Why do we get upset over a situation while another person isn’t bothered at all? Who’s reaction is ‘right’ or what is the ‘truth’? How do we get around our habitual reactions to figure out what is really going on?
Throughout our life we are conditioned to think some things are good and some things are bad. Or that there is a right way and a wrong way to do something. We may have inherent attractions to certain concepts or ideas but we are also conditioned by our parents, our environment, as well as the culture we are raised in. In any situation, we ‘see’ what is occurring filtered through own personal perceptions. An example of this could be if you are currently sensitive around money (perhaps you didn’t have very much growing up), you will probably notice what others have/don’t have….their type of home, where or if they vacation, what designer labels they wear etc…. whereas someone else who doesn’t have issues around money, wouldn’t notice these things in the same way. This is just one example obviously, but it illustrates how what we see in life is directly impacted by our personal experience.
