by Lorraine Danella

Created on: January 30, 2009

When it comes to perception, what we get is usually what we believe that we see. How do we know if our perception is correct and what prevents us from seeing from a higher vantage point?

An illusion, by definition, is a misconception of something. To conceive of an idea is to form a belief. Those beliefs and ideas are based on perception that has been arrived at from various inputs such as facts, opinions, and assumptions, and in most cases, a bit of all of these. Therefore, if someone has a misconception (or illusion) about something, then that means that they have believed wrongly because their information is inaccurate in some way. This is where it gets a bit challenging. Some things, like those of objective reality, can be proven by facts, experiments and observable phenomenon. Things of the subjective reality can be a bit more difficult to prove, since those things are ascertained with a different part of our beingsthat is, the consciousness. An elevation in our state of consciousness is the key to carving out a path through this world's illusions.

Your perception is directly related to your state of consciousness. Your perception about yourself, life and the world, God (Source Energy), and others, seems to you at any given moment, to be the only perception (or understanding of reality) that there could be. You cannot fathom a different perspective as being the correct one and yours as false, because as soon as you are able to see that possibility, then your perspective has already changed! Some people believe that by limiting their understanding of the reality of all things, that they are being faithful to what they believe, and while their heart is probably in their right place, yet it is not enough to just have good intentions. You know what road was paved with good intentions, don't you? ;). Of course, I'm referring to the old saying "The road to hell was paved with good intentions." The scope of history of religion and politics show that sometimes when we mean well, but have illogical or unfounded beliefs due to a closed down consciousness, we are even capable of the most deplorable actions all the while thinking we are on the right path. However, if it be a path of illusions, what will be the cumulative result of those actions? Can those things only serve to show that our collective consciousness as a human race needs to be adjusted so that we can cease to cause each other harm? What is it that gets in the way of a higher view of things, of life and

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