Even though most of the time our picture of reality is quite
close to the actual thing itself, sometimes our beliefs get in the
way of seeing something for what it is. Understanding that we
may possibly have a distorted belief about reality is the first
step to releasing it, to letting it go. In the process it may seem
as if we are holding two different interpretations of reality in
your mind. And that is exactly what we are doing.
To understand this better, it might help to recall the well-
known visual trick where a simple black and white image can
be viewed either as a white vase against a black background or
as two faces silhouetted against a white background. Usually
people will either see one or the other image to begin with. It
is as if they perceive an entirely different version of “reality”
when they finally discover the “other” image.
Rubin’s Vase and Faces IllusionThe Myth of Reality
What we take to be real is, in fact, a highly edited, thoroughly
filtered version of reality. Think of it as our personal myth of
“The world of reality has
its limits; the world of
imagination is boundless.”
Jean-Jacques
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