Indentifying & Understanding Undesirable Perceptions.

In my previous article, I highlighted 3 steps in managing our perceptions. This posting will elaborate on the first step… that is to identify and understand how you normally perceive things. I have deliberately used vision impairing terms to describe a few of them

Types of Undesirable Perceptions:
There are many types of undesirable perceptions (too many to try to classify them all) but I’ve somewhat categorized the more common ones. Of course, there may be some other relevant ones that you may wish to include for your own personal reference and self-actualization.

Premature Perceptions:
This often happens to people who are impatient or who thinks that they know it all. They discard critical and relevant information but prematurely forms a perception based on their “past experiences”, “professional” knowledge, etc... etc… and make a sweeping association.

Prejudice & Bias Perceptions:
When there are prejudice or bias judgments or perceptions, these people reject all other perceptions except their own. The difference between Prejudice & Bias Perceptions and Premature Perception is that premature one are not prejudice or bias in nature. They are only “jumping into conclusions too quickly”. Prejudice & Bias Perceptions are more than that. They are usually vindictive and vengeful that is much more worrying than premature perceptions.

Cataract Perceptions:
This happens when our perceptions are being impaired by things that cloud our perceptions. Obstruction may be anything from things that we are blind to; obstructed from; or don’t have sufficient information to complete forming a clear perception.

Myopic Perceptions:
All of us suffer from myopic perceptions at one time or other. A man standing right in front of the Empire State Building was asking for directions from a lady. The lady took him two blocks down the road, turned around and pointed to the building that he was standing in front of a few minutes ago. This category of people can never see what is obvious and immediate before them. They only focus far away when the answers are right in front of them. They tend to be unrealistic and indulge in wishful thinking most of the time.

Hyperopic Perceptions:
Like chickens, this category of people’s vision is only limited to their narrow and immediate sights (which is only 1m or so). They cannot see what’s beyond what their eyes could see or beyond what they could understand. In short, they are unable to see a big picture. They fear what is beyond. They get uncomfortable, angry and refused to believe things that they cannot see.

Dylectic Perceptions:
Just like people suffering from dyslexia, this category of people’s perceptions is a result of their inability to distinguish right from wrong… emotional or logical… Their perceptions are often vastly influenced by various stimuli. They are often in a confused state of affairs and their perceptions can sway given the slightest influence. This usually result in people being fickle minded.

Misled & Manipulated Perceptions:
This form of perception can either be self-induced or stimulated. People with such habits of perception are usually highly suspicious and manipulative in nature. And because of their inert nature, they form perceptions in very extreme focus. They look out for the slightest things that arouse their suspicions and they will continue to focus on those suspicions and they will manipulate their perception to only accept the conclusion that they lead themselves to believe in. This leads to a very destructive perception.

Conclusion:
Have you identify how you sometimes undesirably perceive things? Can you now consciously determine what triggers your undesirable perceptions? If yes, you are ready to move on to the next step. If not, try to understand the importance of how your undesirable perceptions are formed because it is critical. If you cannot identify why you predominantly perceive things in undesirable ways, you will never see anything wrong.

In my next blog posting, I will touch on the evaluation of how undesirable perceptions make their way into turning you into a person that you are not… or turning you into a person that you don’t wish to be. The evaluation process will reveal how your emotions and subconscious traits are turning you into becoming the person that you are.

Cheers.