How does one see the world as it really 'is' rather than how 'you

Question:I read in psychology books that the majority if humans live too much inside their heads, seeing the world in shadows and attaching meanings to objects depending in what mood their in. Example: if a person is angry at you, you get angry too.

My question is how do you train your mind to see the world rationally and without fear or judgement? And is this method helpful?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I read in psychology books that the majority if humans live too much inside their heads, seeing the world in shadows and attaching meanings to objects depending in what mood their in. Example: if a person is angry at you, you get angry too.

My question is how do you train your mind to see the world rationally and without fear or judgement? And is this method helpful?

The ability to view things in an objective manner is extremely important. In fact Buddhism teaches that this is the most important capability that a human being can discover. There are many ways in which one can train her mind to see things for what they are; but it is very difficult to do. Meditation will probably be the most popular answer (with good reason); but it also takes strong will power and the ability to let go. One must let go of all preconceived notions and take each external experience for what it is. Take your environment for what it is, take your peers for what they are. One must also have the ability to create harmony w/ himself and his emotions.

Lol, in a nutshell, meditate, eat right, exercise, experience life and try your damndest to view things objectively. You must be willing to remove your "rose colored lenses," in order to see the world clearly.

In order to see the world for what it really is people need to stop getting caught up in degenerative emotional cycles inside their heads. Whenever you see yourself getting angry realize that their is an alternative option. One that allows your happiness to remain and your judgement to stay intact. If instead of responding with anger to someone annoying we did not respond we would not loose sight of reality. Reality is quite a harsh word and I do not like to use it often. It is often associated with stress, labour,chores and annoyance, however reality is none of these things. Reality is not what people say it is. The things we associate with it are the antithesis of what it is all about. Reality is perfect and calm, when we connect with reality we connect to our God and are happy. Reality is simply our perception. Unhappiness and thought cycles can distract us fom reality making our lives miserable. To prevent these thought cycles we must learn to not respond to the things that usually annoy us in life.

very interesting !
you gotta look only at facts and evidence , just like a CSI
forget your opinion on everything
be "zen" !
remember that everything is there for a reason

A lot of "problems" stem from misunderstandings. People jump to conclusions and make assumptions which are more often than not, inaccurate.

You need to live in the HERE and NOW. Be in the moment. IF you think someone is angry with you then you need to ASK them if they are and not assume they are. If I thought someone was angry with me than I wouldn't get angry too, I would ask them what I had done to cause them to be angry.

I wonder if a person can really "learn" to respect reality.

When reality tears your head off, some learn to respect, appreciate and acknowledge it, but others seem to escalate their conflict with it. I suspect it's more a matter of character.

You seem to want it, so I reckon you'll survive the onslaught and suddenly find you can clearly see some elephants in the room that no one else seems to notice. After that - practice, practice, practice. No way around that. Reality will commence to beating your beliefs to death.

Well, that's the big question for us. We've gotten ourselves in this terrible state which is causing the whole world to be in a terrible state, and how do we change ourselves?

The problem is indeed that we live too much inside our heads--which is actually another way of saying that we live too much identified with the left-brained part of our minds--the logical, rational part that sees things in terms of how they differ one from another. This is also the seat of the will and what we usually think of as the conscious mind. We disown the other side, which is the feeling, intuitive part that sees the relationships between things. This side has the connection with the body; it's the unconscious mind (or at least the part that we're mostly unconscious of, though it doesn't have to be that way). So we're terribly imbalanced. Trying to be so terribly rational, we become irrational.

So it's not really a matter of training the mind to do anything. That's a left-brained solution, and being too much with the left brain is the problem. I think training the mind can be involved, though. I don't think there is a method per se. One has to recover the parts of oneself that one has disowned. To this end, facing one's fears and developing oneself in areas that one habitually tends to avoid can be a big help.

We see it how it really is by using the 'algebra of cognition.'

"The basic principle of concept—formation (which states that the omitted measurements must exist in some quantity, but may exist in any quantity) is the equivalent of the basic principle of algebra, which states that algebraic symbols must be given some numerical value, but may be given any value. In this sense and respect, perceptual awareness is the arithmetic, but conceptual awareness is the algebra of cognition."

Once you give your perceptions the "omitted measurements", then you can come to concepts. Concepts can be proven or disproven by using the reverse technique.

"Concepts represent condensations of knowledge, which make further study and the division of cognitive labor possible."

Reality is brutal, mean and cruel. Why go there? Put on your rose-colored glasses and enjoy the view. Life is short. Enjoy all of it that you can, while you can.