By BoJenn
“All people have perceptions created by the lens inside that sorts all information and defines everything from the mind that perceives.”
Is the lens neutral or biased by childhood beliefs and experiences?
The lens is rarely neutral.
From the very beginning, childhood beliefs, emotional imprints, cultural conditioning, even subtle family dynamics shape how the lens forms. What is praised, punished, or ignored becomes part of the filter. The mind learns early what to notice and what to disregard, what feels safe to see and what feels dangerous to acknowledge.
That doesn’t mean perception is fixed forever. The lens can be polished, widened, even replaced in part—through reflection, trauma healing, spiritual practice, philosophy, or simply living long enough to see from many angles. But neutrality, in the pure sense, is almost impossible. A completely neutral lens would mean perceiving reality without story, without bias, without self—and that is closer to mystical states or moments of transcendence.
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