Gestalt Psychology and The Fall

Gestalt Psychology is based on perception. Sometimes the way we perceive things is not always the truth. That is one of the results of the fall. Many times the truth is right in front of us, but because of circumstances that don’t allow us to see the truth, it remains hidden behind our own perceptions. It kind of reminds me of the Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz. Throughout the movie, he claims he has a  blinder on his mind that keeps him from being smart. At the end of the movie when he is finally able to meet “he great and powerful Oz”, Oz convinces Scarecrow that he never really had any blinders on his mind, he had been smart all along. After Scarecrow is enlightened to the truth, we can see that he only felt held back because of how he perceived himself. In reality, many times our perceptions can be our downfalls. In a sense, before we become new creations in Christ, we all have “blinders” on our minds that change our perceptions that keep us from the truth. Not all perceptions are wrong or bad. God’s perceptions about us are the ones that we should strive to believe and receive. When we are enlightened to his truth about our lives, we are able to find beauty in ashes and hole on to hope when all seems lost. Unfortunately though many people still life their lives with blinders, believing their own faulty perceptions. While it is refreshing and freeing to take off these blinders, we are bound to be born with them because of the fall. The blinders will cause us to live with thoughts and perceptions that do not align with the truth until they are removed, which sometimes does not happen for everyone. Your glass can either be half empty or half full, it all depends  how you view it.