Chapter I
First principle: The map is not the territory
The experience of Gezi
It is very important for any human being to think that what they understand about a particular situation is what determines it, in the sense of managing information about the nature, purpose and scope of said eventuality, in order to affect their environment. The principle: The map is not the territory leads us to understand that the representation we make of reality, (as we conceive it), is only a part of it in our mind and that, it is not the total comprehension of that happening ... it is a particular personal way of seeing reality.
As there is only one copy of each person, his way of making his corresponding representations of reality is also unique; likewise, being each human being a social being can be established in bonds of agreements, of similar opinions but the representation of what he perceives will be unrepeatable. Therefore, in situations of conflict, enjoyment, work, everyday each of the present sees a different angle of the problem / situation / game or trade in question because each person perceives and filters information according to their own beliefs ... in biblical language it is described and understood according to the content of its heart.
The experience of Gehazi is found in the Bible, in 2nd Kings Chapter 6: 8-18:
"... 8 The king of Syria was at war with Israel, and in consultation with his servants he said," In such and such a place will be my camp.
9 And the man of God sent and said to the king of Israel, See that you do not pass through such a place, for the Syrians go there.
10 Then the king of Israel sent to that place which the man of God had said; and so he did it again and again in order to take care of himself.
11 And the heart of the king of Syria was troubled at this; And he called his servants and said to them, "Will you not declare to me which of our people belongs to the king of Israel?"
12 Then one of the servants said, "No, my lord the king, but the prophet Elisha is in Israel, who declares to the king of Israel the words that you speak in your most secret chamber."
13 And he said, Go, and see where it is, that I may send and take it. And he was told: Behold, he is in Dothan.
14 And the king sent there horsemen, and chariots, and a great army, which came by night, and besieged the city.
15 And he rose early in the morning, and he who served the man of God came out, and, behold, the army that had the city besieged, with horsemen and chariots. Then his servant said: Ah, my lord! What will we do?
16 He said to him, "Do not be afraid, because more are those who are with us than those who are with them.
17 And Elisha prayed, and said, I beseech thee, O Lord, that you open your eyes that I may see. Then Jehovah opened the eyes of the servant, and looked; and behold, the mountain was full of horsemen and chariots of fire around Elisha.
18 And when the Syrians had come down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, and said, "Please, let this people be struck with blindness." And he smote them with blindness, according to Elisha's request ... "
Obviously the context, in which he was, both Gehazi and the Prophet Elisha, had a very particular level of complexity because there was a war raised and on the other hand, God shows the Prophet how to lead the army of his people so as not to fall into the ambushes of their enemies and, in this way, be freed from destruction and slavery.
In this frame of reference, the map (what he perceives through his senses, filters and representation of that reality) of Gehazi had limits whose nature were clearly circumstantial, real since there was a sharp threat to their lives - his own and that of the Prophet - therefore, he is alarmed, goes to Elisha and communicates his perception of the real environment in which they were, his representation of that national conjuncture ... What was the reaction of the Prophet of God?
Verses 16-17: "... He said to him: Do not be afraid, because more are those who are with us than those who are with them. 17 And Elisha prayed, and said, I beseech thee, O Lord, that you open your eyes that I may see. Then Jehovah opened the eyes of the servant, and looked; and behold, the mountain was full of horsemen and chariots of fire around Elisha ... "
The same happened to Gehazi as to many, the pressures, the eagerness, the insecurity, the effect of the arguments and / or beliefs drive decisive reactions, in which the autonomy of the analysis and the corresponding decision regarding the the best option, nurturing an attitude that is very frequent in the history of personal life and that generates negative anchors that cap the freedom, growth and personal excellence