Very interesting and this makes me ponder how even in the act of perception there might be unconscious bias , It makes me wonder to what extent by advocating a non-judgemental approach it is attainable in everyday situations. Maybe only approximately.
Girl On A Balcony Watching A Couple By A Lake – Philip Richard Morris.(1836-1902) Wikioo.
“The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Do you have the skills, the wisdom and the self-awareness to observe without evaluating? This is not easy, as many of us tend to jump to quick, unconsidered conclusions and to make speedy, unthinking evaluations of other people, of situations, even of ourselves.
Alexander Jawlensky. Girl With A Red Bow. 1911. Wikimedia Commons.
“One of the signs of intelligence is to be able to accept the facts without being offended.”
Richard P. Feynman
This quotation complements the one above; it brings in the concept of being offended by ‘the facts’ rather than observing them with an open mind and looking at what may be our own biases, prejudices and rigidities.
I am not implying here that we ‘should’ never be offended…
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