s what the parceled image represents? A further note explained that our brain tends to enclose a space by completing the contours that are present. We ignore the fact of the gaps and organize as well as possible a figure that represents to us an understandable composition.What was even more interesting to me was the information I found on the answer page. Once I recognized the image for what it is—a knight riding on a horse—it was almost impossible not to see that again. After my brain defined the blots as a recognizable shape, it stored that definition for ready recall, making it virtually certain that when I looked at the puzzle again, I couldn't not see the knight and his horse.
This brings to me to two observations about truth which correspond negatively with my puzzle-solving experience.
l When we observe the actions or hear the words of other people, we tend to fill in the gaps with something familiar to us, making the incident fit into our understanding. But the interaction of human beings is much more complicated than a bunch of spots on a page, so there are more factors involved than just what is clearly black or white. But unlike looking at the puzzle page, the scene we come up with is not always pleasing and comprehensible. We would be wise to remember that often, very often, what we are hearing or seeing is not even the truth when all we have are a few "parcels."
l Coming to understand something doesn't mean we can retain that viewpoint. Truth is not necessarily accumulative. Well, some is—like learning how to solve algebraic equations, but some truths like "God will take care of you" have to be accepted, believed, proved, affirmed, learned, re-learned, and doggedly held-onto! Unlike our looking at the illusion puzzle, it is indeed possible to see something other than what we knew to be true in the past. That is why we need to be reminded regularly of what the truth is, through the spoken or written Word of God or by "hearing from God" Himself.
Truth is not an illusion. We are not puzzling out some misleading impression when we seek it. "It's who you are and the way you live that count before God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth. That's the kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before him in their worship." (John 4:23)
MaryMartha
Scripture taken from The Message. Copyright © 2003 by Eugene H. Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.
Art from http://www.sxc.hu/
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