The human eye is one of those fabulous pieces of tech that constructs the world around us, and yet it needs the brain to check and confirm it is correct in what it sees, before it can reconcile the pixels before it. And despite what the eye sees, sometimes the brain is deceived by the image, just like with this picture.
At first glance anyone looking at this building they would say it is a real church, full sized, but then when you look closely you realise that it is a replica of the original. It is only very small details that give it away. When I photographed it I tried to give as few clues as to the scale of it. And yet the untrained eye would see a full scale building. It is in fact an illusion, the brain is making quick adjustments in the hope of reconciling what it sees.
When it comes to our own lived experience in the world, the brain does these adjustments many a times a day. It finds short cuts everywhere, for efficiency. We spoke of this many a times during the year, that what you see and what you experience are often two very different things. Human beings reach conclusions far too often too quickly without applying reason, or considering all the facts. And in the het of the moment w make decisions, we act, we react, we speak, we conclude. How accurate is or brain when drawing conclusions? How accurate is it when is remembering stories? Do we remember enough details to make informed choices and decisions?
When it comes to your understanding of the self?
When it comes to understanding your own views and beliefs, do you know if those are based in truth, or are they based in your own version of the truth?
But in a world full of mirages, do you know what is real or not?
Time to take out your diary and take some notes when answering the questions.
