If we changed our mind
about what's important,
the world would be transformed
immediately.
Perspective/perception
are the Elder Wand.
And we are not in control
of how we see what we look at.
Or of what anything means to us.
We are slaves/victims of our own way
of assessing what we asses to be reality.
Propaganda and indoctrination
make fools of us all.
Our mind is not our own,
but is owned by the forces
in charge of what we see and hear,
with "in charge" being in quotes
because no one is in charge
of their own perspective/perception.
Everyone is driven by what they think
they want,
but they are not in charge of
what they think or want.
No one is.
Everything is as it is
because everything is as it is
and has been so forever.
Circumstances begetting circumstances
carry us all away
and create the forces determining
where we go and what we think/do
all along the way.
No one is in control.
Everyone is responding
to impulses generated by
their environment
triggering their emotions
producing their thoughts/actions
randomly creating low-level chaos
throughout the systems
governing life in the world.
No one gets to choose their choices.
No one knows what they are doing,
or what to do
about the way things are.
It is like stopping a tsunami.
Or a glacier.
Or keeping a glacier from melting.
"This is the way things are,
and this is what you can do about it,
and that is the way things are."
I recommend observing what you think/feel/do
and exploring where the motive/impetus
to think/feel/do that
came from--
and see what you think/fee/do
in response to that
(And explore where the motive/impetus
to think/feel/do that
came from).
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Jim Dollar's Photography and Philosophy 