PERCEPTIONS AND REFLECTIONS.

 

(Caution: you may perceive and reflect on the background picture

in any way you believe correct.)

 

          The background picture is an attempt at a pareidolia exercise. The human brain comes up with many interpretations when witnessing, for example, scribbled lines after doodling during a phone comversation, or virtually joining the dots in a mosaic pavement. Even the autumn clouds over the hills before sunset may look like anything you imagine them to be. And, of course, you are correct, even when your friend imagines devils where you see angels.

 

          This may lead to many controversies, with the actors strongly believing that their views are the only ones that matter, and everybody else’s are fiction. When interpreting abstract beliefs controversies become legion. In any case, whatever the brain believes to be true, nothing will distract the believer and remove him from his platform of convictions.

 

          No matter how much others object, or interpret the identical signs in different ways, the believer is often ready to give up one’s life for what one believes to be the truth.

 

          Masses sometimes share the same truths as they see them, irrespective of glaring evidence to the contrary. Events in this category become universal and often lead to mass worship.

 

         But time and time again, what looks like baseless conclusions are craftily disguised in attractive appearances, and circumstantial evidence. Hundreds of apparently convicted characters world wide are sent to the gallows, to discover later that they were innocent. Or other unfortunate agents who are blamed for accidents that leave behind a river of tears. Comclusions based on perception play a substantial part in people’s daily activities.

 

          Considerations like these can be applied to many other areas of human activity. Relationships that turn a couple in flaming outpouring lovers are often transformed into devilish hatred due to the wrong perceptions, that more often than not, follow the same criteria outlined above.

 

          The role of witnesses is determing. They may be categorized as the genuine witness or the deceptive witness. The former category is also dependent on its perceptive views, while the latter is devilish; the former may unintentionally be wrong, while the latter is framed to deceive, or to frame a person or be provocative to stimulating an artificial situation. While the former may be one of good faith, and the latter one of bad faith, still, both can be inaccurate and based on perceptions.

 

          Many times one is faced with a situation the result of which lead to different conclusions, which are sometimes beyond any shadow of doubt  proven false. Saying by inference, or by suggestion or by implication often  alter the focus of attention on a case in point, with obvious consequences. A list of examples to illustrate this may be too long to attempt. Same as the many histories of people convicted innocently or earlier on in world history, burnt at the stake.

 

          In other words absolutes are very rare indeed. All is relative. Relativity makes perceptions even more a reality. What looks like being an absolute is often invalidated by circumstances. Let’s condiser some examples which can be researched for further satisfaction and in depth study. The story and conviction of Joan of Arc is a case in point. She was perceived by some as a mystic, but by others as a heretic. It all depended on the judge’s standpoint. Even one’s perception of what is good and correct and what goes outside the boundaries of good practice is dependent on one’s perceptions and exposures. Even the crucifiction of Jesus may very well be considered under these outlines.

 

          There are a myriad of stories based on the miscarriage of justice. Very importantly this is not a reason for holding the administration of justice in low esteem. On the contrary, it is essential to discover solid methodologies to foul proof the management of justice. For example, the fabrication of evidence by individuals, and sometimes countries, endangers the good order upon which societies should be founded.

 

          The foregoing underlines the importance of reflection. Stating “to the best of one’s ability,” indicates that judgment followed a thorough in-depth consideration of facts, but leaves some shadows of doubts.

 

          There is, of course room to develop further some of the points raised. This is an invitation to readers to make their points, which I shall be only too glad to include, the authorship of which shall be acknowledge and included as addenda to the above.

 

 

JC – 2009

 

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