UNIQUE is REALITY!

What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what sort of person you are. - C.S. LEWIS

No two people see the external world in exactly the same way. To every separate person a thing is what he thinks it is -- in other words, not a thing, but a think. - PENELOPE FITZGERALD.

Perception is unique to each individual. No two people view the world exactly the same. Our Perception is the process by which we attach meaning to the world around us and our world view consists of experiences, people and environment.

Our perceptions are formed by our senses of touch, sound, sight, smell and taste. The perception process begins with a selection; a draft stage where we select the stimuli/catalyst we attend to through our sensory organs, next comes the organisation stage where we mentally arrange the information received so we understand or make sense out of it and lastly we go through the translation stage where we attach meaning to the stimulus. 

These translations or meanings are subjective and based on our values, needs, experiences, expectations, self image and other personal factors. This perception process happens really quickly, without us being aware of them.

There is, perhaps, one universal truth about all forms of human cognition: the ability to deal with knowledge is hugely exceeded by the potential knowledge contained in man's environment. To cope with this diversity, man's perception, his memory, and his thought processes early become governed by strategies for protecting his limited capacities from the confusion of overloading. We tend to perceive things schematically, for example, rather than in detail, or we represent a class of diverse things by some sort of averaged "typical instance." - JEROME S. BRUNER

Our perception oftentimes changes as we go through life. What we may hold up as true today may in a few days, weeks, months or years not be held as same due to a change in our experiences and perception. Perception therefore can be said to be our current reality. What we hold to be true or real to us in a present given situation.

It is one of the commonest of mistakes to consider that the limit of our power of perception is also the limit of all there is to perceive. - C.W. LEADBEATER

Perceptual differences are a major explanation of disputes in our world. Our everyday living at home, work etc.

Your opinion is your opinion, your perception is your perception--do not confuse them with "facts" or "truth". Wars have been fought and millions have been killed because of the inability of men to understand the idea that EVERYBODY has a different viewpoint. - JOHN MOORE

Understanding the perception process, while keeping in mind that we perceive and process each situation differently, can help create better understanding, build rapport and resolve conflicts. And we find that we are able to live a happier life, work better, stay motivated, build healthy relationships and develop a healthier lifestyle.

All we have to believe with is our senses, the tools we use to perceive the world: our sight, our touch, our memory. If they lie to us, then nothing can be trusted. And even if we do not believe, then still we cannot travel in any other way than the road our senses show us; and we must walk that road to the end. - NEIL GAIMAN.

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