyage that consists not just of what is real but also what you have created inside your mind. Thus the power of seeing is often underestimated by many and therefore sold short of how it can change your life.

A painter paints the colors and shapes on the canvas with his mind and his eyes while a clay maker can do the same with his hands. Both have a vision from the heart and each is bewitched in their own passion to create something that hides inside their soul.

There are no vision that are the same, there are no identical visions. Each artists creates their own and what I see differs what others might see standing in the same place at the same time. It may be a difference in shapes, colors or other attractions to beauty. These colors change when it is morning or if it is night. The light brings out the different shades of pale and yet they may match some of the others in the surroundings but never be the same.

What you can see can be determined by sound, tone or colors of the rainbow. The vision can be effected by light, by bright and dim and other luminous features that bring out the figures and shapes that are translated in your mind.

Even upon the closest inspection, what you can see could have been created by a mistake in the eye yet beautiful just the same as if it wasn’t a mistake at all. It all depends on your point of view, it all depends on how you learned to see things and from what angle. Whether you see with an old set of eyes an some that are new, it doesn’t matter for they will never see the same things that is planted in the brain.

What may seem to be large to someone could in fact be something that is small. Life is full of connections and perceptions so you can’t tell one from the other unless you have taken the time to learn and compare. Some call valleys mountains while others call mountain peaks. It is all how you see the shapes and figures that makes you want to seek.

What I see may be flat, while others see it as a deep in-depth dimension plane filled with grains of sand that is unseen by some but stands out to others as a matter of time we never paid attention to before. We see what we want to see and hardly ever pay attention to the other things that surround us.

Thus seeing is a constant struggle to see what other see. What may be in front of one’s nose may be distant for others but regardless how it is seen, it takes the uniqueness of seeing to make your soul come alive. Shakespeare said “love looks not with the eyes but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.” Such truth is rarely argued as we all know that love is blind indeed.

Some things we see are mysterious to some but not to others. One quickly forgets that the mystery is your eye and want message it sends to the mind. Yet we are told that our eyes are the gateway to the soul and adding the mystery to the eye, each soul can be said to be different from others.

Some say the eye can see which man is noblest, supreme, strongest or wisest. Thus the eye is a far reaching tool that must not be taken for granted for any reason. Perhaps it is the attention to detail that gives the eyes such powerful influences on the mind and heart. Perhaps it is these eyes that set our memory or taint the recall with how we see by our other senses.

Perhaps it is true what has been said for centuries now. We don’t see things as they are but rather, we see them as we are or want them to be. Sometimes, you can see best when you close your eyes. Other times your vision is clearer when you look into your own heart, your soul and your mind to find your dreams, your awakenings and your passion.

Thus we look on the inside and the outside to get a better view. It is what makes life so exciting. Whether seeing with vision or double vision, it does not matter for you will only see what you want to see or if you are fortunate, what your heart, your soul and your mind what to let you see. Everything else does not matter as the art of being wise is to know what to overlook.

On the other end of the spectrum, do not overlook the obvious. It may create a vacuum that may cause your pain or grief. As the soul can speak with your eyes, a kiss can dampen your gaze and drive you into a state of panic if you don’t take the time to understand what you just experienced. 

Your confidence comes from the view and the view comes from your senses that have put your mind in order to remind you that the human doesn’t see things as they are but rather, as it is. True confidence comes from the view and we do not see everything in complete detail but we do in fact prioritize our seeing so we can enjoy the environment more completely.

 

Betrayal


Betrayal – Turning your backs on others

“Et tu, Brute?” William Shakespeare

 
 
 
 

Have you ever had a job or career you loved? Have you ever loved it so much you would rather quit than tear it apart? Did you leave because of your love for the job or the betrayal around you? The fact is, you may have loved your job so much, you gave up on it because you loved it so much.

Did the job fulfill the needs of others before it filled yours? Did it seem like it gave more love to those undeserving than your own loyalty given unconditionally or was it ripping you off emotionally and leaving you broke for satisfaction and self-worth.

The truth be told, your job may have become as obsessive as a drug addiction. You discovered it controlled you in more than just coming and going to work. It was hiding inside of you like an addiction does even when you are away treating like you it was just “another affair.”

The job turned the others against you and you couldn’t handle that very well. You felt they were talking behind your back and to your best friends and you couldn’t stop it or control it any longer. Maybe it was the lying or the character assassinations that bothered you the most but it’s one thing to be lied to and another to be lied about. That hurts even deeper.

The job was good while it lasted. It was dramatically a big part of your life but now you are done. There is no more sharing or caring about others as you are drained with distrust of others and trust for only a few. You felt you were your own sole provider and taking care of things that others should have helped you with but neither helped nor cared about it any longer.

Holding on to the job was senseless. It gave nothing back even after all those years. It was said to find out that even after all this time you served with honor and integrity, it only gave you back more hurt than ever before. Not once not twice but many times over.

Even your friends are no longer the true and blue they once were. They once liked you as a person but now, they don’t like me at all. Even though you worked harder to help them out over and over, the time has come to let it all go and move on.

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Sunrise, Sunset


Sunrise Sunset by Carl ToersBijns



Every new year, life offers us God’s majestic natural beauty of sunrises and sunsets. Put into plain English, this translates into experiencing nature’s daily beauty of new days and beginnings giving us a chance to make up for whatever we had failed to do the day before or from coming out of the darkness that sets after the sun goes down daily without ever giving up on our dreams.
Some view the end of the year as a time of darkness while ot...hers see it as a new beginning. This cycle every twelve months offers us hope and love with a certain sense of expectations and accomplishments so we can see or feel the progress we made the year before.
In review we all have a chance to see and feel what has transpired and build a new foundation to make the coming year stronger and better with an emerging shimmering light as a lighthouse to give us new directions.
This review consists of experiencing the good and bad, the dark and the light and dreams lost or dreams on hold. Regardless, it is a time that always brings the yearning to move on to a higher level as you struggled with those same frustrations the year of past.
One should feel blessed and glad that you get a second chance to dance the rhythm of life. One should be grateful to participate in the creation of the Tree of life and give hope to those who are missing the mystical powers of hope faith and love.
Most of all, one should be inspired by the natural beauty that surrounds them and awakens their creativity and brilliance as well as the opportunities to gain insight and wisdom from those who surround them. Celebrate life to the fullest. Celebrate with joy the sunrises and sunsets of the future and tomorrow and give life your fullest effort to be the best you can be in life, family and spirit.
Let the sun’s light give you strength for your darkest hours and let the fire of passion give you the drive to do what you yearn the most in life. Photos are taken by Casey Stanford Photography - available online at http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/casey+stanford/all