My point of view, your viewpoint!

How then do you assume that something can or cannot happen? If perception is but as a result of raw data influenced upon by existing standards, experiences and prejudices, how can you say for certain something is possible or not? Many have sought to teach, preach and project certain personal development and positive mentality mantras along the years all with varied results. Some advise that, to experience positive results all you need to do is repeat certain lofty statements of affirmation and like magic, your life will suddenly become better. Some insist on thinking about fantastic ideas and living as if you already have the success and just like clockwork, they will appear. I do not need to tell you the results of these various philosophies of success; you are familiar with them already. My point really is, how something appears to you may not exactly be the way it actually is. It is literally based on what you “think” it is and this is also influenced by your experiences, standards and biases.

"My point really is, how something appears to you may not exactly be the way it actually is."

Another very important factor is also the position from which you happen to perceive a particular event or occurrence. This is what I call your “point of view”. Depending on where you happen to “see” an event, your perception of it is different from someone else who stood at a different location. In effect your view point or your understanding of an event is a combination of your location (point of view), your experiences, standards and biases. So what you “think” you see may not really be what actually is there. To some this truth may be very upsetting, but to me, this is completely amazing.

What I mean is, you could gain tremendous faith and optimism in every endeavor you embark on regardless of the mitigating circumstances by changing your point of view and hence your whole perception of the stumbling blocks. You could literally say unto the mountain, move into the ocean of nothingness and it shall move. What you will discover then is that, “it is all in the mind”! 

Changing the position from which you look at an occurrence can completely change the way you see it. Have you seen the view of skyscrapers from an airplane before? They appear as tiny boxes and shapes.  What therefore really happens is that, from an elevated position, even mountains appear as molehills! Regardless of how intimidating or stupendous an obstacle appears, from an elevated position it is not as big as you thought it was. You need to move to a higher level of thinking. An elevated position of reasoning, creativity and faith.

Albert Einstein said “We cannot solve our problems by being on the same level of thinking we were, when we created them. We must move higher.”

The higher you can climb above your present circumstances the smaller the obstacles become. Mind you, I am not suggesting any ridiculous unrealistic naivety and cluelessness towards life. I am speaking about being proactive, creative and unlimited in your thinking. The most amazing of all inventions, ideas and achievements in this world were achieved by people who saw a problem, changed their perception and point of view and managed to create solutions to them. Your worth is determined by the solutions you can provide to various problems. Your wealth is determined by your worth. So in effect, your ability to get wealth is directly proportional to your ability to solve problems! The bigger the problem and the more people are affected by the problem, the greater the reward and the higher your worth becomes when you provide a solution. You can however never solve any problem if you remain at the same level of thinking you were when you encountered them.

"The higher you can climb above our present circumstances the smaller the obstacles become."

Change your location (point of view), and you can change your view point of any event that occurs in your life. Never believe everything you see. Problems are cunning, they appear as mountains. Do not be deceived. They are just molehills. Go higher; you will see I tell the truth.