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"So also all my Communications are windows, and they are like trying to know a house by looking in through the windows. We have to look through most of them, and then only we may at some point have enough to begin to put together a consistent view of the whole, one that's internally consistent to itself, not - Seeing the Greater Whole

"So also all my Communications are windows, and they are like trying to know a house by looking in through the windows. We have to look through most of them, and then only we may at some point have enough to begin to put together a consistent view of the whole, one that's internally consistent to itself, not one that's made from our assumptions and preconceptions. It's difficult, even when we do it to ourselves, more so with others of course. But it's fun, as long as we can hang in there and hold off until we've looked through numerous windows, to all parts of the house." Biella Artwork from Ask Biella - Questions Answered - Book 1 by Syl Sabastian, available at https://bit.ly/49of413

It never never fails to astonish and delight me, the ways our Intents manifest. That's one of the keys. To place our Awareness on our Intents, all of them, no matter how small, and maintain an Awareness of them. That way we can connect our Intents to the Now. And when we do, that's when we see the Magic. Bie - Power of Intent

It never never fails to astonish and delight me, the ways our Intents manifest. That's one of the keys. To place our Awareness on our Intents, all of them, no matter how small, and maintain an Awareness of them. That way we can connect our Intents to the Now. And when we do, that's when we see the Magic. Biella Artwork from Ask Biella - Questions Answered - Book 1 by Syl Sabastian, available at https://bit.ly/49of413

"This is a harsh truth about ourselves. How we do not Learn, how we cling. It's ever thus. Once we see this pattern it's the beginning of Magic in our lives. There's really no other way to describe it. For magic is the impossible. And we have indeed found something impossible, and that's the mechanisms which - Necessity of Change

"This is a harsh truth about ourselves. How we do not Learn, how we cling. It's ever thus. Once we see this pattern it's the beginning of Magic in our lives. There's really no other way to describe it. For magic is the impossible. And we have indeed found something impossible, and that's the mechanisms which prompt the Learning. The happenstances, the confluence of circumstances which come together, to conspire, if one will, to create the exact circumstances ideal for us to learn what we need to. The Learning is always in connection to our deep deep personal beliefs and personal insistences. That's where the problems stem from. In essence, in our essence actually, but in essence, it's our lack of personal freedom. A lack we are Responsible for. Our inner cores are too limited, they are still adhering to a limited set of rules, otherwise known as beliefs, attitudes..."

Biella

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"It doesn't matter if we cannot yet see that Good. It's a starting point. We're employing positive confirmation bias to its fullest effect. We've undertaken the task of creating meaning, for ultimately that's the truth of it. Anything can be seen from multiple perspectives. Absolute meanings are a myth. Every - Positive Confirmation Bias

"It doesn't matter if we cannot yet see that Good. It's a starting point. We're employing positive confirmation bias to its fullest effect. We've undertaken the task of creating meaning, for ultimately that's the truth of it. Anything can be seen from multiple perspectives. Absolute meanings are a myth. Everything can mean any number of things. The key is to Understand we are the ones who choose. We don't ever have to choose a single meaning either. Another myth. Since meaning is OUR choice, all meaning is completely a function of us, of our choices, of us selecting a particular meaning from the infinity of possible meanings. This Understanding can be overwhelming in terms of Personal Responsibility. We have to step up and assume that Responsibility, or stop living. There is no other way really if one rejects the complete pointlessness of suffering." Biella Artwork from Ask Biella - Questions Answered - Book 1 by Syl Sabastian, available at https://bit.ly/49of413

"Nothing in and of itself has meaning. Meaning is something WE create, it is not in things independently. This to me, is a fundamentally vital Understanding which changes everything. Life and meaning and making sense, is not "out there." It's all entirely within. We, and we alone, are the creators of meaning. - Extracting the Good

"Nothing in and of itself has meaning. Meaning is something WE create, it is not in things independently. This to me, is a fundamentally vital Understanding which changes everything. Life and meaning and making sense, is not "out there." It's all entirely within. We, and we alone, are the creators of meaning. If the meanings you are “getting” make no sense, then change them. That is the challenge, to find sense in the insensibility. To create Sense. In other words: To Deliberately and freshly Assign Meaning and Sense! (No experience bias.)

But it's sense only for yourself, it's always intensely personal, as it's only presumptuous to think we can know what is sensible to others."

Biella

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"Biella had a faraway look on her face. A look of Connection, a look of Grace. “It’s the Challenge of a Lifetime. It’s the Challenge to always be our best, to always be the most Appropriate we can be, in any and all contexts. And what’s Appropriate? What can we be sure of as always being Appropriate? Goodness - Being Good

"Biella had a faraway look on her face. A look of Connection, a look of Grace. “It’s the Challenge of a Lifetime. It’s the Challenge to always be our best, to always be the most Appropriate we can be, in any and all contexts. And what’s Appropriate? What can we be sure of as always being Appropriate? Goodness, of course. But doing what's Good is difficult to know. However, Feeling Good we know contributes to the Goodness of the World, the Goodness of Everything. If we are contributing to the Feeling of Goodness wherever we are, we are adding to the Goodness of the World. What a challenge...” Biella breathed, shivered, feeling the complexity of her thoughts." “We affect the World around us with how we Feel. Every feeling and mood we put out affects those around us. Their feelings and moods in turn..."

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"Attention is selection, focus, isolation, specific awareness, and being conscious of a particular choice. Attention is influenced by motivation, moods, feelings, urges, attitudes, goals and beliefs. Attention is focused thus by what is important to us, by what matters, by what we are interested in. Attentio - Purposeful Attention

"Attention is selection, focus, isolation, specific awareness, and being conscious of a particular choice. Attention is influenced by motivation, moods, feelings, urges, attitudes, goals and beliefs. Attention is focused thus by what is important to us, by what matters, by what we are interested in.

Attention can become fragmented if we have overlapping or conflicting priorities. Usually fragmented attention is a consequence of wanting to do or experience too much all at once."

Biella

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"The more Aware I am the more I see of the Exquisiteness that surrounds me. The more Aware I am the more I Appreciate the incredible brilliance, the incredible Awesomeness that is this Gift-of-Living, this Gift of Awareness. For this I realise, is the Essential core of this stupendous Gift-of-Living, this Hea - Aware Love

"The more Aware I am the more I see of the Exquisiteness that surrounds me. The more Aware I am the more I Appreciate the incredible brilliance, the incredible Awesomeness that is this Gift-of-Living, this Gift of Awareness. For this I realise, is the Essential core of this stupendous Gift-of-Living, this Heart of it all, this essence is the Magic of Awareness. My Awareness is my Connection. My Awareness is my interconnection. My Awareness is my link to Appreciation. My Awareness is my Link to this incredible unconditional Love of the Gift-of-Living, the Gift-of-Awareness. My Awareness is my fusion to Appreciation, it’s my bond to the Gratitude that presses my Being. My Awareness is the start, it’s the start of a Path that is paved with Love, with Appreciation, with Grace, with Goodness. This Path-of-Love and Living is paved with Understanding, is paved with the promise of Moreness. My Awareness is that pathway to Moreness." Biella Find Ask Biella at https://bit.ly/49of413

"Dear Love, some love is loved without the other even knowing it. I love trees immensely and they don't do anything for me. Or galaxies. Or just the idea of Love. I love that unconditionally. Things make me super happy simply because they exist. Doesn't matter what they do or don't do. I Love them anyway. Wi - Loving Love

"Dear Love, some love is loved without the other even knowing it. I love trees immensely and they don't do anything for me. Or galaxies. Or just the idea of Love. I love that unconditionally. Things make me super happy simply because they exist. Doesn't matter what they do or don't do. I Love them anyway. With people it’s of course more complicated. For some perspective on Unconditional Love, here is a Love declaration and explanation from..." Biella Artwork from Ask Biella - Questions Answered - Book 1 by Syl Sabastian available at https://bit.ly/49of413

"Love without Awareness can be disastrous." "This is the underlying Understanding for making sure our Love, like everything else, is Appropriate. When we zoom out, always useful when there is some doubt, we see that while many beliefs and conceptions, especially those that at first seem overwhelmingly obviou - Overview Sensibility

"Love without Awareness can be disastrous." "This is the underlying Understanding for making sure our Love, like everything else, is Appropriate. When we zoom out, always useful when there is some doubt, we see that while many beliefs and conceptions, especially those that at first seem overwhelmingly obviously good, are in fact not always so. Yes, they are generally so, but not always. We have to stay open, and be Aware those exceptions exist, because, while they may be exceptions, if not paid attention to and dealt with Appropriately, can be extremely negatively consequential." Biella Artwork from Ask Biella - Questions Answered - Book 1 by Syl Sabastian available at https://bit.ly/49of413

"Starting with Opposite is a great way to acquire different Perspectives. But, it's starting with opposite, not merely taking the opposite perspective. If we use opposite as a starting point it greatly helps because from there, our view of matters is fresh and new. Not affected by habit and familiarity. This enables us to see what we otherwise might not because of a trained view that sees only what we want to see or what is most efficient for us to see. But, from an opposite perspective, especially if we move around a bit from that opposite, suddenly we have many new perspectives to choose from."

Biella

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"Just like negativity, so too Positivity is contagious. Facebook actually is setup to increase that contagiousness, by spreading more of what we put out, what we like, what we connect with. Thus, if we are consistently Positive, interact with what is Positive, Facebook soon becomes overwhelmingly Positive. Th - Contagious Positivity

"Just like negativity, so too Positivity is contagious. Facebook actually is setup to increase that contagiousness, by spreading more of what we put out, what we like, what we connect with. Thus, if we are consistently Positive, interact with what is Positive, Facebook soon becomes overwhelmingly Positive. Those who experience Facebook negatively only have themselves to blame. In this respect, Facebook is much like Life. It might seem artificial to some, but it's an impactful choice we can choose, especially if we consider Facebook as primarily entertainment.

There are plenty of other avenues for accessing the full range of what goes on in the world. I don't see Facebook as needing to be that avenue. Indeed it was not setup to be that. From the start, it was setup with a Positive Intent to be a Positive mechanism for connecting the world Positively...."

Biella

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"The More... since you asked so specifically, I can only respond by coming from my particular Personal Perspective. First, the issue of Face, or Countenance. In the abstract, this represents our honour, our Integrity, the sum total of our character as a representation of the interface between us and others, a - Public Face

"The More... since you asked so specifically, I can only respond by coming from my particular Personal Perspective. First, the issue of Face, or Countenance. In the abstract, this represents our honour, our Integrity, the sum total of our character as a representation of the interface between us and others, and thus the public at large as well. Face is a big deal thus, hence the word interface. It's our connection to the world.

If Integrity is paramount, a huge deal, as it is to me, then Face takes on even more significance. Face has much subtlety to it. When we combine Integrity and Appropriateness, which are further Core Concepts to me, then Face takes on even more significance. There's an Appropriateness to having a public Face, one which has differences to our private Face..."

Biella

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"A bit More... Changing the specific problems is one thing. Yes, it's good, but it's much like treating the symptoms and not curing the disease. The patient may be pain-free and seemingly okay, but the disease is still there, continuing to cause a problem. Societies are much like this. To truly deal with the - Systemic Change

"A bit More... Changing the specific problems is one thing. Yes, it's good, but it's much like treating the symptoms and not curing the disease. The patient may be pain-free and seemingly okay, but the disease is still there, continuing to cause a problem. Societies are much like this. To truly deal with the problems, we often have to change the underlying system. A particularly difficult problem as it needs massive support, support that typically only comes when matters are seen by most as extreme.

Long-term problems..."

Biella

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It's only because of free Choice that we can be truly free. We have to choose that freedom with a free Awareness. If it's simply given to us, how can we be sure we are truly free? Won't we always be dependent on whoever gave it to us? Or at least have the suspicion that it's not truly free. Not to mention the - Real Choice

It's only because of free Choice that we can be truly free. We have to choose that freedom with a free Awareness. If it's simply given to us, how can we be sure we are truly free? Won't we always be dependent on whoever gave it to us? Or at least have the suspicion that it's not truly free. Not to mention the problem of having freedom without true Awareness. All of this is dependent on the ability to Choose, which started with choosing between positive and negative, choosing how much to combine them, choosing alternatives such as Goodness and Realism. It all starts and begins with choice, with the necessity of Choice. Biella Artwork from Ask Biella - Questions Answered - Book 1 by Syl Sabastian available at https://bit.ly/49of413

"I am reminded here of a conversation on this by the Young Man and his Heart, which provides a useful perspective: YM: - "Can we use confirmation bias to Positive effect? I believe so, if done with Appropriate Awareness. The benefits are potentially incalculable." H: - "Yes! Indeed. To confirm another's rea - Positive Goodness Bias

"I am reminded here of a conversation on this by the Young Man and his Heart, which provides a useful perspective: YM: - "Can we use confirmation bias to Positive effect? I believe so, if done with Appropriate Awareness. The benefits are potentially incalculable." H: - "Yes! Indeed. To confirm another's reality and then extrapolate and/or interpolate provides more information." YM: - "Your comment makes me think..." "If we are to learn from others, by confirming another's reality, and then extrapolating or interpolating, do our own attitudes towards them, and/or our attitudes towards life in general, come into play? Do our life perspectives influence the learning? I would say a..." Biella Artwork from Ask Biella - Questions Answered - Book 1 by Syl Sabastian available at https://bit.ly/49of413

"Do our opinions shape our perspective or do our perspectives shape our opinions?" Dear Doug, most decidedly it is both. Confirmation bias is an excellent example of opinions shaping, and distorting, perspectives. Strongly held opinions can so shape, affect, and skew perceptions, individuals can end up in ps - Selective Emphasis

"Do our opinions shape our perspective or do our perspectives shape our opinions?"

Dear Doug, most decidedly it is both. Confirmation bias is an excellent example of opinions shaping, and distorting, perspectives. Strongly held opinions can so shape, affect, and skew perceptions, individuals can end up in psychological realities remarkably different to those commonly perceived. As well as being internally contradicting.

There's actually a biological reason for this. The brain, the literal brain, is affected by emphasis. When anything is emphasised, in other words, when something is deemed to be important, significant, meaningful etc, the brain enlarges the node and links associated with that emphasis..."

Biella

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