World view is the way we look and understand the world. It is the lens through which we interpret all of our experiences, make decisions that make sense of life. A sum total of our beliefs about the world. Each individual has a unique world view. It is as if we all have different colored glasses. If my glasses are red and yours are green then I will see everything as a hue of red and you will see everything as green. Therefore, none of us are seeing the same reality.
Our world view is shaped by parents, society, friends, family and by unresolved issues we have inside or samskaras. Some of these samskaras are not only from this life, but from previous life. Each child comes with different impressions and a mother can already feel that when the child is in the womb. Our siblings are different from us even though they come from the same parents and environment. So, our way of looking at the world is from the inside and not from the outside.
According to our world view, the world should be a certain way for us to feel comfortable. We need to examine our world view. What was a view of our parents, or our younger self might not hold true today But if we maintain that view we might be at a constant battle to create a world that will make us comfortable.
For example, if you believe that your religion or race is superior and should rule the world, then every day you will be at odds with the reality of the world that has so many different people and religions. There will be constant conflict within. You will create an environment around you that only allows your belief system and should that world around you not conform the tension within can create anger and violence.
Any time our environment does not conform there are thoughts created by us that we are not conscious of. While during an everyday occurrence like driving home from work thoughts may pop up like: Why is he driving so slow? Why can’t people obey the traffic flow? and so on. But we did not consciously create them. Where did they come from. They came from our desire to have the world be the way we want it. Since every thought creates an emotion, we feel agitated. When we get home we project that agitation on someone or something, but do not know why.
Becoming aware of what thoughts pop into our mind allows us to examine what our world view is. Once we know it, we can then decide if we wish to live by it or change it. Many views are imposed on us without our knowledge, and many we have created through unresolved issues. Whatever they are, we need to examine if we really wish to live by those views of the world.
All views of the world are our own manufacturing. The world exists. The world is! We are just one little spec within that world. It can not be just the way we wish it to be. We say that if I have this job I will feel better. If I have a family, house and kids I will be ok. But none of those things are going to make us feel better unless we look at the stuff within our own mind that is hidden. One day that job we thought was going to make us feel better will not conform to our belief and we will become agitated. One day our partner will be different than what we thought they should be and we will be agitate. Every individual is their own person and can not live by our rules.
The whole world is full of wonder and excitement. But we can not experience it, because we are confined by our world view. When we live in the moment without judgement or expectation, we fully experience the world they way it is. We will experience joy and sadness, laughter and tears, but we will then have a new and exciting life. We will be able to adapt to the various differences and appreciate them and live our life fully. The change is not in the outside environment, but our inner world that we have created.
We need to work on creating a world that we enjoy. This world was created for us to enjoy, but we create suffering with our expectations and attachments. So let us look at our world view and decide if it is our friend or foe. We work hard to accomplish things in this world, like education etc., but forget to work on the internal world. Definite effort is needed but the rewards will be amazing.
Every day in the morning take time out sit quietly and try to control the mind for meditation. Concentrate on the breath. Breath is going in, breath is coming out. The mind will automatically run away with our thoughts. Yes, look at them. Are they thoughts that you wish to have? Are those thoughts serving you? Where did they come from? Every thought is an energy. Every energy also wishes to be free, so let us set them free.
If there is a thought that is of discordant energy tell it that it has served you well, but you no longer need it and ask it to go to the light and set it free. We have imprisoned these energies within us. They need to be released. Surprisingly it is that simple. But we need to do this lovingly, because every thought in our mind has served us in some manner. Just that now it is time to let them go because we no longer need them. We must remember whatever energy we hold within us we project outward in some manner and attract similar energy. We wish to free us of all discordant energies within, so we may attract and live the beautiful abundant life that belongs to us. So let us work on the internal world and not only on the external world and review our world view.
“You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script.”
Oprah Winfrey
