Clogged Filters

A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
James Allen

     We live in a universe of information. We are constantly flowing through time and space and, like driving cross-country, we are gathering information as we go. What you see and what I see on the road-trip of life is relative and, I think, meaningful. Why is it that you see one thing and I see another? What happens to this information that makes it appear so relative, so indiviual to each one of us?
     I like to explain this phenomenon to people as what I call "filters". Filters are made up of belief systems, past experiences, fears and desires. Filters "skew" the universal information, clouding our vision with doubt and insecurity, desires and attachments, until we heal the wounds that create these emotional weak spots. The universe is always working for us in this way, constantly steering us towards balance.
     I believe we "choose to see" based on the experiences we need to advance our souls in their development. The more we clear our vision, take control of our mind and emotion and truly understand our Selves, we free ourselves to receive pure and accurate information from the universe and All there is. Then we can make life decisions based on accurate information and we begin to take control of our worlds, internal and external. It is in these moments that we recognize ourselves as powerful co-creators, masters of our world.