• We are constantly in a habitual condition of painting and projecting a biased picture of the people, objects, and environmental elements we encounter.

• The possibility exists to experience life and people in and with a natural, unspoiled, fresh, positive, and joyful perspective. This kind of attitude was bestowed upon many of us as children.

However, for the sake of our protection, we accumulate filters and attitudes that distort this natural beauty of life.

The following tip is an exercise in mindfully returning to the true connection with life, rather than automatically projecting and substituting your own accumulated internal images.

Actionable Tip: Practice this in any place where there is some opportunity to encounter a variety of people, objects, and environmental elements.

• Mindfully take these things in without any preformed, existing, or compulsively generated idea. Avoid any projected opinion, filter, or view whatsoever. Simply take it in.

• Remind yourself, as needed, to connect with everything you encounter exactly as it is—freshly new in the moment. No projecting, no pre-existing ideas or opinions, no filters of attitude, or previous experience.

• Simply connect directly, uncolored and uninfluenced by the content of your mind.

• The more frequently and longer this is practiced, the more this mindfully spiritual state of existence will open up for you.