What Would Have to be True (71)

What would have to be true for this to happen? What a great question to avoid the bias. We all have a bias to favor our own beliefs. We hunt for information that flatters us- reconfirms our opinion. We are in constant demand- to ourselves of course.

We see what we want to see. We stay in our bubble of truth, even if we are wrong. We choose to see past the obvious signs- ignore the alternate, because our bias tells us to.

We are trapped in a cognitive bubble. The bubble can become very inflated. A very quiet breeze can send us swirling. The lightest of pricks, can pop our bubbles. If we welcome a sharp change in perspective, we can fight our bias. We just tend not to. The bubble is light, transparent and magical. We prefer to stay inside.

We all have a zone of creativity. It lies beyond the bubble. It might be the glimmer of sunlight passing through, or the wand that begins our flight- but we can only grow, if we allow ourselves, to burst our narrow vision of the world. We have to pop a lot of bubbles, to make this happen.

As we grow more and more, venturing into the abstract. We climb past this zone of creativity and into the territory, of design and ingenuity. We need a little absurdity and imbalance, to get us there. We have to laugh and see ourselves as foolish, once in awhile, to rekindle our childhood imagination. What would have to be true for us to do this?

A belief in magic. An understanding of our own imaginations. A connection to the ether. A journey on the spiritual superhighway of thoughts, dreams and accomplishments. It's all up to you now- pop some bubbles and spread those wings. The limitlessness of your imagination, just needs a little spark, a little sparkle, a little jolt from your spark plugs. So get charging.