{"id":1006,"date":"2021-04-20T18:49:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T22:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deborahblackwell.com\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2021-07-17T15:00:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T19:00:11","slug":"perfection-of-perception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deborahblackwell.com\/?p=1006","title":{"rendered":"Perfection of Perception"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-632803 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-778910 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-259731 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong>By Deborah Blackwell<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">There seems to be some confusion in my house about what \u201cclean\u201d is. I\u2019ve been called a perfectionist when it comes to cleanliness. But the rest of my family? Forget it. To them, clean is crusty dishes in the sink, clothes dropped wherever they were standing when they took them off, and beard trimmings as bathroom decor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">But they live with me\u2014someone who washes her dishes before they go in the dishwasher, separates her laundry, and of course, has a bathroom free of hair. Of any kind. Which made me start to question perception.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Perception is defined as &#8220;the result of observation, a mental image, a concept. Part of consciousness.\u201d I think it\u2019s also about comfort.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Everybody has their own idea of what will make their world the most comfortable. And it\u2019s not working out too well. <i>Why does everybody think everybody else is wrong?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sometimes people are wrong. For instance, moral consciousness matters. When one person\u2019s perception of what\u2019s ok when another\u2019s isn\u2019t, especially where gender, race, and power are concerned, humanity is in trouble.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Or, the impact of ethical consciousness. When our thoughts about a particular situation reflect our behaviors\u2014like deciding not to buy chickens abused in corporate processing houses\u2014it drives our decisions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">How about the growing awakening of spiritual consciousness, which impacts our individual perceptions of the Divine. \u201cWe are all one, not separate from God, but part of God.\u201d This leaves a lot to think about.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Perception is the basis of all consciousness\u2014how we view situations, and life, and respond to it<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">No two people have the same perception. We are driven by our values, our needs, and our comfort levels. We are unique in what we think and feel, even when we try to walk in another\u2019s shoes. Empathy helps, but it\u2019s not the definer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Which brings me back to the crusty dishes in the sink and a bathroom floor covered in hair. Does it really matter? Maybe not.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>But paying attention to someone else\u2019s perception \u2013 <i>and giving it some thought<\/i> \u2013 does. <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">And it\u2019s applicable to just about everything in life\u2026which from my point of view, is perfect.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[49,43,44,30],"class_list":["post-1006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-comfort","tag-life","tag-life-lessons","tag-perception"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahblackwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahblackwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahblackwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahblackwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahblackwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1006"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/deborahblackwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1548,"href":"https:\/\/deborahblackwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006\/revisions\/1548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahblackwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahblackwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahblackwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahblackwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}