There is another way of looking at the world. This lesson also suggests that during the practice sessions, if a situation arises that causes any distress to repeat: "There is another way of looking at this."
I recently dealt with a situation in which a group of people believed that based on what they saw and heard there was only one possible conclusion. My job was to investigate the situation to determine what really happened - to the best of my ability and based on all of the evidence available to me. This wasn't a particularly complicated investigation - what was complicated was trying to convince the group of people that there was another way to look at the situation. Once we have an idea, picture, or belief in our head it can be nearly impossible to believe that it isn't accurate - even when we are given objective, factual information that clearly shows our idea, picture, or belief is simply not accurate.
Part of the importance of this lesson is to be actively open to all possibilities.
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