Prajna

Prajna is a teaching in Buddhism that strives to see the world clearly. It is insight into the true nature of reality. It's accepting reality as it occurs instead of interpreting it as part of our own ongoing narrative. 

Leaving our biases behind isn't an easy thing to do. We've learned to rely, possibly even depend, on them. They can help us make quick connections in the world. 

They are also keeping us blind to things. Once we make an assumption or apply a label we're missing what is actually happening. We've applied a filter to that experience. If we put red-tinged glasses on we will see the whole world  as red whether it is or not.

How do we work against this? By spending much more time noticing. How much time do you devote to noticing in an environment/situation you are trying to make a change in?  I have a habit of spending more time acting upon what my own narrative says I'm seeing instead of unbiasedly noticing what's happening around me.

I'm going to try to build my noticing muscle. To spend more time just looking at what's happening around me and jotting it down. Not jumping to any conclusions or labels of why. Filtering out my narrative by asking others to explain how they see something. I'm hoping it will lead to my brain having so many different worldviews to consider that I'll start to overcome our human nature to apply our own narrative to the world and instead see what's actually happening.