Changing Your World #1: Perception and Pain are One in the Same

Changing the world is easier done than said. (Photo: toffiloff)

This is a series of posts about changing your world. How do you change your world? Easier DONE than said (challenge yourself to believe this phrase instead of the normal “easier said than done”).

In the later posts in the series, I will elaborate on the main details below.

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One of my favorite phrases comes from a video game, Xenosaga I (which I recommend if you like Role Playing Games).

“Perception and pain are one in the same.”

The “current” main enemy says this as he blows his head off with a weapon, and grows it back. The main characters watch in this event with disgust.

If we think about these words, it says we don’t all feel the same pain and we don’t all see the same things. Our idea of how much a punch hurts can mean something completely different to a martial arts fighter or an everyday mom. This also means what we perceive is what we decide for ourselves in our subconscious mind.

An example is seeing is believing. If we see our parents fail in everything they do, we might say there is no chance for ourselves. What about the other people who see their parents succeed and in turn believe they can succeed?

Seeing is believing is saying what our eyes see rings TRUE for ourselves. If we see it, we must believe it. What about the other people who see different events and believe different things?

The more powerful phrase which doesn’t limit us and goes along with “perception and pain are one in the same” is believing is seeing.

If we believe we will be rich, we will unconsciously develop ideas and action which can lead us to wealth.

If we believe we will be poor, we already lost the game because we limited ourselves and most likely be poor.

These are the very high level/view of controlling your time and perception. There are more nitty gritty things you can do, which I am still practicing and will write more about later.

Try these steps out today, it will help you control your perception and start making large changes in your life.

Controlling Our Perception

There are 3 main ways to do it. There are thousands of smaller ways to do it.

Here are the main 3 I use:

• Taking responsibility for EVERYTHING
• Controlling the controllable
• Changing what we believe into what we see (such as slowing or moving time faster)

We control our perception by creating good habits. Good habits in turn control our perception by forcing us to do “good” things for ourselves. Of course “good” is in the eye of the beholder, basically, your perception.

It is good to follow a few guidelines of what good habits are. A few are:

• Something which benefits you in a positive way
• Something which doesn’t hurt you in a negative way
• Something if done repeatedly as a habit which will enrich you

Remember, perception and pain are one in the same; it is all in the eye of the beholder.

Posted on February 16th 2010.