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Lost in the Interpretation of Your Reality

Wherever you find yourself in your life, you are defined by what you are feeling and how you are interpreting your reality. The thing is, no one else interprets your reality in the exact same manner as you. Though you may have family and friends that have lived a very similar existence as yourself, and from this, they think in a similar manner as yourself. But, they are not you. At the core of their essence, though you may agree on some or many things, their life is not your life and from this they interpret their reality different than you.
 
Many people project their reality onto others. They believe that due to the fact that they are thinking or feelings something in a specific manner, others should think or feel the same way, as well. Do you fall into this category?
 
The truth of human consciousness is, however, there is no universal definition to how anything should be interpreted. All you have to do is to remember when you lost a loved one or when something was taken from you, perhaps by theft, and from that you were caused to feel an enormous amount of emotion. Maybe someone who loved the same person or the same thing that was removed from your life was also feeling deep emotions, but they are processing those emotions in a very different manner. Step back, one of two people from this equation, and you immediately observe that with each step of distance the people care less and less. They cannot feel what you are feeling. Just as you cannot feel what they are feeling.
 
Some people want others to feel what they feel. They attempt to force them to feel that way. This force may take on the form of imposing guilt, strength, or even anger. But, no matter the method, the only truth of an individual who behaves in this manner is the fact that they are operating from a lower consciousness, believing that all they feel is right and justified and what others feel, if they are not feeling the exact same thing, is wrong.
 
The moment you understand that what you feel is only what you feel, and no one else will ever feel exactly what you are feeling, you are free. At least free to truly experience your own emotions. Though you may be one of the people who wishes to suck other people into feeling the way you feel, believing that this will give you some sort of solace, if your understand that no one will ever truly feel what you are feeling, then you allow each person to experience their own emotion and, thus, their own individual reality, from a level of their own truth. …Their own truth, and not yours.