“Seeing is believing”, that’s what
Spinoza said long back, that is what most of us believe in our day to day life.
Harry Houdini, the master magician
always believed in the maxim that what the eyes see, ears hear, mind believes.
He called it the misdirection, and it is the secrete of all his magic. The mediocre
mind gets distracted and feels comfortable in the reality that is visible and
audible. It gets some kind of security and certainty and a sense of illusionary
control over the situations. And they remain the victim of outside reality, who
ever can shout louder and with attractive visual image can take control over
their existence.
It is this reality that separates
mind of extraordinary from the mediocre. In other words, ‘seeing is believing’
is the vision directed from the external factors, where as ‘believing is
seeing’ is the approach taken by any internally directed person.
Internally directed species live
either in mental asylum or become the leaders who run this world or end up
inventing and discovering new things beyond imagination.
‘Believing is seeing’ is the dictum
that gives real control over our life and in the conditions that manifest in
and around us. Change the believe system, you will change the outcomes. Albert Elis
called it the “Rational Emotive Therapy”. And Paulo Coelho
says “when you
truly want something,
the whole unseen universe
conspires to help
you in achieving
it”
Why do we want to live like
animals, when we can live like god? Why do we settle down for mediocre
existence, when we can be anything we want? Why do we accept the given reality
and remain frustrated and bored, when we can redefine the reality?
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