"Vision and Storage"

Chapter: 6                                 VISION AND STORAGE

Up to this point, being in the dark for 10 months or so,{in the womb}  our vision is not clear, we don’t know what it means to be in the light and it probably was startling and painful to let literally the light in at first.   At this early stage we really cannot comprehend what the eye sees either, yet we do begin to store pictures and images in our brain.  Here I would like you to begin to think of your eyes as a camcorder and your brain as its storage compartment.  Much like a computer with a built in cam and a hard drive to store what it is permitted to view, we were given this enormous computer chip the brain.  One of its unique properties is its ability to recall events and images from the past to the present.   Everything we have ever seen or hear is recorded and stored, and under the right or wrong circumstances can be recalled.  Think the computer is amazing, can’t hold a candle to our brains and its true capacity.  

Just think of the implications.  In the early stages of your development while outside the womb hearing and vision are the major influences.  Everything you have ever heard your parents say and everything you have seen your parents do is stored within you brain.  From very early on we begin to develop both healthy and unhealthy situations, feelings and emotions.  Here is an important revelation to living in the light.  We must keep in mind here that our parents, relatives, friends and ancestors could only teach what was taught to them through vision and actions, therefore, they cannot be blamed.    Forgive them Heavenly Parent for they know not what they have done.

Some therapists call this storage our parent tapes, and if they are right, every time you respond to a situation, task, or try and sort things out in your mind for yourself you recall images and information from your world vision and your parent tapes to guide you.   Yes even if what they taught you was wrong, unhealthy or destructive.  For some, what parents, other adults or their religion has taught them might not be right or the truth.  Child physiologists and therapists deal with this problem on a regular basis.  It has been proven that if you can teach children in a class the right way to deal with things or that certain actions or langue may not be appropriate but the home environment is where they have to return and under pressure, they will revert to their original teachings out of habit and conditioning.  This same analogy goes for some religious teachings to.  Many adults today who were taught as children that their Creator is a God of judgment, war and punishment is not easily converted to a God of unconditional love and forgiveness.  

At first glance of course we may not make much sense of it but believe me, watch any infant and it isn’t long before they begin to respond to touch and sound, and begin repeating what they have seen and heard.   Often parents can recall some embarrass moments when their child has displayed a habit, used the occasional bad word or an action in public, something the child had observed or heard at home, by a relative, their peers, TV or found on the internet.  

In the womb as well as outside some sounds are soothing and some sounds are startling.  If there was physical violence and shouting that involved your mother, do not be naïve enough to think that did not affect you personally, especially when there is evidence that playing soft music or reading stories can actually soothe the unborn.    

It isn’t until we become aware later in life that some of our afflictions and disease have come from our parents or our ancestral genetic family tree.  With that awareness in mind, we can begin to move towards enlightenment.  Enlightenment will then lead us from living in darkness into a new understanding, living in the light.  

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Next Time:    “A Perspective on Sin”