Perception And Patterns

In your world, do people walk on the roof? Or do trees hang out of the sky?

Of course, not.

Yet, if you study the way that images of various objects in your Universe are projected onto your eye, you'll realize that's exactly how they should appear.

Inverted image in eye

Your brain does some nimble jujitsu - and flips the inverted image around... so that everything "makes sense".

Now think of a kaleidoscope. Isn't it amazing how just 3 carefully oriented mirrors can turn the same few grains of colored glass or sand into such a wide array of fascinating, unique patterns?

Kaleidoscope pattern

These are just a very tiny example of our brain's enormous potential for "manipulating" data and arriving at conclusions. We may each process the same (or similar) inputs, but nurture widely divergent impressions that are derived from them.

Those perceptions are what, collectively, make up our 'world view' or belief systems.

The good (bad?) news is that YOU have the power to flip them around - just like you do with the image that falls upon your retina - to "make sense".

Interesting, huh?



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