Everywhere I hear people say: they look but do not buy a thing. Or, they walk around but do not notice nor perceive anything. What is the case? What is going on that some people perceive it and others have no idea what influences them to act so “vacant”?
The outside
Recently on a fair even the words “gratis, it is for free” scared someone, while another listener and I laughed heartily about this reaction. A Dutchman who is afraid of the term “free”, how on earth is that possible?
The question is: do people hear the words you just said? Or do they react on the sentences that occupy their head? When I raise a question, many respond to their thoughts and not to my words. Only when I repeat what I said, there will be a different reaction mode.
Another question is: do people still see or are have they become seeing blind? They look at a piece of text (book fair) and if you ask them whether they like what they read they’ll respond that they cannot read without glasses. What have they been doing? Where was their attention?
Another example is that people walk passed a group of black ca. 2 m tall figures that normally are not around at this location, but they do not notice them. They just walk into them or encounter them, instead of walking around them. The same phenomenon you see on the street. Persons that come from a shop and immediately run against you, as if they do not realize that there are other people on that street, who even have the right to prevail?
Even more remarkable are the traffic signs or traffic lights that people do not seem to notice and just ignore. You probably know the phenomenon that cyclists, moped riders and motorists are increasingly unable to estimate distances. Such persons confront others with the consequences of their actions. Or even worse, they confront society with their “vacant” acts and the resulting costs.
Yet these are still things that are clearly issues on the outside as they are perceivable with their senses.
The inside
More difficult it is to experience things that are on the inside, like having a superficial observation of the inside of someone. Are they still able to experience if someone is beloved or sugary? Or cannot they experience the difference? Do they experience if someone speaks for himself and the other (assertive) or do they immediately experience someone who speaks as aggressive or sub assertive and respond immediately without thinking? Can they experience if someone is highly intellectual or cannot they perceive while looking into someone’s eyes? How do they know whether someone is a suitable partner if they can not perceive with the senses, for example the smell of the other or to see into the other person’s soul?
Fact is that (working) relationships come and go because many people in the selection group are no longer able to observe the inside. Possibly due to the fact they also have no understanding of their own inner side, their Self.
What remains is that both the interior and the exterior sides are increasingly perceived superficial. As the inner side is more difficult to observe, many are tempted to be influenced by the outside.
They do not suspect how many layers the outside has. They believe whatever they daily encounter, is good. They do not notice the harmful other side. Only when they are faced with harsh reality, they may see different faces, masks, or characters that have influenced them, but now it is often too late! (See my book: “Your Choice: Living Alive or Living Dead”)
In the meantime they have a (working) relationship that does not fit or is sickening. Or was it their intention to have a relationship based on desired looks only?
There remain some questions “Can you still notice what is behind the many veils?” “Can you experience the naked truth behind words, behavior and appearances?” “How do you experience the acting ability of modern humans?” How much do you occupy your body or are you “vacant”?”
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