Boiling It Down

Post 025

I have become keenly aware that both opposing views on most anything are able to find documentation to support their argument. I have two books of Quotes, one whose author chose to include a large portion of unfavorable quotes of our founding fathers, which promote dissension, frustration and discouragement, while the other book of Quotes capitalizes on those quotes which provide a vision, hope, and the encouragement to become better than we are.
Is one book more true than the other? I don’t think so.Is one book more edifying to the people of this nation? Absolutely!

As I write this blog, I must take into account that I am compiling a collection of resources that validate my point, but I also realize there are other resources that may just as successfully validate an opposite view.
Here is a short video showing that we can look at the same thing but perceive it differently Spin Test (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVdjupsToAE&feature=related)

We are also a species that are very easily manipulated and led to a conclusion we feel is our own, and the more content we are in life, the more easily that can be done.
Here is a simple example of the power of manipulation, although it may seem graphic at first, I assure you it is not. Not what you perceive (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srzrfuw8QqM&feature=related)
This example has made something appear to be something it is not by focusing only on the specific parts needed and excluding everything else that would reveal the deception. Do you feel you were manipulated? The parts are real, there is no lie or dishonesty here, only “part of a bigger picture” to lead you to think something that is not true. This could not be an accident, but must be carefully planned.
This is an example of deception with facts.

Here we add in an example of “slight of Hand” or misdirection. This is not video tampering, this is footage of a real event; This That and the Other (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tScm-eZInBE&feature=fvw)
Now you can ask yourself all day; “How did he do that?” but the fact remains that what you think you saw, is not what really happened.

TRUTH:
What is Truth?
It can be defined as; "That which relates to reality"
Here is the explanation if you are interested. This That and the Other explanation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpJpFpCA0wE)
Once you UNDERSTAND the truth, you can view the event with eyes of wisdom to make a more rational determination of what you witnessed; The TRUTH. But the deception also grows.
Here is an amazing flying card trick Flying Card (http://www.magical-tricks.com/HummerCard1.htm?gclid=CIufkJasl5wCFRlcagodrgjXeA)
Yet once you know how the trick works, it is so silly that you have to work at not loosing interest in the trick! It becomes clear to you the simple mechanics of it, while appears to defy scientific reality to those who observe it.
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