Fifth Teaspoon - How Do They Not See?

I often hear people ask, “how do they not see?” when they have different perspectives. I was talking to a dear friend about this very question. I could see her frustration with how so many people shared a different viewpoint as her. I do have compassion for this, as I am very aware that most people believe their opinions are the correct one. Many will get in arguments and justifications on how their view is the right perspective. Sighhhh.

Here is an analogy to help explain. Let’s say we all climbed the mountain together, enjoyed the view from the top, and half of the group went down. We all could discuss the view we saw from the top, and agree on it (though there can be different viewpoints even when we see the same view - but that is a different topic for another day). Now, let’s say, the half of the group that didn’t go back down, went on to climb the next mountain. Whoa, look at that view! Half the people went back down, to tell the others of what they saw. Those who originally went down cannot relate, because they did not climb that second mountain. Here’s the thing, the ones that didn’t go down from the second mountain, climbed the third one! Now here is a view!! They climb down to tell the others. They are excited to share what they saw. The possibilities that the view revealed. All the while, the others are not able to relate. And some may even become angry or envious, as they start to interpret the third mountaineers as acting like they are better than them since they have experienced more views. Tension begins to grow as each try to prove that the view they saw was the best view.

Yes, this is a basic example, but here is the point, we cannot see what we have not seen. We can imagine it, but we haven’t seen it. We cannot feel what was invoked by the view, because we didn’t experience it. We can imagine what it can feel like, but we won’t truly know.

Each of us have a life path that we are walking. When we start to judge each other based off of our life path, we lower our vibrational level. I know it is hard, especially when our viewpoint of another person’s path is not from what we perceive as a place of love, compassion, empathy, kindness, peace, and genuine goodness. But remember, people can only see what they can see. Their viewpoint may be from their understanding of what love, compassion and empathy are. Again, you may say, ‘but how? That is not an act of love!” They did not climb the same mountain as you.

The spiritual path to love can be a challenging path, as the need to do “check ins” with ourselves. The check-ins allow us to keep to the path of loving kindness, even when we can’t understand another’s viewpoint. This is not what I call “condescending compassion” as if to say, “well, these people didn’t walk the same path as me,” with the added ego driven of that our path is the right path. Again, each person feels their path is the right one. I keep this in mind - Consciousness (Great Spirit, God, Life, Energy Source) is of a pure love - often one that the mind cannot contemplate. Thus, I feel it is my responsibility to keep increasing the vibrational level of my love, to help bring peace in this world.

To quote some great leaders/philosophers/practices: “Love others as I have loved you” (Jesus) “Love is a gift of one’s inner most soul to another so both can be whole.” (Buddha) “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality” (Martin Luther King, Jr.) “All you need is love” (John Lennon). Love s essential if we are going to increase the vibrational level in this world. May your path continue to lead you to love.