All that we perceive...

All that we percieve depends... on our history, the way our brain works, how our body is wired to feel, how in touch we are with the ether, our parents, the space we're looking at, the air we breath, the people we know, our spouse, our boss, the company we keep, music we hear, entertainment we subscribe to.  All that we percieve depends... on our relationship to God, our compassion for all who suffer, the level of fear we feel, our inhibitions, our beliefs, our faith.  All that we percieve depends... on so many factors that if one truly looks it's hard to determine who is percieving.  Is it my past percieving?  My present or future?  Is it my tiredness percieving?  My frustration?  Fear?  Hope?  Who is it that percieves?  Is it really me?  Have I really known anything?  Or have I just been born to knowledge?  Am I just learning how to see and speak?  Is this the beginning of all that actually matters?  Abandon the past.  See the groups, the need within them, the sense of darkness, of being lost.  See things for what they are and not what they are to you.  See the people.  See the light and the source of all truth.  Take it in and know it.  Breath it in and become it.  Be still and listen...