The Relationship Between Perceptions & Reality
Do you believe your perceptions are your reality? Read here to find out why you're wrong.
Reality is the sum of all that exists within a system, as opposed to that which is only imaginary.
Common perspectives on reality are linked to people's beliefs and attitudes toward their unique experience of life. Generally, when people in society disagree over different ideas of what is real, it is based on not having a universal language based on the same reference point for the reality that they both experience to be expressed.
Humans model their reality into easier-to-understand systems, frameworks, and hierarchies in order to have a foundation of order to grow upon. The key thing to note is that these are ONLY models, whereas the totality of all things, structures, events, and phenomena may not be able to be accounted for.
Beliefs structure our perceptions and worldview, which is something each of us adopt (whether consciously or unconsciously) in our attempt at describing and mapping the content of our lives.
One popular belief is that reality is solely composed of our beliefs and perceptions. If beliefs and perceptions and perceptions are modeled on interpretations of our reality, then then they are inherently subjective.
Reality is objective based on ONE TRUTH, not "my truth" or "your truth." Reality is unemotional, whereas perceptions and beliefs can be emotional. Though they can be rooted in truth, they also can be based on thoughts, feelings, and opinions. All of this ties back to your identity (and the aggregate of all the other human identities), which serves as the root point for all human action.
Perceptions and beliefs influence actions (individual and collective), which in turn "reality" emerges as a by-product of. We map and measure that reality as a way of documenting the events of human existence as they occur in the present.
The major patterns and statistics that result form the facts that represent reality as completely distinct from the subjective perception of it by its constituents (us, the people).
So, how do you frame your reality?