Reading: Perception Blindness -- Why our own eyes cannot be trusted

When you see something, do you notice all that there is to see about that thing so that you know it, him, or her? No one, it seems, is that aware of their world. Our brains would be overloaded with our sensory perceptions and simply could not handle that much information. So we unconsciously decide what is important and what is not in that particular instant. It is called “perception blindness.” I raise this psychological issue, because all to often we are convinced that we know something, but we only know that which we have paid attention to. Click on the link to see a video about perception blindness.

Having watched the video, are you as ready to affirm that you know something for sure? What does this mean for us as followers of Jesus? How much do we know about ourselves as disciples of Jesus? Might we actually know very little because we only pay attention to that which we have previously decided is important as a disciple and have let the rest simply fall by the wayside?