Perceptual Filters

On 28th Dec, one of my mentors, Mehan sent me this message.

“Human learns through perceptual filters. And most of these filters are sometimes efficient but not favoring us all the time. Neuroscience studies show how a frog’s eyes (visual perceptions) work. Frogs interpret that anything BLACK, MOVING and have a particular shape is considered as food. This is efficient way for it to hunt down flies. But, a frog will die in starvation when it’s inside a box with died flies which are NOT MOVING. So, too efficient and too narrow perceptual filters will starve us of good experiences, even when we are surrounded by exciting possibilities and dreams or visions. The best way to break these limiting filters is TO ACT AS IF YOU CAN! By the way, how is your mental filter is functioning?”

Well, I think my past experiences; family influence, self-concerning and the environmental condition will definitely affect my mental thinking process to filter information and opportunities in my life. But for this moment, I wish to see myself grabbing all the chances if I can to learn more and more things so to add on values for myself. If I do not want to starve in my little world, I will need to change my attitude to become braver and keep trying for the best in everything. Braver to accept new changes and trying for the best to achieve goals.

Comparing to what I have read from an e-book “Mind Mastery”, It say our mental states determine how we create our world, we create our mental states by the way we represent things to our self. It is a link to mental filtering, where our mental states determine what we filter in order to create our own world? Let’s think about it, as we understand ourselves better, we can have greater success in our life.