One of the more interesting aspects of life is how we spend our time. Some watch TV, play video games, party and live in the shadows of reality. However, they are consumers and that is good. Some commune with nature and celebrate life. They also consume and that is good. There are those with passions and causes to which they devote their time. They do not consume but create and that is 'not good'. Well, maybe it can be good if you consider the consumption they engage to produce their creations. Like this writing, it consumes the resources that would have been idle otherwise and a bit of my time. It serves no purpose other than to elucidate the obvious and to describe the inner workings of perception.

As people we all desire others to acknowledge our existence and to perhaps scold, or praise our lives and accomplishments. Perhaps the greatest acknowledgment comes from those who exhibit a passion and have a cause. Those who spend their time creating stories, interpretations with a style typical of those in love, generating volumes of works about another. We all would choose fame over obscurity or at least somewhere in the middle. Hence the plethora of religions, offering personal acknowledgment and salvation from the realms of no one and no where. Within the body of belief, we become somebody with a purpose and a reason to acknowledge others. It is a wonderful system with appropriate feedback loops. Self sustaining as long as the members continue to feed and consume on the tender and loving kindness offered by those passionate about their beliefs.

Life is an illusion created by perception to justify our beliefs. The external world either conforms to our ideas and beliefs or we create rationalizations to explain the discontinuity between our thoughts and the reality we perceive. This process is hidden from our normal everyday consciousness. Much the same as the twittering of our eyes is processed out of the images we view as reality. The processed information we become conscious of may not even resemble reality.

If we are to assign importance to information, it is imperative that we understand the potential for distortions and acknowledge the elimination of data by our processing brains. Who we are is much more important then the information. The source of the data may be compromised, interpretations may have biases, and conclusions may only support paradigms consistent with the belief systems employed by the brain.

We would like to thank those who labor and toil to write and pontificate about us. It is gratifying to realize how important we are to others and the value we are given. Passion and love drive them to write and proselytize. We, the recipients, acknowledge their devotion and time. We are delighted to have a following and celebrate the beginnings of a new thought. It is the potential that matters. The difference between reality and perception can be astounding and can generate tremendous opportunity. It is because of us and who we are that they write and perform according to our desire and wishes. We are grateful for the time they contribute to our potential.

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