Illusion
The Grasshopper gave me a new definition for illusion: “The space between is and isn’t.”
A standard light switch is either on or off. There is no in-between. Binary code used in computers is made up of 1s and 0s. There is no in-between number.
In every moment, something is either happening or it isn’t. We enter the make believe world of illusion when we pretend something is when it isn’t or isn’t when it is.
There is no real estate between is and isn’t. Every time we claim there is, we get a deed to illusion.
A text book example of this phenomenon is a statement like: “This can’t be happening.” Any examination of the facts will illustrate that it either is or isn’t happening. One cannot be present when the other is there.
What’s happening in your life that you claim isn’t happening? That’s illusion and its rhyming cousin, delusion. What’s not happening in your life that you claim is? Again, Illusion & Company.
“Shouldn’t” and “Ought” are telltale signs that you have left the realm of reality known as is or isn’t.
“My students shouldn’t be acting up; they ought to be doing what I say.” They are either acting up or they are not. They are either doing what you request or they are not. There is no middle position.
“Try” is another middle ground word. “I’m trying to lose weight.” It’s either happening or it isn’t. “Try” will transport you from reality to illusion quicker than you can count from 0 to 1.
Is or isn’t are great calibration tools. They, with pinpoint accuracy, will show you where you currently are. Then you can plot a course to where you want to go. If you map out your plan from a place that doesn’t exist, your chance of getting where you want to go is someplace between 1 and 0.
Our illusions result in contusions. To become less black and blue, validate that there’s no in-between position for you.
All the best,
John
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