# Relativity Of Perspective > Each person uses their own valid yardsticks to measure reality; the variance between perspectives enriches creation rather than representing error to be corrected. - Canonical: https://sassani.app/topic/relativity-of-perspective # Relativity Of Perspective Each person lives in their own reality, and the "yardsticks" they use to measure what is real are valid inside that reality and not transferable, in any absolute way, to anyone else. This is not relativism as indifference; Bashar treats the differences between perspectives as the engine that makes ongoing discovery possible, and treats the refusal to impose your yardstick on someone else as a practical and ethical necessity. ## Your yardstick measures your reality, not theirs Bashar uses the analogy of physical relativity — the time-dilation and length-contraction effects your physicists describe at near-light speeds — to frame the philosophical point. Even a literal yardstick on a hypothetical spacecraft moving at a great fraction of the speed of light would, to a stationary observer, only measure a few inches, while remaining a yard to those traveling with it; everything on the ship shrinks together, so the people aboard cannot tell the difference. The same applies to points of view: each individual vibrates at a slightly different rate and carries a different set of yardsticks, often of different length. "To each of you, the equations seem to come out correctly; you can agree enough to get the job done, but your 'three feet' and theirs may be a different three feet." What Bashar's civilization shares is simply their yardstick — never an implication that yours is less valid, since the yardsticks that measure the reality you have chosen are the ones most important for you to attend to. ## The variance is to be cherished The difference between perspectives is not treated as noise to be eliminated but as the condition for creation to keep discovering itself. "It is the variance. It is the different points of view. It is the relativity. Which allows there to be an ongoing discovery of new attitudes, new perspectives, new points of view in life. That something will always be seen slightly differently through another pair of eyes will add to the enrichment of all the different ways that creation has of manifesting itself to be." ## All truths are true, for the one who holds them Asked directly "what is the truth," Bashar answers: "The truth is that all truths are true. That's the highest truth." The reasoning rests on there being nothing outside creation: anything you can imagine, create, do, or experience is your truth within creation. "Your perspective is your truth. It may not be everyone's truth. Their truth may not be your truth. But the fundamental truth that is true for both of you is that both of your truths are true for you." This is anchored in the holographic structure of existence — every single one of you has a reality experience, and for you, that reality is your truth. ## Find out what each perspective actually is before assuming a negative In a sustained exchange about the homelessness issue in San Francisco, Bashar treats perspective-taking as the prerequisite for service. The suggestion is to engage the person in dialogue, find out why they are making the choices they are making based on the beliefs they hold to be true, offer them the awareness of other options — and then allow them their choices. The closing reframe is explicit about relativity: "A person wandering around without necessarily inhabiting a house may simply feel that the entire planet is their home. And that you living in a house are the homeless one, because you have cut yourself off from the rest of the world by surrounding yourself with walls. So it's a matter of perspective. Give yourself the opportunity to find out exactly what each perspective is before you assume a negative." ## Practical implications Do not use the yardsticks that measure your reality to invalidate the reality someone else has chosen; they are not the same length, even when both measure "three feet." Treat differences of perspective as material for discovery, not error to be corrected; the variance is what enriches creation. When another person's situation disturbs you, you can engage them, offer them the awareness of other choices, and then — if you want your own choices to be respected — you must allow them theirs. Before assigning a negative meaning to someone else's circumstances, find out what their perspective actually is; the "homeless" and the "housed" can invert depending on which walls you count. ## Representative passages Each and every individual is his or her own reality. And whatever measuring rods, whatever yardsticks you may use to measure the reality you believe to be true, are not applicable to use to measure the reality that someone else believes is true for its validity. […] To each of you, the equations will seem to come out correctly. You will measure three feet, they will measure three feet, but that three feet is relative. And if you compare them, they may be a different three feet. But you can at least agree enough to get the job done.— Bashar, Yardsticks (yardsticks#text, from the opening monologue) The truth is that all truths are true. That's the highest truth. […] Your perspective is your truth. It may not be everyone's truth. Their truth may not be your truth. But the fundamental truth that is true for both of you is that both of your truths are true for you. […] Every single one of you have your own reality experience. And that for you, that reality is your truth.— Bashar, What Is The Truth (what-is-the-truth#qa-1) Remember also that there are different perspectives on this idea. A person wandering around without necessarily inhabiting a house may simply feel that the entire planet is their home. And that you living in a house are the homeless one, because you have cut yourself off from the rest of the world by surrounding yourself with walls. So it's a matter of perspective. Give yourself the opportunity to find out exactly what each perspective is before you assume a negative.— Bashar, The Homeless Issue From Different Perspectives (the-homeless-issue-from-different-perspectives#qa-3) ## Related - [Parallel Realities](https://sassani.app/topic/parallel-realities) - [Definitions & Beliefs](https://sassani.app/topic/definitions-and-beliefs) - [Uniqueness](https://sassani.app/topic/uniqueness) - [Reality As A Mirror](https://sassani.app/topic/mirror-nature-of-reality) - [The Formula](https://sassani.app/topic/the-formula) Markdown twin of https://sassani.app/topic/relativity-of-perspective. The HTML page is the source of truth.