Perspective,
were always hearing “It’s all about how you look at things”, which means to
imply in the most general of senses, looking at a glass of water from
underneath, through a camera, through a window. Moving past the literal and
into an abyss that we call the mind is more related in terms of mind sets, like
the stock quote “put yourself in his shoes”. After years of hearing what
perspective is, all of a sudden it seems pretty straight forward, however if you’re
a human being and have lived life you know the world is anything but straight
forward. We know people’s perspectives about the world can be molded, shaped
and influenced through the media, but that’s a given, not knowing that is like
not knowing the moon exist. There is no need to go half way around the world
and study indigenous tribes for It’s not what’s new to the way we see things, but
what have we not been seeing clearly to this date within our surroundings.
Someone who
undergoes very traumatic circumstances in his life has the potential to develop
an unimaginable wisdom, for the time being let’s not get into the negative physiological
aspects as viewed by society, you will see how that won’t really be relevant.
When one is involved in a circle of friends and spends time with them getting a
couple of good laughs here and there, on your way home you might reflect
slightly upon the day and claim it to have been a great day. The question is
now, are things really great? What just happened, I call this situation the “Altered
Unnoticed Perspective”. The AUP theory can explain why tragic events often get
addressed in a rather dilatory manner like, global warming, starvation, sex trafficking.
One can say AUP(Altered Unnoticed Perspective)is a mind force that takes shape
in the form of a double edge sword. Essentially before spending time with your
friends you may have a preconceived notion about the things that are horribly
wrong in the world, but come five o’clock in the afternoon you meet up with
your mates and everything all of a sudden is rather jolly, your inner mindset
is now content and you no longer have an eminent desire to help the world. That
moment, were you believe things to be alright is a moment were your perspective
has been skewed, blindfolded, almost neutralized. The problem is we are in a world
where we are becoming ever more isolated, it’s not going to be advocated that
we should not hang out with our friends; anyone can say “that is not a
desirable idea”. In the meantime our greater problems as humanity will take a
very long time to get resolved yet were somehow content with the popular
perspective of saying people are lazy or they just don’t care. Remember AUP, there may be many kinds of
perspectives out there, maybe next time you won’t be so quick to write of the world’s
problems with a stock phrase.
