Of the millions of possibilities, let us imagine three different chain of events, the context being a knock at the door.
Series #1: My order for a box of chocolates is due today and I am impatiently waiting for it.
Series #2 : I expect no parcel today.
Series#3: I expect no parcel and the post man’s voice seemed a lot different.
Here’s my attempt at a diagrammatic representation of my possible behaviour. ( Please click on the picture to see it enlarged.)
It is worth mentioning that if the postman’s voice were a little and not a lot different, I would not use the peep hole.
And in series#3, I see the red jacket alone (not the face) and still opens the door . (Why did I see through the peep hole anyway? I could have opened the door without the bother.)
I am tempted to say that in each of the chain of events leading to the door being opened, I had some reason or belief in my mind to help support my action. They are as follows:
In series#1, I believed that it is ‘obviously’ the box of chocolates at the door.
In series#2, my belief was that I could tell the voice of the postman from within the door. (Truth is I would not know it if it were to be mixed with a lot of other similar sounding voices.)
In series#3, Since I know that postmen wear red, I have no reason to doubt the voice .I saw the red jacket myself. Here I assumed the faith that no other but the red clad postman is at the door.
From this experiment,I understand that my mind has a way of conjuring a belief or faith completely skewed toward how it wants or wishes things to be. In the above , my mind wanted me to be safe and unharmed. It wanted to know that the postman and no imposter knocked at the door.
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