*Knowing and Perception* LADO SAGA as few people of you may call it but we Ladoans are quite aware of our perception and qualitatively live with our immaginations , mirage , Fantacies which characterises the true thinking human mind . The economic problems of Lado are quite known to us and ready we are facing it as Ladoans to solve it but not as Ugandans . May be we will need Uganda as a close Sister State neighbour to collabrate with on Agreements to reach still .
Humanity in general languishes under the misconception that we know things. We, for example “know” what we intend to do, what we want to achieve but when the outcome of our actions do not measure up to our self proclaimed knowledge of aims and motivations, we are faced with a choice: either we accept 1) that perhaps we are not so aware of our motivations and perhaps we have deeper seated patterns of actions and thought which are materializing what we actually want but choose not to be aware of or 2) we blame God, the universe, life, society, politicians, parents , children, etc for being the hindrances to our true happiness. Generally what we claim to “know” is based on what we learn through our family, society, culture or what someone else (a thinker, philosopher, prophet, politician, etc) “knew”. We are taught this and ingest it within our personality identifying with it. Based on this so-called knowledge we create our lives. When our creation falls short of all that was promised by whatever system of thought or “knowledge” we claim allegiance to, we curse what we have created and continue to attempt to create the life we wish for, with the same thought systems that started the mess. Based on our “knowledge” we establish a pattern of action and we apply this to all manner of situations. We repeat or recreate - based on what believe to be true - our lives. What we know basically prevents us from actually understanding the deeper processes of ourselves and our societies. It bars the path to true knowledge, wisdom and understanding. The heart of the matter is that what we consider to be knowledge is our perception. Our interpretation of all that surrounds us, as well as, who we believe ourselves to be. Based on this we develop thought systems which produce actions and consequences. Which we again interpret within the same perceptual logic we started with. This logic is based on a core thought, idea or belief which controls and shapes ones view of life. This view of life is then mistakenly taken to be LIFE as it is. What LIFE is cannot (in our view) be perceived, or understood through the processes of perception. LIFE is lived, embraced and celebrated. A Knowingness of life is in the realm of wisdom and understanding and has more to do with experience and the processes of opening oneself up and the art of deep acceptance. These are not topics we will address in this article though. What is essential in our view is the ability to accept and understand the foundation on which we perceive life and be willing to reflect upon whether this interpretation of life is creating the life we envision for ourselves. The consequences of our perceptions are the markers that can tell us if there are elements, in our view on life, invisible to ourselves which are affecting the process of creating our lives. All that occurs we must own and accept as our creation and until we truly understand our perceptions of life and stop confusing them with “knowledge” we will not really understand what we are attempting to create and could allow ourselves to be controlled by concealed or unconcealed warped negativities within our perception and personality. Or we can develop such dark spots within our inner life.
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